XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

It seems there are World Days for everything. Did you know there is a Lost Sock Memorial Day, an International Strange Music Day and an International Talk Like a Pirate Day? Saturday was World Day for Glaciers. No, I didn't know either but clearly people at Österreichische Post did because they've have produced this stamp to mark it. There is some useful information on the WOPA website: "2025 was designated the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation by the United Nat

Last week Serbia issued some new definitive stamps. They're interesting because they seem to be from three different sets. Two are about pets. The others are about plant life but one design is very different to the rest. The 5 para stamp showing chicory flowers is very similar to the 2025 stamp - in fact, it looks identical to me apart from the fact that the year printed at the bottom has been changed. The others are very different. the old designs have gone apart from the

Royal Mail issued 16 sets in 2025; a year pack would put you back £275.00 As regular readers will see, my reviews of Royal Mail stamps often don't score very highly. And of course there are reasons for that - Royal Mail's recent stamps simply aren't as good as stamps that are being issued by other postal administrations. I'm not saying that Jersey Post, Isle of Man Stamps, La Poste or Posti get everything right but I always look forward to their next issues because I know the