Toktogul: 1,440 megawattsForthcoming
Marks the completion of the Toktogul refit, which raised the station to 1,440 MW in October 2026.
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Stamps of Irad
Every issue of Irad Pochtasy since its first stamps in 2008, with the issues of the Territorial Postal Service before it. Stamps are valid for domestic mail only.
The Year of the Horse
For the new twelve-year cycle, which began with a Horse year in 2026, under Polaris.
Feast of St. Janyl
Issued at the Iyık Janyl post office on the feast; first-day covers were stamped with a pilgrimage postmark.
Fauna of the Talas Alatau: the ibex
First of a series on the animals of the mountains.
Music of Irad: the komuz
Issued on the day of the Talas komuz festival.
Horses of Irad: the Akyel
The golden Akyel, the riding breed of the Talas valley. First of the Horses of Irad series; the Chongtor followed in 2020.
The Governor and Zharkyn
Issued for Irad Day: the Governor with his stallion Zharkyn, from a photograph taken after a race in 2014. The most-used commemorative of the decade.
Silk Roads: Rabat-i-Safed
Marks the inscription of the Silk Roads routes on the World Heritage List, whose Kazakh and Kyrgyz components include the caravanserai of Rabat-i-Safed in the Talas valley.
The State Emblem
Issued on the day the State Emblem came into force under the amended State Symbols Act.
Definitives: the courier
The first stamps of Irad Pochtasy, issued on Irad Day with the service's new name. The galloping courier recalls the mounted relay riders who carried messages between the stations of the old post roads. Reprinted many times; still on sale.
Courier definitive of the Democratic Republic (not issued)Not issued
Printed in Kobozev for the Democratic Republic of Irad and due on sale on 26 February 2007. After the Irad Special Economic Zone was proclaimed on 25 February the sheets were withdrawn and pulped. A few came onto the market in the 2010s; the Philatelic Bureau does not sell or value them.
Church of St. Janyl, World Heritage
Issued by the Territorial Postal Service on the saint's feast, after the church and the ruins of Old Iyık Janyl were inscribed on the World Heritage List. Values in US cents, for letters to the United States sent through Talas Air Base; valid until 2007.