I've also been seeing old entries for some packages, for instance,
concerning packages of gcc-mingw-w64 source today.

The currently installed version of one of these packages:

cventin:~> dpkg -s gcc-mingw-w64-i686
Package: gcc-mingw-w64-i686
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 256
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org>
Architecture: all
Source: gcc-mingw-w64 (26.7)
Version: 13.3.0-12+26.7
[...]

/usr/share/doc/gcc-mingw-w64-i686/changelog.Debian.gz starts with

gcc-mingw-w64 (26.7) unstable; urgency=medium
[...]
 -- Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:54:00 +0100

gcc-mingw-w64 (26.6) unstable; urgency=medium
[...]
 -- Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org>  Wed, 04 Dec 2024 07:36:40 +0100

gcc-mingw-w64 (26.5) unstable; urgency=medium
[...]
 -- Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org>  Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:20:10 +0200

and so on.

When upgrading to 26.8, "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt" shows

gcc-mingw-w64 (26.8) unstable; urgency=medium
[...]
 -- Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org>  Fri, 07 Feb 2025 07:51:32 +0100

gcc-mingw-w64 (26.7) unstable; urgency=medium
[...]
 -- Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:54:00 +0100

gcc-mingw-w64 (26.6) unstable; urgency=medium
[...]
 -- Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org>  Wed, 04 Dec 2024 07:36:40 +0100

down to the initial release

gcc-mingw-w64 (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
[...]
 -- Stephen Kitt <st...@sk2.org>  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:52:08 +0100

My /etc/apt/listchanges.conf file:

[apt]
frontend=pager
email_address=none
confirm=1
save_seen=/var/lib/apt/listchanges
which=both
no_network=false
headers=false
reverse=false

Just in case, "apt-listchanges --dump-seen --profile=apt" gives
information only for packages upgraded earlier today:

packages:
  apt 1739185510 (2025-02-10)
  apt-doc 1739185510 (2025-02-10)
  apt-utils 1739185510 (2025-02-10)
  libapt-pkg6.0t64 1739185510 (2025-02-10)
  linux-compiler-gcc-12-x86 1739185412 (2025-02-10)
  linux-doc-6.1 1739185413 (2025-02-10)
  linux-kbuild-6.1 1739185414 (2025-02-10)
exact checksums:
[...] (all for 2025-02-10)

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