This summary post lists the issuing entities alphabetically and the date of issue chronologically for the month of January 2020.
Clicking on the issue name will take you to the original post on Philatelic Pursuits where images may be found of the stamp(s) and often full sheets, first day covers and other items associated with at particular release. Details in those blog entries are almost always taken directly from materials published by the issuers’ philatelic agency, either as press releases, collector announcements or online shop product descriptions. Some are rather poor translations into English; if I had more time, I would edit those to improve the grammar.
The items in each stamp release are listed as best as I can determine. It can be difficult at times to determine the exact scope when there are multiple formats involved.
If an issue name is highlighted in yellow, that denotes an issue that doesn’t (yet) have an article on this site. Eventually, the stamp will be added and this post will be updated with the link.
This post takes the place of the usual Weekly Summary.
Aitutaki
15 January 2020
- miniature sheet of 8 stamps
- miniature sheet of 4 stamps
Albania
21 January 2020
The Albanian Parliament Centenary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 28
- 1 miniature sheet of 5
Alderney
21 January 2020
- 16 stamps in sheets of 10
Fish and Sea Life in the Ramsar Area
- 6 stamps in sheets of 10
- 1 miniature sheet of 6
Algeria
25 January 2020
Archaeological Sites of Algeria
- 3 stamps
Andorra (French Administration)
03 January 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 50
Andorra (Spanish Administration)
03 January 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
Artsakh
xx January 2020
- 2 stamps
Australia
02 January 2020
- 10 gummed stamps in sheets of 50
- 1 miniature sheet of 10
- 7 self-adhesive stamps in booklets of 10 (Teddy Bear, Balloons, Blossoms, Let’s Party!, Glasses, Gifts, Roses)
- 1 Weddings prestige booklet
21 January 2020
- 3 stamps in sheets of 50
- 1 miniature sheet of 3
Austria
08 January 2020
- 2 ATM labels
21 January 2020
- 1 stamp
22 January 2020
Accession to European Union 25th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
Austrian Inventions — Radio Guidance System (“Frequency Hopping”) by Hedy Lamarr
- 1 stamp
28 January 2020
Youth Art in Austria — Georg Haberler, “Untitled (LP01)”
- 1 stamp
31 January 2020
- 1 stamp
Azerbaijan
31 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 2 stamps
Bangladesh
20 January 2020
Ninth National Cub Scout Camporee
- 1 stamp
Belarus
09 January 2020
- 4 stamps in sheets of 8
17 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp in sheets of 8
Belgium
27 January 2020
Bob & Bobette 75th Anniversary
- miniature sheet of 10 stamps (two sets of 5 designs)
Geometry in Nature — The Pentagonal Form
- miniature sheet of 5 stamps
- miniature sheet of 5 stamps
Barnacle Goose (Registered Mail stamp)
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbian Administration)
29 January 2020
Ludwig van Beethoven 250th Birth Anniversary
1 stamp in sheets of 8
Brazil
14 January 2020
Commander Ferraz Antarctic Base
- 1 stamp in sheet of 24
Signs of the Zodiac — Aquarius
- 1 stamp
Bulgaria
29 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 souvenir sheet
Canada
13 January 2020
- 1 miniature sheet of 9 stamps
- 5 self-adhesive stamps in booklet of 10 (domestic rate)
- 2 self-adhesive stamps in booklets of 6 (USA and oversized rates)
- 3 self-adhesive stamps in coils of 50 (international, USA and domestic rates)
- 5 self-adhesive stamps in coils of 100 (domestic rate; horizontal and vertical formats)
17 January 2020
Lunar New Year — “Rat’s Wedding”
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklet of 10 (domestic rate)
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklet of 6 (international rate)
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
- 2 pre-paid postal cards
24 January 2020
Black History Month — Colored Hockey Championship
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklet of 10
China, People’s Republic of
05 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 2 stamps in miniature sheets of 6, booklets of 10 and sheets of 16
16 January 2020
Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 — Olympic and Paralympic Mascots
- 2 stamps
- 2 pre-paid postal cards
- 2 pre-paid envelopes
Christmas Island
08 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 3 gummed stamps in sheets of 50
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklet of 5
- 1 miniature sheet of 3 stamps
- 1 gold miniature sheet of 3 stamps
- 1 gold miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 Zodiac sheet of 12 Zodiac stamps and 1 round stamp
- 1 Lunar New Year Calendar sheet (miniature sheet of 3 stamps on top portion plus 12 stamps in bottom portion)
- 1 prestige booklet
- 2 pre-paid envelopes
Columbia
17 January 2020
Artillery Battalion No. 3 Battle of Palacé Centenary
- 3 se-tenant stamps in sheets of 6
Croatia
02 January 2020
European Union Presidency 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
23 January 2020
European Capitals of Culture 2020: Galway and Rijeka (joint issue with Ireland)
- 2 stamps in sheets of 9
28 January 2020
Natural Wonders of the Republic of Croatia
- 3 gummed stamps in sheets of 50
- 3 self-adhesive stamps in coils of 100
Czech Republic
20 January 2020
The Tradition of the Czech Stamp Design: Bedřich Housa
- 1 stamp in sheets of 50 and booklets of 8
First Minting of Thaler Coin 500th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 4
“The Organ Grinder” by Josef Čapek
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklets of 6
Denmark
02 January 2020
- 5 stamps
- 5 stamps
H.M. Queen Margrethe II 80th Birthday
- 1 miniature sheet of 5 stamps
Dominican Republic
24 January 2020
- 1 miniature sheet of 12
Egypt
02 January 2020
- 1 stamp
18 January 2020
Pan-African Postal Union 40th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
El Salvador
06 January 2020
Sacred Heart College, San Salvador 125th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
Estonia
06 January 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
Flag of Estonia (1,40 €. Reprint)
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklets of 10
14 January 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 20
25 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp in sheets of 20
28 January 2020
Discovery of Antarctica Bicentennial (joint issue with Russia)
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
29 January 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 20
Fiji
17 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 4 stamps
Finland
22 January 2020
- 1 booklet of 6 self-adhesive stamps
Mannerheim League for Child Welfare Centenary
- 2 stamps in sheets of 10
Moomin — Protection of the Baltic Sea
- 1 booklet of 6 self–adhesive stamps
France
03 January 2020
- 1 booklet of 12 stamps
Lille Métropole World Capital of Design 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 42
10 January 2020
Valentine’s Day — Guerlain Hearts
- 2 stamps in miniature sheet of 5
17 January 2020
Chinese New Year — Year of the Rat
- 2 stamps in miniature sheets of 5
French Polynesia
24 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
02 January 2020
Management of Lobster Fishery at Saint Paul Island
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
Robert Guillard Research Station, Adelie Land
- 2 stamps in sheets of 10
Cabanes D’Entrecasteaux, Amsterdam Island
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
- 1 souvenir sheet
Fish — White-Blooded Fish (Channichthyidae)
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
- 2 stamps in sheets of 10
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
The Finger Of Sainte-Anne, Kerguelen
- 1 stamp in sheets of 12
View of Aurora Australis at Dumont d’Urville Base
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
Germany
02 January 2020
- 1 gummed stamp in sheets of 10
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in coils of 500, 5,000 and 10,000
Ludwig van Beethoven 250th Birth Anniversary
- 1 gummed stamp in sheets of 10
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklets of 10
- 1 souvenir sheet
Ernst Barlach 150th Birth Anniversary
- 1 gummed stamp in sheets of 10
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklets of 10
- 1 gummed stamp in sheets of 10
Treasures of German Museums — Vincent van Gogh, Poppy Field
- 1 gummed stamp in sheets of 10
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in coils of 100
Germany’s Most Beautiful Panoramas — Bonn / Siebengebirge
- 2 gummed se-tenant stamps in sheets of 10
- 2 self-adhesive se-tenant stamps in sheets of 10
German Physical Society 175th Anniversary
- 1 pre-stamped envelope
Gibraltar
30 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 2 stamps
- 1 ATM label
Great Britain
21 January 2020
- 8 stamps
- miniature sheet of 4 stamps
- Collectors sheet of 10 stamps
- booklet of 6 stamps
Guernsey
08 January 2020
Chinese New Year — Year of the Rat
- 8 stamps in sheets of 10
- 1 miniature sheet of 5
- 1 gold miniature sheet of 5
21 January 2020
Ludwig van Beethoven 250th Birth Anniversary (Part 1)
- 1 stamp in sheets of 20
Hong Kong
11 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 4 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 1 silk souvenir sheet
- 1 gold and silver miniature sheet of 2 stamps
- 2 stamps in sheets of 12
Hungary
10 January 2020
34th LEN European Water Polo Championships
- 1 stamp
India
07 January 2020
Kirloksar Brothers Limited
- 1 stamp in personalized sheets of 12
14 January 2020
Indian Fashion (Series 4) — Designers’ Creations
- 1 sheet of 9 stamps
22 January 2020
International Labour Organisation Centenary
- 1 stamp
26 January 2020
Constitution of India
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
Ireland
23 January 2020
European Capitals of Culture 2020: Galway and Rijeka (joint issue with Croatia)
- 2 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
30 January 2020
- 1 stamp in booklets of 10 and a “collector’s strip” of 2
Isle of Man
15 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 4 stamps in sheets of 20
Israel
01 January 2020
AH-64I Apache Longbow Helicopter
- 1 ATM label printable in multiple denominations
Italy
09 January 2020
Sports — S.S. Lazio S.p.A 120th Anniversary
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in sheets of 45
20 January 2020
Federico Fellini Birth Centenary
- 1 self-adhesive stamp
24 January 2020
Amedeo Modigliani Disappearance Centenary
- 1 gummed stamp
xx January 2020
Madonna di Loretto
xx January 2020
Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini – F.I.L.A Centenary
Japan
15 January 2020
Delicious Japan (Series 1) — Fukuoka
- 2 miniature sheets of 10 self-adhesive stamps
20 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
23 January 2020
Greetings — Celebration Designs
- 6 self-adhesive stamps in sheets of 10 (each with 5 stamps of 2 designs)
28 January 2020
National Parks Movement in Japan 150th Anniversary
- 1 sheet of 10 gummed stamps
Jersey
03 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
- 1 souvenir sheet
Kosovo
31 January 2020
Cities of Kosovo
- 2 stamps in sheets of 10
Latvia
03 January 2020
Coats of Arms of Cities and Regions of Latvia
- 5 self-adhesive stamps
10 January 2020
Riga State Technical School Centenary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
31 January 2020
Sailing Ship “Eurasia”
- 1 stamp
Liberia
01 January 2020
Minerals of the World
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
Birds of the World — Owls
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Flora of the World — Orchids
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Butterflies
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Dinosaurs
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Cats
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Birds of Liberia
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Elephants
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Leopards
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Crocodiles
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Marine Life of Liberia
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Dogs
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Monkeys
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 sheet of 50 different stamps
Lithuania
17 January 2020
Symbols of the Lithuanian State: Historic Paper Banknotes
- 3 stamps
31 January 2020
Red Book of Lithuania Birds
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
Macau
05 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 4 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
20 January 2020
70th Anniversary of the Macao Federation of Trade Unions
- 4 se-tenant stamps in sheets of 16 (4 blocks of 4)
- 1 souvenir sheet
Madeira Islands
08 January 2020
Self-Adhesive Reprints
- 2 stamps
24 January 2020
- 3 stamps
Mexico
29 January 2020
Popular Traditions — Candelaria Celebration
- 1 stamp
Moldova
27 January 2020
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 1 stamp
Monaco
06 January 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
44th International Circus Festival
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
Coat of Arms
- 1 stamp
20 January 2020
Opera Singers
- 2 stamps
Mongolia
06 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 2 stamps in sheets of 10
Myanmar
04 January 2020
- 3 stamps
Netherlands
02 January 2020
Experience Nature – Birds of Prey & Owls
- 1 miniature sheet of 10 stamps
XL Seal
- 1 stamp
Typical Netherlands — Smoked Sausage
- 1 stamp in sheets of 6
Nevis
06 January 2020
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
New Caledonia
13 January 2020
- booklet of 6 stamps
Norfolk Island
14 January 2020
- 2 stamps in sheets of 50
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
North Korea
01 January 2020
- 1 perforated stamp
- 1 imperforate stamp
Pre-Paid Postcards
- 5 pre-paid postal cards
24 January 2020
- 3 perforated stamps in sheets of 6
- 3 imperforate stamps in sheets of 6
North Macedonia
13 January 2020
Games of the XXXIIrd Olympiad — Tokyo 2020
- 1 stamp
Cultural Heritage — Sanctification of the Monastery St. Jovan Bigorski Centenary
- 1 stamp
Pakistan
10 January 2020
Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said Birth Centenary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 20
Peru
02 January 2020
Ministry of Transport & Communications Centenary
- 1 souvenir sheet
SERPOST, Peruvian Postal Service 25th Anniversary
- 1 souvenir sheet
03 January 2020
Christmas 2019
- 1 stamp
13 January 2020
Symbols and Views of Peru
- 6 stamps
27 January 2020
Museum of Anthropology & Archaelogy Centenary
- 1 souvenir sheet
29 January 2020
First Japanese Immigration to Peru Centenary
- 1 souvenir sheet
30 January 2020
Leonardo da Vinci 500th Death Anniversary
- 1 souvenir sheet
Philippines
25 January 2020
Municipality of Consolacion, Cebu Centenary
- 1 stamp
Philosateleian Post
27 January 2020
World Local Post Day — End of World War II 75th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
Poland
17 January 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 100
18 January 2020
Toruń’s Return to Free Poland Centenary
- 1 pre-printed postal card
27 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp in sheets of 8
Liberation of Auschwitz 75th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 100
31 January 2020
First Polish Postage Stamp 160th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 8
Romania
07 January 2020
- 6 stamps in sheets of 5
15 January 2020
- 2 stamps in sheets of 32 and 5 with label
- 1 imperforate souvenir sheet
21 January 2020
- 4 stamps in sheets of 32 and 5 with label
- 1 miniature sheet of 4
23 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp in sheets of 28 and 8
- 1 miniature sheet of 13
- 1 imperforate souvenir sheet
28 January 2020
- 4 stamps in sheets of 5 plus label
- 1 imperforate miniature sheet of 4
Russia
10 January 2020
EUROPA —K Ancient Postal Routes
- 1 stamp in sheets of 8
17 January 2020
- 4 stamps in sheets of 8
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 4 pre-paid postal cards
21 January 2020
Kremlin of Tula 500th Anniversary
- 1 souvenir sheet
23 January 2020
Republic of Karelia Centenary — Ruskeala Mountain Park
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 1 postcard
28 January 2020
Discovery of Antarctica Bicentennial
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
30 January 2020
Vistula-Oder Offensive 75th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 8
31 January 2020
- 1 souvenir sheet
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
20 January 2020
Birds
- 1 stamp
Serbia
21 January 2020
Evacuation of Serbian Army by Italian Navy in World War I
- 4 se-tenant stamps in sheets of 8
24 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 2 stamps
Singapore
08 January 2020
Zodiac Series — Year of the Rat
- 2 stamps in sheets of 10
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklets of 10
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 2 pre-paid postal cards
- 1 ATM label
- 1 miniature sheet of 8
11 January 2020
- 6 stamps in sheets of 10
24 January 2020
Chinese New Year Reunion — Steamboat
- 1 souvenir sheet
My Stamps — Flowers of Singapore
- 5 stamps in sheet of 5 plus 5 personalized labels
xx January 2020
Definitives (Reprints)
- 2 stamps
Slovak Republic
17 January 2020
The Massacres of Ostrý Grúň and Kľak 75th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
Slovenia
30 January 2020
Prominent Personalities — Adam Bohorič and Hugo Wolf
- 2 stamps in sheets of 25
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
Architecture in Slovenia — Municipal Savings Bank, Ljubljana
- 1 souvenir sheet
Contemporary Arts and Crafts in Slovenia — Contemporary Metal Design
- 1 stamp in sheets of 16
Memorandum on Nature Conservation Centenary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
Spain
02 January 2020
12 Months, 12 Stamps — A Coruña
- 1 stamp in sheets of 50
Tourism — Tourist Routes on Two and Four Wheels
- 2 stamps in sheets of 50
- 2 stamps in sheets of 50
09 January 2020
The Town Charter of Brañosera, First Town Charter in Spain
- 1 stamp
14 January 2020
Wonders of the Modern World — Petra
- 1 stamp in sheets of 12
Sweden
09 January 2020
- 5 stamps in booklet of 10
- 2 stamps in coils of 100
- 2 stamps in coils of 100
Taiwan
03 January 2020
Completion of the Suhua Highway Improvement Project
- 2 stamps in sheets of 18
10 January 2020
Taiwan Scenery — Pingtung County
- 4 stamps in sheets of 20
Tajikistan
xx January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 2 stamps in sheets of 6
Tanzania
18 January 2020
Pan-African Postal Union 40th Anniversary
- 5 stamps
xx January 2020
Surcharges
- 5 stamps
Thailand
02 January 2020
Zodiac 2020 — Year of the Mouse
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
- 2 miniature sheets of 6 stamps
11 January 2020
- 4 stamps in sheets of 10
Turkey
28 January 2020
Proclamation of National Sovereignty Centenary
- 1 stamp in sheets
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
Ukraine
14 January 2020
Ludwig van Beethoven 250th Birth Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 9
- 1 souvenir sheet
22 January 2020
Battle Of Donetsk Airport 5th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 9
28 January 2020
Opening of Antarctica Bicentennial
- 1 souvenir sheet
United Nations (New York)
10 January 2020
Chinese New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10 with personalized labels
United States
11 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp
18 January 2020
- 1 stamp
- 1 stamp
23 January 2020
- 1 stamp
30 January 2020
Black Heritage Series — Gwen Iffil
- 1 stamp
Uruguay
20 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp
Uzbekistan
15 January 2020
State Puppet Theatre 80th Anniversary
- 1 souvenir sheet
25 January 2020
Muqimi State Musical Theater, Tashkent 80th Anniversary
- 1 souvenir sheet
Vanuatu
25 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
Wallis and Futuna
25 January 2020
Lunar New Year — Year of the Rat
- 1 stamp