2853. 🇬🇬🇮🇲🇯🇪 Mainly Channel Islands Products.

 

New issues -

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

27 January 2026 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Horse - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Wang Huming & lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- *.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

20 January 2026 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Horse - 4 stamps. Designed by Martin Mörck and lithographed. Rating:- *.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

11 February 2026 - Guernsey parishes (part 1) - 6 stamps. Designed by Two Degrees North and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *.

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

15 January 2026 - Centenary of broadcasting in Ireland - 1 stamp. Designed by Red&Grey and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

December 2025 - My Stamp personalised stamp, 60th anniversary of Chennai Petroleum Corporation - 1 stamp with attached label. Issued by India Post in a sheetlet of 12 at a premium price.

2025 - Centenary of Rashtriya Swayamsavak Sangh - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

New issue programmes -

🇳🇦 Nam Post (postal service of Namibia) -

15 April 2026 - Lithrops (birds) of Namibia

8 May 2026 - Chameleons 

4 August 2026 - Petrified forest

9 September 2026 - Plovers (birds).

The Namibia new issue programme is taken from the Spectre of Stamps internet site.

2547. 🇧🇳🇲🇾🇲🇲🇸🇬 Joint ASEAN Issue.

 

New issues.

8 August - Joint issue by the 10 countries which are members of ASEAN, 57th anniversary of the founding of the organisation. One stamp from each postal entity. I have featured a couple of these issues before but I now include better illustrations. All lithographed by various printers. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam Postal Services Department - 1 stamp.

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia - 1 stamp.

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post Office - 1 stamp.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post - 1 stamp.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

announced 9 August 2024 - Australian gold medal winners at the Olympic Games hosted by Paris, 2024 (numbers 14-16). One stamp for each Olympic champion printed in sheetlets of 10 each sold for A$15 -

Sailing, Men’s dinghy - Matt Wearn -

Skateboarding, Men’s Park - Keegan Palmer -

Track cycling, Men’s Team Pursuit -

1991. 🇦🇺 Australia Post’s First (Numerous) Issues Of 2022.

 

🇦🇺 Collectors will not be too surprised to know that Australia Post intends to release numerous issues in the first two months of 2022. No change there then.

  🇨🇽  6 January 2022 - To start there is the pleasure of numerous products inscribed Christmas Island Australia which are related to commemoration of the Chinese New Year, Year of the Tiger. The issue was designed by Chrissy Lau and lithographed by RA Print and is made up of 3 stamps, a gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps, a Zodiac sheet containing 15 different stamps and a Calendar sheet containing 12 different stamps  and a Tiger ‘gold’ miniature sheet costing A$99. Rating:- **.

  11 January 2022 - ‘Under Sail’, sailing in Australia - 3 gummed stamps (one illustrated at the top of this Blog). Designed by Mary Callahan Design and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14 x 14.5. There seems to be no special reason to release this issue at this time other than as a catchpenny. Rating:- *.

  🇳🇫 Issue inscribed Australia (not Norfolk Island) but featuring a Norfolk Island subject. 19 January 2022 - ‘Historical views’ - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing the 2 stamps. Designed by Sharon Rodziewicz and lithographed by RA Print and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- **.

25 January 2022 - 50th anniversary of the Australian seat belt law - 1 gummed stamp from sheets of 10 and 1 gummed stamp from coils. Designed by Nigel Buchanan and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- ***.

  8 February 2022 - ‘Times to Cherish’ (Greetings/Special Occasions stamps) - 5 gummed stamps and 4 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 plus 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps and a A$35.95 ‘Wedding Prestige Collection’ booklet containing the Weddings design. Designed by Simone Sakinowsky, Sharon Rodziewicz, Sonia Young and Jo Muré and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- **.

  22 February 2022 - ‘Our Beautiful Continent’ (Australian landscapes) - 4 gummed and 4 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10. Designed by Simone Sakinofsky and lithographed by EGO and perforated  14 x 14.5. Rating:- *.

  If the above does not satiate the collector’s appetite for Australia Post new issues in early 2022 then the collector has also got an extensive range of Stamp packs on which to splash their cash:- 

Mandalorian 2 - 12 different stamps - cost A$15.50

60th anniversary of The Jetsons - 12 different stamps - cost A$15.50

Peanuts - Valentines Pack - 2 panes each containing 10 ‘Hearts, noughts and crosses’ gummed stamps with attached labels - cost A$15.50 (substantially below total face value).

Tweety stamp pack - 12 different stamps - cost A$15.50

Happy Birthday Mystamps Pack - 12 different stamps - cost A$15.50

This makes an additional 48 stamps plus the stamp with attached labels from the Peanuts pack. Well, someone must be buying this stuff.