2993. 🇮🇪 An Post Issue Features Coats Of Arms Of Irish Cities.

 

New issues - 

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

15 October 2026 - Coats of arms of Irish cities - 6 self-adhesive stamps each issued in individual sheets of 4 stamps. Designed by Zinc Design Consultants and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

1 October 2026 - World Children’s Day - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

8 October 2026 - 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Pakistan - 2 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***. See Blog 2845.

9 October 2026 - World Post Day - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2981. 🇮🇳 India Commemorates Notable Film Star Uttam Kumar.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

4 September 2026 - Birth centenary of Uttam Kumar (1926-80), late Indian film star - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

5 September 2026 - 75th anniversary of Dinamalar Tamil newspaper - 1 stamp. Rating:- **.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

5 October 2026 - Centenary of the British Grand Prix (motor racing) - in addition to the set of 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 8 stamps(see Blog 2978) a ‘Prestige booklet’ costing £34.74 will also be issued. Printed by Words and Spaces. Rating:- 0.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

 15 September 2026 - 10th anniversary of elections e services - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***..

 17 September 2026 - Centenary of the London Buddhist Vihara - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2965. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail To Commemorate Winnie The Pooh Centenary.

 New Issues -

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

26 August 2026 - National Meelad-Un-Nabi festival, 2026 - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka. Rating:- **.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

14 October 2026 - Winnie The Pooh - Royal Mail has now made public the news that this will be the subject of the extensive stamp issue to be released on this date which is the exact centenary date of the publication of AA Milne’s book about this character. Although numerous WTP stamps have been issued on this subject before, it is hard to complain about a centenary issue of an important (children’s’) book. Details awaited.

Commonwealth countries which are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2026, up until the end of August.

Anguilla 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands 

Australia Norfolk Island 

Australian Antarctic Territory 

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cook Islands including Rarotonga 

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn 

Dominica 

Gabon 

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Guyana 

Jamaica 

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Lesotho 

Maldives 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nevis 

New Zealand (Ross Dependency)

Niue 

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda 

St Kitts/St Kitts Nevis

Saint Lucia 

St Vincent and the Grenadines 

Samoa 

Seychelles 

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 August, 43 (48.9%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2026.This compares with 52.3% at the end of July 2026 and 50% at the end of August 2025.

2961. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Commemorates Distinguished Paediatrician.

 

New issues -

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

1 July 2026 - Centenary of the National Institute of Health Sciences - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

26 July 2026 - Commemoration of the late Professor Priyani Elizabeth Soysa, distinguished paediatrician (1925 - 2023) - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

31 July 2026 - 225th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

1 September 2026 - Native island wildlife of Jersey - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by Holly Gilbert (Jersey Post) and lithographed. Rating:- *.

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:- ****.