2945. 🇨🇾 Cyprus New Issue Depicts Old Cars.

 

New issues -

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

10 July 2026 - 2 issues both printed by Baltic Banknote High Security Printing -

Euromed, traditional mosaics of the Mediterranean - 1 stamp.(illustrated at the head of this Blog). Rating:- *****.

Old cars - 4 stamps issued in a se-tenant block of 4. Rating:- *****.

🇱🇹 Stamperija (exploitative ‘philatelic agency’ based in Lithuania) -

🇹🇬 Products inscribed ‘République Togolaise’ (Togo) -

2026 (no date specified) - Boston 2026 International philatelic exhibition, Trump’s 80th birthday - 2 miniature sheets’, one containing 4 different ‘stamps’ and the other a single ‘stamp’. Rating:- 0.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

11 August 2026 - Tales of St Helier - 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 8 stamps. Designed by Becca Thorne, Lithographed. Rating:- *.

🇶🇦 Death of the former Emir of Qatar.

It was announced on 12 July 2026 that the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, who had been featured on a number of postage stamps and who had been in longstanding ill health had died. He had ruled Qatar from 27 June 1995 to 25 June 2013 when he abdicated in favour of his son Tamim bin Khalifa al Thani who is the present Emir of Qatar. He had seized power in a coup in 1995 overthrowing his father Khalifa bin Hamad al Thani and during his reign Qatar became the country with the highest per capita income in the world. Qatar was a British Protectorate from 1916 to 1971.

2910. 🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Europa Stamps Feature Previous Europa Designs.

 

New issues -

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

20 May 2026 - EUROPA, 70th anniversary of Europa stamps - 5 stamps in a se-tenant strip of 5 different stamps and a sheetlet of 6 x £2.63 stamps (£15.75). Designed by EJC Design and lithographed by bpost and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *.

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

7 May 2026 - Protect Nature - 2 self-adhesive stamps from sheetlets of 4. Designed by CI Studio and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

🇹🇬 Aurescollections/Stamperija products inscribed République Togolaise  - (Togo) -

4 May 2026 - Extraordinary wildlife - 14 stamps from sheetlets of 16 containing 2 sets as blocks of 8) and 1 miniature sheet. Rating:- 0.

2906. 🇸🇸 Wildlife Of South Sudan.

New issues -

🇸🇸 Postal service of South Sudan -

30 April 2026 - Wildlife of South Sudan - 16 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 8 additional different stamps. Sold by Aurescollections (probably in cooperation with Stamperija in the style of the philatelic products of Stamperija’s client postal services such as Sierra Leone and Togo which have been put on the market in recent years). Leo Van Der Velden, an expert on South Sudan philately posted a photograph on Facebook which depicted the post master in Juba with sheets of the new issue thereby confirming that the products were available at the capital’s post office.. Aurescollections are selling the depicted products on E bay for a total of £89.41. Rating:-  **.

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Leo Van Der Velden’s post on Facebook -

🇮🇳 India Post -

2026 - My Stamp personalised stamps with attached labels sold by India Post in sheetlets of 12 at a premium price.

Opening of the State Bank of India’s new local head office in Maharashtra - 1 stamp.