2943. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Post Features Daffodils And Old Postcards.

 

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

5 August 2026 - Centenary of the National Daffodil Society, Cancer Day - 1 miniature sheet containing 6 different stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie and digitally printed by New Zealand Post and perforated 14.5 x15. Rating:- **.

5 August 2025 - Early postcards - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 15. Rating:- *. Attractive stamps but there is no obvious reason for their issue and NZ Post now releases far too many stamps and too many issues per annum.

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

2 July 2026 - Assumption of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union by the Republic of Ireland - 1 self-adhesive stamp, Designed by Boyle Design Group and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- **.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

13 July 2026 - Euromed, Mosaics of the Mediterranean - 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp. Designed from photographs by Daniel Cilia and Sebio Aquilina and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- *****.

🇵🇬 PNG Post (postal service of Papua New Guinea) -

22 August 2025 - The traditional Papua New Guinea roundhouse - 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

This issue is depicted on the E bay internet site of the dealer Spectre-of-Stamps and should be available to buy shortly.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

1 July 2026 - National Institute of Health Sciences, Kalutara - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Illustration will be added when available. Rating:- ***.

2926. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Celebrates Vesak.

 

New issues -

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

27 May 2026 - State Vesak Festival - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

27 May 2026 - Vesak (Buddhist religious festival) - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

11 May 2026 - 75th anniversary of the consecration of the reconstructed Somnath temple in Gujarat - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

May 2026 - My Stamps, personalised stamps with attached labels sold by India Post at a premium price & usually produced in sheetlets of 12,

International Day for Biodiversity - 1 stamp.

45th anniversary of The Art of Living - 

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

31 May 2026 - Parrots of Malaysia -  stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇯🇴 Jordan Post -

2 June 2026 - The Jordan team’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup finals hosted in north America- 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2921. 🇯🇴 Jordan Commemorates 80 Years Of Independence.

 New issues -

🇯🇴 JO Post (postal service of Jordan) -

25 May 2026 - 80th anniversary of Independence (Transjordan was liberated from Turkish rule in 1918 during the First World War and became a League of Nations Mandate of Great Britain in 1920 with the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan on 1 April 2021 and full independence from Great Britain being achieved on 22 March 1946 as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) - 1 miniature sheet containing 8 different stamps and 1 booklet containing 9 different panes (1 containing the 8 stamps and the other each containing a single stamp). Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

The booklet - 

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

22 May 2026 - Wood carvings of Embekke Devalaya - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

? May 2026 - 60th anniversary of the Institute of Packing, My Post - 1 stamp with attached label sold above face value in sheetlets of 12.

🇵🇬 Post PNG (postal service of Papua New Guinea) -

2025 probably - Fruit trees of Papua New Guinea - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

2025 (probably) - Birds of the Forest floor - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, one containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

How hard is it to design an appealing set of postage stamps in 2026?

Answer - Not hard at all.

This set of 4 stamps depicting Labrador retrievers was created using AI in about 10 minutes.

Surely these are better than the recent set of Royal Mail Castles stamps. If RM wants me to provide it with future stamp designs, Gemini and I are standing by. Oh yes! For a nice juicy fee please.