2904. 🇧🇲 Bermuda Commemorates Royal Visit.

 

New issues -

🇧🇲 Bermuda postal service -

30 April 2026 -Royal visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Bermuda (30 April - 1 May) - 1 previously issued high value stamp overprinted. Rating:- ***.

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post -

30 April 2026 - 70th anniversary of the 6th Buddhist Council - 7 stamps. Lithographed by Wazi Security Printing Works. Rating- *****.

Commonwealth countries and territories not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025 up until the end of April.

Anguilla 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands 

Australia Norfolk Island 

Australian Antarctic Territory 

Barbados 

Belize 

Botswana 

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 

Kenya

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Malawi

Maldives 

Mauritius 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nevis

New Zealand Ross Dependency 

Niue

Papua New Guinea 

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda

St Helena 

St Kitts/St Kitts Nevis

St Vincent and the Grenadines 

Samoa 

Seychelles 

Solomon Islands 

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 April, 52 out of 88 (59.1%) Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued or are not known to have issued, or have had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps in 2026. This compares with 64.8%at the end of March 2026  and 63.6% at the end of April 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.

2801. 🇮🇲 Manx Brewing Celebrated.

 

New issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

28 October 2025 - The King’s Birthday, 77th birthday of King Charles III - 2 gummed stamps and 2 self-adhesive stamps and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing (gummed items) and perforated 14.5 x 14 ($1.70) and 14 x 14.5 ($4.35). Rating:- ****.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Office -

10 October 2025 - Manx brewing anniversaries - 6 stamps. Designed by Ashgrove Marketing and lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

2025 - My stamp personalised stamp, 16th AADHAR Day (AADHAR is described as “India’s unique identification system”) - 1 stamp with attached label produced in sheetlets of 12 and sold by India Post at a premium. 

🇲🇼 Malawi postal service -

?2025 - Previously issued Butterflies definitive stamp reissued with surcharge K10 on K65 applied to it. See also Blog 2777. Rating:- *****.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

21 October 2025 - Aviation development in Hong Kong  - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Kar-wei cheng and lithographed by Enschedé and perforated 13.5 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.

2749. 🇯🇪 Jersey Recalls 2024 Royal Visit.

 

New issues -

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

15 July 2025 - 1st anniversary of the visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Jersey - 6 stamps. Designed from photographs by Max Burnett and Andy Le Gresney and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- ****.

🇸🇩 Postal service of Sudan -

July 2025 - 80th anniversary of the League of Arab States - 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

9 July 2025 - EUROMED, Mediterranean resources - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2729. 🇸🇬🇬🇬 Singapore New Issue Features Endangered Flora; Guernsey’s Royal Visit.

 

New Issues -

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

30 May 2025 - Critically endangered flora of Singapore - flora of coastal forests - 4 perforated stamps and 1 ‘mini-pane’ containing 4 imperforate stamps. Designed by Teo Nam Siang and lithographed by Secura and perforated 13. Rating:- ****.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

14 June 2025 - First anniversary of the Royal Visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps. Designed by Bridget Yabsley from photographs taken by Chris George and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *****.

2724. 🇲🇾 🇱🇰 Malaysia Commemorates160th Anniversary Of ITU; Sri Lanka Vesak Festival.

 

New Issues -

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

17 May 2025 - 160th anniversary of the International Telecommunications Union - 2 stamps issued asa se-tenant pair and 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different circular stamps Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

 10 May 2025 - Vesak 2569 (religious festival),Pothgul Raja Maha Vijaraya paintings. 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

10 May 2025 - State Vesak Festival - 1 stamps issued. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

14 June 2025 - 1st anniversary of the Royal visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Guernsey - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Further details awaited.

16 July 2025 - 1st anniversary of royal patronage of the Guernsey golden goat, described as “a special definitive issue” - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different £5 stamps. Further details awaited. Rating:- *.