2954. 🇸🇭🇬🇸🇸🇭 New Issues From The South Atlantic.

 

New issues - 

🇸🇭 postal service of Ascension Island -

9 September 2026 - 10th anniversary of the Blue Belt Programme - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

postal service of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands -

9 September 2026 - 10th anniversary of the Blue Belt Programme - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

6 September 2026 - 20th anniversary of the Pharos SG - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

postal service of Tristan Da Cunha -

9 September 2026 - 10th anniversary of the Blue Belt Programme - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

31 August 2026 - The Gough Island Meteorological Station (part 1) - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- ****.

The production of all the above issues was coordinated by Creative Direction and thanks to Isle of Man Stamps and Collectables for information about the stamps.

2939. 🇫🇰🇸🇭 New Issues From Falkland Islands And Tristan Da Cunha.

New Issues -

🇫🇰 Postal service of the Falkland Islands -

3 August 2026 Airmail postcard rate stamps (£1,60), the gentoo penguin - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in a booklet of 10 for £16. Designed by Bee Design from a photograph by Sara Jenner and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- *****.

🇸🇭 Postal service of Tristan Da Cunha -

4 July 2026 - 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by the rebelling North American colonists - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different £2.50 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5 x14.5. Rating:- ***.

Production of the above 2 issues was co-ordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle of Man stamps and Coins for information about these issues.

Commonwealth countries which are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2026 up until the end of June -

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda 

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia Norfolk Island

Australian Antarctic Territory 

Barbados 

Belize

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon

Cook Islands including Rarotonga 

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn 

Dominica 

Gabon 

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Guyana

Jamaica

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Maldives 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nevis

New Zealand Ross Dependency 

Niue

Papua New Guinea 

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda

St Helena 

St Kitts/St Kitts Nevis

Saint Lucia 

St Vincent and the Grenadines 

Samoa

Seychelles

Tokelau 

Tonga

Tonga Niuafo’ou 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Turks and Caicos Islands 

Tuvalu 

Uganda 

United Republic of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia

Therefore, at the end of June, 49 out of 88 (55.7%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps in 2026. This compares with 58.2% at the end of May 2026 and 53.4% at the end of June 2025.

2811. 🇦🇺 Australia Post’s Final Issues Of 2025.

 

New issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

28 October 2025 - The King’s Birthday - 2 gummed stamps (illustrated and detailed in Blog 2801), 1 gummed miniature sheet and 1 ‘sheetlet’ containing 5 x $4.35 stamps sold for $21.75. Items not previously depicted are shown below -

3 November 2025 - Christmas. See Blog 2806 for illustrations and details of basic gummed stamps.

‘Secular’ designs - 

3 gummed stamps, 2 booklets/‘sheetlets’ containing self-adhesive stamps (5 x $3 sold for $15 and 10 x 65c sold for $6.50), 1 ‘embellished’ stamp pack containing 20 ‘embellished’ stamps (10 of each 65c value) sold for $14.95, 2 self-adhesive sheetlets of 10 x 65c sold for $6.50 each (each sheetlet features one of the two designs) and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Those items not previously depicted are shown below - 

‘Religious’ designs - 2 gummed stamps, 1 gummed miniature sheet containing both stamps, and 2 self-adhesive stamps (the $3 from a sheetlet of 5 sold for $15 and the 65c from a booklet of 10 sold for $6.50). 

8 November 2025 - Brisbane Stamp and Coin Show 2025 - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *.

Stamp packs - various My Stamp personalised items sold by Australia Post at a premium. Rating for all  items - 0.

3 November 2025 - ‘Loony Tunes’ Christmas Pack - 1 pack containing 2 panes each of 20 x 65c all different 65c stamps and sold for $15.

3 November 2025 - ‘Stitch’s Christmas Pack’ - pack containing 2 panes each containing 10 all different stamps sold for $15?

18 December 2025 - ‘Avatar Stamp Pack’ - pack containing 1 panes each of 9 x $1.90 different stamps sold for $19.

  Surprisingly there is no mention of any Christmas Island Christmas stamps in the latest Australia Post stamp bulletin. Perhaps that news is yet to come.

2806. 🇦🇺 Penguins Feature On Australian Christmas Stamps.

 

New issues -

An Post (postal service of the Irish Republic) -

9 October 2025 - The Làmh signing system, - 1 self-adhesive stamp issued in booklets of 8. Designed by UNTHINK and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

3 November 2025 - Christmas, secular and religious designs - 5 gummed, 5 self-adhesive stamps and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps. Secular - 3 stamps, designed by Jo Muré from illustrations by Andrew McKintosh and lithographed by EGO (gummed) or RA Printing or inkjet 1200 dpi by Rapid Labels (self adhesive). Religious - 2 stamps, designed by Jo Muré from the art of Julien O’Brien and lithographed by RA Printing. Perforated 14.5 x 14. Further details and illustrations awaited. Rating:- **.

2788. 🇲🇿 New Mozambique Postal Service Issues Its First Stamps.

 

New issues -

🇲🇿 Corre (Correio Expresso de Moçambique) -

3 July 2025 - World Vision ENOUGH Campaign - 1 stamp. This appears to be the first issued by Mozambique’s new national privatised postal service, CORRE. My attention was drawn to it by the report on Stamp Boards by DJCMH. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

12 September 2025 - My stamp, personalised stamp, 90th anniversary of CIPLA (pharmaceutical company) - 1 stamp with attached label sold in sheetlets of 12 at a premium price. 

🇫🇰 Postal service of the Falkland Islands -

3 October 2025 - The Gentoo penguins - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

31 October 2025 - Centenary of the Brodie Suspension Bridge - 6 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5x 13.Rating:- *****.