2864. 🇮🇪 An Post To Commemorate United States Rebellion.

 

New issues -

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

24 February 2026 - 250th anniversary of the American rebellion - 1 stamp featuring the Ulsterman John Dunlap who printed the early copies of the rebels’ Declaration of Independence - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

9 March 2026 - ‘From the Ocean to the Stars’, photographs taken by the American “astronaut and aquanaut” Nicole Stott - 6 gummed stamps (cost £12.21), 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps but in self-adhesive format (£12.21) and 1 prestige booklet of self-adhesive stamps (£19.81). Designed by Glazier Design and lithographed. Nicole Stott is the wife of the Isle Of Man-born American Chris Stott, founder and principle director of ManSat and the “Isle Of Man government’s Representative to the Space Community”. Well, there we have it! Rating:- 0. 

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

2026 (exact date awaited) - Birth centenary of the late Queen Elizabeth II - further details awaited but the design of one of the stamps has been revealed.

2863. 🇦🇺 Australia Commemorates Birth Centenary Of Queen Elizabeth II.

 New issues -

🇦🇺Australia Post -

7 April 2026 - Birth centenary of the late Queen Elizabeth II - 3 stamps (cost A$5.10) and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ****.

🇨🇽 Products inscribed ‘Christmas Island Australia’ -

2 March 2026 - ‘Digi-stamp’ (Cryptostamp stamps), Year of the Horse - 3 products with face values of $1.70, $3.40 and $3.50 each sold for $15. Designed by Chrissy Lau. Rating:- 0.

10 March 2026 - WB Gould’s Sketchbook of Fishes - 3 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:-*.

17 March 2026 - The art of Eileen Mayo - 3 gummed stamps ($5.10) and 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 costing $17 and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps ($5.10). Designed by Janet Boschen and lithographed RA Printing and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- **.

24 March 2026 - Photography in Australis - 3 gummed stamps and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Simone Sakinofsky and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 or 14.5. Rating:- *.

17 February 2026 - ‘Disney villains’ ‘stamp pack’ sold for $19 and containing 1 pane of 9 different My Stamp stamps. Rating:- 0.

24 February 2026 - 20th anniversary of the movie ‘Cars’ - Stamp pack containing 2 panes each of 6 different My Stamps - 12 stamps in all and sold for $23. Rating:-0.

24 March 2026 - Peppa Pig Collection ‘stamp pack’ sold for $37 containing 2 panes of My Stamps each containing 6 different stamps (a total of 12) and 2 sheetlets each containing 4 identical ‘birthday cake’ Greetings stamps. Rating:-0.

14 April 2026 - ‘Preparing for Peace - World War I posters’ - 2 gummed stamps costing $4.70, 2 gummed stamps, 2 self-adhesive stamps from each either a booklet of 10 ($17) or ‘sheetlet’ of 5 ($15) and1 gummed miniature sheet containing both stamps. I Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.5 x 14 or 14 x 14.5. Rating:- *.

2828. 🇬🇧 Victoria And Her Stamps.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail - 

27 November 2025 - The stamps of Queen Victoria - 8 stamps issued in 2 se-tenant strips of 4 (cost £13.60), 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps (£6.80), 1 booklet containing 4 x self-adhesive Penny Black design stamps, photogravure printed (£6.80), 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 panes including 1 pane of Charles III definitives - 2 x 1p, 1 x 20 and 1 x £3.40 - (£25.35) and 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 10 stamps (1 each of 6 stamps and 2 each of the other two stamps (£18.20). Designed by Steers McGillan Eves and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14. This issue was described and shown in Blog 2825 but more details and better quality illustrations are included here.

Total cost of the above - £70.85!