Wayne Chen (USA) confirmed that black prints from the Denmark, Faroe and Greenland joint souvenir sheets [T20210812] related to Czeslaw Slania became available at respectively 100, 1,800 and 11,000 samples. He could provide pictures of the three items signed by the engraver Martin Mörck. Faroe’s and Greenland’s black prints were distributed to stamp subscribers from both countries while Denmark’s black prints were essentially given to the main participants of the issue, and the rest sold within minutes.
The logo of the 100th anniversary of the funding of the Chinese Communist Party corresponds also to the design of the identical miniature sheets issued by Centrafrica, Chad, Djibouti, Guinea Bissau, Niger and Sao Tome, in which the stamps are the round centers of the zeros in figure “100”. These items are simple commemorative products created centrally (Stamperija), not related to the basic issue [D20210701] and therefore not considered as joint. Information provided by Wayne Chen (USA).
Don Birschel (USA), Kenneth Sequeira (Dubai) and Adam Paish (UK) provided at the same time the latest information of the year 2021 from Pakistan which devoted on December 31, 2021 a stamp related to the 70th anniversary of the relationship with Thailand. Two stamps have been issued in panes of 20 se-tenant pairs and represent Buddha heritage. Actually, these stamps are joint of identical stamps issued by Thailand on November 15, 2021 and that remained unnoticed so far. Thailand issued miniature sheets of five pairs of se-tenant stamps. as such, this joint issue is reported in the catalogue (Vol XIV) as a concerted issue [C20211115].
Today, this new site dedicated for joint issues is officially opened. It not only replaces with a new design the previous site (www.philarz.net), but provides all the information directly in the form of a blog and a permanently updated catalogue. Of course, this huge amount of information has to remain available for everyone and for free.
The news from the last months of 2021 are overlapping the ones presented in the previous site to allow a smoother transition toward this new blog/site. From now on, the old site will remain untouched and eventually i.e., in 12 to 18 months from now, will be deactivated, at the latest when all essential information will be completely transferred in the archives section of this new site.
Please, explore this new site and don’t hesitate to come back with suggestions for improvements, corrections or additions. The idea is to maintain the highest level of information and the most precise and updated one in the virtual catalogue. We will be glad to continue receiving information regarding joint issues through the different contact channels (contact, direct e-mail, posts, …). We wish you a happy new year with joint stamp issues.
On December 22, 2021, both Albania and Slovenia issued the same design souvenir sheet including two stamps representing islands on lakes. This issue is entitled Ecotourism. The Slovenia souvenir sheet was shown earlier. Here is the picture of the Albanian souvenir sheet provided by Enzo Cafaro (Italy).
On December 31, 2021, Kyrgyzstan could eventually release the woodpecker stamps associated to the Croatian stamps already released on September 22, 2021. Kyrgyzstan released two times 5,000 sheetlets of 5 stamps each as well as a souvenir sheet with a se-tenant pair of stamps (issued 2,000).
Wayne Chen (USA) provided a link with a video made by Lisa Berthin (Canada) from StampCat, broadcasting information about the 2021 Slania joint stamps including an interview from him. See https://youtu.be/Dkpx6C4YcKw. Nice to have the whole story and of course the full story of Czeslaw Slania covered within about 15 min on Youtube. Congratulations Lisa!
Don Birschel (USA) was just able to provide the first image of the Slovenia souvenir sheet to be issued with Albania on next December 22, 2021. This image looks very similar to the first picture seen for the Albanian souvenir sheet (see earlier), so leading to a true Twin Issue.
On December 10, 2021, Serbia issued an unexpected souvenir sheet at the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the relationship with Kazakhstan. Stamps represent the two capital cities, Nursultan and Belgrade, and the souvenir sheet has a shape ideal to be produced as a joint issue. Unfortunately, no information is available from Kazakhstan so far. There is a high risk that this issue, probably initially planned as joint, will remain an unilateral product.
A similar situation may take place with Austria, which issued on December 6, 2021 a souvenir sheet also designed like a joint issue. This product initially planned to be released in June 2021 was somehow announced as potential joint issue with Greenland. As for the previous product, this souvenir sheet may remain unilateral, as no information is available from Greenland so far.
The Croatian and Polish stamps have been issued on December 2, 2021. Each country issued a pair of se-tenant stamps, in miniature sheets of 4 pairs, chessboard ordered. Poland is also proposing a folder containing one perforated and one non-perforated Polish miniature sheet as well as one Croatian miniature sheet. Due to the very low print runs of these folders, they will not be considered as dedicated products of this joint issue. We are expecting that mixed FDCs will become available.
Wayne Chen informed us about an unexpected 2021 joint issue involving China PR and Iran and celebrating 50 years of relationship with stamps representing bridges. Chinese stamps are produced in miniature sheets of 10 stamps ordered as a bloc of 3×3 stamps and below a 10th stamp. Date of issue will be December 11, 2021. There is no information available from Iran yet.
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