2957. 🇮🇳 Handlooms Of India.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

7 August 2026 - Handlooms of India - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Rating:- *****.

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

30 July 2026 - Centenary of the Army Equitation School and of the Aga Khan Cup - 2 self-adhesive stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp.Designed by Red&Grey and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

🇯🇴 Postal service of Jordan -

2 August 2026 - ‘Jerusalem - capital of Arab women 2025-2026’ - 1 previously issued stamp with overprint and surcharge applied to it. Rating:-***

2956. 🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia Invites You To Visit Johor.

 

New issues -

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

8 August 2026 - ‘Visit Johor 2026’, Tourism promotional campaign - 2 stamps in a se-tenant pair. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

?August 2026 - My Stamp, personalised stamp, 80th anniversary of JNTUS College of Engineering in Ananthapuramu - 1 stamp with attached label.

🇱🇹 Stamperija (Lithuania-based exploitative producer and purveyor of paraphilatelic products under contract to several African governments/postal administrations)

Products inscribed Togolese Republic -

Stated date of issue “2026” - various sets including commemorations of various anniversaries of the British royal family -

Birth centenary of Queen Elizabeth II - 2 miniature sheets -

105th anniversary of the birth of The late Duke of Edinburgh - 1 sheetlet containing 6 different stamps and 2 labels -

65th anniversary of the birth of the late Diana Princess of Wales - 2 miniature sheet# -

45th anniversary of the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales (now King Charles III) and Lady Diana Spencer - 1 sheetlet containing 6 different stamps and 2 labels -

Other anniversaries featured on these products include the 115th anniversary of Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States of America -

the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces - 

and commemorations of the Artemis II space rocket, 65th anniversary of the speech by the late President Kennedy on setting the target of landing a man on the moon, 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle damage, 20th anniversary of the maiden flight of Falcon 1, 65th anniversary of the flight of Freedom 7, 205th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte (former tyrant of France), 50th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong (former tyrant of China), Birth centenary of Marilyn Monroe (American film star and mistress of US President John Kennedy), 70th anniversary of the wedding of Prince Ranier of Monaco and Grace Kelly (American film actress), 125th birth anniversary of Marlene Dietrich (German singer and film star), 80th anniversary of the birth of Freddie Mercury’s (British popular musician) and 85th birthday anniversary of Bob Dylan (American popular musician).

Naturally, all the above products are rated 0.

2955. 🇳🇷 First Stamp Inscribed Naoero.

 

New issues.

🇳🇷 Naoero Post -

15 July 2026 - 21st anniversary of the nationalisation of the phosphate industry and the new company logo of RONPHOS - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇭 Bahrain Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications -

2 August 2026 - ‘Year of Isa Al Kabeer’, commemoration of Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al-Khalifa (ruled 1869 - 1923) - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

3 August 2026 - Birth centenary of Satish Gujral, artist - 1 stamp. Rating:- ****.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

7August 2026 - SEPAC, iconic landmarks - 2 stamps. Designed from photographs by Mariah Grech and Daniel Cilia and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- ***.

2955. 🇮🇲 Isle Of Man - No Respite From Unending Flood Of New Issues.

 

New issues -

🇮🇲 Isle of Man Post Office -

10 August 2026 - Trinacria (second issue) - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Further details awaited. Rating:- 0. Colourful but excessive given how many other stamps the IOM Post Office has already issued this year.

🇮🇳 India Post - 

?July 2026 -750th anniversary of the birth of Saint Dnyaneshwar, poet, My stamp personalised stamp - 1 stamp with attached label issued in sheetlets of 12 and sold by India Post at a premium price.

🇹🇿 Tanzania - Steven Zirinsky reports surcharges/overprints from Zanzibar and Pemba.

I have in this Blog, over recent years, reported from time to time the appearance of various surcharges from the postal service of modern-day Tanzania. Of course I have no expertise in the modern issues of that country and no local access to them and I only take an interest in them as part of my Commonwealth stamps collection. I was therefore very interested in and even startled when I read the new Newsletter by Steven Zirinsky, the expert on modern surcharges. Fascinatingly he states,  “Modern Tanzania (post-1980s) has: …. Local post office overprints in Zanzibar and Pemba ….”. I searched the site of Mr Zirinsky’s internet shop but could find no examples that I could recognise but  I look forward to discovering more about these items. As I say, these items sound fascinating as well as any other previously unreported general surcharge issues from Tanzania.

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.