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USPS dedicates rangoli-themed Diwali stamp at Indian Embassy🇺🇸 United States

The U.S. Postal Service dedicated its Diwali Forever stamp at the Embassy of India in Washington, DC, on 21 October 2026. Shibani Gambhir, USPS revenue operations senior vice president, served as t...

Why it matters

The ceremony report confirms the dedication and documents the scale and preparation time of the original rangoli artwork.

Updated24 Oct'26News date17 Sep'26Event21 Oct'26Country🇺🇸 United States
India issues commemorative postage stamp in memory of Sant Malukdas Ji🇮🇳 India

India’s Department of Posts issued a commemorative postage stamp in honour of Sant Malukdas Ji on 15 September 2026. Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia released it at a Sant Samagam in New Delh...

Why it matters

The release adds a documented Department of Posts commemorative issue to India’s 2026 stamp programme, with same-day primary-source confirmation and official launch photography.

Updated16 Sep'26News date15 Sep'26Event15 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India
San Marino announces Gilberto Rossini school-architecture miniature sheet🇸🇲 San Marino

Poste San Marino has announced “Scuole per una comunità”, a miniature sheet honouring the school architecture of engineer Gilberto Rossini. The issue is scheduled for 21 September 2026 and contains...

Why it matters

The miniature sheet combines a postal issue with San Marino’s school-architecture heritage, with detailed production specifications and a documentary-linked QR code.

Updated16 Sep'26News date14 Sep'26Event21 Sep'26Country🇸🇲 San Marino
Bernama spotlights North Borneo postal history through award-winning Malaysian collection🇲🇾 Malaysia

Malaysia’s national news agency Bernama published a new philatelic feature on 13 September 2026 centred on collector William Wang and the postal history of North Borneo. Wang’s principal collection...

Why it matters

A newly published national-news feature gives specialist North Borneo postal history unusually broad visibility while documenting collecting, authentication, exhibition and preservation practices.

Updated9 Nov'26News date13 Sep'26Country🇲🇾 Malaysia
Philately News🇺🇦 Ukraine

Ukrposhta placed a new five-stamp postal block celebrating the 125th anniversary of Mykolaiv Zoo into circulation on 12 September 2026, with a special cancellation held in Mykolaiv on the city’s an...

Why it matters

The previously announced zoo block has now actually entered circulation with a documented special cancellation, adding a substantive new philatelic event rather than merely reaching its scheduled date.

Updated13 Sep'26News date12 Sep'26Event12 Sep'26Country🇺🇦 Ukraine
India releases two commemorative postage stamps marking 20 years of BRICS cooperation🇮🇳 India

India released two commemorative postage stamps on 12 September 2026 to mark two decades of BRICS cooperation. The stamps were unveiled in New Delhi on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit, givin...

Why it matters

A same-day official release confirms two new India commemoratives tied directly to the 18th BRICS Summit and the twentieth anniversary of BRICS cooperation.

Updated13 Sep'26News date12 Sep'26Event12 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India
Portugal’s first amphibian stamp issue pairs philately with biodiversity research and citizen science🇵🇹 Portugal

A new Portuguese philatelic issue announced on 11 September 2026 will bring amphibians onto the country’s postage stamps for the first time in the 57-year period since CTT began systematically depi...

Why it matters

The issue introduces amphibians to modern Portuguese philately for the first time while linking stamp collecting with documented biodiversity research, recycled production materials and citizen-science participation.

Updated12 Sep'26News date11 Sep'26Event18 Sep'26Country🇵🇹 Portugal
South African Post Office launches 'Love the Post-box' World Post Day stamp issue🇿🇦 South Africa

The South African Post Office has launched a new stamp issue titled “World Post Day: Love the Post-box”, celebrating the red posting box as a symbol of handwritten communication and South African p...

Why it matters

The issue documents South African postal infrastructure through a modern World Post Day release, including a stamp referencing the country's oldest pillar post-box still in use.

Updated11 Sep'26News date10 Sep'26Event9 Sep'26Country🇿🇦 South Africa
Royal Mail unveils 12-stamp Duran Duran issue spanning album artwork and four landmark tours🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Royal Mail and Duran Duran unveiled a new Special Stamps issue on 10 September 2026 celebrating the British band's visual and musical career. The programme consists of eight First Class stamps base...

Why it matters

The issue adds a substantial new Royal Mail music-themed programme with 12 stamps, a miniature-sheet production first and detailed technical specifications for collectors.

Updated9 Nov'26News date10 Sep'26Event17 Sep'26Country🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Philatelic Association of Sri Lanka releases new reference study on 'stamp-on-stamp' issues🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

A new specialist philatelic reference devoted to Sri Lanka’s “stamp-on-stamp” issues was released on 9 September 2026 through Philately.lk, the online portal associated with the Philatelic Associat...

Why it matters

The newly released free reference consolidates ten Sri Lankan stamp-on-stamp subjects into one specialist study, linking later commemoratives with the earlier Ceylon and Sri Lanka stamps reproduced in their designs.

Updated19 Oct'26News date9 Sep'26Country🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
USPS formally issues and dedicates U.S. Coast Guard Academy 150th-anniversary stamp🇺🇸 United States

The U.S. Postal Service formally issued and dedicated its U.S. Coast Guard Academy 150th-anniversary stamp in New London, Connecticut, on 12 September 2026. The ceremony at Custom House Pier conver...

Why it matters

The stamp has now actually entered issue and been formally dedicated, adding a substantive event to the previously reported design and photographer story.

Updated13 Sep'26News date8 Sep'26Event12 Sep'26Country🇺🇸 United States
Slovak Post opens Bratislava exhibition pairing postage stamps with original stamp artwork🇸🇰 Slovakia

Slovak Post opened a new philatelic exhibition titled “Personalities on Postage Stamps” in Bratislava on 7 September 2026. The exhibition is being staged at the Gallery of Postage Stamps on SNP Squ...

Why it matters

The exhibition gives collectors direct access not only to issued Slovak stamps and FDCs but also to original stamp artwork, making the design-to-production process part of the public display.

Updated8 Sep'26News date7 Sep'26Event7 Sep'26–3 Dec'26Country🇸🇰 Slovakia
PostNL launches the Netherlands’ first postage stamp made from real Delft Blue ceramic🇳🇱 Netherlands

PostNL unveiled a new ceramic postage stamp on 7 September 2026 in collaboration with Royal Delft, presenting what the postal operator describes as the first postage stamp in Dutch postal history m...

Why it matters

The issue is a significant material innovation in modern philately: PostNL identifies it as the first Dutch postage stamp made from real ceramic, created with Royal Delft and sold as valid domestic postage.

Updated8 Sep'26News date7 Sep'26Event7 Sep'26Country🇳🇱 Netherlands
Vice President’s Chennai programme confirms commemorative stamp release for Dinamalar’s 75th year🇮🇳 India

An official Government of India programme issued on 4 September 2026 confirms that a commemorative postage stamp release function will be held in Chennai on 5 September to mark the 75th year of pub...

Why it matters

The official programme confirms a new India Post commemorative release tied to Dinamalar’s 75th anniversary, creating an upcoming institutional and media-history issue of interest to Indian collectors.

Updated5 Sep'26News date4 Sep'26Event5 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India
Philately News🇮🇳 India

India Post released a commemorative postage stamp in honour of Bengali screen legend Uttam Kumar on 4 September 2026, as part of the actor’s birth-centenary celebrations in Kolkata. The release too...

Why it matters

The release adds a new India Post commemorative for one of Bengali cinema’s most important cultural figures and creates a fresh thematic item for collectors of Indian cinema, personalities and West Bengal philately.

Updated5 Sep'26News date4 Sep'26Event4 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India
An Post launches Dromcollogher centenary stamp remembering 48 cinema-fire victims🇮🇪 Ireland

A new Irish commemorative stamp marking the centenary of the Dromcollogher cinema disaster was launched on 3 September 2026, two days before the 100th anniversary of the fire that killed 48 people ...

Why it matters

The issue adds a new Irish memorial commemorative with a First Day Cover and special cancellation, tied to a major centenary remembrance in County Limerick.

Updated5 Sep'26News date3 Sep'26Event3 Sep'26Country🇮🇪 Ireland
Australia Post releases postal stationery for the 125th anniversary of the Australian flag🇦🇺 Australia

Australia Post released postal stationery on 3 September 2026 marking the 125th anniversary of the first raising of the Australian national flag. The prepaid envelope was issued on the anniversary ...

Why it matters

This is a newly issued piece of Australian postal stationery tied exactly to the 125th anniversary date of the flag’s first raising, with an official issue and withdrawal period.

Updated5 Sep'26News date3 Sep'26Event3 Sep'26–30 Sep'27Country🇦🇺 Australia
Moldova issues National Army 35th anniversary stamp and special postmark🇲🇩 Moldova

Poșta Moldovei issued a new commemorative stamp on 3 September 2026 marking 35 years since the creation of the Republic of Moldova’s National Army. The issue was launched at Military Camp 142 in Ch...

Why it matters

The release adds a new state-issued Moldovan military thematic with denomination, print run, designer credits, a 200-copy first day cover and a same-day special cancellation.

Updated5 Sep'26News date3 Sep'26Event3 Sep'26Country🇲🇩 Moldova
Philately News🇮🇳 India

The Department of Posts’ Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana has opened a 2026 scholarship opportunity for school students in Haryana, with 40 students set to receive annual scholarships of ₹6,000 each. The a...

Why it matters

The programme directly supports youth philately in India and creates a structured pathway through school clubs, Philately Deposit Accounts, quizzes and research projects.

Updated5 Sep'26News date2 Sep'26Event10 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India
Philately News🇮🇳 India

India Post released four special postal covers featuring major Tirumala landmarks at TIRUPEX-2026, the district-level philatelic exhibition held in Tirupati on 2 September 2026. The subjects are An...

Why it matters

Four new India Post special covers add region-specific Tirumala heritage material for collectors of Indian postal history, religion, tourism and Andhra Pradesh philately.

Updated19 Oct'26News date2 Sep'26Event2 Sep'26–3 Sep'26Country🇮🇳 India