Coronation issue

In philately, a Coronation issue is an issue of postage stamps made by the British Post Office and the Post Offices of Commonwealth countries and British dependencies to celebrate the coronation of a new monarch.

These stamps are often considerably more ornate and detailed than definitive issue stamps generated by the same jurisdictions; as such they are greatly favored by many collectors. A particularly favored approach is to attempt to gather all such stamps issued in honor of a particular monarch by all of the jurisdictions issuing them.

1937 Coronation issue

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  Falkland Islands
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  New Zealand
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  South Africa
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  Southern Rhodesia

1953 Coronation issue

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  Great Britain
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  Australia
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  Malta

See also

• Omnibus issue