2931. 🇳🇷 Nauru To Become Naoero

 

🇳🇷 Nauru to change its name.

  The Nauruan Parliament formerly approved the change of the country’s name to Naoero on 12 May 2026 when it agreed to pass the Constitution (Amendment) (No 2) Bill 2026. Previously, Naoeroan President, David Adeang, had said, “while the name of Nauru has been recognised internationally since independence, this proposed change seeks to more faithfully honour our nation’s heritage, our language and our identity”.

  Adeang explained that Naoero had been the island’s previous name but had altered with time to Nauru because foreigners could not pronounce the original name properly and was changed for convenience not by choice. Adeang stated that “Today we have the opportunity to bring our name home”. He said, “It is about dignity. It is about pride. It is about honouring those who came before us”. A national referendum will be held to confirm the parliamentary decision.

New issues.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

29 June 2026 - “Justice for all, upholding the rule of law in Singapore” - 4 stamps Lithographed. Further details awaited. Rating:- ***.

10 July 2026 - Heritage neighbourhoods - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Further details awaited. Rating:- ***.

14 July 2026 + Revitalising Spaces, Connecting Communities - 5 stamps. Lithographed. Further details awaited. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

9 June 2026 - 10th anniversary of the national free antenatal care scheme - 1 stamp. Rating:- **.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

10 June 2026 - World Handicrafts Day, national heritage - Pakistan blue pottery - 3 stamps in a se-tenant strip and1 miniature sheet in the form of a large single stamp. Designed by Abu Udaidah Ayaz and lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Karachi. Rating:- *****.

15 June 2026 - Golden jubilee of the Alpine Club of Pakistan - 4 stamps in a se-tenant strip. Lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Karachi. Rating:- ****.

 🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

26 June 2026 - Macao 2026 Specialised World Stamp Exhibition - limited edition of 3000 of a single miniature sheet containing a single valueless stamp and sold only at the exhibition. This is a new little trick by Guernsey Post whereby collectors are invited to buy miniature sheets which have no value at notable stamp exhibitions but which can then be sold on at a high price because of their rarity. Although they are attractive (the first was issued at the Boston 2026 exhibition) they are valueless (but have a cost) and of course, no postal validity.

2903. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Commemorates Popular Musician.

 

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

3 June 2026 - Commemoration of Sir Dave Dobbyn, New Zealand popular musician- 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Chris Jones of Graphetti and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- *.

🇮🇲 🇸🇭🇧🇸 🇫🇰 🇬🇸🇸🇭 Isle Of Man Post Office and others -

21 April 2026 - Birth centenary of the late Queen Elizabeth II - large booklet costing £35 released by the Isle of Man Post Office containing four pages, two of which take the form of self-adhesive panes, the first containing 12 different black and white stamps - 2 each from the postal services of Isle Of Man, Ascension Island, Bahamas, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Tristan Da Cunha (the stamps of all these countries and territories have been marketed by Isle of Man Stamps since Pobjoy Stamps ceased business) and the second pane containing versions of 12 different previously issued Isle of Man stamps which featured Her Late Majesty (all perforated) and 6 illustrations of the present Isle Of Man stamps depicting the late Queen ‘cancelled’ with gold, small circular ‘postmarks’.

These multi-territory items are my guilty pleasure even though in this particular case the booklet is said to be going to be sold only by the Isle of Man Post Office and not in Bahamas nor the British Overseas Territories. Without checking, I think the first pane features the first ever self-adhesive stamps from several of the territories - Bahamas, Ascension, Tristan Da Cunha and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

2765. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail Commemorates Monty Python.

 

New issues.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

14 August 2025 - 50th anniversary of Monty Python, BBC television comedy series & film - 6 stamps (3 vertically se-tenant pairs, (cost £10.20p), 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different self-adhesive stamps (Monty Python and The Holy Grail, cost £6.80p), 1 miniature sheet containing the 6 different stamps in self -adhesive format with labels (£11.40p, ‘Collectors sheeet), 1 miniature sheet containing 3 identical self-adhesive  stamps with labels (Monty Python and The Holy Grail ‘fan sheet’, cost £7.50p) and 1 ‘Gold miniature sheet’, cost £149.99p). Designed by Common Curiosity and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5. 

Great designs celebrating British humour as it was 50 years ago but now long lost under the pressure of political correctness and pofacedness and the need to be offended. An excessive issue with grossly unnecessary extra items (yes, I know they’re for the fans) but let’s give the basic set & miniature sheet a full blown ***** in memory of a lost Britain and its zany, rude sense of humour.

🇶🇦 Qatar Post -

15 June 2025 - 80th anniversary of the League of Arab States - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

My Stamp personalised stamps sold to the public at a premium by India Post. Usually produced in sheetlets of 12 stamps with attached labels.

2025 - Centenary of the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhahbad - 1 stamp with attached label.