King Charles III coronation

From Adam Paish, UK: The postal administrations of Ascension Island, the Bahamas, the British Antarctic TerritoryFalkland IslandsSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Tristan Da Cunha released a mini-omnibus commemoration for the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the form of a set of four stamps in sheet format and one souvenir sheet containing a single stamp from each territory. The official date of issue was August 21, 2023 (for the Falklands and British Antarctic Territory stamps) and September 7, 2023, for those of the other territories. Other postal administrations (such as Bermuda, Saint Helena and Gibraltar) have also released similarly styled Coronation commemorative sets and/or souvenir sheets, but these are not part of this coordinated issue.  This issue is reported in the catalogue as Parallel Omnibus series [OP] under the name [O20230907] and not detailed (as all omnibus series). 

The postal services of the Eastern Caribbean states (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent And the Grenadines) have also announced events to mark the 40th anniversary of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), the central bank for the Eastern Caribbean dollar, which included a stamp design competition, and the winning designs – three values in all – were publicised widely in the regional media back in February. At the time, it was stated that each postal administration would issue the stamps in the denominations most used in its respective territory, and that they would be available in September or October 2023. The ECCB marked 40 years of service to the governments and people of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Community on October 1, 2023. However, there has been no recent news about the stamps: perhaps the project was quietly shelved ?

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