Commonwealth Stamps Opinion 2021

Malta Post (Malta) (Republic)

22 January 2016 - Wild flowers (III) - 3 stamps. Designed by Malta Post. Lithographed by Printex. Perforated 14.

MP1601 - Branched asphodel

MP1602 - Common pyramidal orchid

MP1603 - Maltese spider orchid

28 March 2016 - 450th anniversary of the founding of Valleta - 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Sean Cini. Lithographed by Printex

MP1604 - €4.25 miniature sheet

14 April 2016 - Worldwide Fund For Nature (WWF) Endangered species, the Shearwater - 1 sheetlet containing 4 different stamps. Designed by Malta Post from photographs by Fran Trabalon. Lithographed by Printex. Perforated 14.

MP1605 - €3 sheetlet containing 4 x 75c stamps

9 May 2016 - Europa, Think Green - 2 stamps and 1 booklet containing 1 pane of 5 stamps and 1 label. Designed by Doxia Sergidou and Sean Cini. Lithographed by Printex. Perforated 14.

MP1606 - 59c

MP1607 - €2.19

MP1608 - €2.95c booklet containing pane of 5 x 59c

12 May 2016 - Essen Philatelic Exhibition 2016 - 1 stamp with attached label. Lithographed by Printex.

MP1609 - 37c stamp with attached label sold for €1.

24 May 2016 - Joint issue with the Russian Post Office, Marka:- the paintings of Nicholas Krassnoff. Designed by Marka. Lithographed.

MP1610 - €1 Dulber, Crimea in Ukraine

MP1611 - €1 View from Vittoriossa Gate, Malta

21 June 2016 - SEPAC (59c), the seasons - 4 stamps. Designed by Tony Calleja. Lithographed by Printex.

MP1612 - 26c Spring

MP1613 - 51c Summer

MP1614 - 59c Autumn (SEPAC)

MP1615 - €2 Winter

9 July 2016 - Euromed, Lampuka fish - 1 stamp. Designed by Richard J. Caruana. Lithographed by Printex. Perforated 14.

MP1616 - €3.59c Lampuka

5 August 2016 - Centenary of the Birth of Dom Mintoff, former prime minister of Malta - 1 stamp. Designed by MaltaPost. Lithographed by Printex. Perforated 14.

MP1617 - €3

6 August 2016 - Malta's participation in the Olympic Games, Rio De Janeiro - 4 stamps. Designed by Sean Cini. Lithographed by Printex. Perforated 14.

MP1618 - 52c Shooting

MP1619 - 62c Swimming

MP1620 - 90c Weight lifting

MP1622 - €1.35c Running

Footnote issues

24 March 2016 - Previous Grand Masters of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta - 28 stamps manufactured in silver by Royal Dutch Mint. Sold as being valid for postage.

X - 28 x €14.15c stamps sold as a set in a display box initially for a total of €398

Royal Gibraltar Post Office (Gibraltar) (United Kingdom Overseas Territory)

19 February 2016 - 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II - 10 stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera. Lithographed.

RGPO1601 - 12p

RGPO1602 - 18p

RGPO1603 - 22p

RGPO1604 - 40p

RGPO1605 - 50p

RGPO1606 - 64p

RGPO1607 - 70p

RGPO1608 - 80p

RGPO1609 - £1

RGPO1610 - £5

16 May 2016 - Centenary of the Battle of The Somme - 5 stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera. Lithographed by Cartor.

RGPO1611 - 22p

RGPO1612 - 64p

RGPO1613 - 70p

RGPO1614 - 80p

RGPO1615 - £2

Footnote issues

30 January 2016 - Lunar new year, Year of the Monkey - 2 stamps as a se-tenant pair. Designed by Stephen Perera. Lithographed by Cartor.

X - £2 Stylised monkey

30 March 2016 - Europa, Think Green - 4 stamps. Designed by Doxia Sergidou and Giordano Aita. Lithographed by BDT International Security Printers.

X - £1.50p

16 May 2016 - Fifth wedding anniversary of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - 1 single-stamp miniature sheet. Designed by Stephen Perera. Lithographed by BDT International Security Printers.

X - £2 miniature sheet

28 May 2016 - "My Stamp" "New York 2016 World Stamp Show" Philatelic Exhibition - 1 sheetlet of 20 stamps with attached labels depicting sites of New York.

X - 1 sheetlet of 20 My Stamp Rock of Gibraltar stamps with attached labels.

Royal Mail (United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland) (Monarchy)

A. Definitive issues.

B. Special issues.

7 January 2016 - Centenary of the Endurance Expedition - 8 stamps (4 se-tenant pairs). Designed by Robert Maude and Sarah Davies. Lithographed by International Security Printers.

RM1601 - 1st Entering the Antarctic ice

RM1602 - 1st Endurance frozen in pack ice

RM1603 - £1 Striving to free Endurance

RM1604 - £1 Trapped in a pressure crack

RM1605 - £1.33p Patience camp

RM1606 - £1.33p Arrival at Elephant Island

RM1607 - £1.52p Setting out for South Georgia

RM1608 - £1.52p Rescue of Endurance crew

17 February 2016 - 500th anniversary of the knighting of Sir Brian Tuke which led to the eventual establishment of the Royal Mail service - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Designed by Atelier Works. Lithographed by International Security Printers. Perforated 14.5 x 14.

RM1609 - 1st Sir Brian Tuke

RM1610 - 1st Packet ship

RM1611 - 1st Penfold pillar box

RM1612 - £1.52p Mail coast

RM1613 - £1.52p River post

RM1614 - £1.52p Medway Mail Centre

RM 1615 - miniature sheet containing 2 x 1st and 2 x £1.33p Various Royal Mail posters.

18 February 2016 - Royal Mail 500th anniversary - Prestige booklet sold for £16.36p containing 4 different panes.

RM1616 - £16.36p Prestige booklet containing 4 panes A. 2 x 1st and 1 x £1.33p B. 8 x 1st C. 2 x 1st and 2 x £1.33p D. 2 x £1.52p and 1 x 1st.

RM1617 - 1st Penny Black (gummed)

RM1618 - 1st 2d Blue (gummed)

RM1619 - 1st 1d Red (gummed)

18 February 2016 - 175th anniversary of the issue of the Penny Red - 1 counter booklet containing 6 self-adhesive stamps.

RM1620 - £6.30p booklet containing 6 x 1st Penny red self-adhesive stamp.

RM1621 - 1st Penny Red (self-adhesive)

15 March 2016 - British humanitarians - 6 stamps. Designed by Hat-trick Design. Lithographed by Cartor. Perforated 14.5.

RM1622 - 1st Sir Nicholas Winton

RM1623 - 1st Sue Ryder

RM1624 - 1st John Boyd Orr

RM1625 - £1.33p Eglantine Jebb

RM1626 - £1.33p Joseph Rowntree

RM1627 - £1.33p Josephine Butler

2 April 2016 - 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare - 10 stamps (2 strips each of 5 different stamps). Designed by The Chase. Lithographed by International Security Printers.

RM1628 - 1st Hamlet

RM1629 - 1st Julius Caesar

RM1630 - 1st Romeo And Juliet

RM1631 - 1st As You Like It

RM1632 - 1st Much Ado About Nothing

RM1633 - 1st Sonnet 30

RM1634 - 1st Venus And Adonis

RM1635 - 1st The Tempest

RM1636 - 1st Macbeth

RM1637 - 1st Richard II

21 April 2016 - 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II - 6 stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing , 1 counter booklet containing 6 x 1st self-adhesive stamps and 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 panes. Designed by Kate Stephens. Lithographed by International Security Printers.

RM1638 - 1st Princess Elizabeth with George V

RM1639 - 1st Queen Elizabeth with Prince Charles and Princess Anne

RM1640 - 1st The Queen

RM1641 - £1.52p The Queen

RM1642 - £1.52p The Queen and Prince Phillip

RM1643 - £1.52p The Queen and Nelson Mandela

RM1644 - £2.52p miniature sheet containing 4 x 1st stamps (The Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George of Cambridge, The Duke of Cambridge)

RM1645 - £15.11p Prestige booklet containing 4 panes A. 2 x £1.52p B. 3 x 1st and 1 x £1.52p C. 8 x 1st D. 4 x 1st.

RM1646 - £3.78p counter booklet containing 6 x 1st (self-adhesive)

17 May 2016 - Animail - 1 self-adhesive miniature sheet containing 6 different stamps. Designed by Andrew Ross and Osborne Ross. Lithographed by International Security Printers.

RM01647 - £6.05p miniature sheet containing 2 x 1st, 2 x £1.05p and 2 x £1.33p (woodpecker, snake, chimpanzee, bat, orang utan and koala)

9 June 2016 - 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II - 1 counter booklet containing 6 stamps.

RM1648 - £3.78p counter booklet containing 6x 1st (self-adhesive).

25 June 2016 - Centenary of the First World War (3rd issue) - 6 stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps and 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 panes. Designed by Hat-trick Design. Lithographed by International Security Printers.

RM1649 - 1st Battlefield Poppy by G. Revell

RM1650 - 1st To My Brother by Vera Brittain

RM1651 - 1st Lottie Meade munitions worker

RM1652 - £1.52p Travoys arriving with wounded by Stanley Spencer

RM1653 - £1.52p Thiepval Memorial, Somme

RM1654 - £1.52p Battle of Jutland commemorative medal belonging to Captain AC Green

RM1655 - £3.94p miniature sheet containing 2 x 1st and 2 x £1.33p The Post Office Rifles

RM1656 - £16.49p Prestige booklet containing 4 panes (A) 8 x 1st (B) 3 x 1st (C) 3 x £1.52p (D) 2 x 1st and 2 x £1.33p

7 July 2016 - 50th anniversary of "Pink Floyd" becoming a professional music group - 6 self-adhesive stamps, 1 gummed miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps and 1 sheetlet of 10 self-adhesive identical stamps (a limited edition of 10,000 sheetlets). Designed by Royal Mail Design Group from an original design by Studio Dempsey. Photogravure by International Security Printers.

RM1657 - 1st The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

RM1658 - 1st Atom Heart Mother

RM1659 - 1st The Dark Side of the Moon

RM1660 - £1.52p Wish You Were Here

RM1661 - £1.52p Animals

RM1662 - £1.52p The Endless River

RM1663 - £4.32p miniature sheet containing 2 x 1st and 2 x £1.52p depicting scenes from Pink Floyd's live stage shows

RM1664 - £12.95p sheetlet containing 10 x 1st stamps The Dark Side of the Moon (total face value £6.30p)

28 July 2016 - 150th Birth anniversary of Beatrix Potter, writer of children's books - 6 stamps issued as 3 se-tenant pairs, I miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps, 1 counter booklet containing 6 x 1st self-adhesive stamps and 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 different panes. Designed by Charlie Smith Design and Magpie Studio (miniature sheet). Lithographed by International Security Printers. Perforated 14.5 x 14. See also the Footnote section.

RM1665 - 1st Peter Rabbit

RM1666 - 1st Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

RM1666 - £1.33p Squirrel Nutkin

RM1667 - £1.33p Jemima Puddleduck

RM1668 - £1.52p Tom Kitten

RM1669 - £1.52p Benjamin Bunny

RM1670 - £3.94p miniature sheet containing 2 x 1st and 2 x £1.33p stamps

RM1671 - £3.84p counter booklet contains 6 x 1st self-adhesive stamps (1 x Peter Rabbit, 1 x Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and 4 x Definitive stamps)

RM1672 - £15.37p. Prestige booklet containing 4 panes (A) 2 x 1st and 2 x £1. 33p (B) 1 x 1st, 1 x £1.32 p and 1 x £1.52p (C) 1 x 1st, 1 x £1.33p and 1 x £1.52p (D) 3 x 5p, 2 x10p and 3 x £1.05p.

C. "Post and Go" issues.

Collectors strips are usually made up of 6 different values - 1st up to 100g, 1st Large up to 100g, European Rate up to 20g and Worldwide rate up to 10g, European rate up to 100g, Worldwide rate up to 50g and Worldwide rate up to 100g.

Those dispensed from NCR kiosks were usually freely available to the general public for use on ordinary mail and are therefore given full Catalogue listing.

Items dispensed from IAR kiosks were usually issued at single sites such as museums or philatelic exhibitions, often for very limited periods, leading to very limited availability to the public and these are generally included in the Footnote section. These products are referred to here as "labels" or "souvenir labels" though they had postal validity. It is also to be noted that IAR labels were dispensed by kiosks sited in a handful of Delivery offices.

Special packs containing Collectors strips of 6 x 1st stamps were sometimes produced by the Philatelic Bureau and these are given full Catalogue listing because of their more accessible general availability.

17 February 2016 - 500th anniversary of the Royal Mail, "Heritage transport" - Collectors strip of 6 different designs dispensed at numerous post offices from NCR kiosks in 6 different values.

RMPG1601 - Postboy 1640s

RMPG1602 - Mail coach 1690s

RMPG1603 - Falmouth packet ship

RMPG1604 - Travelling Post Office

RMPG1605 - Airmail

RMPG1606 - Royal Mail Minivan 1970s

RMPG1607 - Collectors strip of 6 x 1st with inscription printed in photogravure sold in pack for £3.84p

D. Regional issues.

a. England (Kingdom within The United Kingdom)

22 March 2016 - Definitive, stylised oak tree, new value - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Cartor.

RME1601 - £1.05p

b. Northern Ireland ("Province" within The United Kingdom)

22 March 2016 - Definitive, lace, new value - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Cartor.

RMNI1601 - £1.05p

c. Scotland (Kingdom within The United Kingdom)

22 March 2016 - Definitive, thistle, new value - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Cartor.

RMS1601 - £1.05p

2016 - Definitive, Scottish saltire - 1 stamp. Reprinted with Head and value printed in grey instead of silver. Lithographed by Cartor.

RMS1602 -2nd

d. Wales (Principality within The United Kingdom)

22 March 2016 - Definitive, stylised daffodil, new value - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Cartor.

RMW1601 - £1.05p

Footnote issues

B. Special issues.

12 January 2016 - 60th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award - 1 Commemorative sheet containing 10 Union Jack stamps with attached labels.

X - 1 Commemorative sheet containing 10 x 1st stamps with attached labels sold for £14.95p (total face value of stamps in sheet is £6.30p).

17 February 2016 - Spring Stampex 2016 - 1 miniature sheet with additional inscription "Spring Stampex 17 - 20 February 2016" issued in a limited edition of 7500 sheets.

X - 1 miniature sheet with additional inscription at lower left edge containing 2 x 1st and 2 x £1.33p stamps

18 February 2016 - 175th anniversary of the Penny Red. "Generic sheet" made up of 20 stamps with attached labels.

X - £13.10p Genetic sheet containing 20 x 1st self-adhesive Penny Red stamps (total facei value of stamps £12.60p)

8 April 2016 - 80th anniversary of DC Thomson's "Oor Wullie" and "The Broons" cartoon series published in the Sunday Post. Two Commemorative sheets each containing 10 Scottish saltire stamps with attached labels. Produced by Royal Mail in co-operation with DC Thomson and Co. Ltd. in limited editions of 10,000.

X - 1 Commemorative sheet containing 10 x 1st stamps with attached labels depicting Oor Wullie sold for £14.99p (total face value of stamps being £6.40p)

X - 1 Commemorative sheet containing 10 x 1st stamps with attached labels depicting The Broons sold for £14.99p (total face value of stamps being £6.40p)

21 April 2016 - 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II - "Limited edition Prestige booklet" similar to ordinary 4 pane prestige booklet but with some embellishments.

X - Limited edition Prestige booklet sold for £59.99p.

25 April 2016 - Centenary of ANZAC Day - 1 Commemorative sheet containing 10 Poppy stamps with attached labels.

X - 1 Commemorative sheet containing 10 x 1st stamps with attached labels sold for £14.95p (total face value of stamps in sheet is £6.40p)

18 May 2016 - Move of West Ham Football Club from the Boleyn Ground to the Olympic Stadium - 1 Commemorative sheet containing 10 Union Jack self-adhesive stamps with attached labels. Designed by Royal Mail and West Ham Design Teams. Lithographed in "limited edition" of 10,000 by International Security Printers.

X - 1 Commemorative sheet containing 10 x 1st stamps with attached labels sold for £14.99p (total face value of stamps in sheet is £6.40p)

28 May 2016 - New York 2016 International Philatelic Exhibition Star Wars - 4 "Smilers" sheetlets each containing 10 Star Wars stamps (each sheetlet uses a different design) with attached labels inscribed "World Stamp Show/NY 2016/May 28 - June 4 2016/Javitts Centre" and with additional exhibition logo. On sale only at and for the period of the exhibition

X - 1 Smilers sheet containing 10 x 1st Yoda stamps with attached labels

X - 1 Smilers sheet of 10 x 1st Darth Vader stamps with attached labels

X - 1 Smilers sheet of 10 x 1st Han Solo stamps with attached labels

X - 1 Smilers sheet of 10 x 1st Stormtroomer stamps with attached labels

28 May 2016 - New York 2016 International Philatelic Exhibition - 1 Generic sheet containing 20 stamps with attached labels.

X - 1 Generic sheet of 20 x self-adhesive 1st "Hello" stamps with attached labels depicting scenes of New York.

28 July 2016 - 150th Birth anniversary of Beatrix Potter, writer of children's books - "Limited edition Prestige booklet" similar to ordinary 4 pane Prestige booklet but with some embellishments. Limited edition of a total of 1866 booklets.

X - Limited edition Prestige booklet sold for £59.99p

Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus Post (Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus) (de facto Republic, de jure part of Cyprus)

25 February 2016 - European Football Cup Finals, France - 2 stamps. Designed by GK Sonmezer. Lithographed by State Printing House Lefkosa.

TC1601 - 40k

TC1602 - 6TL

28 April 2016 - Olympic Games Rio De Janeiro - 3 stamps. Lithographed by State Printing House Lefkosa.

TC1603 - 1.30TL

TC1604 - 2.20TL

TC1605 - 3.05TL

12 May 2016 - Europa Think Green - 2 stamps. Designed by Doxia Sergidou and H. Billur. Lithographed by State Printing House Lefkosa.

TC1606 - 2.80TL

TC1607 - 2.80TL

22 September 2016 - Ethnographic objects - 2 stamps. Designed by GK Sonmezer. Lithographed by State Printing House, Lefkosa.

TC1608 - 1.60TL

TC1609 - 2TL

Universal Mail United Kingdom (United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland) (Monarchy)

Airmail postcard stamps intended for use by tourists. General series sold by Universal Mail and various sites and freely available. Bespoke issues sold by organisations or individual sites and usually not sold directly by Universal Mail. Some organisations such as English Heritage sell all their strips of stamps from their central online shop as well as the individual sites depicted on the stamps and such issues are therefore freely available and therefore listed with General issues and given a Catalogue number. Bespoke issues sold at a single site are much less easily available and therefore are not given a Catalogue number but listed under the Footnote section. The strips are inscribed with a Universal Mail number and date at the bottom right. Lithographed by Enschede.

UMUK1601 - Dated 2/16 Windsor - strip of 5 different stamps UK0152