Joint issue

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Peace Bridge joint issue of 1977, Canadian version

The US version of this joint issue has a radically different design.

A joint issue is the release of stamps or postal stationery by two or more countries to commemorate the same topic, event or person of relevance to both countries. Joint issues typically have the same first day of issue and their design is often similar or identical, except for the identification of country and value.

1 Continental joint issues
2 Australia
3 Ireland
4 United States
5 External links

[edit] Continental joint issues

America series
Europa postage stamps : Between 1956 and 1973 the postal authorities of several European nations issued stamps with a common design but since 1974 a common topic is used on stamps issued each year. These are not true joint issues, because they do not share the same designs or dates of issue.

[edit] Australia

The Australian Post Office has collaborated several times with the postal administration of another country to release a joint issue.

Year	Country	Topic	Note
1988	United States	Bicentenary of Australia
1996	Indonesia	Indonesian & Australian Cuscus
2001	Sweden	Daniel Solander	Swedish Botanist accompanied Capt. Cook on HMS Endeavour [1]
2001	Hong Kong	Dragon Boat racing
2002	France	Bicentenary of encounter between Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders
2002	Thailand	50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations	Waterlilies
2005	United Kingdom	UNESCO World Heritage Sites

[edit] Ireland

The Irish Post Office has collaborated several times with the postal administration of another country to release a joint issue.

Year	Country	Topic	Note
1981	United States	James Hoban Commemoration	White House Architect [2]
1984	United States	John McCormack	Tenor [3]
1989	West Germany	Irish Franconian Apostles	St Kilian, St Colman and St Totnan [4]
1995	Belgium	250th Anniversary of the Battle of Fontenoy	[5]
1997	Mexico	150th Anniversary of the San Patricio Saint Patrick's Battalion	[6]
1999	United States	Irish Immigration Commemoration	150th anniversary of the Irish Famine [7]
1999	Australia	Polly Woodside	Three-masted, iron-hulled barque launched in Belfast in 1885 [8]
2004	Sweden	Nobel Prize in Literature	William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney
2005	Canada	Biosphere Reserves	Killarney National Park & Waterton Lakes National Park featuring the Saskatoon berry

[edit] United States

The United States Postal Service collaborates with the postal administration of another country to release a joint issue on a sporadic basis. With five joint issues each, Canada and Sweden are the most prolific philatelic partners of the United States.

Year	Postal Administration	Topic	Note
1959	Canada	Opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway
1960	Mexico	Sesquicentennial of Mexican Independence
1965	Spain	Quadricentennial of the Settlement of Florida	[9]
1975	Soviet Union	Apollo-Soyuz Test Project	two setenant stamps
1976	Canada	United States Bicentennial
1977	Canada	50th Anniversary Peace Bridge	stamp designs are dissimilar
1980	Italy	250th Birthday of Philip Mazzei	stamp designs are dissimilar [10]
1981	Ireland	Sesquicentennial of James Hoban's Death	USA issued two denominations
1982	Netherlands	Bicentennial of Diplomatic Recognition	The Netherlands issued two denominations [11]
1983	Sweden	Bicentennial of Treaty of Amity and Commerce	[12]
1983	West Germany	Tricentennial of German Emigration	[13]
1983	France	Bicentennial of Treaty of Paris	stamp designs are dissimilar [14]
1984	Ireland	100th Birthday of John McCormack
1984	Canada	25th Anniversary of the St. Lawrence Seaway
1986	Sweden	Stamp Collecting	booklet pane of four stamps [15]
1986	Italy	Sesquicentennial of Francis Vigo's Death	postal card
1986	France	Centennial of the Statue of Liberty	[16]
1987	Morocco	Bicentennial of Friendship
1988	Australia	Bicentennial of Australia
1988	Finland Sweden	Settlement of New Sweden	Sweden issued booklet pane with additional stamps [17] [18]
1989	France	Bicentennial of the French Revolution	stamp designs dissimilar; France issued three stamps plus label [19]
1990	Micronesia	Establishment of Free Association	Micronesia issued three stamps
1990	Marshall Islands	Establishment of Free Association
1990	Soviet Union	Sea Creatures	block of four
1991	Switzerland	Septuacentennial of Switzerland	[20]
1991	Soviet Union	10th Anniversary of William Saroyan's Death
1992	Italy Portugal Spain	Quincentennial of Columbus' Voyages	six souvenir sheets (five with three stamps, one with a single stamp) [21]
1992	Russia	Space Exploration	block of four
1993	Monaco	Grace Kelly	[22]
1994	China	Cranes	USA: setenant pair; China: two single stamps
1995	Palau	Marine Life / First Anniversary of Independence
1996	Mexico	Endangered Species	stamp designs dissimilar - USA: block of 15; Mexico: block of 25
1996	Israel	Hanukkah
1998	Mexico	Cinco de Mayo	USA issued two denominations
1998	Ireland	Sesquicentennial of Irish Emigration
2001	Sweden	Centennial of the Nobel Prize	[23]
2005	Sweden	100th Birthday of Greta Garbo
2006	United Kingdom	Animals in Children's literature	8 stamps issued by each country, 2 share the same character/design
2006	Canada	Quadricentennial of Champlain's Voyages	both countries' stamps also appear on a single souvenir sheet
2007	Canada Denmark Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Sweden	International Polar Year 2007-2008	booklet of souvenir sheets