2922. 🇵🇳 Update On Pitcairn.

 

New issues.

🇬🇸 Bounty Post (postal service of Pitcairn Islands) - 

2023 - Friends of Pitcairn Islands - 2 stamps issued as a se-tenant pair. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

2023 - commemoration of Dr William and Mrs Emily Ancrum (see Blog 2782) - 3 stamps in a se-tenant strip. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.  It was suggested that this issue had been released in 2025 but it appears that the year of issue by Tower Stamps was 2023.

2024 - The Pitcairn stamp designs of Jennifer Toombs (1940-2018) - 4 stamps issued as a se-tenant strip with a valueless label depicting the designer between the 2nd and 3rd stamps. Lithographed. Rating:-*****.

A very worthy subject.

All of the above items have been recently offered for sale on an internet auction site by Vmpetrol.

The American revolution.

In Blog 2920 I reported on the recent issues by the United States Post Office which commemorate the 250th anniversary of the rebellion of the Thirteen British colonies in North America and the declaration of Independence which established the United States of America. A further issue was released on 23 May 2026 which takes the form of a 2 pane ‘prestige booklet’ sold for US$28.95. The two panes are identical and each contain 10 different self-adhesive stamps which depict artefacts - ‘treasures’ - of the revolutionary period. These include a map of the Battle of Yorktown, the flag of the American Commander-in-chief, revolutionary currency, the badge of Mikitary Merit and a teapot with a revolutionary inscription. This is an interesting approach to commemorating the age of revolution and the issue was designed by Ethel Kessler.

2828. 🇬🇧 Victoria And Her Stamps.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail - 

27 November 2025 - The stamps of Queen Victoria - 8 stamps issued in 2 se-tenant strips of 4 (cost £13.60), 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps (£6.80), 1 booklet containing 4 x self-adhesive Penny Black design stamps, photogravure printed (£6.80), 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 panes including 1 pane of Charles III definitives - 2 x 1p, 1 x 20 and 1 x £3.40 - (£25.35) and 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 10 stamps (1 each of 6 stamps and 2 each of the other two stamps (£18.20). Designed by Steers McGillan Eves and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14. This issue was described and shown in Blog 2825 but more details and better quality illustrations are included here.

Total cost of the above - £70.85!

2825 🇬🇧 Royal Mail To Note Jane Austen And The Stamps Of Queen Victoria.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

27 November 2025 - The stamps of Queen Victoria - 8 stamps issued in se-tenant strips of 4, 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps and 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 2 x Penny Black designs, 2 x Twopenny Blue design and 1 each of the 8 stamps. There may be further items. This information is derived from offers on an internet auction site and on a posting on a Facebook page. Further details are awaited later in the week. Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901 and this issue may be related to the 125th anniversary of her death. Rating:- *.

?16 December 2025 - 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen - 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 10 x 1st Class Union Flag stamps with the cameo of King Charles III and with attached labels. A seller on an internet auction site is presently offering this item for more than £50. Rating:- 0.