2922. 🇵🇳 Update On Pitcairn.

 

New issues.

🇬🇸 Bounty Post (postal service of Pitcairn Islands) - 

2023 - Friends of Pitcairn Islands - 2 stamps issued as a se-tenant pair. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

2023 - commemoration of Dr William and Mrs Emily Ancrum (see Blog 2782) - 3 stamps in a se-tenant strip. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.  It was suggested that this issue had been released in 2025 but it appears that the year of issue by Tower Stamps was 2023.

2024 - The Pitcairn stamp designs of Jennifer Toombs (1940-2018) - 4 stamps issued as a se-tenant strip with a valueless label depicting the designer between the 2nd and 3rd stamps. Lithographed. Rating:-*****.

A very worthy subject.

All of the above items have been recently offered for sale on an internet auction site by Vmpetrol.

The American revolution.

In Blog 2920 I reported on the recent issues by the United States Post Office which commemorate the 250th anniversary of the rebellion of the Thirteen British colonies in North America and the declaration of Independence which established the United States of America. A further issue was released on 23 May 2026 which takes the form of a 2 pane ‘prestige booklet’ sold for US$28.95. The two panes are identical and each contain 10 different self-adhesive stamps which depict artefacts - ‘treasures’ - of the revolutionary period. These include a map of the Battle of Yorktown, the flag of the American Commander-in-chief, revolutionary currency, the badge of Mikitary Merit and a teapot with a revolutionary inscription. This is an interesting approach to commemorating the age of revolution and the issue was designed by Ethel Kessler.

2787. 🇬🇮🇸🇬 New Issues From Gibraltar And Singapore.

 

New issues -

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

16 September 2025 - Local architecture, SEPAC (£1 value) -  6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera from photographs by Sebastian Rodriguez and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- **.

16 September 2025 - ‘Celebration of Gibraltar’s philately’, 50th anniversary of the Gibraltar Study Circle - 1 miniature sheet containing a single £4 stamp. Designed by Rating:- **.

18 September 2025 - Medals of service. Designed by Stephen Perera from photographs by Alamy and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- **.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

19 September 2025 - Joint issue by Singapore Post and the Thailand postal service - 2 stamps. Designed by Ivory Seah (Singapore) and Thaneth Ponchaiwong (Thailand) and lithographed by Secura and perforated 13. 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 -

2699. 🇬🇬🇳🇿 Guernsey Notes Liberation Anniversary; New Zealand’s Rocky Horror Issue.

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

7 May 2025 - ‘Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show’ - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Chris Jones of Graphetti and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14 x 14.5. The subject of this issue appears to be just another example of the random selection of aspects of modern popular culture which large postal services choose to feature on their postage stamps at this present time to cash in on anything they can,  no matter how trivial. New Zealand Post, in its publicity, is forced to underline that the country’s connection with the writer of this musical play and film is that, though born in England, O’Brien was brought up in New Zealand from the age of 10 years. The issue is not linked to any particular event or anniversary and appears to be quite unnecessary given that New Zealand Post now releases far too many issues and stamps. 

Rating:- 0.

Meanwhile, a far more worthwhile issue of real significance - 

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post - 

1 May 2025 - 80th anniversary of Guernsey’s liberation from German military occupation - 6 stamps. Designed by Two Degrees North and lithographed by Bpost. 

Rating:-*****.

2628.🇦🇺 Australia Post’s New Issues For The Start of 2025.

 

New Issues - 

🇦🇺 Australia Post - 

🇨🇽 Issue inscribed Christmas Island Australia -

7 January 2024 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Snake - 3 gummed stamps, 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps, 1 x $3.30 self adhesive stamp sold in booklets of 5, 2 ‘gold’ miniature sheets each containing 3 different stamps sold for $110 and $120 respectively, 1 ‘Zodiac sheet’ costing $16.80, 1 ‘Calendar sheet’ costing $17.50. Designed by Chrissy Lau, Jo Muré and Jason Watts and lithographed by RA and perforated 14 - 14.5. Rating:- *.

14 January 2025 - ‘Ancient lands’ - 3 gummed stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps, & 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 20 self adhesive stamps costing $30. Designed by Sharon Rodziewicz and lithographed by RA and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- *.

21 January 2025 - Native orchids - 3 gummed stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps and 3 booklets each containing 10 identical self-adhesive stamps and each sold for $15. Designed by Sharon Rodziewicz and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- *.

🇳🇫 Issue inscribed Norfolk Island -

4 February 2025 - Bicentenary of the second penal settlement on Norfolk Island - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Lisa Christensen Three Branches Design and lithographed by EGO and perforated a14 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.

11 February 2025 - This 50th anniversary of the Australian honours system - 3 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.

2025  - ‘Stamp packs’ - all rated:- 0 -

Star Wars Power The Force - 1 sheetlet containing 12 different stamps sold for $21 (total face value - $18)

 70th anniversary of Walt Disney’s cartoon movie Lady and the Tramp - 2 panes, one of 9 different stamps and the other of a5 identical Greetings stamps with attached labels sold for $24 (total face value $21)

85th anniversary of Tom and Jerry (American cartoon) - 1 sheetlet containing 9 different stamps sold for $17 (total face value $13.50).

25 January 2025 - Australian Open Tennis Championships- 1 sheetlet of 12 different stamps sold for $20 (total face value $15).

18 February 2025 - ‘Best friends’, domestic dogs and cats - 4 gummed stamps and 4 self adhesive stamps sold in a booklet of 10 for $15. Designed by Sharon Rodziewicz and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- *.

🇮🇳 India Post -

6 December 2024 - Ashtalakshmi Mahotsav (Cutural festival in north east India)- 1 stamp. Rating:- **.

11 December 2024 - 75th anniversary of UNICEF’s work in India - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Rating:- ***.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

13 December 2024 - National Stamp Exhibition, Kurracchee 2024, winning designs in a children’s art competition - 1 sheetlet containing 8 different stamps and 2 labels. Designed by the late Adil Salahuddin and lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation and performed 14. Rating:- ***.