Omnibus Stamps : British Malaya & Borneo

 

1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V

Antigua – Ascension – Bahamas – Barbados – Basutoland – Bermuda – Ceylon – Cyprus – Dominica – Falkland Island – Gambia – Gibraltar – Gold Coast – Hong Kong – Kenya Uganda Tanganyika – Leeward Island – Malta – Newfoundland – Nigeria – Nyasaland – Sierra Leone – Strait Settlements  – Trinidad & Tobago

 

 

1937 Coronation of King George VI

Aden – Antigua – Ascension – Bahamas – Barbados – Basutoland – Bechuanaland –  Bermuda – British Guiana – British Honduras – British Solomon Islands – British Virgin Islands  –  Cayman Islands – Ceylon – Cook Islands – Cyprus – Dominica – Falkland Island – Fiji –  Gambia – Gibraltar – Gilbert & Ellice Islands –  Grenada–  Gold Coast – Hong Kong – Jamaica –  Kenya Uganda Tanganyika – Leeward Island – Malta – Mauritius – Montserrat – Newfoundland – Nigeria – Niue – N. Rhodesia – Nyasaland – Seychelles – Sierra Leone – Somaliland Protectorate  – St. Christopher & Nevis –  St. Helena – St. Lucia – St. Vincent –  Straits Settlements – Swaziland – Trinidad & Tobago – Turks & Caicos Islands

1948 King George VI Royal Silver Wedding

Aden – Aden Mukalla – Aden Seiyun – Antigua – Ascension – Bahamas – Bahrain –  Barbados – Basutoland – Bechuanaland –  Bermuda – British Guiana – British Honduras – British Solomon Islands – British Virgin Islands  –  Cayman Islands – Ceylon – Cook Islands – Cyprus – Dominica – Falkland Island – Fiji –  Gambia – Gibraltar – Gilbert & Ellice Islands –  Grenada–  Gold Coast  –  Great Britain – Grenada  –  Hong Kong – Jamaica –  Kenya Uganda Tanganyika  –  Kuwait – Leeward Island – Malaya Johore  –  Malaya Kedah  –  Malaya Kelantan  –  Malaya Malacca  –  Malaya Ngeri Sembilan  – Malaya Pahang  –  Malaya Penang  – Malaya Perak –  Malaya Perlis  –  Malaya Selangor  –  Malaya Trengganu – Malta – Mauritius – Montserrat – Nigeria – N. Borneo  – N. Rhodesia – Nyasaland – Pitcairn Islands – Sarawak –  Seychelles – Sierra Leone – Singapore – Somaliland Protectorate  – St. Helena – St. Kitts –  St. Lucia – St. Vincent – Swaziland – Trinidad & Tobago – Turks & Caicos Islands  – Zanzibar

1949 Universal Postal Union

Aden – Aden Mukalla – Aden Seiyun – Antigua – Ascension – Bahamas –  Barbados – Basutoland – Bechuanaland –  Bermuda – British Guiana – British Honduras – British Solomon Islands – British Virgin Islands  –  Brunei  –   Cayman Islands – Ceylon – Cyprus – Dominica – Falkland Islands –  Falkland Islands Dependencies –  Fiji –  Gambia – Gibraltar – Gilbert & Ellice Islands –   Gold Coast  –  Grenada  –  Hong Kong – Jamaica –  Kenya Uganda Tanganyika  –  Leeward Islands – Malaya Johore  –  Malaya Kedah  –  Malaya Kelantan  –  Malaya Malacca  –  Malaya Ngeri Sembilan  – Malaya Pahang  –  Malaya Penang  – Malaya Perak –  Malaya Perlis  –  Malaya Selangor  –  Malaya Singapore – Malaya Trengganu – Malta – Mauritius – Montserrat – New Hebrides –  Nigeria – N. Borneo  – N. Rhodesia – Nyasaland – Pitcairn Islands – Sarawak –  Seychelles – Sierra Leone –Somaliland Protectorate  – S. Rhodesia  – St. Helena – St. Kitts-Nevis –  St. Lucia – St. Vincent – Swaziland – Tonga  –  Trinidad & Tobago – Turks & Caicos Islands  – Zanzibar

1953 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation

Aden – Aden Mukalla – Aden Seiyun – Antigua – Ascension – Bahamas –  Barbados – Basutoland – Bechuanaland –  Bermuda – British Guiana – British Honduras – British Solomon Islands – British Virgin Islands  –  Cayman Islands – Ceylon – Cyprus – Dominica – Falkland Islands –  Fiji –  Gambia – Gibraltar – Gilbert & Ellice Islands –   Gold Coast  –  Grenada  –  Hong Kong – Jamaica –  Kenya Uganda Tanganyika  –  Leeward Islands – Malaya Johore  –  Malaya Kedah  –  Malaya Kelantan  –  Malaya Malacca  –  Malaya Ngeri Sembilan  – Malaya Pahang  –  Malaya Penang  – Malaya Perak –  Malaya Perlis  –  Malaya Selangor  –  Malaya Singapore –  Malaya Trengganu – Malta – Mauritius – Montserrat – New Hebrides –  Nigeria –  N.Borneo –  N.Rhodesia – Nyasaland – Pitcairn Islands – Sarawak –  Seychelles – Sierra Leone – Somaliland Protectorate  –S. Africa  –  S. Rhodesia  – St.Christopher Nevis Anguilla  –  St.Helena – St. Kitts-Nevis –  St. Lucia – St. Vincent – Swaziland – Tonga  –  Trinidad & Tobago – Tristan da Cunha 

1963 Freedom from Hunger

Antigua – Ascension – Bahamas Bermuda – British Honduras – British Solomon Islands – Brunei – Falkland Islands –  Fiji –  Gambia – Gibraltar – Gilbert & Ellice Islands – Malta – Mauritius – Montserrat – N.Borneo  - Sarawak –  Seychelles –  St.Helena – St. Vincent – Tonga  –  Trinidad & Tobago – Tristan da Cunha

Omnibus Stamps : British Empire & Territories

An omnibus issue is an issue of stamps by several countries with a common subject and which may share a uniform design. Omnibus issues have often been made by countries under common political control or groups of colonies due to the close co-operation required to produce the issue. Omnibus issues are to be distinguished from joint issues which are usually much smaller in scope.

 

British Empire & Territories

 

Omnibuses have been particularly associated with stamps from the former British Empire, now the British Commonwealth, due to the large number of territories participating. Initially designs were identical for each colony with only the values, colours and colony names varying. Over time, however, a wider range of designs has been used within the same issue. The first issue was the Silver Jubilee issue of 1935. Many others have followed, usually on themes related to the British Royal Family, but also for subjects such as Freedom from Hunger (1963) and the 1966 Football World Cup.

Not every colony necessarily participates in every issue, although the revenue produced by the stamps is a valuable source of income for many smaller colonies/countries which may have few other ways of raising funds.

 

A list of British Omnibus issues is given below:

1935 - Silver Jubilee

1937 – Coronation

1945 - Peace and Victory

1948 - Silver Wedding

1949 - Universal Postal Union

1951 - University

1953 - QEII Coronation

1953 - Royal Visit

1958 - West Indies Federation

1963 - Freedom From Hunger

1963 - Red Cross Centenary

1964 - Shakespeare

1965 - International Telecommunication Union

1965 - International Cooperation

1966 - Churchill Memorial

1966 - Football World Cup

1966 - U.N.E.S.C.O Issue

1966 - World Health Organisation

1966 - Royal Visit to the Caribbean

1972 - Royal Silver Wedding

1973 - Royal Wedding Princess Anne

1974 - Churchill Centenary

1977 - Royal Silver Jubilee

1978 - 25th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation

 

 

Imperial Reply Coupon & Commonwealth Reply Coupon

 Imperial Reply Coupon

1927-1953

A meeting of British Empire delegates to the Stockholm UPU Congress in 1924 to discuss the issue of where the postage rate difference between the British Empire and the rest of the world. 

UPU on 16th September 1926 approved what it termed “restricted unions” within the UPU, to allow a more favorable rates for the British Empire

The Imperial Reply Coupon was first placed on sale on and from Monday, the 4th April, 1927. They were valid only between England and her colonies, protectorate and occupations.

Imperial Coupons, exchangeable within the Empire only for a stamp or stamps representing the postage on a single letter rate from the country of exchange to a destination within the empire, sold at the price of 2½d. each at all offices which sell International Reply Coupons.  Like International Reply Coupons they remain valid for six months exclusive of the month of issue. 

1st Feb 1933.   Imperial Reply Coupons selling price increased from 2½d to 3d.

13th Feb 1941.  Modification on IRC consists of the addition of the words "Exceptionally, the exchange value in India is 2½ annas."

  

21st May 1947. Modification on IRC consists of the addition of the words : “Exceptionally, the exchange value in India and Burma is 2 1/2 annas"

Commonwealth Reply Coupon

1953-1976

23rd Feb 1953.  Imperial Reply Coupon was replaced by the Commonwealth Reply Coupon.  

  

1st Feb 1956. Modification on IRC consists of the addition of the words : “Exceptionally, the exchange value in India and Pakistan is 2 1/2 annas"

3rd March 1957.  Modification on IRC consists of the addition of the words : “Exceptionally, the exchange value in India is 16 naye paise and Pakistan is 2 1/2 annas"

22nd April 1959.    selling price increased from 3d to 5d.

17th July 1968    selling price increased from 5d to 7d. 

5th  Sep 1976    selling price increased to 6p.

26th Feb 1975    selling price increased from 6p to 7p.

29th Sep 1975    selling price increased from 7p to 8½ p.

The Commonwealth Reply Coupon was completely withdrawn from sale on 1 November 1975.  

Some country had  stopped issuing and exchanging CRC prior to 1975 : beginning as early as in 1962 ( Republic of South Africa, South West Africa ); 1971 ( Canada, Trinidad & Tobago, Australia, Ceylon, Lesotho ); 1972 ( Pakisatan, Singapore, Zambia, Jamaica, Solomon Islands ); 1973 ( Nigeria, Bermuda ); 1974 ( Barbados, India, Cayman Islands ); 1975 ( Fiji, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Bangladesh )