April 2020 just seemed like the month that would never end. The new hot philatelic topical is anything related to Coronavirus COVID-19 and it does seem to have attracted more than a few new collectors. That, ultimately, is good for the hobby.
This post attempts to list every stamp released during the month of April 2020. With most of the world on some degree or another of shutdown and self-isolation, it can be difficult to determine if any of these stamp issues were cancelled or postponed. Unless I hear otherwise, I assume that the issues went ahead as originally scheduled. Being able to find an image of an actual stamp rather than an artist’s rendition is always welcome.
The stamp-issuing entities are listed alphabetically and the date of issue chronologically for each issue. 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 that particular release.
An issue name highlighted in red denotes an issue that doesn’t (yet) have an article on this site. Eventually, the stamp will be added and this list updated with the link. Yellow means an active link to a New Issue post. Those issuing entities printed in blue link to the 2020 stamp programme on this site while grey means that I haven’t yet created a page for that particular stamp-issuing entity.
Details in the original 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. There are occasional poor translations, either provided by the postal administration themselves or as a result of translation software. They can be amusing at times. I always welcome better-quality scans of the actual stamps and any on-cover (non-philatelic) usages of this material. If you have anything you would like to share, please send me an email at the address below.
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Alderney
01 April 2020
Andorra, French Administration
04 April 2020
Andorra, Spanish Administration
03 April 2020
23 April 2020
Australia
07 April 2020
14 April 2020
15 April 2020
21 April 2020
29 April 2020
Austria
01 April 2020
- Summer Flowers (ATM labels)
- Definitive Stamps (Dispenser stamps)
- Traditional Costumes — Accessories and Decorations
03 April 2020
17 April 2020
24 April 2020
Belarus
06 April 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina (HP Mostar – Croat Administration)
02 April 2020
05 April 2020
06 April 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Pošte Srpske – Serbian Administration)
15 April 2020
- EUROPA — Ancient Postal Routes
Brazil
23 April 2020
Canada
24 April 2020
29 April 2020
China (People’s Republic)
24 April 2020
Costa Rica
24 April 2020
Croatia
14 April 2020
- Croatian Foods with Designated Origin Protection
22 April 2020
- Famous Croatians
Czech Republic
22 April 2020
- EUROPA — Ancient Postal Routes
- Poisonous Mushrooms
Estonia
06 April 2020
- Estonian Internal Security Service Centenary
07 April 2020
- Estonian Students’ Society 150th Anniversary
23 April 2020
- Estonian Girl Guides Centenary
30 April 2020
- Bird of the Year – Great Crested Grebe
Faroe Islands
16 April 2020
27 April 2020
- EUROPA — Ancient Postal Routes
- British Field Post Offices in the Faroe Islands During World War II
- SEPAC — Artwork from the State Collection
France
03 April 2020
- Bird Eggs (booklet stamps)
- Félix Nadar
15 April 2020
17 April 2020
24 April 2020
30 April 2020
- The Colors of the Cosmos (booklet stamps)
French Polynesia
24 April 2020
- Classic Stock Certificates
Germany
02 April 2020
- Flowers — Zinnia
- Optical Illusions — Two shades of gray? Free square?
- Underground Stations — Munich, Marienplatz
- Richard von Weizsäcker Birth Centenary
Great Britain
06 April 2020
- The Declaration of Arbroath 700th Anniversary (miniature sheet)
07 April 2020
- The Romantic Poets
Greece
08 April 2020
- Ancient Theaters of Epirus
Greenland
16 April 2020
- Queen Margrethe II 80th Birthday
Guernsey
01 April 2020
Hong Kong
21 April 2020
Hungary
02 April 2020
16 April 2020
- Postal Directorate in Debrecen Centenary
- Eminent Philatelists — Dr Lajos Richter
- Picture Postcard 150th Anniversary
24 April 2020
- Hungarian Police Force Centenary
Indonesia
07 April 2020
- World Health Day — COVID-19 (personalized sheet)
Ireland
09 April 2020
- Liam Cosgrave Birth Centenary
16 April 2020
- Father Ted 25th Anniversary
Isle of Man
22 April 2020
Israel
21 April 2020
- Mikva Israel 150th Anniversary
- My Own Stamp — Good Luck
- Bees In Israel
- Memorial Day 2020 / Haganah Organization Centennial
- Concentration Camps Liberation 75th Anniversary — Resurrection
- Helicopters — Aerospatiale Super Frelon SA 321K (ATM labels)
- Helicopters — Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion (ATM labels)
Italy
06 April 2020
- Raphael Sanzio
25 April 2020
- Confartigianato di Genova 75th Anniversary
Japan
01 April 2020
- Flowers In Daily Life — Roses
06 April 2020
- 14th UN Conference on Crime Prevention, Kyoto
15 April 2020
- Greetings (Basic Designs)
20 April 2020
- “Red and White Plum Blossoms” by Korin Ogata
21 April 2020
- National Ainu Museum and Park, Shiraoi, Hokkaido
Jersey
07 April 2020
- EUROPA — Ancient Postal Routes (Mail Ships)
Korea, North
08 April 2020
- Traffic Rules
15 April 2020
- 108th Birthday of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung
Korea, South
16 April 2020
Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Post)
xx April 2020
Lithuania
10 April 2020
- Vilna Gaon 300th Birth Anniversary
24 April 2020
- EUROPA — Ancient Postal Routes
Macau
20 April 2020
- Medicinal Plants
Maldives
12 April 2020
- Tigran Petrosian 90th Birth Anniversary
- Orchids
- Trains
- Submarines
- Tall Ships
- Speed Trains
- Nobel Laureates 2019
- Trains of Norway
- Ships and Vessels Sunk by Submarine
- Whales
- Prehistoric Water Animals
- Military Planes
- Bees and Hornets
- Dogs
- World of Minerals — Germany
Moldova
xx April 2020
- Holy Easter — Pictures from the National Museum of Fine Arts of Moldova
- International Year of Plant Health
- Adoption of the Coat of Arms and National Flag 30th Anniversary
Monaco
29 April 2020
- Prince Louis II 150th Birth Anniversary
Montenegro
xx April 2020
- Berkeley’s Earthstar (Geastrum berkeleyi)
- Čeda Vuković, Author Birth Centenary
Netherlands
06 April 2020
New Zealand
01 April 2020
Northern Macedonia
09 April 2020
- Accession of Northern Macedonia to NATO
13 April 2020
- Tram
Norway
17 April 2020
- NORDEN — Mammals (Killer Whale)
- EUROPA — Ancient Postal Routes
Peru
17 April 2020
- Machu Picchu Antarctic Research Station 30th Anniversary
Poland
04 April 2020
- Katyn Massacre 80th Anniversary
10 April 2020
- President Lech Kaczyński 10th Death Anniversary
20 April 2020
- Ruch Chorzów Sports Club Centenary
29 April 2020
30 April 2020
- Major Hubal’s Memorial Day [postal card]
Portugal
17 April 2020
- Archbishops of Braga
22 April 2020
- Ancient Coins
Romania
03 April 2020
09 April 2020
23 April 2020
- Franco-Romanian Air Navigation Company Centenary
Russia
02 April 2020
- “Total Diktat” Education Campaign
06 April 2020
- Königsberg Offensive 75th Anniversary
30 April 2020
- State Postal Administration Emblem
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
11 April 2020
- Daily Life in Old Miquelon
Serbia
01 April 2020
13 April 2020
22 April 2020
Singapore
NOTE: Singapore Post cancelled/postponed all stamps scheduled to be issued in April and May 2020 due to the Coronavirus COVID-19.
xx April 2020
- Singapore Mascots
Slovak Republic
15 April 2020
30 April 2020
Spain
23 April 2020
Sweden
30 April 2020
Switzerland
06 April 2020
- COVID-19 Solidarity (semi-postal sheetlet)
Thailand
02 April 2020
- Thai Heritage Conservation Day 2563/2020
- Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Siridhorn 65th Birthday [issue postponed to 2021]
Tunisia
09 April 2020
11 April 2020
- Tribute to Former Postal Workers
22 April 2020
- Tunisian Dams
Taiwan (Republic of China)
24 April 2020
- Taijiang National Park
Turkey
10 April 2020
- Mosaics from Haleplibahçe Museum, Urfa
23 April 2020
- Turkish Grand National Assembly Centenary
- Ramadan Traditions — Karagöz and Hacivat Shadow Play
United Nations Offices at New York
22 April 2020
- International Mother Earth Day / International Year of Planet Health
United Nations Offices at Geneva
22 April 2020
- International Mother Earth Day / International Year of Planet Health
United Nations Offices at Vienna
22 April 2020
- International Mother Earth Day / International Year of Planet Health
United States of America
02 April 2020
18 April 2020
24 April 2020
- Chrysanthemum (Global Priority)
Vietnam
22 April 2020
- Vladimir Lenin 150th Birth Anniversary