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Official first-day cover bearing the Sri Lanka–Pakistan anniversary stamps and an 8 October 2025 postmark.🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Philatelic Bureau offers two stamps commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of Sri Lanka–Pakistan diplomatic relations, with denominations of 50 and 110 rupees. The bureau also illu...

Why it matters

The pair and associated first-day cover document a bilateral diplomatic-anniversary commemoration.

Updated20 Oct'26News date15 Oct'26Country🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s 70-rupee World Children’s Day stamp depicting children and a book.🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka issued a 70-rupee stamp for World Children’s Day on 1 October 2026, according to the Philatelic Bureau’s official product listing. The colourful design depicts children and a book. The l...

Why it matters

The issue provides a children-themed Sri Lankan stamp with published denomination and production details.

Updated20 Oct'26News date15 Oct'26Event1 Oct'26Country🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s 70-rupee World Post Day stamp with a globe and the postal-network theme.🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Philatelic Bureau lists a 70-rupee World Post Day stamp issued on 9 October 2026. Its design presents a globe and the theme “One Postal Network, Infinite Possibilities”. The official l...

Why it matters

The official listing establishes the denomination, format and print quantity of Sri Lanka’s World Post Day issue.

Updated20 Oct'26News date15 Oct'26Event9 Oct'26Country🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Officials display the Jal Mahal special cover at the Narnaul Head Post Office ceremony.🇮🇳 India

India Post’s Bhiwani–Narnaul division released a special cover and cancellation devoted to Narnaul’s Jal Mahal on 12 October 2026. The ceremony took place at Narnaul Head Post Office. Haryana State...

Why it matters

The release gives Narnaul’s Jal Mahal a dedicated special cover and postal cancellation.

Updated20 Oct'26News date12 Oct'26Event12 Oct'26Country🇮🇳 India
News graphic showing postal officials displaying the Durga Puja special cover at Ranchi GPO.🇮🇳 India

Jharkhand Postal Circle released a Durga Puja special cover at Ranchi GPO on 15 October 2026. Chief Postmaster General Sanjeev Ranjan unveiled the cover at the ceremony, according to Ranchi Club TV...

Why it matters

This is a distinct Jharkhand Durga Puja cover release, separate from the earlier Ranchi Swachhata cover.

Updated20 Oct'26News date16 Oct'26Event15 Oct'26Country🇮🇳 India
Ladakh sea-buckthorn special cover with berry artwork and the 18 September 2026 Leh cancellation.🇮🇳 India

A special cover devoted to Ladakh sea buckthorn was released at Leh on 18 September 2026. MB’s Stamps of India identifies it by the official cover code J&K/07/2026 and reproduces the berry-themed c...

Why it matters

The cover records sea buckthorn as a Ladakh botanical subject under an identifiable postal cover code.

Updated20 Oct'26News date13 Oct'26Event18 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India
Mission-themed postal card bearing the Mumbai cancellation dated 4 September 2026.🇮🇳 India

A special cancellation commemorating the EOS-05 mission was released at Mumbai on 4 September 2026, according to MB’s Stamps of India. The illustrated postal card reproduces the mission-themed desi...

Why it matters

The cancellation documents a Mumbai postal commemoration with a space-mission theme.

Updated20 Oct'26News date15 Oct'26Event4 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India
Education-themed postal card with Nagpur’s International Literacy Day cancellation dated 8 September 2026.🇮🇳 India

Nagpur released a special cancellation for International Literacy Day on 8 September 2026, according to MB’s Stamps of India. The published example shows an education-themed illustration alongside ...

Why it matters

The cancellation is a distinct Maharashtra postal marking devoted to literacy.

Updated20 Oct'26News date16 Oct'26Event8 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India
Illustrated postal card bearing Nagpur’s International Coastal Cleanup Day cancellation of 19 September 2026.🇮🇳 India

A special cancellation was released at Nagpur on 19 September 2026 for International Coastal Cleanup Day. The illustrated example published by MB’s Stamps of India carries the coastal-cleanup theme...

Why it matters

The dated marking adds a Nagpur postal commemoration of the coastal-cleanup observance.

Updated20 Oct'26News date17 Oct'26Event19 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India
Himachal Eco Warriors cover showing environmental artwork and its 15 September 2026 cancellation.🇮🇳 India

A special cover released at Shimla on 15 September 2026 commemorates twenty years of Himachal Eco Warriors. Its design identifies the 133 Ecological Battalion (Territorial Army), Dogra, and carries...

Why it matters

The cover links an ecological battalion’s twentieth anniversary with a dated Shimla postal release.

Updated20 Oct'26News date19 Oct'26Event15 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India
World Post Day cancellation dated 9 October 2026 on an illustrated postal card.🇮🇳 India

Karnataka Postal Circle released a special cancellation for World Post Day on 9 October 2026. MB’s Stamps of India reported that it was available at philatelic bureaus and other head post offices a...

Why it matters

The marking provides a Karnataka postal commemoration of World Post Day.

Updated20 Oct'26News date20 Oct'26Event9 Oct'26Country🇮🇳 India
Canada's 2026 Diwali stamp showing hands making a marigold-and-mango-leaf torana, with the string forming a diya outline.🇨🇦 Canada

Canada Post issued its 2026 Diwali stamp on 19 October. The illustration shows hands stringing marigolds and mango leaves into a traditional torana, with part of the string forming the outline of a...

Why it matters

The issue adds a new Canadian Diwali design, a six-stamp booklet and a Brampton first-day cancellation to the 2026 programme.

Updated20 Oct'26News date19 Oct'26Event19 Oct'26Country🇨🇦 Canada
PERLIS 2026 Five-Nation Stamp Exhibition hall in Malaysia with national flags and exhibition displays.🇻🇳 Vietnam

Vietnam Post reported on 1 October 2026 that Vietnam's delegation won multiple awards at the PERLIS 2026 Five-Nation Stamp Exhibition in Malaysia. The exhibition ran from 25 to 27 September and bro...

Why it matters

The official results identify the award levels and subjects of nine Vietnamese competitive exhibits at a significant Southeast Asian regional exhibition.

Updated18 Oct'26News date1 Oct'26Event25 Sep'26–27 Sep'26Country🇻🇳 Vietnam
Philately News🇵🇭 Philippines

Postal leaders from Southeast Asia unveiled the ASEAN Fruits 2026 special commemorative stamps during regional postal meetings in Manila held from 5 to 7 October 2026. The coordinated collection fe...

Why it matters

The unveiling documents a coordinated ASEAN philatelic programme using nationally significant fruits to represent the region's member states.

Updated18 Oct'26News date8 Oct'26Event5 Oct'26–7 Oct'26Country🇵🇭 Philippines
Nepal's communications minister applies first-day cancellations at the World Post Day stamp release in Kathmandu.🇳🇵 Nepal

Nepal's Department of Postal Services released five Rs 10 postage stamps across three commemorative issues in Kathmandu on 9 October 2026. The releases formed part of a World Post Day programme mar...

Why it matters

The coordinated release adds five documented Nepalese stamps covering national figures, Gurkha military history and the television centenary, with first-day cancellations performed at the launch.

Updated18 Oct'26News date9 Oct'26Event9 Oct'26Country🇳🇵 Nepal
Mauritius Post officials open the World Post Day stamp and first-day-cover exhibition at the Postal Museum in Port Louis.🇲🇺 Mauritius

Mauritius Post opened a World Post Day exhibition of stamps and first-day covers at the Postal Museum in Port Louis on 9 October 2026. The display remains open through 31 October, giving visitors a...

Why it matters

The official exhibition brings together first-day covers spanning 1979–2025 and historical post-office photographs in Mauritius’s national postal museum.

Updated18 Oct'26News date9 Oct'26Event9 Oct'26–31 Oct'26Country🇲🇺 Mauritius
Participants display Ghanshyam Dass Jain commemorative stamp sheets during the release ceremony in New Delhi.🇮🇳 India

A commemorative postage stamp marking the birth centenary of musician and philanthropist Ghanshyam Dass Jain was released in New Delhi on 17 October 2026. The release formed part of a cultural conc...

Why it matters

The release adds a documented Indian commemorative issue honouring a musician and philanthropist, with the date, venue and Postal Services Board participation confirmed by a contemporaneous report.

Updated18 Oct'26News date17 Oct'26Event17 Oct'26Country🇮🇳 India
Latvian €3 stamp showing Teodors Zaļkalns’s marble portrait of Ludmila Jakubovska🇱🇻 Latvia

Latvijas Pasts issued a €3 postage stamp and first-day cover on 16 October 2026 for the 150th anniversary of sculptor Teodors Zaļkalns. The postal operator identifies Zaļkalns as a founding figure ...

Why it matters

The release adds a documented museum-linked design to Latvia’s artist series and has comparatively small stated quantities of 7,000 stamps and 500 first-day covers.

Updated17 Oct'26News date14 Oct'26Event16 Oct'26Country🇱🇻 Latvia
Philately News🇳🇴 Norway

Posten issued a stamp on 16 October 2026 marking 200 years of Rikshospitalet, Norway’s national hospital and medical teaching institution. The stamp carries the domestic large-letter value of 46 kr...

Why it matters

The issue documents a major Norwegian medical institution with complete official technical data, including denomination, format, paper, printer and quantity.

Updated19 Oct'26News date14 Oct'26Event16 Oct'26Country🇳🇴 Norway
Moldova MP1429 stamp honouring agrogeologist Nicolae Florov on the 150th anniversary of his birth🇲🇩 Moldova

Poșta Moldovei’s English-language philatelic catalogue lists a six-stamp issue titled “Personalities. Anniversaries” under catalogue numbers MP1429–1434, with an original issue date of 16 October 2...

Why it matters

The official listing supplies catalogue numbers, denominations, formats and accompanying first-day-cover data for a six-stamp personality issue, while exposing a date discrepancy collectors need to recognize.

Updated19 Oct'26News date16 Oct'26Event16 Oct'26Country🇲🇩 Moldova