2962. 🇧🇲 Bermuda Commemorates The Bermuda Regiment.

New issues -

🇧🇲 Postal service of Bermuda -

17 September 2026 - 65th anniversary of the Bermuda Regiment - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇧🇧 Barbados Post -

17 August 2026 - Bajan rum shops - 5 stamps. Designed by Gail O’Kane, a local artist. Lithographed. Other illustrations awaited. Rating:- ****.

2953. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Royal Mail Stamps Featuring Glasgow.

 

New issues -

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

30 July 2026 - ‘Biodiversity’ part 2 - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Abdelkrim Asrar and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- *.

Glasgow on stamps -

Back in 2022 when Birmingham hosted the Commonwealth Games I included in one of the blogs, a survey of all the Royal Mail stamps featuring that city and it seems therefore only fair that I do the same now that Glasgow is once more hosting the Games. In truth there are not really too many stamps to mention.

  A set of four stamps was issued on 6 March 1990 as part of the annual EUROPA omnibus series. Two stamps from the set commemorated Glasgow’s year of being the European City of Culture. Two buildings were featured - the Glasgow School of Art and the Templeton Carpet Factory. The glorious Mackintosh building in the School of Art was subsequently badly damaged by fire in and then destroyed by another fire in June 2018.

  The 14th World Orchid Conference was hosted in Glasgow in April 1993 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in the city and a set of 5 stamps was issued on 16 March 1993 to commemorate the event although the stamps featured only orchids and made no reference to Glasgow on them.

The Glasgow Corporation Tramways Service got a mention on the cover of a £1.30 definitive stamp booklet issued as part of a series on British trams and released on 15 January 1985.

  A Glasgow tram was also featured on one of the 4 stamps issued on 10 May 1988 on the subject of transport and communications which was the theme of the that year’s EUROPA issue.

  The Armadillo Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow was depicted on one of the ten stamps issued in 2017 which depicted modern ‘landmark’ buildings.

  The annual conferences of the political party, the Scottish National Party, were commemorated by the release of Post and Go stamps both in 2016 and 2017 with 2nd and 1st type colours being

  Finally we have the set of 6 stamps issued on 7 July 2014 to commemorate the city’s first hosting of the Commonwealth Games wbich concentrated on depicting some of the sports rather than Glasgow itself -

Commonwealth Countries which are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2016 until the end of July - 

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda 

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands 

Australia Norfolk Island 

Australian Antarctic Territory 

Barbados 

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon 

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 Helena

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 July, 46 out of 88 (52.3%) Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2026. This compares with 55.7% at the end of June 2026 and 54% at the end of July 2025.

2939. 🇫🇰🇸🇭 New Issues From Falkland Islands And Tristan Da Cunha.

New Issues -

🇫🇰 Postal service of the Falkland Islands -

3 August 2026 Airmail postcard rate stamps (£1,60), the gentoo penguin - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in a booklet of 10 for £16. Designed by Bee Design from a photograph by Sara Jenner and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- *****.

🇸🇭 Postal service of Tristan Da Cunha -

4 July 2026 - 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by the rebelling North American colonists - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different £2.50 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5 x14.5. Rating:- ***.

Production of the above 2 issues was co-ordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle of Man stamps and Coins for information about these issues.

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 June -

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda 

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia Norfolk Island

Australian Antarctic Territory 

Barbados 

Belize

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon

Cook Islands including Rarotonga 

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn 

Dominica 

Gabon 

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Guyana

Jamaica

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Maldives 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nevis

New Zealand Ross Dependency 

Niue

Papua New Guinea 

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda

St Helena 

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 June, 49 out of 88 (55.7%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps in 2026. This compares with 58.2% at the end of May 2026 and 53.4% at the end of June 2025.

2924. 🇫🇯 A Flood Of Fiji Surcharges.

New issues -

  The stamp dealer, Prince Stamps, based in Spain, is offering a large number of new surcharges fron Fiji Post which are stated to have been released in 2026. I believe these were being sold at the Fiji stand at the Boston International Stamp Exhibition just finishing. There were also some commemorative issues for sale -

23 May 2026 - Fiji traditions - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

23 May 2026 - Boston International Philatelic Exhibition, Fiji’s natural heritage - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

19 May 2026 - 147th Girmit Era (see Blog 2918). The designs of this set have been pre iously shown in tbis blog but a number appear to have been printed with name of the country omitted from the stamp design. Rating:- *****.

2026 - Various surcharges totalling 43 different stamps as illustrated below. Rating:- ****

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

Anguilla 

Antigua and Barbuda

Australia (Cocos (Keeling) Islands)

Australia Norfolk Island 

Australian Antarctic Territory 

Barbados 

Belize

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon 

Cook Islands including Rarotonga 

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn 

Dominica

Gabon 

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Guyana 

Jamaica

Kenya

Kingdom of eSwatini

Kiribati

Lesotho 

Malawi 

Maldives 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nevis

New Zealand Ross Dependency 

Niue

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda

St Helena

St Kitts/St Kitts Nevis

Saint Lucia 

St Vincent and the Grenadines 

Samoa

Seychelles 

Solomon Islands

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 May, 51 out of 88 ( 57.95%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities had not issued, or had not had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps in 2026.This compares with 59.1% at the end of April 2016 and 58.2% at the end of May 2025.

2904. 🇧🇲 Bermuda Commemorates Royal Visit.

 

New issues -

🇧🇲 Bermuda postal service -

30 April 2026 -Royal visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Bermuda (30 April - 1 May) - 1 previously issued high value stamp overprinted. Rating:- ***.

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post -

30 April 2026 - 70th anniversary of the 6th Buddhist Council - 7 stamps. Lithographed by Wazi Security Printing Works. Rating- *****.

Commonwealth countries and territories not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025 up until the end of April.

Anguilla 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands 

Australia Norfolk Island 

Australian Antarctic Territory 

Barbados 

Belize 

Botswana 

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon

Cook Islands including Rarotonga

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn

Dominica 

Gabon

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Guyana 

Jamaica 

Kenya

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Malawi

Maldives 

Mauritius 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nevis

New Zealand Ross Dependency 

Niue

Papua New Guinea 

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda

St Helena 

St Kitts/St Kitts Nevis

St Vincent and the Grenadines 

Samoa 

Seychelles 

Solomon Islands 

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 April, 52 out of 88 (59.1%) Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued or are not known to have issued, or have had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps in 2026. This compares with 64.8%at the end of March 2026  and 63.6% at the end of April 2025.