2971. 🇮🇪 Irish Republic Marks Disaster Centenary.

 

New issues -

3 September 2026 - Centenary of the Dromcollogher cinema fire disaster in which 48 people were killed - 1 self-adhesive stamp issued in a sheetlet of 4. Designed by Ger Garland and lithographed by Enschedé. A grim stamp issue. Rating:- **.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -

3 July 2026 - ‘Nazrul Year’, commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Kazi Nasrul Islam, national poet of Bangladesh - 6 stamps issued as 2 se-tenant strips of three. Lithographed by Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Gazipur. Rating:- *****.

5 July 2026 - National Rural Development Day - 1 stamps issued as. Designed by Sumanto Kumar and lithographed by The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd Gazipur and perforated 12. Rating:- ***.

5 July 2026 -,Wari Bateshwar archaeological site - 1 stamp. Designed by Saikat Alam Himu and lithographed by Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd Gazipur and perforated 12.5. Rating:- **.

2907. 🇲🇹 Malta’s Europa Stamp.

 

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

9 May 2026 - EUROPA, 70th anniversary of Europa stamps - 1 stamp and 1 booklet containing 5 identical stamps. Designed by Klaus Welp and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- **. A horrible, tedious and incomprehensible design brings Europa stamps to an all time low - at least MaltaPost is only issuing a single stamp on this occasion.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

7 May 2026 - 250th anniversary of the rebellion of Britain’s North American colonies - 6 stamps. Designed by Glazier Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 11.5. The stamps depict Manx people involved in the conflict. Rating:- ****.

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post -

2026 - Freshwater flora (reprint with 2026 imprint) - 1 stamp.Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2026 - Seashells of Mauritius (reprint with 2026 imprint) - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2026 - Reprinted definitive, extinct species of birds with 2026 imprint in lower border (previously issued with 2024 imprint) - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

  The above illustrations of the Mauritius stamps are taken from the internet auction site of Spectre of Stamps which are offering them for sale.

2883. 🇸🇬 Singapore Promotes Health.

 

New issues -

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

1 April 2026 - 25th anniversary of the Health Promotion Board - 5 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

7 April 2026 - Commemoration of the late Trevor Hemmings CVO, racing horse trainer - 6 stamps (cost £12.97) 1 Prestige booklet containing 2 panes each of the 6 stamps) (cost ££25.94) and 1 pane of 6 self-adhesive stamps (one of each) costing £12.97. Total cost - £51.88. Designed by Grossick Photography and lithographed by bpost and perforated 11.5. Rating:- *. This issue does not appear to be related to any particular anniversary associated with Trevor Hemmings & its total cost is quite obviously excessive.

2868. 🇦🇺 Australia Commemorates Winter Olympics Gold Medallists.

 

New issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post - 

2026 (precise date awaited) - Australian gold medalists at the Winter Olympic Games, hosted by Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo - 3 stamps, each issued in a sheetlet of 10 identical stamps each costing A$17. Rating ***.

🇧🇧 Barbados postal service -

10 November 2025 - We Gatherin’ event involving a year of encouraging individuals of the Bajan diaspora community to visit Barbados - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

2026 (precise date awaited) - EUROPA, 70th anniversary of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations - at least 1 stamp. Lithographed. Further details awaited. Rating:- *.

🇸🇭 St Helena postal service - 

2026 - Spectre of Stamps stamp dealers has reported that a new definitive series depicting Endemic invertebrates will be issued during 2026 but no other details or illustrations are presently available.

🇮🇪 An Post (postal service of the Irish Republic) -

19 February 2026 - ‘Stamp for Ireland’, the Aran jumper - 2 self adhesive stamps. Designed by Sally Caulwell and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

2803. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail’s Monopoly.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail - 

16 October 2025 - 90th anniversary of the introduction of Monopoly, a board game invented in the United States -  10 x 1st Class domestic rate stamps (2 se-tenant strips of 5) (cost £17) and 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 10 different stamps with attached labels costing £18.20. Designed by Hat-trick Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5 x 14. Assuredly the dullest set of 10 stamps commemorating the most inconsequential of anniversaries that Royal Mail has yet managed to come up with. Rating:- 0.

🇰🇾 Postal service of the Cayman Islands -

There will be no postage stamps issued during 2025 by the Cayman Islands postal service according to an article published by Cayman Compass a week ago:-

🇧🇧 Barbados postal service -

1 October 2025 - 70th anniversary of the Barbados Fire Brigade - 5 stamps. Barbados Stamps has recently featured these new stamps on its internet site -