Joint issue

A joint issue is the release of stamps or postal stationery by two or more countries to commemorate the same topic, event or person. Joint issues typically have the same first day of issue and their design is often similar or identical, except for the identification of country and value.

Continental joint issues[edit]

• Europa postage stamps : Between 1956 and 1973 the postal authorities of several European nations issued stamps with a common design but since 1974 a common topic is used on stamps issued each year. These are not true joint issues, because they do not share the same designs or dates of issue.

An early unrealized trans-Atlantic joint issue[edit]

• 1914 peace commemoratives: In 1914, the United Kingdom, the Dominion of Canada and the United States agreed on a plan by which each of the three nations would issue its own series of stamps that year to commemorate the 100 years of Anglo-American peace that had prevailed since the end of the War of 1812. After the outbreak of World War I later that year, however, the UK and Canada deemed it inappropriate to issue peace stamps and withdrew from the project. The US had already produced essays for 2¢ and 5¢ stamps but canceled further plans for the designs. (This would not have been a true joint issue because each country would have designed its stamps individually.)^{[citation needed]}

Australia[edit]

The Australia Post has collaborated several times with the postal administration of another country to release a joint issue.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
1958	New Zealand	30th Anniversary of First Tasman Flight		August 27, 1958
1963	New Zealand  United Kingdom	Completion of the Commonwealth Pacific Cable System		December 3, 1963
1983	New Zealand	Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement		March 9, 1983
1988	United States	Bicentenary of Australia	Koala and eagle	January 26, 1988
1988	United Kingdom	Bicentenary of Australia		June 21, 1988
1988	New Zealand	Bicentenary of Australia	Koala and kiwi	June 21, 1988
1990	Soviet Union	Scientific Co-operation in Antarctica		June 13, 1990
1995	Thailand  Laos	Opening of the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge		April 8, 1994
1995	China	Koala and panda		September 1, 1995
1996	Indonesia	Australian Spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus) and Indonesian Bear Cuscus (Ailurops ursinus)		March 22, 1996
1996	Germany	Baron Ferdinand von Mueller	Centenary of death of German-Australian botanist	October 9, 1996
1996	Christmas Island	Willem de Vlamingh	Tercentenary of de Vlamingh's voyage to Western Australia	November 1, 1996
1998	Singapore	Native orchids of Australia and Singapore	Phalaenopsis rosenstromii, Arundina graminifolia, Grammatophyllum speciosum, Dendrobium phalaenopsis	August 6, 1998
1999	Canada	Maritime links - Marco Polo		March 19, 1999
1999	Ireland	Maritime links - Polly Woodside		March 19, 1999
2000	Greece	Sydney Olympic Games	Handover to Athens	September 15, 2000
2001	Hong Kong	Dragon boat racing		June 25, 2001
2001	Sweden	Daniel Solander	Swedish botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on HMS Endeavour[1]	August 16, 2001
2002	France	Bicentenary of encounter between Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders		April 4, 2002
2002	Thailand	50th anniversary of diplomatic relations	Waterlilies: Nymphaea immutabilis, Nelumbo nucifera	August 6, 2002
2005	United Kingdom	UNESCO World Heritage Sites	Australia: Greater Blue Mountains Area, Wet Tropics of Queensland, Purnululu National Park, Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park UK: Blenheim Palace, Stonehenge, Heart of Neolithic Orkney, Hadrian's Wall	April 21, 2005
2009	Norfolk Island	Species at Risk	Subantarctic fur seal, C.I. blue-tailed skink, Green turtle, Bridled nail-tail wallaby, N.I. green parrot	August 4, 2009
2010	Papua New Guinea	Kokoda	Kokoda Trail Campaign in WW II	April 20, 2010
2011	South Korea	50th anniversary of diplomatic relations	Musical instruments: haegeum, didgeridoo	October 28 and 31, 2011
2013	Israel	Battle of Beersheba in WW I		May 10, 2013
2013	Germany	Ludwig Leichhardt	Bicentenary of birth of German explorer and naturalist	October 10 and 15, 2013
2014	Norfolk Island	Norfolk Island pines (Araucaria heterophylla)	Centenary of Nortfolk Island as an external territory of Australia	July 22, 2014
2015	New Zealand	ANZAC	Centenary of landing at ANZAC Cove (Gallipoli Campaign in WW I)	April 7, 2015
2015	New Zealand  Singapore	50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and Singapore and between New Zealand and Singapore	Parliament House, Canberra, Parliament House, Wellington and Parliament House, Singapore	August 14, 2015

Austria[edit]

The Austria Post has collaborated several times with the postal administration of other countries to release joint issues.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
2004	Israel,  Hungary	100th anniversary of death of Theodor Herzl
2010	Israel	Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter		June 14, 2010
2020	Vatican City	Christmas		November 20, 2020

Belgium[edit]

The Belgium Post has collaborated several times with the postal administration of other countries to release joint issues.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Images	Note
1991	Portugal	Europalia '91	Princess Isabel and Philip le Bon
1991	Finland	Alfred William Finch (1854–1930)	Painting The English Coast near Dover
1993	Hungary	Missale Romanus
1994	France,  Switzerland	Georges Simenon		[1]
1995	Ireland	250th anniversary of the Battle of Fontenoy		[1]
1996	Luxembourg	Théo van Rysselberghe
1997	Italy	Queen Paola of Belgium
1999	Israel	Paintings of James Ensor
1998	France	René Magritte
1998	Poland	Mniszech Palace
2001	China	Pottery and Porcelain
2001	Democratic Republic of the Congo	70th Anniversary of Tintin in the Congo
2002	Croatia	Lace
2002	Portugal	Windmills
2004	France	Centenary of Edgar Pierre Jacobs' birth creator of comic Blake and Mortimer
2005	Turkey	Carpets and tapestry; relationship between both countries.
2006	Denmark	CoBrA (Copenhagen - Brussels - Amsterdam) artist group (1948–1951); paintings.
2006	Singapore	Reassignment of commercial warehouses.
2007	Czech Republic	Stoclet Palace
2007	Luxembourg	Luxembourg: 2007 European culture capital.
2008	New Zealand	New Zealand: 90th anniversary of the end of World War One.
2012	Monaco	Art by Jan Brueghel Cabaret on the Banks of the River	Souvenir sheet

Berlin[edit]

Deutsche Bundespost Berlin of West Berlin prior to German reunification in 1990 had released the following joint issues.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Images	Note
1969	Venezuela	200th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt
1990	Austria  West Germany  East Germany  Belgium	500th anniversary of European Postal Services

Brazil[edit]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
2000	Portugal	Discovery of Brazil, 500th anniversary	Block of 4	April 11, 2000
2000	China	Masks and puppets		October 9, 2000
2001	South Africa	World Conference Against Racism		August 30, 2001
2002	Argentina  France  Germany  Italy  Uruguay	2002 World Cup Soccer Tournament		April 22, 2002
2005	Cuba	Dances		August 16, 2005
2007	Uruguay	Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian leader		July 4, 2007
2008	Portugal	Arrival of Portuguese Royal Family, 200th anniversary		January 22, 2008
2008	Japan	Japanese immigration to Brazil		June 18, 2008
2009	South Korea	Bridges		October 30, 2009
2010	Syria	Historical and tourist sites		June 28, 2010
2011	Serbia	Writers	Ivo Andric of Yugoslavia (Nobel Prize winner) Rachel de Queiroz of Brazil	October 26, 2011
2012	Mexico	Traditional foods of Brazil and Mexico		June 1, 2012

Bulgaria[edit]

Bulgarian Posts of the Republic of Bulgaria have released the following joint issues:

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
2009	Italy	Diplomatic relations, 130th anniversary	Souvenir sheet	October 22, 2009
2009	Serbia	Nature conservation: Balkan area birds.	Twin issue - Two identical stamps. Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) Rufous-tailed rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis). Multicolored
2013	Czech Republic  Slovakia  Vatican City	Mission of Sts. Cyril and Methodius to Slavic Lands 1150th anniversary	Souvenir sheet
2013	Russia	135th anniversary of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)	Souvenir sheet
2014	Russia	Diplomatic relations, 135th anniversary
2016	Israel	Bird Migration. Storks: The stork is connected to human habitats and in Europe it signifies the arrival of spring and symbolizes hope. Some 600,000 storks migrate through Israel's skies twice a year, among them probably all of Bulgaria's storks.	Souvenir leaf	September 13, 2016
2017	Ukraine	Black Sea Flora and Fauna	Souvenir sheet
2018	Russia	140th anniversary of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)	Souvenir sheet

Canada[edit]

Canada Post has released the following joint issues. The United States Postal Service has been Canada Post's most prolific philatelic partner.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
1959	United States	Opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway	Same design single issued by both countries.	June 26, 1959
1976	United States	United States Bicentennial	Same design single issued by both countries.	June 1, 1976
1977	United States	50th anniversary Peace Bridge	United States' stamp design has a markedly different design than the Canadian issue.	August 4, 1977
1984	France	350th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's landing in New France	Same design single issued by both countries.	April 20, 1984
1984	United States	25th anniversary of the St. Lawrence Seaway	United States design differs from Canada design but uses same colours.	June 26, 1984
1990	China	Norman Bethune (1890–1939), surgeon	Same design se-tenant pair issued by both countries.	March 2, 1990
1992	United States	50th Anniversary of the Alaska Highway	USA design differs considerably from Canadian design.	May 15, 1992
1995	Mexico	Migratory Wildlife	Mexico design differs from Canadian design.	August 15, 1995
1997	Italy	John Cabot	Same design single issued by both countries.	June 24, 1997
1999	Australia	Maritime links	On stamp of each country on one souvenir sheet. Designs are significantly different. Sailing ship - Marco Polo	March 19, 1999
2002	Hong Kong	Corals	Identical souvenir sheets of 4 stamps issued by each country in native denomination(s).	May 19, 2002
2002	Thailand	National Emblems	Different souvenir sheets of 2 stamps issued by each country in native denomination.	October 4, 2003
2004	Greenland  Norway	150th birthday of Otto Sverdrup	Identical souvenir sheets from each country. Canada & Greenland 1 stamp and 2 labels; Norway 2 stamps and 1 label.	March 24, 2004
2004	France	400th anniversary of first French settlement in Acadia at Saint Croix Island, Maine	Same design single issued by both countries. Canada also issued a souvenir sheet with stamp from each country. Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts	June 26, 2004
2005	Ireland	Biosphere reserves	Same design se-tenant pair issued by both countries in differing souvenir sheet designs. Each country also issued same design se-tenant pairs in sheet format. Killarney National Park & Waterton Lakes National Park featuring the Saskatoon berry	April 22, 2005
2005	China	Diplomatic relations, 35th anniversary	Same designs each country. Canada: one pane of 16 ( 8 se-tenant pairs) and souvenir sheet of 1 se-tenant pair; China: one pane of 8 of each design. Wild cats.	October 13, 2005
2006	United States	Quadricentennial of Champlain's voyages	Both countries' stamps also appear on a single souvenir sheet.	May 28, 2006
2007	Denmark  Finland  Greenland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden  United States	International Polar Year 2007–2008	Each participating country issued identical sized souvenir sheet but each country's stamp design is different.	February 12, 2007
2008	France	400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City	Same design single issued by both countries.	May 16, 2008
2008	Japan	Publication of Anne of Green Gables written by Lucy Maud Montgomery	Japan issue is sheet of 12 including 1 se-tenant pair of same design as Canada. Canada issue is souvenir sheet of 2, and 2 self-adhesive singles from booklet	June 20, 2008
2010	Israel	Friendship with Israel, 60th anniversary	Same design single issued by both countries. Canada's version ex self-adhesive booklet.	April 14, 2010
2010	Sweden	Sea mammals	Two designs se-tenant in souvenir sheet [Canada]; Each country issued same design se-tenant pairs in booklet format.	May 13, 2010
2012	Guernsey	War of 1812	Same two designs in se-tenant pair for each country issued in sheet format.	June 15, 2012
2017	France	100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge	Both countries' same design stamps appear on a single souvenir sheet: Canada - 2 single stamps; France - 1 se-tenant pair.	April 8, 2017
2017	India	Diwali, the Festival of Lights	Same design se-tenant pair issued by both countries. Both countries also issued the pair in different souvenir sheet designs, with Canada having one stamp from each countries forming a pair.	September 21, 2017
2017	United States	The History of Hockey	Two stamp designs used by both countries. One stamp showing a player in a contemporary uniform and using modern equipment, and the other wearing vintage garb and using old-fashioned gear. The non-denominated (49¢) U.S. forever stamps issued in two different formats: in a pane of 20, and in a souvenir sheet of two stamps. Canada's non-denominated (85¢) permanent-rate stamps issued in a booklet of 10 self-adhesive stamps, and a perforated gummed souvenir sheet of two.	October 20, 2017

Chile[edit]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note
1997	Japan	Diplomatic relations centenary
2002	Poland	Ignacy Domeyko (1802–89), mineralogist
2006	Estonia	Antarctic wildlife	Se-tenant pair
2010	Ireland	John Mackenna (1771–1814), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778–1842)	Irishmen involved in Chilean independence

People's Republic of China[edit]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
1990	Canada	Norman Bethune (1890–1939), surgeon
1994	United States	Cranes	Whooping crane and black-necked crane
1995	Australia	Wildlife	Koalas and pandas
1996	South Korea	China/Korea submarine fiber-optic cable system
1996	San Marino	Diplomatic relations, 25th anniversary
1996	Singapore	Waterfronts	Singapore waterfront Panmen, Suzhoa, China
1997	Sweden	Pheasants	Chinese copper pheasant common pheasant
1997	New Zealand	Roses	China rose New Zealand monthly rose
1998	Germany	World culture and natural heritage: Würzburg Palace and Puning Temple	Two values with unique images
1998	France	The Louvre, France Hall of Heavenly Peace, Imperial Palace, China
1998	Switzerland	Chillon Castle, Lake Geneva Bridge 24, Slender West Lake, Yangzhou
1999	North Korea	Mount Lu, Mount Kumgang
1999	Russia	Red deer	Se-tenant pair
2000	Cuba	Beaches	Coconuts Bay, China Varadero Beach, Cuba
2001	Belgium	Ancient Chinese receptacles
2001	Egypt	Ancient gold masks	Mask of San Xing Dui Funerary mask of Tutankhamun
2001	Portugal	Sailing ships	Chinese junk Portuguese caravel
2002	Malaysia	Flowers
2002	Hong Kong  Macau	2002 World Cup Soccer Tournament	Different designs. A souvenir sheet exists with stamps of the three countries
2002	Slovakia	Architecture	Bojnice Castle, Slovakia Handan Congtai Pavilion, China
2002	South Korea	Martial arts	Se-tenant pair
2003	Iran	Buildings	Bell tower, China Mosque, Iran
2003	Hungary	Book printing	Ritual of Zhou, China Hungarian illuminated chronicle
2003	Hong Kong  Macau	Launch of 1st manned Chinese spacecraft
2004	Singapore	Suzhou Industrial Park, 10th anniversary
2004	Greece	2004 Summer Olympics, Athens
2004	Romania	Chinese and Romanian handicrafts	Drum with tigers and birds, China Cucuteni pottery jar, Romania
2004	Spain	Buildings	Jinmao Tower, China Park Guell, Spain
2005	Liechtenstein	Painting of flower arrangements
2006	Netherlands	Farm technology
2006	Poland	Silver and gold objects		June 20, 2006
2007	Hong Kong	Handover of Hong Kong to China, 10th anniversary
2007	Mexico	Mountains	Mount Gongga, China Popocatepetl, Mexico
2008	India	Temples	White Horse Temple, China Maha Bodhi Temple, India	June 6, 2008
2008	United Kingdom	Handover of the Olympic Flag	National Stadium, Beijing Corner Tower, Forbidden City London Eye Tower of London
2009	Macau	Return of Macau to China, 10th anniversary
2011	Denmark	Armillary spheres
2012	Israel	Diplomatic relations, 20th anniversary
2013	Turkey	Bridges
2014	France	Rivers
2019	Slovakia	75th anniversary of diplomatic relations		October 7, 2019

Croatia[edit]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note
1998	Vatican City	Christmas
1998	Slovakia	Cardinal Juraj Haulik (1788–1869)	Archbishop of Zagreb
2002	Czech Republic	80th anniversary of the death of Vlaho Bukovac	Divan
2002	Belgium	Lace
2003	Hungary	St. Laszlo his royal robes	Issued June 13, 2003
2008	Slovenia	Stone buildings
2011	Vatican City	Rudjer Boskovich (1711–1787), astronomer	Also depicts dome of St Peters Basilica
2012	San Marino	20 years of diplomatic relations	Souvenir sheet of 2
2017	Israel	Flowers	Issued September 4, 2017

Cyprus[edit]

The Cyprus Postal Services of the Republic of Cyprus has released the following joint issues.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
1996	Russia	Orthodox Christian religion	Block of 4 stamps[2]
1999	Greece	4000 years of Hellenism	Block of 4 stamps[3]
2004	Czech Republic  Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania  Hungary  Malta  Poland  Slovakia  Slovenia	Admission to the European Union	Single stamp
2006	India	Folk dances	Nati dance of Himachal Pradesh, India Folk Dance of Cyprus[4]	April 12, 2006
2008	Malta	Adoption of euro	Miniature sheet[5]

Czech Republic[edit]

Česká pošta of the Czech Republic has released the following joint issues.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note
1993	Germany  Slovakia	600th anniversary of the death of John of Nepomuk
1993	Slovakia	Arrival of St Cyril and St Methodius, 1130th anniversary
1993	Slovakia  Sweden	Painting The Baroque Chair by Nemes
1997	Israel	Jewish monuments in Prague
1997	Germany  Hungary  Poland  Vatican City	St Adalbert
2002	Croatia	80th anniversary of the death of Vlaho Bukovac	Divan
2004	Cyprus  Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania  Hungary  Malta  Poland  Slovakia  Slovenia	Admission to the European Union	Single stamp
2005	France	Battle of Austerlitz 1805–2005
2007	Belgium	Stoclet Palace
2008	Slovakia	Karel Plicka	Miniature sheet[6]
2007	Slovenia	Johann Gerstner, violinist
2011	Luxembourg	Marriage of John of Luxembourg and Elizabeth of Bohemia	700th anniversary
2011	Hungary  Poland  Slovakia	Visegrad Group - 20th anniversary
2013	Bulgaria  Slovakia  Vatican City	Mission of Sts. Cyril and Methodius to Slavic Lands 1150th anniversary	Souvenir sheet
2016	Hungary  Poland  Slovakia	450th anniversary of the birth of Jan Jesenius
2019	Slovakia	30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution	November 13, 2019

Denmark[edit]

Post Danmark has collaborated a number of times with other postal administration to release joint issues.^[7]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note
1963	Greenland	50th anniversary of the Bohr model
1967	Greenland	Wedding of Margrethe II of Denmark and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
1968	Greenland	Children's charity	Semi-postal
1969	Finland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	100 years of postal cooperation of the Nordic countries
1973	Finland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	Nordic House in Iceland
1973	Greenland	Volcano outbreak of Heimaey	Semi-postal
1977	Finland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	Nature conservation
1985	West Germany	30th anniversary of the Bonn-Copenhagen declarations
1985	Greenland	25th anniversary of Ingrid of Sweden's arrival to Denmark
1985	Sweden	900th anniversary of Canute IV of Denmark's gift to the Diocese of Lund
1988	France	Danish–French Cultural Year	Hommage à Léon Degand, Robert Jacobsen
1992	Greenland	25th wedding anniversary of Margrethe II of Denmark and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
1993	Russia	500 years of diplomatic relations
1995	Sweden	450th birthday of Tycho Brahe
2000	Sweden	Inauguration of the Oresund Bridge
2002	Faroe Islands  Greenland	Centennial of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
2003	Greenland	Centennial for Danish exploration in Greenland
2004	Faroe Islands  Greenland	Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
2005	Malta	200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen
2005	Germany	50th anniversary of the Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations
2006	Belgium	Paintings of the avant-garde movement COBRA
2012	China	Armillary Spheres	By Tycho Brahe and Guo Shoujing
2013	Faroe Islands	Danish theologian and philosopher, Søren Aabye Kierkegaard[8]

Ecuador[edit]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
2010	Venezuela	Manuela Sáenz (1797–1856)	Mistress of Simón Bolivar	May 24, 2010

Estonia[edit]

The Estonian Post Office has collaborated a number of times with other postal administration to release joint issues.^[7]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue	Stamp year
1992	Latvia  Lithuania  Sweden	Mare Balticum. Nature conservation of the Baltic Sea		03. October 1992
1993	Finland	Friendship		08. February 1993
1995	Latvia  Lithuania	Via Baltica		20. April 1995
1997	Latvia  Lithuania	Old ships of the Baltic Sea		10. May 1997
1999	Latvia  Lithuania	10th anniversary of the Baltic Way		23. August 1999
2000	Russia	Fish of Lake Peipsi-Pihkva		25. October 2000
2001	Latvia  Lithuania	Nature of the Baltic Sea coast		15. September 2001
2003	Ukraine	Old trade routes from the Baltic Sea along the Dnieper River		17. September 2003
2004	Cyprus  Czech Republic  Latvia  Lithuania  Hungary  Malta  Poland  Slovakia  Slovenia	Admission to the European Union		01. May 2004
2005	Kazakhstan	Hunting dogs		19. October 2005
2006	Chile	Estonian-Chilean friendship, Antarctica		25. October 2006
2008	Latvia  Lithuania	The highest orders of the Baltic states		15. March 2008
2012	Latvia  Lithuania	Railway bridges		25. October 2012
2014	Latvia  Lithuania	25th anniversary of the Baltic Chain		23. August 2014	2014
2016	Latvia  Lithuania	Baltic Assembly 25		08. November 2016	2016
2017	Romania	Forests' gold: Forest species		24. November 2017	2017
2018	Israel	Litwinsky house		28. August 2018	2018
2020	Russia	Discovery of Antarctica 200		28. January 2020	2020
2021	Brazil			01. November 2021

Finland[edit]

Posti has collaborated a number of times with other postal administration to release joint issues.^[7]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
1967	Sweden	Pioneer works of Finnish immigrants to Sweden		June 16
1969	Denmark  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	100 years of postal cooperation of the Nordic countries		February 28
1973	Denmark  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	Nordic House in Iceland		June 26
1977	Denmark  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	Nature conservation		February 2
1985	Soviet Union	150 years of the national epic Kalevala		February 28
1988	Sweden  United States	350th anniversary of the founding of New Sweden		March 29
1991	Belgium	Alfred William Finch (1854–1930)	2 stamps, ceramic vase, Iris, painting The English Coast near Dover	September 7
1993	Estonia	Friendship		February 8
1993	Russia	750th anniversary of Vyborg		May 6
1994	Sweden	Finland-Sweden track and field meet		August 26
1995	Russia	Endangered species	Block of 4	March 1
1999	Åland Islands	Primula veris - the symbol of Åland		April 28
1999	Italy	Christmas		November 5
2006	Sweden	Suomenlinna		May 4
2007	Hong Kong	Woodwork	Souvenir sheet of 2	November 2
2008	Greenland	125th anniversary of the first passing of the great ice barrier by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld		October 20
2010	Japan	Christmas		November 5

France[edit]

The French Post Office has collaborated with the postal administration of other countries to release several joint issues.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
1983	United States	Bicentennial of Treaty of Paris	Stamp designs are dissimilar	September 2, 1983
1984	Canada	350th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's landing in New France		April 20, 1984
1986	United States	Centennial of the Statue of Liberty	[1]	July 4, 1986
1986	Finland	Lapland expedition, 250th anniversary	Proved earth's poles are flattened	September 5, 1986
1988	Germany	France-Germany Cooperative Treaty, 25th anniversary	Conrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle	January 15, 1988
1988	Denmark	French-Danish Cultural Exchange Program Sculpture by Robert Jacobsen	Homage to Leon Degand	September 22, 1988
1988	Switzerland	Painting by Jean Tinguely	Méta-mécanique	November 25, 1988
1989	United States	Bicentennial of the French Revolution	Stamp designs dissimilar; France issued three stamps plus label	March–July, 1989
1992	Greece	1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona		April 3, 1992
1994	Sweden	France Sweden cultural relations	Booklet pane of 6 stamps	March 18, 1994
1994	United Kingdom	Opening of the Channel Tunnel	Two se-tenant pairs	May 3, 1994
1994	Belgium  Switzerland	Georges Simenon (1903–1989)	Writer	October 15, 1994
1996	Monaco  Italy	RAMOGE agreement between France, Italy and Monaco, 20th anniversary		May 14, 1996
1998	Belgium	Painting by René Magritte	The Return	April 18, 1998
1998	China	The Louvre, France Hall of Heavenly Peace, Imperial Palace, China		September 12, 1998
1999	Poland	Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), composer		October 17, 1999
2000	New Zealand	Birds	Kiwi and falcon	November 4, 2000
2002	Australia	Bicentenary of encounter between Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders		April 4, 2002
2003	India	Fine arts	A peacock from 19th-century Indian jewellery crafted in the Meenakari tradition and a rooster from the 15th-century French work Heures à l'usage de Rome	December 1, 2003
2004	United Kingdom	Centenary of Entente Cordiale	British and French art	April 6, 2004
2004	Italy  United Nations	World Day of Road Safety	3 UN issues (New York, Geneva, Vienna)	April 7, 2004
2004	Belgium	Centenary of Edgar Pierre Jacobs' birth creator of the comic Blake and Mortimer		May 15, 2004
2004	Canada	400th anniversary of first French settlement in Acadia at Saint Croix Island, Maine	Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts	June 26, 2004
2005	Czech Republic	Battle of Austerlitz 1805–2005		May 4, 2005
2005	Vatican City	Louvre and Vatican Museums	Based on a painting and a sketch by Raphael	November 10, 2005
2006	United Nations	UNESCO World Heritage Sites	French towns: Provins, Mont Saint-Michel, Paris: Banks of the Seine, Roman aqueduct over the Gardon, Carcassonne &and Château de Chambord	June 17, 2006
2006	Argentina	Music and dance; anniversary of Argentinean tango artist Carlos Gardel	Stylized dancers and bandoneón player	June 21, 2006
2006	Romania	French-speaking countries summit in Bucharest	Constantin Brâncuși sculptures; Sleeping Muse and The Sleep	September 25, 2006
2007	Armenia	Year of Armenia in France		May 22, 2007
2007	French Southern and Antarctic Lands  French Polynesia  Mayotte  New Caledonia  Saint Pierre and Miquelon  Wallis and Futuna	Bicentennial of the Cour des Comptes (French Government Accountability Office)	Palais Cambon building, national flag, dates 1807–2007	March 17, 2007
2008	Canada	400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City		May 16, 2008
2008	Brazil	Relationship between France and Brazil	Mer de Glace in the Alps and Serra do Araca in Amazonia.	July 13, 2008
2008	Vietnam		Bonifacio in France and Halong Bay in Vietnam.	October 15, 2008
2008	Israel	Commemorating first flight between France and Israel		November 6, 2008
2009	Switzerland	René de Saint-Marceaux (1845–1915), sculptor of UPU Monument		October 9, 2009
2009	Venezuela	Francisco de Miranda (1750–1816) revolutionary in France and Venezuela		November 6, 2009
2010	Monaco	Paris Institute of Human Paleontology, centennial		June 1, 2010
2012	Hong Kong	Art (paintings, sculpture)		May 3, 2012
2012	United States	Miles Davis and Edith Piaf	Se-tenant pair; French issue is of two denominations	June 12, 1012
2012	Andorra French admin.	King Henry IV (1553–1610) co-prince of Andorra		November 8, 2012
2013	Germany	Élysée Treaty, 50th anniversary		January 2, 2013
2013	Vietnam	Alexandre Yersin		September 23, 2013
2014	China	Rivers (Qinhuai River and Seine)		March 27, 2014

French Southern and Antarctic Territories[edit]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note
2007	French Polynesia  France  Mayotte  New Caledonia  Saint Pierre and Miquelon  Wallis and Futuna	Bicentennial of the Cour des Comptes (French Government Accountability Office)	Palais Cambon building, national flag, dates 1807–2007
2011	Mayotte	Ship Marion Dufresne	1 stamp

Gambia[edit]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note
2011	Liberia  Sierra Leone	Legendary Heroes of Africa - 12 South African Jewish anti-apartheid activists	Each country issued a sheet of 4 stamps

German Democratic Republic[edit]

Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic prior to German reunification in 1990 had released the following joint issues..

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Images	Note
1990	Austria  Berlin  West Germany  Belgium	500th anniversary of European Postal Services

Federal Republic of Germany[edit]

Deutsche Post, and its predecessor Deutsche Bundespost prior to German reunification in 1990, collaborates with the postal administrations of other countries to release joint issues on a regular basis.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Images	Note
1973	France	10th anniversary of Franco-German Cooperation Treaty
1983	United States	300th anniversary of German emigration to America
1985	Denmark	30th anniversary of the Bonn-Copenhagen Accord
1988	France	25th anniversary of Franco-German Cooperation Treaty
1989	Ireland	Franconian apostles
1990	Austria  Berlin  East Germany  Belgium	500th anniversary of European Postal Services
1990	Greece	Heinrich Schliemann
1991	Poland	750th anniversary of the Battle of Liegnitz
1993	Czech Republic  Slovakia	600th anniversary of the death of John of Nepomuk
1993	Austria  Switzerland	Lake Constance Region
1993	Poland	750th anniversary of the death of Hedwig Heidrich
1995	Ireland  Italy  San Marino  Vatican City	100th anniversary of radio
1995	Sweden	100th anniversary of Alfred Nobel's testament
1996	Japan	200th birthday of Philipp Franz von Siebold
1996	Australia	100th anniversary of the death of Ferdinand von Mueller
1997	Czech Republic  Hungary  Poland  Vatican City	1000th anniversary of the death of Adalbert, Bishop of Prague
1997	France  Luxembourg	European Region SaarLorLux
1998	China	World culture and natural heritage: Würzburg Palace and Puning Temple		two values with unique images
1999	South Korea	250th birthday of Johann von Goethe
2000	Spain	Christmas		Two values
2001	Spain	Christmas		Two values with unique images, joint souvenir sheet
2002	Argentina  Brazil  France  Italy  Uruguay	FIFA World Cup champions of the 20th century		Se-tenant pairs
2003	France	40th Anniversary of German-French Cooperation Treaty
2003	Austria	100th anniversary of the Salzach Bridge
2004	Russia	German-Russian youth interaction in the 21st century		Joint booklet
2005	Denmark	50th anniversary of the Bonn-Copenhagen Accord
2005	Vatican City	20th World Youth Day in Cologne
2005	Israel	50th anniversary of diplomatic relations
2006	Netherlands	400th birthday of Rembrandt		The Netherlands issued a sheetlet of five se-tenant stamps and label
2006	Sweden	650th anniversary of the Hanseatic League		Sweden issued a block of four se-tenant stamps
2007	Sweden	100th birthday of Astrid Lindgren		Sweden issued a souvenir sheet
2007	Latvia	UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Wismar, Stralsund and Riga
2008	Switzerland	Rhine River Bridge at Bad Säckingen
2008	Vatican City	Christmas		Two unique stamps
2009	United Nations	UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Luther memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
2009	Austria  Hungary	20th anniversary of the opening of the Hungarian-Austrian Border
2010	Argentina	Argentina: Country of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair
2011	Japan	UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Regensburg Cathedral and Yakushi-ji Temple in Nara
2011	Romania	Biertan/Birthälm Church
2012	Liechtenstein	Pfälzer Hütte
2012	Poland	UNESCO World Heritage Site - Muskauer Park
2013	France	Elysee Treaty, 50th anniversary
2013	South Korea	Diplomatic relations with Germany		Se-tenant pair
2015	Israel	50th anniversary of diplomatic relations

Greece[edit]

Hellenic Post (ELTA) begun releasing joint issues with other countries in 1999.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note
1999	Cyprus	4000 years of Hellenism	Block of 4 stamps
1999	Japan	Centenary of relations between Greece and Japan	1 stamp
2000	Australia	Sydney Olympic Games	2 stamps
2004	China	Athens 2004: From Athens to Beijing	2 stamps
2007	Spain	Joint issue Greece-Spain: Asclepios	1 miniature sheet
2007	Armenia	Joint issue Greece-Armenia
2016	Israel	25 years of diplomatic relations

Greenland[edit]

Post Greenland has collaborated a number of times with other postal administration to release joint issues.^[7]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note
1963	Denmark	50th anniversary of the Bohr model
1967	Denmark	Wedding of Margrethe II of Denmark and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
1968	Denmark	Children's charity	Semi-postal
1973	Denmark	Volcano outbreak of Heimaey	Semi-postal
1985	Denmark	25th anniversary of Ingrid of Sweden's arrival in Denmark
1992	Denmark	25th wedding anniversary of Margrethe II of Denmark and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
2002	Denmark  Faroe Islands	Centennial of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
2003	Denmark	Centennial for Danish exploration in Greenland
2004	Canada  Norway	150th birthday of Otto Sverdrup
2004	Denmark  Faroe Islands	Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
2007	Faroe Islands  Iceland	10th anniversary of the West Nordic Council
2007	France	Birth centennial of Paul-Émile Victor, French polar explorer
2008	Finland	125th anniversary of the first passing of the great ice barrier by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
2013	Israel	Endangered species	Issued June 11, 2013

Hong Kong[edit]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note
1999	Singapore	Tourism
2001	Australia	Dragon boat races
2002	China  Macau	2002 World Cup Soccer Tournament	Different designs. A souvenir sheet exists with stamps of the three countries
2002	Canada	Corals
2003	Sweden	Waterfowl
2004	China  Macau	Launch of the first manned Chinese spacecraft
2004	New Zealand	Rugby sevens
2006	Portugal	Fishing villages
2006	Austria	Fireworks
2007	China	Handover of Hong Kong to China, 10th anniversary
2007	Finland	Woodwork	Souvenir sheet of 2
2008	South Korea	Masks
2009	Brazil	Soccer
2012	Romania	Handicrafts
2012	France	Art (paintings, sculpture)

Hungary[edit]

Magyar Posta has collaborated a number of times with other postal administration to release joint issues.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note
1993	Belgium	Matthias Rex
1994	Poland	Józef Zachariasz Bem, general
1997	Poland  Czech Republic  Germany  Vatican City	St. Adalbert
2000	Israel	Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest
2001	Slovakia	Mária Valéria Bridge
2002	Turkey
2003	Croatia	Robe of King Ladislaus, 11th century	Issued June 13, 2003
2003	China	Book printing	Ritual of Zhou, China Hungarian illuminated chronicle
2004	Cyprus  Czech Republic  Latvia  Lithuania  Malta  Poland  Slovakia  Slovenia  Estonia	Admission to the European Union
2004	Austria  Israel	Theodor Herzl
2005	Romania	George Enescu and Béla Bartók
2009	Austria  Germany
2009	Japan
2010	Iran
2011	Poland  Czech Republic  Slovakia	V4 (Visegrád Group), 20 years
2012	Sweden	The 100th anniversary of the birth of Raoul Wallenberg
2012	Slovenia	Folk treasures of the Mura area and the Slovene Raba region
2016	Czech Republic  Poland  Slovakia	450th anniversary of the birth of Jan Jesenius

Iceland[edit]

Íslandspóstur has collaborated a number of times with other postal administration to release joint issues.^[7]

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note	Date of issue
1969	Denmark  Finland  Norway  Sweden	100 years of postal cooperation of the Nordic countries		February 28
1973	Denmark  Finland  Norway  Sweden	Nordic House in Iceland		June 26
1977	Denmark  Finland  Norway  Sweden	Nature conservation		February 2
1992	Faroe Islands	500 years anniversary of the discovery of America		April 6
1994	Faroe Islands  Ireland	Discoveries and innovations		April 18
1995	Luxembourg	40th anniversary of flight connections between Iceland and Luxembourg		September 18
2000	Vatican City	1000 years of Christianity in Iceland		February 4
2007	Faroe Islands  Greenland	10th anniversary of the West Nordic Council		February 15
2011	Malta	Friendship with Malta		September 15

India[edit]

India Post has collaborated a number of times with the postal administration of other countries to release a joint issue.
India Post has released 35 Joint issues until Dec 2023.

Year	Postal administration	Topic	Note / Image	Date of issue
1990	Soviet Union	Indo-Soviet friendship issue	Paintings on - Indian elephant and maharaja on a throne, India Red Square, Moscow, Russia	August 16, 1990
1995	South Africa	India-South Africa cooperation issue	2 stamps of Mahatma Gandhi	October 2, 1995
2002	Japan	50th anniversary of diplomatic relations, Japan issued as part of series 'Japan and South Asia in 21st Century'	Japanese stamp design has a markedly different design than the Indian issue. India issued two stamps depicting the classical dances Kathakali of India and Kabuki of Japan, while Japan issued a single stamp of the Taj Mahal For few months now, there is a discussion going on if the stamps issued in 2002 by India Post and Japan Post with the title “50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between India and Japan” is really a joint issue or not. Some one filed an application to India Post under the Right to information (RTI) act of 2005, to confirm the joint issue status and to provide a copy of memorandum of understanding signed between both postal departments. Indian Post provided the following information about the issue presently referenced in the catalogue under [P20020412a]: 1) This is not a joint issue 2) since it was not a joint issue they could not provide a copy of memorandum of understanding between India Post and Japan Post (see copy of answer below).	April 26, 2002
2003	France	Fine Arts	A rooster from the 15th-century French work - Heures a l'usage de Rome A peacock from 19th-century Indian jewellery crafted in the Meenakari tradition	November 29, 2003
2003	South Korea	30th anniversary of diplomatic relations	Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India Cheomseongdae, Gyeongju, South Korea	December 10, 2003
2004	Iran	Philosopher Poets	Indian mystic poet and saint Kabir Iranian poet Hafez	August 16, 2004
2006	Cyprus	Folk Dances	Nati Dance of Himachal Pradesh, India and Folk Dance of Cyprus	April 12, 2006
2006	Mongolia	50 years of diplomatic relations	Ancient art: horse - 20th-century bronze replica of the equestrian deity Rao Dev from Bastar, Madhya Pradesh, India A Bronze Age sculpture of a horse from Mörön, Khövsgöl Aimag, Mongolia	September 11, 2006
2008	China	Temples	Maha Bodhi Temple, India White Horse Temple, China	July 11, 2008
2009	Philippines	60 years of diplomatic relations	Gangetic dolphin and Butanding	November 16, 2009
2010	Mexico	60 years of diplomatic relations	Folk Dances - Kalbelia, India and Jarabe Tapatío, Mexico	December 15, 2010
2012	Israel	20 years of diplomatic relations	Festival of Lights - Diwali and Hanukkah	November 5, 2012
2014	Slovenia	25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child	Universal Children's Day, India, Slovenia	November 28, 2014
2015	France	50 years of space co-operation.	Satellites SARAL and Megha-Tropiques	April 10, 2015
2015	Singapore	Presidential Residences	The Istana and Rashtrapati Bhavan	November 24, 2015
2016	United Nations	Solidarity Movement for Gender Equality	'HeForShe' Campaign	March 8, 2016
2017	Portugal	500 Years Of Portugal-India Interaction: Folk Dances	Dandiya Dance and Pauliteiros de Miranda	March 8, 2017
2017	Belarus	25th Anniversary of Establishing Diplomatic Relations between India and Belarus.	National Emblem, India, Belarus	September 12, 2017
2017	Canada	Canada's 150th anniversary and Diwali festival.	Lamp (Deep), Diwali, the Festival of Lights	September 21, 2017
2017	Russia	Folk Dances	Beryozka and Bhavai	October 10, 2017
2017	Papua New Guinea	National Birds	Raggiana Bird of Paradise and Blue Peafowl	December 31, 2017
2018	Vietnam	Friendship with India: Ancient Religious Structures	Pho Minh Pagoda and Sanchi Stupa	January 25, 2018
2018	Iran	Friendship with India: Trade Ports	Shahid Behesti Port and Deendayal Port, Kandla	February 17, 2018
2018	South Africa	Anniversaries and Jubilees	Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi	July 26, 2018
2018	South Africa	20 Years of Strategic Partnership	Oliver Reginald Tambo and Deendayal Upadhyaya Note: South African version not released due to poor printing quality	June 7, 2018
2018	Armenia	Folk Dances	Hov Arek and Manipuri	August 29, 2018
2018	Serbia	70th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations	Nikola Tesla and Swami Vivekananda