2948. 🇨🇦 Canada Commemorates Centenary Of The Royal Canadian Legion.

 

New Issues -

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

17 July 2026 - Centenary of the Royal Canadian Legion - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in booklets of 6. Designed by Blair Thomson from a photograph by Jo Thomson, both of Believe In and lithographed by Colour Innovations. Rating:-*****.

🇲🇼 Malawi Post  -

?2025 - provisional definitive, K1320 on K105 - previously issued definitive stamp reissued with surcharge applied in black. I have not been aware of this value up to now - the stamp is currently being sold by Bombay Stamps from its internet site and is described as”rare”. Rating:- *****.

?2026 - provisional definitive, surcharge in red - 2 stamps. Previously issued butterfly stamps reissued with surcharges applied - K300 on K2 and K440 on K65. Other surcharges in red are reported in Blog 2942. These 2 previously unreported stamps are being auctioned on an internet site. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

17 July 2026 - Agriculture and horticulture and wildlife of Aranchal Pradesh - 2 miniature sheets each containing 6 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇼 Botswana Post -

27 November 2026 - ‘Threads of life - the Mophane story of Botswana’ 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:-*****. A first day cover of this issue, previously unreported, is shown on the Spectre Stamps blog internet site but further information is awaited.

2944. 🇸🇸 South Sudan Commemorates Fifteenth Anniversary Of Independence.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

2026 - My stamps, personalised stamps usually issued in sheets of 12 with attached labels and at a premium price -

? July - Trishul Indian Defence Museum in Moradabad - 1 stamp.

? July - Samvadhan Sahitya Vatika, public park in Moradabad - 1 stamp.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

There has been a slight change in the Royal Mail stamp calendar for the rest of the year and one of the “tbc” issues has been moved to 1 December though Royal Mail has not yet identified what the ‘tbc’ are -

🇸🇭 St Helena postal service -

The government of St Helena has published a list of previous stamp issues which are now to be demonetised -

🇸🇸 Postal service of South Sudan - 

9 July 2026 - 15th anniversary of the achievement of independence from Sudan - 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- ***. More illustrations to be added when available.

2934. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh Commemorates FIFA World Cup.

 

New issues -

🇧🇩 postal service of Bangladesh -

11 June 2026 - FIFA World Cup Football championships hosted by Mexico, Canada and USA - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Jasim Uddin and lithographed by The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd Gazipur and perforated 12.5. Rating:- ***.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

30 July 2026 - Biodiversity, 2nd issue - 4 stamps. Designed by Abdelkrim Asrar and lithographed. Rating:- **.

20 August 2026 - Hong Kong Past and Present series, Kowloon City District - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Lai Wai-yin and lithographed. Rating:- **.

17 September 2026 - Lingnan craftsmanship: Guangcai, (The Canton Famille Rose porcelain) making technique - 4 stamps in a se-tenant block and 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

5 November 2026 - 24 Solar terms -Winter - 6 stamps (3 se-tenant pairs) and 1 miniature sheet containing 24 different stamps as 12 se-tenant pairs. Designed by Sherman Lau and lithographed. Rating:-**.

17 December 2026 - Development of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. The illustrations do not depict the values inscribed on the stamps. Rating:- **.

🇬🇭 Ghana Post -

24 May 2024 - ‘Cryptostamp’ commemorating the 25th anniversary of the accession of the Otembuo Osei Tutu II, King of the Ashanti Kingdom - 1 stamp.

2925. 🇹🇬 ‘Togo’ And Its Latest Philatelic ‘Gems’.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

15 May 2026 - Commemoration of Acharya Dinesh Chandra Joshi, Sanskrit scholar and educationalist - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

🇱🇹🇦🇪 Products released probably by a Stamperija/Aurescollections collaboration - 

🇹🇬 Products inscribed République Togolaise (Togo) -

Stated ‘date of issue’ - 4 May 2026 - Numerous products including previously issued ‘stamps’ reissued with surcharges applied both perforated and imperforate, miniature sheets perforated and imperforate, ‘proofs’, ‘first day covers’ and postcards. Once more I ask myself, does anyone actually buy this stuff? All are rated ‘0’

Surcharges on previous issues -

Truffle hunting dogs - 1 miniature sheet containing 9 stamps , (2 of 4 of the stamps plus a single of the 5th stamp.

Owls - 1 miniature sheet containing 9 stamps (2 x 4 plus one single stamp).

Tortoises - 1 miniature sheet containing 9 stamps (2 x 4 plus a single stamp) -

Frogs - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps -

New designs -

Recognition of the State of Palestine by several countries  - 4 stamps and 4 miniature sheets, imperforate and perforated plus other items 

Wildlife of the rain forest - 15 stamps in perforated and imperforate formats, 5 miniature sheets/ 

Sheetlets plus numerous other products.

Wildlife of the Amazon region (south America) - 10 stamps and 5 miniature sheets all available in perforated and imperforate format plus other products.

50th anniversary of ECOWAS - 1 stamp. It now appears that a version of this stamp has been released in sheet format containing stamps from Togo only rather than the multicountry-national sheet containing the stamps of 12 different philatelic entities.