Joint Issues

A joint issue between Canada and Guernsey ... why?

Issac Brock is a celebrated figure in Canadian history, known as the 'Hero of Upper Canada' for his actions during the War of 1812. He died at the Battle of Queenstown Heights. He was born at St. Peter Port on the Isle of Guernsey.  

Tecumsah was a Shawnee Chief and warrior and leader of a Native American Confederacy. He promoted resistance to the expansion of the US into Native American lands in his Ohio Country homeland. During the War of 1812, he joined his cause with the British. He died at the Battle of the Thames, in Upper Canada, in 1813.

Stamps:
Canada - War of 1812 + tabs
Issued on June 15, 2012

Major General Sir Issac Brock (1769-1812)
Sc. 2554
Tecumsah (1768-1813)
Sc. 2555

Guernsey - War of 1812
Issued on June 15, 2012
1 GBP
Major General Sir Issac Brock (1769-1812)
Sc. 1172a
Tecumsah (1768-1813)
Sc. 1172b

These are the 1975 joint issues for the Apollo Soyuz space test project that involved Russia-American cooperation. Launch took place on July 15 with the link up happening in July 17th. The US stamp Scott numbers are 1569-70 and the Russia numbers are 4339-40. There was cooperation on the stamp design as well with 1569/4339 being designed my Robert McCall and 1570/4340 being designed Anatoly M. Aksamit of the USSR. 

JOINT ISSUES : DEFINITIONS

For the most recent discussion about definitions, see also the proposal for the New
classification system


Joint issues (emissions conjointes - Gemeinschaftsausgaben / Freundschaftsausgaben)
are stamps released by two or more countries on the occasion of a common event or
anniversary and that are characterized either by a common design or the same date of
issue. Cases where the issue date is the same but the design different, are refered to as
parallel joint issues (emission parallèle). On the contrary, when the design is identical,
but the lag in issuing the stamps is greater than 3 days the issue is termed a concerted
joint issue (emission concertée). In case of doubt, the proof that both postal
administrations intended to work together must be provided (e.g. same design but
difference in date of issue too large, or, almost same date, same event, but different
design and no mention on the stamps about the cooperation)

Twin issues (emissions jumelees - Zwillingsausgaben) are special cases of joint issues
where design and issue date are identical for all the countries involved.

When a large number of stamps are issued by a large number of countries (omnibus
twin or joint series), those are taken in account only if these stamps are provided by
different stamp printers (e.g. Europa CEPT or Norden twin issues are taken in
account, but not Commonwealth small countries or islands omnibus series)

Siamese issues (emissions siamoises - Siamesische Ausgaben) are a special case of
twin issues where the stamps of the two issuing countries are printed se-tenant. In
extreme cases we have unique issues (emissions uniques - Einzelausgaben) for which
only a single stamp bearing the names of all the countries involved is printed, a case
which is very seldom.



When issuing countries are only dependencies or colonies of the main issuing country,
issues cannot be considered as true joint issues and are therefore identified as
territorial or colonial joint or twin issues (emissions conjointes territoriales ou
coloniales - lokale oder koloniale Gemeinschaftsausgaben). Territorial or colonial
joint issues can of course be parallel or concerted issues.

When the event is common, but design and issuing date are different, the issue is
termed a common issues (emissions communes - gemeinsame Ausgaben). These
stamps are usually not reported because they are out of the scope of the studies and the
catalogue (absence of cooperation between postal administrations).



Sometimes stamps from one country appear to announce a joint issue from another
country but in reality this second stamp is never released. This would be a unilateral
issues (emissions unilaterales - einseitige Ausgabe). Normally these stamps are not
listed here, except in some rare cases when a stamp was under preparation but was
never issued for political or technical reasons (aborted joint issue - emission conjointe
avortee - gescheiterte Gemeinschaftsausgabe).



Abbreviations


BF (Bloc-feuillet - French) or Bl (Block - German): Souvenir sheet or miniature sheet.
DBZ: Deutsche Briefmarken Zeitung - German philatelic newspaper - more details
under www.d-b-z.de
ETB: (Ersttagblatt - German), document with a first day cancellation and issued by the
German post office.
FDC: (First day cover), document with a first day cancellation, not necessarily the one
with the special illustration.
MiR: Michel Rundschau - German philatelic newspaper - more details under
www.michel.de or www.briefmarken.de

I always liked this one.   

Hugh,

The upside-down hockey stamp reminds me of Comedian Steven Wright's one liner. "I like to skate on the other side of the ice."  

Joint Stamp Issue collectors should find this site (not mentioned in this thread) of interest:

philarz.com/

A tripartite joint issue between Italy, France, and Monaco, in 1996, marking 20 years of the RAMOGE (St. Raphaël - Monte Carlo - Genoa) accord, for the preservation of the local marine environment:

dgdecker

Hi David,
you're welcome.
Not sure where I got the info from, possibly here...........
(The definitions may have been updated by now)
Cheers




I would be remiss, in not tipping my chapeau, to the late Mr. Ralph Ambrose (Plant City Florida)

"Ralphael" introduced me to Joint Issues (That was his "thing")
A great fellow, and friend, always had a smile and a welcome.

Joint issue USA and Sweden ... Greta Garbo. 

Stamps: 
USA - Greta Garbo
37c, engraved, self-adhesive
Issued on September 23, 2005
Sc. 3943

Sweden - Greta Garbo (1905-90)
Issued on September 23, 2005
10k, perf 12 3/4 x 12 ½ on three sides
Sc. 2517a / Joint issue with US
[See back of FDC] 'Greta' Caricature
Sc. 2517b

Joint First Day Cover