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USPS issues ninth Hanukkah stamp at New Orleans first-day ceremony🇺🇸 United States

The United States Postal Service placed its 2026 Hanukkah Forever stamp on sale nationwide on 29 September, completing the transition from an advance announcement to a current postal issue. The fir...

Why it matters

The 29 September release converts the previously announced design into a current nationwide Forever stamp and adds documented first-day material from Touro Synagogue in New Orleans.

Updated1 Oct'26News date28 Aug'26Event29 Sep'26Country🇺🇸 United States
Isle of Man extends triskelion series with six contemporary designs🇮🇲 Isle of Man

Isle of Man Stamps & Coins issued The Triskelion Collection II on 10 August 2026, continuing its exploration of the Island’s three-legged national emblem through six contemporary interpretations. T...

Why it matters

A technically documented six-stamp continuation of a core Manx national-symbol series links medieval heraldry with contemporary Island identity.

Updated18 Sep'26News date10 Aug'26Event10 Aug'26Country🇮🇲 Isle of Man
Canada Post issues four-stamp Wolves set highlighting a keystone species🇨🇦 Canada

Canada Post issued a new Wolves stamp set on 13 August 2026, using close-up wildlife photography to present four forms found in different Canadian regions: the coastal grey wolf, grey wolf, Arctic ...

Why it matters

The issue combines four wolf subjects, named wildlife photographers, a souvenir sheet and worldwide-valid postal cards with an explicit ecological and conservation theme.

Updated18 Sep'26News date13 Aug'26Event13 Aug'26Country🇨🇦 Canada
Jersey Post tells the story of Saint Helier across an eight-stamp issue🇯🇪 Channel Islands

Jersey Post released Tales of Saint Helier on 10 August 2026, an eight-stamp issue devoted to the island’s patron saint. British artist Becca Thorne created illustrations with the appearance of med...

Why it matters

An eight-value narrative issue documents Jersey’s patron saint through purpose-made artwork and ties the traditional story to the island’s continuing annual observance.

Updated18 Sep'26News date10 Aug'26Event10 Aug'26Country🇯🇪 Channel Islands
Bermuda releases six-stamp Royal Bermuda Regiment 60th-anniversary collection🇧🇲 Bermuda

The Bermuda Post Office released its six-stamp Royal Bermuda Regiment anniversary collection on 17 September 2026, converting an earlier advance report into a documented issued set. The collection ...

Why it matters

The previously reported set has now actually been released, its six subjects are documented, and a material error in the original report—65th rather than 60th anniversary—can be corrected.

Updated18 Sep'26News date17 Aug'26Event17 Sep'26Country🇧🇲 Bermuda
Moradabad pre-1854 postal-mark census updated with new rarity picture for recorded handstamps🇮🇳 India

A specialist census documenting India's pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings was updated on 31 August 2026 with refreshed evidence for several marks used at Moradabad in the former North-Western Pr...

Why it matters

The update provides evidence-based surviving-cover counts for scarce Indian pre-adhesive postal markings and identifies at least one listed mark for which no surviving cover is currently recorded.

Updated5 Sep'26News date31 Aug'26Country🇮🇳 India
Philately News🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

The Qatar Philatelic and Numismatic Center has confirmed that it will participate in the sixth Ajman International Philatelic and Numismatic Exhibition, scheduled to take place in the United Arab E...

Why it matters

The announcement confirms fresh Gulf participation and programme details immediately before a significant regional philatelic and numismatic exhibition.

Updated5 Sep'26News date31 Aug'26Event2 Sep'26–6 Sep'26Country🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Philately News🇮🇳 India

A specialist census of India’s pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings was updated on 31 August 2026 with refreshed reference pages for Azimgurh, the historic spelling associated with modern Azamgarh....

Why it matters

The update adds current census evidence for scarce Indian pre-adhesive postal markings and known surviving covers.

Updated31 Aug'26News date31 Aug'26Country🇮🇳 India
Philately News🇮🇳 India

The Hand Struck Stamps research project updated its Rajamundry reference pages on 31 August 2026, adding a current census view of pre-1854 postal markings from the Madras Presidency office now asso...

Why it matters

The update provides fresh census evidence for Madras Presidency postal-history material and surviving-cover rarity.

Updated31 Aug'26News date31 Aug'26Country🇮🇳 India
Philately News🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Royal Mail has made public that Winnie-the-Pooh will be the subject of a major British stamp issue scheduled for 14 October 2026, exactly one hundred years after the publication of A. A. Milne’s or...

Why it matters

The announcement establishes a precise centenary issue date for a major Royal Mail literary theme.

Updated31 Aug'26News date30 Aug'26Event14 Oct'26Country🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Philately News🇶🇦 Qatar

The Qatar Philatelic and Numismatic Center announced a strong competitive result at the Bandung 2026 Asian Stamp Exhibition, with all five exhibits entered by the centre receiving medals. The resul...

Why it matters

This is a genuine results update to an already-known exhibition participation story.

Updated31 Aug'26News date30 Aug'26Event27 Aug'26–31 Aug'26Country🇶🇦 Qatar
Philately News🇮🇳 India

Prayag Philately held Auction 11 on 30 August 2026, offering a large catalogue of 677 lots that included Indian miniature sheets, souvenir sheets, stamps, covers and other philatelic material. The ...

Why it matters

The completed sale provides fresh public market data for a substantial India-focused philatelic auction.

Updated31 Aug'26News date30 Aug'26Event30 Aug'26Country🇮🇳 India
Philately News🇮🇹 Italy

Poste Italiane has set out new public-service details for philatelic stations supporting the XX Mediterranean Games in Taranto. According to a company release published by Italian local news outlet...

Why it matters

The newly published schedule gives collectors actionable times and venues for obtaining Taranto 2026 products and special cancellations during the Games.

Updated29 Aug'26News date27 Aug'26Event27 Aug'26–3 Sep'26Country🇮🇹 Italy
Philately News🇧🇪 Belgium

Belgian postal operator bpost announced on 28 August that it will release a five-stamp pane for the 50th Allianz Memorial Van Damme. The stamps go on sale on 31 August, ahead of the athletics meeti...

Why it matters

The official release confirms a five-design domestic-rate pane using archival images to connect Ivo Van Damme with the 50th edition of Belgium's major athletics meeting.

Updated29 Aug'26News date28 Aug'26Event31 Aug'26Country🇧🇪 Belgium
Philately News🇮🇳 India

Karnataka Postal Circle announced a special postal cancellation for World Sanskrit Day on 28 August 2026. The cancellation was made available through four philatelic bureaus in Karnataka: Bengaluru...

Why it matters

The dated official cancellation creates a new India-specific postal-history item available through four Karnataka philatelic bureaus.

Updated29 Aug'26News date28 Aug'26Event28 Aug'26Country🇮🇳 India
Philately News🇮🇳 India

Mumbai Postal Region announced that the Maharashtra Circle Philately Club was inaugurated on 28 August 2026. The official regional account states that the Chief Postmaster General for Maharashtra a...

Why it matters

The inauguration creates a new circle-level philatelic organization with potential to connect collectors and India Post activities across Maharashtra.

Updated29 Aug'26News date28 Aug'26Event28 Aug'26Country🇮🇳 India
Philately News🇺🇸 United States

NAPEX announced on 27 August 2026 that the Virginia Postal History Society will convene during NAPEX 2026, giving visitors a specific meeting point at Table K in the club hallway. The newly posted ...

Why it matters

The dated announcement gives postal-history collectors a newly confirmed specialist-society contact point at a World Series of Philately exhibition.

Updated29 Aug'26News date27 Aug'26Event28 Aug'26–30 Aug'26Country🇺🇸 United States
Philately News🇺🇦 Ukraine

Ukrposhta released a personalized stamp issue dedicated to the 411th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade ‘Yastruby’ on 27 August 2026. The issue was produced through the postal operator’s ‘My Own Sta...

Why it matters

The issue adds a documented unmanned-systems subject to modern Ukrainian military philately and offers distinct numbered, general-sale and postal-stationery formats.

Updated29 Aug'26News date27 Aug'26Event27 Aug'26Country🇺🇦 Ukraine
Philately News🇯🇴 Jordan

Jordan Post announced on 23 August 2026 that it is releasing a commemorative postcard for the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Mohammad. The 2026 issue is priced at JD1.40 and becomes available ...

Why it matters

The official announcement establishes the format, JD1.40 value and first availability date of a new Jordanian religious commemorative postal item.

Updated25 Aug'26News date23 Aug'26Event24 Aug'26Country🇯🇴 Jordan
Philately News🇶🇦 Qatar

The Qatar Philatelic and Numismatic Center announced through Qatar News Agency on 23 August 2026 that it will participate in the Asian Stamp Exhibition in Bandung, Indonesia, from 27 to 31 August. ...

Why it matters

Five substantial competitive exhibits bring Qatar and wider Gulf postal history to a FIAP exhibition and document the centre’s active role in organized Asian philately.

Updated25 Aug'26News date23 Aug'26Event27 Aug'26–31 Aug'26Country🇶🇦 Qatar
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