2983. 🇬🇮 New Issues From Gibraltar and Pakistan.

 

New issues -

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

30 September 2026 - Centenary of the discovery of Gibraltar 2, the remains of a Neanderthal child - 5 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera from art by Mauricio Antón and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *****.

30 September 2026 - 50th anniversary of the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society - 2 miniature sheets each containing 6 different stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera art by Jonathan Pointer and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- *****.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

15 September 2026 - 25th anniversary of Cader College Palandri - 3 stamps issued as a se-tenant strip. Designed by Aashir Ali Khan and lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Karachi and perforated 13. Rating: - ***.

2963. 🇯🇲 Jamaica Commemorates College Anniversary In 2025 Issue.

 

New issues - 

🇵🇬 Post PNG (postal service of Papua New Guinea) -

2025 - Remote airstrips - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, one containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

23 August 2026 - Commemoration of Ramphal Mandal, a ‘Freedom Fighter’ who was hanged after confessing to the brutal murder of four Sikh officials of the British imperial government in India - 1 stamp. Designed by Shri Kamleshwar Singh. Rating:- *.

🇯🇲 Jamaica Post -

8 September 2025 - 175th anniversary of St George’s College - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****. These photographs appear on the Spectre of Stamps internet site and are currently offered for sale by that dealer.

🇰🇪 Kenya Post -

3 June 2026 - 63rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kenya and the former Soviet Union. Previously reported in Blog 2937 this issue appears to be made up of 4 stamps rather than a miniature sheet. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

2962. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Post - It’s Lord Of The Rings Time Yet Again.

 

New Issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

2 September 2026 - 25th anniversary of the release of The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring, a movie based on the book by JRR Tolkien filmed in New Zealand locations. New Zealand Post has on a number of occasions released numerous stamps on the subject of this and other movies in the series - 1 sheetlet containing 9 different stamps. Designed by Sacha Lees and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Cost equal to £14.12. There are also 9 miniature sheets each containing a different single stamp with a total price equal to £14.12 which are lithographed with the addition of gold foil. Rating:- *.

2944. 🇸🇸 South Sudan Commemorates Fifteenth Anniversary Of Independence.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

2026 - My stamps, personalised stamps usually issued in sheets of 12 with attached labels and at a premium price -

? July - Trishul Indian Defence Museum in Moradabad - 1 stamp.

? July - Samvadhan Sahitya Vatika, public park in Moradabad - 1 stamp.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

There has been a slight change in the Royal Mail stamp calendar for the rest of the year and one of the “tbc” issues has been moved to 1 December though Royal Mail has not yet identified what the ‘tbc’ are -

🇸🇭 St Helena postal service -

The government of St Helena has published a list of previous stamp issues which are now to be demonetised -

🇸🇸 Postal service of South Sudan - 

9 July 2026 - 15th anniversary of the achievement of independence from Sudan - 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- ***. More illustrations to be added when available.