2802. 🇳🇿New Zealand Highllights Biosecurity.

 

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

5 November 2025 - Biosecurity protection - 5 stamps. Designed by Helcia Berryman of Mopsy Creative and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5. Rating:- *.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

9 November 2025 - 15th National Games - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet issued in a $68 ‘Joint souvenir pack’ containing the 4 Hong Kong Post stamps, 4 stamps issued by Macau Post & Telecommunications and 3 stamps issued by China Post. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

Thanks to G. James for information about this issue.

🇧🇼 Botswana Post -

2024 - Botswana’s first digital census - 2 stamps. Lithographed. I have so far failed to report this issue about which I presently still have no other information. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

?November 2025 - Joint issue with the Liechtenstein postal service, birds of prey - 2 miniature sheets each containing 2 different stamps (1 each of a stamp from both postal services). Further details awaited.

2801. 🇮🇲 Manx Brewing Celebrated.

 

New issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

28 October 2025 - The King’s Birthday, 77th birthday of King Charles III - 2 gummed stamps and 2 self-adhesive stamps and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing (gummed items) and perforated 14.5 x 14 ($1.70) and 14 x 14.5 ($4.35). Rating:- ****.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Office -

10 October 2025 - Manx brewing anniversaries - 6 stamps. Designed by Ashgrove Marketing and lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

2025 - My stamp personalised stamp, 16th AADHAR Day (AADHAR is described as “India’s unique identification system”) - 1 stamp with attached label produced in sheetlets of 12 and sold by India Post at a premium. 

🇲🇼 Malawi postal service -

?2025 - Previously issued Butterflies definitive stamp reissued with surcharge K10 on K65 applied to it. See also Blog 2777. Rating:- *****.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

21 October 2025 - Aviation development in Hong Kong  - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Kar-wei cheng and lithographed by Enschedé and perforated 13.5 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.

2800. 🇨🇾 Cyprus Commemorates Small States Games.

 

New issues -

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

9 October 2025 - Games of the small states of Europe, Andorra, Cyprus headed the medal table- 4 stamps. Designed by Lisa Petridou Male & lithographed by Baltic High Security Printing. (Thanks to Anonymous for supplying production details in the comments section). Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

30 September 2025 - 75th anniversary of the President’s Bodyguard - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

1 October 2025 - Centenary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***

1 October  2025 -  Centenary of the Military Nursing Service - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

1 October 2025 - World Children’s Day - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇧🇧 Barbados Post - 

1 October 2025 - 70th anniversary of the Barbados Fire Service - 5 stamps. Further details awaited. The photograph shows officials at the launch of the stamps with a framed set and first day cover. Stamp illustrations awaited. 

2799. 🇨🇦 🇳🇦 Canada’s Fourth Truth And Reconciliation Issue; Namibian Reptiles.

 

New issues -

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

stated date of issue 29 September 2025 - Truth and Reconciliation (4th issue), the Bentwood Box “representing the distinct cultures of the First Nation, Inuit and Métis children who attended residential schools” - 3 self-adhesive stamps issued in booklets of 6 (2 of each stamp). Designed by Blair Thompson and lithographed by Lowe Martin. The release of these stamps may have been affected by an ongoing postal strike in Canada. Rating:- ***.

🇳🇦 NamPost (postal service of Namibia) - 

1 August 2025 - Lacertids (lizards) of Namibia - 4 stamps. Designed by Helge Denker and lithographed. Rating:- *****.

1 August 2025 - Pythons of Namibia - 2 stamps. Designed by Helge Denker and lithographed. Rating:- *****.

2798. 🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Christmas Stamps Designed By College Stufents.

 

New Issues -

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

22 October 2025 - ‘Crank up Christmas’, 50th anniversary of University College Isle Of Man - 6 gummed stamps, 6 self-adhesive stamps and 2 booklets, one containing 10 x 90p values and 10 x £1 values. Total cost of all these items is £42.12p. Designed by students of University College and lithographed. Rating:- **.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

10 October 2025 - ‘S60’ (60the anniversary of the State of Singapore, My Stamp, ‘Stories of our post offices’ 5 different stamps (2 of each) with attached labels. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.