2889. 🇵🇬 Spectre-of-Stamps Reports 2025 Papua New Guinea Issues.

 

New issues -

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

2025 issues - previously unreported, these issues are now featured on the internet site of the dealer, Spectre-of-Stamps - 

2025, no date specified - Fruit trees of Papua New Guinea - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets (one containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp). Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2025, no date specified - ‘Remote Pies Balus - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, one containing 4 different stamps and two other single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇩🇪 Deutsche Post (postal service of Germany) -

A special mention here for - 

2 April 2026 - Birth centenary of Queen Elizabeth II - 1 stamp. Rating:- *****.

and let us not overlook -

🇫🇷 La Poste (postal service of France) -

20 October 2025 60th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill- 1 stamp. Rating:-*****.

See Blog 172.

2696. 🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Announces Another Flood Of New Issues.

 

New Issues -

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

15 April 2025 - 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War - 6 stamps (total face value £11.31) and 1 Commemorative sheet costing £18.50. Designed by The 572 and lithographed by bpost and perforated 11.5. Rating:- *.

24 April 2025 - Harbours of the Isle Of Man - 6 stamps (cost £11.70). Designed by Isle of Man Advertising from art by Janine Shelly and lithographed by bpost and perforated 11.5. Rating:- *.

8 May 2025 - Photographs by the Manx photographer Leonard McCombe -  8 stamps (total face value £11.60p) issued as 2 setenant blocks in a sheet containing 2 complete sets (£23.20) and 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 different panes and sold for £23.20. Designed by EJC Design and lithographed by bpost and perforated 11.5. Rating:- *.

  I like the above stamps - they are interesting and attractive - but it is clear that the IOM Post Office releases far, far too many issues which are too expensive, especially for such a small territory, and therefore I rate all of its products as just *.

2615. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail’s Churchill Issue Revealed.

New Issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

30 November 2024 - 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill - 8 stamps and 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 panes including one which includes 4 King Charles III self-adhesive stamps (2 x 50p and 2 x £1) and another a block of 4 x King Charles III Union Flag stamps. Lithographed. Further details awaited. The designs of the stamps are revealed in Buckingham Covers promotional magazine which depicts the stamps as they appear on their various first day covers. Rating:- *****. 

🇮🇳 India Post -

15 November 2024 - 150th anniversary of the birth of Birsa Munda, anti-British rebel and opponent of Christianity. Printed by Security Printing Press Hyderabad. Rating:- **.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

15 November 2024 - Trade Union members working for Canada Post began strike action and as a result Canada Post’s philatelic internet site was suspended.

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

4 November 2024 - 16th annual meeting of the International Forum for Sovereign Wealth Funds hosted by Oman - 1 miniature sheet containing 9 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****. 

2489. 🇬🇮 Gibraltar Commemorates Churchill’s 150th Birth Anniversary.

 

New issues.

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

25 April 2024 - 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Stephen Perera and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

20 April 2024 - 160th Birth anniversary of Lala Hansraj, educationalist - 1 stamp. Rating:- **.

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

25 April 2024 - Centenary of the publication of the final edition of The Freeman’s Journal - 1 self-adhesive stamp printed in sheets of 8. Designed by Zinc Design and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ****.