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.

2783. 🇲🇹🇭🇰🇯🇪 Malta Festivals, Hong Kong Trails, Jersey’s Princess Royal.

 

New issues -

🇲🇹 Malta Post -

12 September 25 - Malta festivals, part IX - 1 sheetlet containing 10 different stamps. Designed by MaltaPost and lithographed by Printex and perforated 13 x 14. Rating:-****.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post - 

23 September 2025 - Hong Kong Trails series, part 3, The Wilson Trail - 10 different gummed stamps, 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 10 stamps and 1 booklet costing HK$22 containing one of each stamp in Self-adhesive format. Designed by Andrew Lo and lithographed and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating;- ***.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

19 September 2025 - 75th Birthday of The Princess Royal - 6 stamps costing a total of £10.55p. Designed from photographs by Jersey Heritage, Jersey Evening Post and Max Burnett and lithographed by bpost. Rating:-  ***.

2741. 🇸🇬. Singapore Celebrates Local Modern Architecture.

 

New issues -

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

7 July 2025 - Modern architecture in Singapore - 5 stamps. Further details awaited. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

23 July 2025 - 250th Birthday of JMW Turner - 4 stamps depicting sketches and the locations sketched by Turner during a visit to Guernsey - 4 stamps and 1 prestige booklet (price awaited). Further details awaited. Rating:- ***.

This is important anniversary is not being commemorated by Royal Mail although it is planning 16 issues during 2025.

Issue inscribed Alderney -

23 July 2025 - ‘The Wombles Trail’ - 6 stamps and 1 prestige booklet costing £32.64p. Elizabeth Beresford, the English inventor of the Wombles, characters in her children’s books (one was named Alderney), was a resident of Alderney from 1978 till her death in 2010 and became a local politician specialising in matters related to children. Further details and illustrations awaited.Rating:- ***.

2073. 🇯🇪 Jersey Post Cashes In On Platinum Jubilee With £10 Stamp. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

New issues.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

1 June 2022 - Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II - 1 x £10 stamp issued in sheetlet of 4 identical stamps. Designed by So Design and printed in lithography with additional special techniques - platinum suprametal, silver hot foil, spot gloss UV varnish and iridescent ink. Rating:- 0.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

28 April 2022 - Centenary of the Manx Museum - 10 gummed stamps and 10 self-adhesive stamps sold in booklets of 10 (one of each design). Designed by Isle Of Man Advertising and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- ***.

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

6 May 2022 - EUROPA, myths and stories - 2 stamps (each issued in sheetlets of 8) and 1 booklet containing 8 stamps (4 of each design). Rating:- **.

Commonwealth philatelic entities whose postal services  are not yet known to have issued, or have had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2022.

Anguilla

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon

Cayman Islands

Cook Islands 

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn

Cook Islands Rarotonga 

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 

Dominica 

eSwatini

Ghana

Grenada Carriacou And Petite Martinique 

Jamaica 

Kenya 

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Malawi 

Montserrat 

Nauru 

Nigeria 

Niue 

Papua New Guinea 

Ross Dependency 

Rwanda 

St Helena

St Kitts

Saint Lucia

Samoa 

Seychelles 

Solomon Islands 

South Africa 

Tanzania 

Tokelau 

Tonga 

Tonga Niuafo’ou 

Trinidad And Tobago 

Turks And Caicos Islands 

Uganda 

Vanuatu 

Zambia.

The list therefore now includes 46 entities not known to have issued postage stamps during 2022 up until the end of April. There were 49 entities out of 87 on the list at the end of March, 55 at the end of February and 65 at the end of January.

2025.🇲🇹🇯🇪🇮🇲 Maltese Buses, Jersey Ghosts And Manx Scupltures.

 

New issues.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

12 February 2022 - Maltese buses, second issue - 4 stamps. Designed by MaltaPost from photographs by Frank Galea, Richard Stedall, Manuel Cutajar and Leo Grech. Lithographed by Printex and are perforated 14. Rating:- ***.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

26 March 2022 - Myths and legends (part 3), ghost stories - 6 stamps. The £1.25p value is also Jersey Post’s contribution to the 2022 EUROPA omnibus. Designed by Jensine Ekswall. An interesting set but unfortunately part of a severely excessive annual new issue programme. Rating:- *

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

8 March 2022 - The sculptures of Michael Sandel RA who was raised and educated in Isle Of Man. The issue is not promoted as being related to any specific anniversary but if we must find a reason for the issue, which I like to have, then this issue coincides with the 20th anniversary of the unveiling of his Memorial To Lifeboatmen in Marine Gardens in Douglas. The issue was designed by EJC Design from photographs by Simon Stringer, Ben Johnson, Howard Grey and Michael Sandel. The stamps were lithographed by Cartor and are perforated 13. Again an interesting set but, like the issue from Jersey Post,  part of an excessive annual new issue programme. Rating:- *.