2835. 🇿🇦 South Africa Commemorates Museum Bicentenary.

 

New issues -

🇿🇦 South African Post Office -

12 November 2025 - Bicentenary of Iziko South African Museum in Capetown - 1 sheetlet of 6 different self-adhesive stamps. Lithographed. The illustrations are from a post by Jan van Milligan on the Facebook page of the Philatelic Federation of South Africa and attention is drawn to the fact that while the first day covers are dated 12 November 2025, the ‘launch date’ was 12 December 2025. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇭 Bahrain Post - 

4 December 2025 - 46th meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, hosted by Bahrain - 3 stamps issued in sheetlets of 6 (2 strips made up of all 3 stamps). Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

9 December 2025 - Christmas - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Rating:- ****.

2026 new programmes.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

Canada Post has announced that the following subjects are expected to be included in its 2026 new releases -

Black History Month - ‘Hip Hop pioneers’

Cultural traditions - Maple syrup month and sugar shacks

Wildlife - 4 species of wolves found in Canada

‘Places of Pride’

Centenary of the Royal Canadian Legion and commemoration of the role of Chinese Canadians in the Second World War

Blood donations

Seasonal issue - Jack o’Lanterns to be issued in October

Flowers - cherry blossoms

Eid

Diwali 

Hanukkah 

Christmas 

2827. 🇸🇭 New Definitives From Ascension Island In 2026.

 

New issues -

🇸🇭 Postal service of Ascension Island -

30 January 2026 - Definitives, Seabirds of Ascension - 16 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and Rating:-*****.

🇫🇰 Postal service of the Falkland Islands -

15 January 2026 - Summer - 4 stamps. Designed by Louise Larke and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13 x 13.5. Rating:- ****.

30 January 2026 - Local postal rate booklet - 1 stamp in booklet of 10 sold for £3.80p. Designed by Sarah Stannard and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- ****.

Production of the above issues was coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle of Mam Stamps and Coins for information about these issues.

🇸🇨Seychelles Postal Service -

30 April 2025 - Seychelles’ hosting of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup - 1 stamp. This issue was originally described in Blog 2714 but it is now possible to provide an illustration of the actual stamp.

🇮🇳 India Post -

November 2025 - My Stamp personalised stamps. Stamps with attached labels sold by India Post usually in sheetlets of 12 and at a premium price.

10th anniversary of AMRIT Pharmacy - 1 stamp.

The Rezang La war memorial (Chushal, Ladakh) commemorating the Battle of Rezang La (18 November 1962) which was fought against Chinese forces - 1 stamp.

Devbhoomi Rajat Utsav, Uttarakhand (I) - 1 stamp.

Devbhoomi Rajat Utsav, Uttarakhand - (II) - 1 stamp -

2825. 🇱🇷🇬🇧🇬🇸 Malaysia Stamp Week, BAT Huts And South Georgia Marine Science Issues.

 

New issues -

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia - 

13 November 2025 - Stamp Week, Classic animations - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇧 Postal service of British Antarctic Territory -

late November 2025 - Historic Antarctic huts and bases, part 1 - 6 stamps (3 se-tenant pairs). Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇸 Postal service of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands -

18 December 2025 - Discovery investigations - the centenary of marine science- 4 stamps ( 2 se-tenant pairs). Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Rating:- *****.

Production of the 2 above issues was coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle Of Man Stamps & Coins for information about these stamps.

One that got away -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

10 November 2025 - Centenary of the birth of the extremely important stage and screen actor, the Welshman Richard Burton CBE. Preferring to issue a set celebrating the role of ducks in the history of Britain and a set commemorating the invention in the United States of a board game, Royal Mail missed the opportunity to commemorate the birth centenary of Sir Richard Burton, one of Britain’s greatest actors, a notable figure in modern Welsh history and famous for his relationship with Elizabeth Taylor.

  True, Royal Mail did feature Burton in his role as Henry V on a stamp as part of an issue released in 2018 to commemorate the bicentenary of the Old Vic but it does seem that he is a figure worthy of commemoration on the centenary of his birth and a stamp issue intended to do that also of course gives the opportunity to highlight Wales, one of the countries of the United Kingdom.

  This is another example of a stamp issue that got away though the Ducks issue may be relevant as Burton starred in the movie The Wild Geese. See also Blogs 2781 and 2805.

2824. 🇧🇼 Second Set Of Beautiful Birds From Botswana.

 

New issues -

🇧🇼 Botswana Post -

26 September 2025 - ‘Beautiful birds of Botswana’, part 2 - Rollers - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

7 November 2025 - Festive treats - a miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps was also issued alongside the 4 basic stamps (see Blog 2818). The issue was designed by See Pin Pin and lithographed by Brebner Print and is perforated 14.5. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

150th anniversary of the Mande Vataram,  national song - 1 stamp. Further details awaited. Rating:- ***.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

3 November 2025 - Pakistan International Maritime Expo and Conference. Designed “supplied by the customer” and lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Karachi and perforated 13. Rating:- **.