2921. 🇯🇴 Jordan Commemorates 80 Years Of Independence.

 New issues -

🇯🇴 JO Post (postal service of Jordan) -

25 May 2026 - 80th anniversary of Independence (Transjordan was liberated from Turkish rule in 1918 during the First World War and became a League of Nations Mandate of Great Britain in 1920 with the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan on 1 April 2021 and full independence from Great Britain being achieved on 22 March 1946 as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) - 1 miniature sheet containing 8 different stamps and 1 booklet containing 9 different panes (1 containing the 8 stamps and the other each containing a single stamp). Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

The booklet - 

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

22 May 2026 - Wood carvings of Embekke Devalaya - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

? May 2026 - 60th anniversary of the Institute of Packing, My Post - 1 stamp with attached label sold above face value in sheetlets of 12.

🇵🇬 Post PNG (postal service of Papua New Guinea) -

2025 probably - Fruit trees of Papua New Guinea - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

2025 (probably) - Birds of the Forest floor - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, one containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

How hard is it to design an appealing set of postage stamps in 2026?

Answer - Not hard at all.

This set of 4 stamps depicting Labrador retrievers was created using AI in about 10 minutes.

Surely these are better than the recent set of Royal Mail Castles stamps. If RM wants me to provide it with future stamp designs, Gemini and I are standing by. Oh yes! For a nice juicy fee please.

2337. 🇬🇬 Guernsey Post Commemorates Coronation Of King Charles III.

 

New issues -

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

Issues inscribed ‘Alderney’ -

5 September 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III - 6 stamps, 1 ‘Prestige booklet’ costing £31.60p and 1 ‘limited edition’ self-adhesive booklet pane costing £16.32p. Designed by Andrew Robinson and printed in lithography. Rating:- *****.

  The ‘Local Large’ rate features the moment the present Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, places the Imperial State Crown on the King’s head and this therefore adds another Archbishop of Canterbury to the list of those primates depicted on postage stamps (see Blog 333, ‘Turbulent Priests’.

🇶🇦 Qatar Post -

25 June 2023 - 10th anniversary of the accession of Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani - revision of information given in Blog 2333. This issue seems to be made up of 2 miniature sheets each containing 3 different stamps (5000 sets produced) and 1 x ‘24 carat golden’ stamp  (in an edition of 1000) plus 1 x pure gold’ stamps (edition of 3000. Rating:- ***.

2333. 🇸🇬 Singapore New Issue Features National Monuments.

 

New issues.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

30 June 2023 - National monuments - 5 stamps. Designed by Sonny Lee and lithographed by Secura and perforated 13.Rating:- *****.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

19 July 2023 - 75th anniversary of regional stamps - 4 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5. Rating:- *****.

19 July 2023 - Sepac, Traditional markets, Bicentenary of Guernsey’s market halls - 4 stamps. Designed by Chris Griffiths and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- ****.

🇶🇦 Qatar Post -

25 June 2023 - Tenth anniversary of the succession of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad as Emir of Qatar - 4 stamps. Rating:- ****.