2942. 🇲🇼 More Malawi Surcharges.

 

New issues -

🇲🇼 Malawi Post -

2026 - Provisional issue, surcharges in RED on previously issued stamps (surcharges on the same stamps in black were reported in Blog ). Rating:- ***.

The following issues are reported by Spectre-of-Stamps on its internet site -

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post -

15 June 2026 - Stamp from previous ‘Indigenous flowers’ set reprinted with ‘2026’ imprint. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇰🇮 Postal service of Kiribati -

17 October 2026 - 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s third voyage - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇿 postal service of Belize -

17 July 2026 - Definitive issue, various subjects - 11 values. Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

2930. 🇰🇮 Kiribati Remembers Queen Elizabeth II.

 

New issues - 

🇰🇮 Kiribati postal service -

2 July 2026 - Anniversaries - Centenary of the birth of Queen Elizabeth II, 150th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell’s patenting of the first telephone, Centenary of Robert Godard’s first liiquid-fueled rocket and the 250th anniversary of the American rebellion. Designed by Andrew Robin and lithographed. Rating:- ****.

12 October 2026 - 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s third voyage to the Pacific - 4 stamps. Further information and illustrations to follow.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

17 July 2026 - Summer in Jersey - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps . Designed by Lauren Radley and lithographed. Rating:- *.

🇧🇩 Bangla Post (postal service of Bangladesh) -

11 June 2026 - FIFA World Cups Finals hosted by Mexico, Canada and the United States of America - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***. A better quality illustration will be added when available.

🇯🇴 Postal service of Jordan -

9 June. 2026 - 27th anniversary of the accession of King Abdullah II - 1 previously issued miniature sheet containing a single stamp reissued with an overprint and surcharge applied. Rating:- ***.

2815. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail ‘s Christmas Stamps.

 

New issues -

🇰🇮 Postal service of Kiribati -

13 November 2025 - Authors associated with Kiribati - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

4 November 2025 - Christmas - 5 self-adhesive stamps from ordinary sheets (£10.67) and self-adhesive stamps from booklets of  4 x 1st Class domestic rate (£6.80), 4 x 2nd Class domestic rate (£3.48), 8 x Ist Class domestic rate (£13.60) and 8 x 2nd Class domestic rate (£6.96), 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps (£10.67) and 1 ‘Collectors sheet” containing 10 stamps (2 of each value - £22.54). Designed by Hat Trick Design and Paula Doherty (collectors sheet) and printed in gravure by Cartor and perforated 15 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.

2778. 🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Commemorates Military And Aviation Museum.

 

New issues -

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

15 September 2025 - 25th anniversary of the Manx Aviation and Military Museum - 6 stamps (total face value £12.48p). Lithographed. Rating:- *.

15 September 2025 - 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain - 1 Collectors sheet containing 16 different stamps sold in a special pack for £20. Rating:- 0.

🇧🇩  Bangladesh Post -

23 August 2025 - Mainamatipex 2025 philatelic exhibition - 4 stamps (1 previously issued definitive with overprint and surcharge applied spread over a block of 4 of the stamps). Rating:- **.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

31 August 2025 - The Jersey Witch Trials - in addition to the previously detailed 8 stamps and 1 single stamp miniature sheet (see Blog 2770) an additional miniature sheet containing one each of the stamps will also be issued. Price - £19.30 which makes the total cost of the issue to be £44! Rating:- 0.

Commonwealth countries which are not yet known to have issued or had issued on their behalf any legitimate postage stamps during 2025 -

Anguilla 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Bahamas 

Barbados 

Belize 

British Antarctic Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon

Cayman Islands 

Cook Islands including Rarotonga 

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn 

Dominica 

Gabon 

Ghana 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Guyana

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Lesotho

Mauritius 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nauru 

Nevis

New Zealand Ross Dependency 

Niue 

Papua New Guinea 

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda

St Kitts or St Kitts-Nevis

Saint Lucia

Samoa 

Solomon Islands 

South Africa 

The Gambia 

Tokelau 

Tonga 

Tonga Niuafo’ou 

Turks and Caicos Islands 

Tuvalu

Uganda 

United Republic of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia 

Therefore, at the end of August, 44 out of 88 (50.0%) (one new entity has been added in the form of Bailiwick of Guernsey Sark) of Commonwealth philatelic entities appear to have not issued, or not had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025. This compares with 54% at the end of July and 41.6% at the end of August 2024.

First issues of 2025 from Bailiwick of Guernsey Sark, Kiribati, Malawi and St Vincent and The Grenadines -