New stamp issues, exhibitions and collector news from around the world.
Australia Post opened its 2026 stamp programme on 6 January with a Lunar New Year issue celebrating the Year of the Horse. Designed by Chrissy Lau, the stamps use red and gold, colours strongly ass...
Australia Post released a separate Christmas Island Lunar New Year miniature sheet on 6 January, marking the Year of the Horse with imagery tied to the customs of the festival. The official product...
The United States Postal Service issued a 4-cent Angel's Trumpets stamp on 9 January in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The low-denomination definitive continues the floral sequence introduced in 2024 with 1-c...
Australia Post issued Regional Heritage Australia on 13 January, using significant nineteenth-century buildings to explore the architectural and civic history of regional towns. The subjects are Ba...
USPS released its 2026 Love stamps on 13 January, presenting four colourful scenes in which pairs of stylised birds encounter hearts in different forms. One pair examines branches carrying small wh...
Royal Mail released its first special-stamp issue of 2026 on 13 January, devoted to the television series Stranger Things. The programme comprises 14 stamps: ten character or scene stamps and a min...
The United States Postal Service issued two Muhammad Ali Forever stamp designs on 15 January in Louisville, Kentucky, honouring the three-time heavyweight champion in his home city. Both use a crop...
An Post issued a commemorative national-rate stamp on 15 January marking 100 years of broadcasting in Ireland. The design traces the transformation of broadcasting from radio, once a striking new p...
Royal Mail issued a Concorde special-stamp set on 21 January, making the supersonic airliner the subject of its second special issue of 2026. Concorde remains one of the most recognisable achieveme...
USPS issued a Forever stamp on 24 January to commemorate 150 years of Colorado statehood. The first-day ceremony at the History Colorado Center in Denver coincided with the opening of an exhibition...
India Post's Central Region in Tamil Nadu released a limited-edition picture postcard at Tiruchirappalli Head Post Office for India's 77th Republic Day. The design commemorates 150 years of Vande M...
Australia Post's Endangered Birds issue, released on 27 January according to the official 2026 bulletin and product listing, draws attention to Australian species classified as endangered or critic...
Canada Post unveiled its 2026 Black History Month stamps on 28 January, honouring three trailblazing forces in Canadian hip-hop: Maestro Fresh Wes, Michie Mee and the Montréal group Muzion. The iss...
Ukrposhta issued the postal block 'Spirit and Strength of Ukraine. Milano Cortina 2026' on 27 January in support of Ukraine's national team at the Winter Olympic Games. The block contains four U-de...
USPS dedicated the 49th stamp in its Black Heritage series to poet Phillis Wheatley on 29 January at Boston's historic Old South Meeting House. Wheatley, who lived from about 1753 to 1784, was the ...
A centenary tribute to Bengali cinema icon Uttam Kumar includes a postage stamp and an exhibition featuring photographs, film memorabilia and personal material. The report was published on 14 Augus...
The 2026 Queensland Stamp and Coin Show is running from 13 to 16 August at the Sleeman Sports Complex in Chandler, Brisbane. The national competitive exhibition advertises more than 475 frames, a d...
The United States Postal Service announced details of a commemorative stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The design uses photographs of the training vessel USCGC E...
Fresh coverage of the Satish Gujral centenary exhibition reports the unveiling of a postage stamp honouring the artist, sculptor and architect. The cultural tribute was covered on 14 August; comple...
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