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.

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 *.