March 2020 was a difficult and confusing month for a number of reasons throughout the world and the future remains uncertain. My own workload tripled despite the government shutting all schools (initially from 18 to 31 March but that has just been extended to 30 April, at the earliest). All of that has begun to settle down and I can focus on philatelic pursuits once again.
Due to the shutdown of postal administrations and services throughout the world, a number of stamp first day of issue ceremonies are being cancelled. In the United States at least, the stamps are still being issued but without an associated event. Malaysia has ceased issuing its scheduled stamps altogether until the crisis has passed; it is unknown which other entities have postponed or cancelled recent and upcoming issues. I will continue posting the stamps with the dates as originally announced. Any changes will be updated on the original posts themselves.
This summary post lists the issuing entities alphabetically and the date of issue chronologically for the month of March 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.
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 red, 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.
Åland
05 March 2020
SEPAC — Artwork in the National Collection
- 1 stamp in sheets of 30
Albania
27 March 2020
Milanofil 2020
- The exhibition has been postponed from the original dates 27. – 28. 3. 2020 provisionally to autumn 2020. It is likely that the associated stamps have been delayed as well.
Andorra, French Administration
21 March 2020
La Francophonie 50th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 20
Andorra, Spanish Administration
06 March 2020
Women of Andorra — Carolina Plandolit i Pelati
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
19 March 2020
Popular Culture — Wolf Collars
- 1 stamp in sheets of 25
Armenia
27 March 2020
Milanofil 2020
- The exhibition has been postponed from the original dates 27. – 28. 3. 2020 provisionally to autumn 2020. It is likely that the associated stamps have been delayed as well.
Australia
03 March 2020
Sydney-San Francisco Mail Steamer 150th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
13 March 2020
Canberra 2020 Philatelic Exhibition – Trans-Australia Rail
- 1 stamp in sheets of 4
19 March 2020
New Zealand 2020 International Philatelic Exhibition
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
20 March 2020
New Zealand 2020 International Philatelic Exhibition
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
21 March 2020
New Zealand 2020 International Philatelic Exhibition
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
22 March 2020
New Zealand 2020 International Philatelic Exhibition
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
24 March 2020
- 4 gummed stamps
- 1 self-adhesive booklet pane of 10 stamps (4 designs)
- 1 self-adhesive coil of 100 stamps (4 designs)
Australian Antarctic Territory
31 March 2020
- 3 stamps
- 1 miniature sheet of 3 stamps
Austria
06 March 2020
Sacred Art in Austria — Vöcklabrucker Christus, St. Egid’s Church, Vöcklabruck
- 1 stamp
07 March 2020
Loyalty Bonus Stamp 2019 – Blue Passion Flower
- 1 stamp
Classic Edition — Definitives of 1891/96
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
17 March 2020
Contemporary Art in Austria — Brigitte Kowanz “Opportunity”
- 1 stamp
18 March 2020
Music Country Austria — Double Bass
- 1 stamp
Azerbaijan
10 March 2020
Azerbaijani Red Cross Society Centenary
- 1 stamp
17 March 2020
- 1 miniature sheet of 9 stamps
Bangladesh
17 March 2020
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Birth Centenary
- 1 stamp
Belarus
03 March 2020
Bird of the Year — Western Capercaillie
- 1 stamp in sheets of 7
27 March 2020
Act Now — Climate Action. Local Produce
- 1 stamp in sheets of 8
Belgium
16 March 2020
Masters of Painting — Jan van Eyck
- 1 miniature sheet of 5 stamps
King Philippe, 60th Birthday
- 1 stamp
The Belgian Country — The Pigeon Fancier and His Story
- 1 miniature sheet of 5 stamps
United Nations 75th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 5
Birds of Buzin — Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- 1 stamp
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH Pošta)
24 March 2020
Munib Maglajlic, Historian 75th Birth Anniversary
- 1 stamp
27 March 2020
Fauna — Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
- 1 souvenir sheet
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian Administration)
22 March 2020
Mostar Half Marathon 2020
- 1 stamp
World Water Day — Lake Rama
- 2 stamps in sheets of 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbian Administration)
19 March 2020
Cinema 125th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
27 March 2020
Easter 2020
Botswana
07 March 2020
Spiders of Botswana
- 6 stamps in sheets of 24
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
Brazil
19 March 2020
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
British Indian Ocean Territory
23 March 2020
Crabs
- 5 stamps
Canada
02 March 2020
- 2 self-adhesive stamps in booklets of 10
- 2 self-adhesive stamps in coils of 50
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 gummed stamps
People’s Republic of China
20 March 2020
- 6 stamps in sheets of 8
Colombia
04 March 2020
Guadalajara de Buga 450th Anniversary
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
Cook Islands
xx March 2020
- 1 miniature sheet of 8 stamps
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
Costa Rica
09 March 2020
- 1 miniature sheet of 3 stamps
Croatia
11 March 2020
Guard Brigade Badges
- 4 stamps in sheets of 8
20 March 2020
Protected Flora of Croatia
- 4 stamps
27 March 2020
Act Now — Climate Action. Local Produce
- 1 stamp in sheets of 8
Cyprus
19 March 2020
Marathon Runner Stelios Kyriakides
- 2 stamps in miniature sheet of 8
Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020
- 4 stamps in sheets of 8
Czech Republic
11 March 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 8
Josef Gočár + Architecture of the City Hradec Králové
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
- 2 stamps in sheets of 50
25 March 2020
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in sheets of 40
Estonia
03 March 2020
- 1 stamp
21 March 2020
Georg Ots Birth Centenary
- 1 souvenir sheet
Falkland Islands
16 March 2020
- 4 stamps
Finland
12 March 2020
- 2 stamps
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
- 1 booklet of 4 stamps
France
06 March 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 30
A Cabinet of Curiosities (booklet stamps)
- 1 booklet of 12 self-adhesive stamps
13 March 2020
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
20 March 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 15
27 March 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 40
28 March 2020
Festival of Stamps — Peugeot Automobiles
- 1 stamp in sheets of 48
- 1 souvenir sheet
French Polynesia
06 March 2020
International Women’s Day
- 2 stamps
Germany
02 March 2020
Sky Events — Kelvin-Helmholtz Clouds, Lenticular Clouds
- 2 gummed stamps in sheets of 10
- 2 self–adhesive stamps in booklets of 20
- 1 gummed stamp in sheets of 10
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklet panes of 10
- 1 gummed stamp in sheets of 10
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in booklet panes of 10
Gibraltar
25 March 2020
End of World War II 75th Anniversary
- 5 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Anniversaries
- 3 stamps
Great Britain
17 March 2020
- 8 gummed stamps
- 7 self-adhesive stamps
- 6 gummed stamps in panes of 36
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
- 1 prestige stamp booklet with the 12 commemorative stamps in unique combinations and exclusive pane of 8 definitive stamps
- 1 self-adhesive booklet with 2 First Class James Bond stamps and 4 definitive stamps
- 1 “Collector’s Sheet” of 10 gummed stamps and 10 labels
- 11 PHQ cards
Greece
23 March 2020
Winter Tourist Destinations
- 5 stamps in booklet of 10
Hong Kong
10 March 2020
Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association Centenary
- 4 stamps in panes of 25
- 1 booklet of 4 stamps (2 panes of 2)
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
Hungary
04 March 2020
Ferdinand Magellan Arrival in the Pacific Ocean 500th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
The Wonderful World of the Bakony Dinosaur Site (Series II)
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
Ludwig van Beethoven 250th Birth Anniversary
- 1 stamp
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in sheets of 50
India
16 March 2020
UNESCO World Heritage in India — Natural
- 1 miniature sheet of 5 stamps
Indonesia
05 March 2020
- 11 stamps
24 March 2020
- 2 stamps
Iran
17 March 2020
National Heroes — Frontline Fighters of the Coronavirus
- 1 stamp
Iraq
xx March 2020
Diplomatic Relations with Armenia 20th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
Ireland
05 March 2020
- 5 stamps in sheets of 15
Isle of Man
16 March 2020
- 10 stamps in sheets of 20
- 1 booklet of 10 self-adhesive stamps
Italy
16 March 2020
Tonino Guerra Birth Centenary
27 March 2020
Milanofil 2020 —Philatelic Day, Environmental Sustainability
- The exhibition has been postponed from the original dates 27. – 28. 3. 2020 provisionally to autumn 2020. It is likely that the associated stamps have been delayed as well.
Japan
02 March 2020
Omotenashi (Hospitality) Flowers (Series 13)
- 10 stamps in 2 sheets of 10 (5 designs each sheet)
10 March 2020
Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays
- 2 stamps in sheets of 10
World Of Arts — Blue
- 20 stamps in 2 sheets of 10
Jersey
26 March 2020
Ludwig van Beethoven 250th Birth Anniversary
- 6 stamps in sheets of 10
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 7 postal cards
Kygyzstan (Kyrgyz Post)
xx March 2020
Pomegranates: A Gift From Nature
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
- 1 stamp
Kyrgyzstan (Krygyz Express Post)
27 March 2020
United Nations’ ActNow Climate Action Campaign
Lebanon
04 March 2020
Ludwig van Beethoven 250th Birth Anniversary
- 20 stamps
Liechtenstein
02 March 2020
Prince Hans-Adam II 75th Birthday and Princess Marie 80th Birthday
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
EUROPA — Ancient Postal Routes
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
- 2 maximum cards
- 4 stamps in sheets of 20
European Economic Area — 25th Year of Membership
- 1 stamp in sheets of 16
- 1 maximum card
- 1 “Collection Sheet” of 10 stamps
Lithuania
06 March 2020
Modern Lithuanian Institutions 100th Anniversary
- 1 miniature sheet of 3 stamps and 1 label
Declaration of Lithuanian Sovereignty 30th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
Luxembourg
10 March 2020
Bird Protection Society Centenary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
- 3 stamps in sheets of 10
UNESCO World Heritage — Luxembourg Old Town and Fortress
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
Gabriel Lippmann 175th Birth Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
International Year of Plant Health
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
Macau
01 March 2020
Traditional Deserts
- 4 stamps in sheets of 16
- 1 souvenir sheet
Malaysia
26 March 2020
Wild Flowers (Series 3)
Malta
18 March 2020
Maltese Festa 2020 — Statues of St Joseph
- 20 stamps in sheets of 10
Mexico
03 March 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 50
06 March 2020
International Women’s Day
- 1 stamp
Moldova
xx March 2020
Public Parks and Gardens
EUROPA — Ancient Postal Routes
Liviu Damian (1935 – 1986), Writer, 85th Birth Anniversary
- 1 pre-paid envelope
Monaco
04 March 2020
Classic Racing Cars
- 2 stamps
27 March 2020
International Bouquet Competition, Monte Carlo
- 1 stamp
Rolex Monte Carlo Masters Tennis Tournament
- 1 stamp
Legendary F1 Drivers — Niki Lauda
- 2 stamps
Morocco
xx March 2020
Reconstruction of Agadir 60th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
Netherlands
23 March 2020
The First Atlases
- 1 miniature sheet of 6 stamps
24 March 2020
Traditional Foods — Chocolate Sprinkles
- 1 stamp in sheets of 6
New Zealand
04 March 2020
Kakariki — New Zealand Parakeets
- 1 miniature sheet of 5 stamps
19 March 2020
NZ2020 International Stamp Exhibition
Niuafo’ou (Tonga)
xx March 2020
Whales & Dolphins of the World
- 1 miniature sheet of 8 stamps
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
North Korea
20 March 2020
Greenhouse Vegetables
- 4 stamps
- 1 miniature sheet
xx March 2020
Fifth Plenary Meeting of Central Committee
- 5 stamps
North Macedonia
09 March 2020
Scientific Anniversaries
- 2 stamps
Space Stations
- 1 miniature sheet of 3 stamps
Northern Cyprus
12 March 2020
UEFA EURO 2020 Football Championships
- 1 stamp
EUROPA — Ancient Postal Routes
Norway
19 March 2020
- 3 stamps in sheets of 50
Oman
03 March 2020
Memorial To Sultan Qabus
- 1 miniature sheet of 3 stamps
Penrhyn
xx March 2020
- 1 miniature sheet of 8 stamps
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
Peru
06 March 2020
Tourism — Moquegua
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
Poland
01 March 2020
Gorgets of Anti-Communist Martyrs
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps and 2 labels
08 March 2020
The Road to Freedom
- 1 miniature sheet of 8 stamps
24 March 2020
Edward Raczyński, Diplomat & President in Exile
- 1 stamp
Portugal
18 March 2020
Discovery of Straits of Magellan 500th Anniversary
- 2 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
Rarotonga
xx March 2020
- 1 miniature sheet of 8 stamps
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
Romania
03 March 2020
University of Bucharest Botanical Garden
- 4 stamps
12 March 2020
- 2 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
20 March 2020
Alexandru Ioan Cuza Birth Bicentenary
- 2 stamps in sheets of 20
- 2 miniature sheets of 4 stamps
Russia
03 March 2020
Cats
- 4 stamps in sheets of 8
05 March 2020
Friedrich Engels Birth Bicentenary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 12
10 March 2020
Heroes of the Soviet Union — Ivan Kozhedub, WWII Ace Fighter Pilot
- 1 stamp in sheets of 10
12 March 2020
Zhores Alferov, Physicist
- 1 stamp in sheets of 9
16 March 2020
Pavel Golubitsky, Inventor
- 1 stamp in sheets of 14
Ingushetia in Russia 250th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 8
- 1 souvenir sheet
27 March 2020
Heroes of the Russian Federation — Sergei Basurmanov and Sergei Firsov
- 2 stamps
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
16 March 2020
Fishing Trawler “The Vikings”
- 1 stamp
San Marino
24 March 2020
Raphael 500th Death Anniversary
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 4 stamps
- 1 stamp
EUROPA — Ancient Postal Routes
- 2 stamps
93rd Gathering of Alpini Veterans, Rimini-San Marino
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
Serbia
03 March 2020
Notable Serbian Persons — Momčilo Momo Kapor
- 1 stamp
10 March 2020
Cities of Serbia — Kruševac and Čačak
- 2 stamps
20 March 2020
- 2 stamps
xx March 2020
Roofs For Refugees
- 1 stamp [possibly not released]
Slovakia
13 March 2020
Easter 2020 — The Traditional Slovak Blueprint
- 1 stamp in sheets of 50
27 March 2020
Milanophil 2020 — ActNow (joint issue with Italy)
- 1 stamp in sheets of 30
- 1 miniature sheet of 1 stamp and 9 labels
30 March 2020
Personalities — Andrej Sládkovič Birth Bicentenary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 30
Slovenia
13 March 2020
Tourism – Podčetrtek, European Destination of Excellence
- 1 stamp
Fossil Mammals of Slovenia – Prohyracodon telleri
- 1 stamp
- 4 stamps
- 1 souvenir sheet
- 1 miniature sheet
Ski Flying World Championships Planica 2020
- 1 stamp in sheets of 6
- 1 stamp
South Korea
20 March 2020
- 3 stamps in sheets of 15
26 March 2020
Historic Architecture in Korea – Royal Palaces
- 4 stamps in sheets of 16
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stamps
Spain
02 March 2020
- 1 stamp
13 March 2020
Charming Villages
- 4 stamps
18 March 2020
Spanish Coeliac Associations Federation 25th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
Fraternidad-Muprespa Insurance Union 90th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
19 March 2020
World Heritage — Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- 1 souvenir sheet
20 March 2020
Gastronomy of Asturias
- 1 miniature sheet of 2 stamps
Literature — RAE New Words 2019
- 1 stamp
23 March 2020
Museums
- 3 stamps
25 March 2020
Air Bases Centenary
- 1 stamp
26 March 2020
Campaign Against Climate Change
- 1 stamp
30 March 2020
The Ways of Santiago del Norte Peninsular — Liébana Road
- 1 stamp
Sri Lanka
03 March 2020
Species Endangered by Illegal Trade
- 20 stamps
Switzerland
05 March 2020
Swiss Federation of Livestock Farming of the Hérens Breed Centenary
- 1 stamp
Swiss Football Association 125th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 8
Ice Hockey World Championship in Switzerland
- 2 stamps
- 1 stamp
Swiss Fire Brigade Association 150th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
Solothurn Town 2000th Anniversary
- 1 stamp in sheets of 9
National Library 125th Anniversary
- 1 stamp
Engelberg Monastery 900th Anniversary
- 1 souvenir sheet
International Year of Plant Health
- 1 stamp
Taiwan
20 March
Taiwan Relics
- 4 stamps
Tonga
xx March 2020
Whales & Dolphins of the World
- 1 miniature sheet of 8 stamps
- 1 miniature sheet of 4 stsmps
Tristan da Cunha
24 March 2020
Gough Island UNESCO Heritage Site 25th Anniversary
- 4 stamps
Tunisia
05 March 2020
Lina Ben Mhenni, The Free Word Icon
- 1 stamp
Turkey
04 March 2020
Service Dogs
- 3 stamps
Turkmenistan
01 March 2020
Flowers
- 7 stamps
Modern Architecture in Turkmenistan
- 9 stamps
Archaeology
- 9 stamps
United States
04 March 2020
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in sheets of 20
15 March 2020
- 1 self-adhesive stamp in sheets of 20
- released without a dedication ceremony due to the Coronavirus COVID-19; available from USPS.com
Uruguay
10 March 2020
Idea Vilariño, Poet
- 1 stamp
Vietnam
31 March 2020
Prevention and Control of the Coronavirus Covid-19
- 2 perforated stamps in sheets of 25
- 2 imperf stamps in sheets of 25
- 2 perforated stamps overprinted “SPECIMEN” sold to the public in sheets of 25
- 2 imperf stamps overprinted “SPECIMEN” sold to the public in sheets of 25
- 2 stamps in booklet pane of ??
- 2 post cards