2956. 🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia Invites You To Visit Johor.

 

New issues -

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

8 August 2026 - ‘Visit Johor 2026’, Tourism promotional campaign - 2 stamps in a se-tenant pair. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

?August 2026 - My Stamp, personalised stamp, 80th anniversary of JNTUS College of Engineering in Ananthapuramu - 1 stamp with attached label.

🇱🇹 Stamperija (Lithuania-based exploitative producer and purveyor of paraphilatelic products under contract to several African governments/postal administrations)

Products inscribed Togolese Republic -

Stated date of issue “2026” - various sets including commemorations of various anniversaries of the British royal family -

Birth centenary of Queen Elizabeth II - 2 miniature sheets -

105th anniversary of the birth of The late Duke of Edinburgh - 1 sheetlet containing 6 different stamps and 2 labels -

65th anniversary of the birth of the late Diana Princess of Wales - 2 miniature sheet# -

45th anniversary of the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales (now King Charles III) and Lady Diana Spencer - 1 sheetlet containing 6 different stamps and 2 labels -

Other anniversaries featured on these products include the 115th anniversary of Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States of America -

the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces - 

and commemorations of the Artemis II space rocket, 65th anniversary of the speech by the late President Kennedy on setting the target of landing a man on the moon, 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle damage, 20th anniversary of the maiden flight of Falcon 1, 65th anniversary of the flight of Freedom 7, 205th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte (former tyrant of France), 50th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong (former tyrant of China), Birth centenary of Marilyn Monroe (American film star and mistress of US President John Kennedy), 70th anniversary of the wedding of Prince Ranier of Monaco and Grace Kelly (American film actress), 125th birth anniversary of Marlene Dietrich (German singer and film star), 80th anniversary of the birth of Freddie Mercury’s (British popular musician) and 85th birthday anniversary of Bob Dylan (American popular musician).

Naturally, all the above products are rated 0.

2897. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Celebrates Foraging.

 

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

6 May 2026 - ‘Foraging’ - 4 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps . Designed by Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print. Attractive but inconsequential. Rating:- *.

🇮🇳India Post -

12 April 2026 - India’s human space programme - 2 stamps and 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp. Rating:- ****.

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

24 February 2026 - Horses - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

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.

2835. 🇿🇦 South Africa Commemorates Museum Bicentenary.

 

New issues -

🇿🇦 South African Post Office -

12 November 2025 - Bicentenary of Iziko South African Museum in Capetown - 1 sheetlet of 6 different self-adhesive stamps. Lithographed. The illustrations are from a post by Jan van Milligan on the Facebook page of the Philatelic Federation of South Africa and attention is drawn to the fact that while the first day covers are dated 12 November 2025, the ‘launch date’ was 12 December 2025. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇭 Bahrain Post - 

4 December 2025 - 46th meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, hosted by Bahrain - 3 stamps issued in sheetlets of 6 (2 strips made up of all 3 stamps). Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

9 December 2025 - Christmas - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Rating:- ****.

2026 new programmes.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

Canada Post has announced that the following subjects are expected to be included in its 2026 new releases -

Black History Month - ‘Hip Hop pioneers’

Cultural traditions - Maple syrup month and sugar shacks

Wildlife - 4 species of wolves found in Canada

‘Places of Pride’

Centenary of the Royal Canadian Legion and commemoration of the role of Chinese Canadians in the Second World War

Blood donations

Seasonal issue - Jack o’Lanterns to be issued in October

Flowers - cherry blossoms

Eid

Diwali 

Hanukkah 

Christmas 

2804. 🇵🇰 Pakistan Highlights Dyslexia Awareness.

 

New issues:- 

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

8 October 2025 - World Dyslexia Awareness Day - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Abu Obaidah Ayyaz and Hasnain Mahmud and lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi and perforated 13. Rating:-  ***.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

9 October 2025 - History of black butter’ - 6 stamps (cost £10.55) and 1 miniature sheet containing a single £5 stamp. Designed by Chris Wormall and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

23 September 2025 - ‘Wonders of the universe’ - In addition to the 10 stamps issued in ordinary sheets featured in a previous Blog, the same stamps were also issued in a sheetlet containing one of each stamp. Rating:- **.

6 October 2025 - 50th anniversary of Jaffna University - 1 stamps were also. Lithographed. Illustration and other details awaited.