This page collects only issues released during the year 2001.  For issues to come (announced) see the latest information.

As it is not such obvious as it looks to find this information, this list is probably not yet complete. In certain countries, joint issues are often announced on the day of the issue and sometimes it takes months before this information and the corresponding stamps reach us. Data on missing issues or supplementary information, particularly for countries, which are producing joint issues exceptionally, will be highly appreciated.

This page was updated the last time on May 19, 2002.

2001 (8 January) - Australia - Christmas Island
Year of the snake. Local twin issue.
Identical design: two stamps for Christmas Island used as design for two covers produced by Australia. Territorial joint issue.
Stamps and miniature sheet (Christmas Island) - Postal stationery (covers - Australia) - FDCs

2001 (18 January) - Italy (18 January) - Japan (19 March)

Cultural, Economic and Scientific cooperation between both countries - Exhibition "Italy in Japan". Joint issue.

Italy: One stamp; Japan: 2 stamps, se-tenant and a third isolated stamp. Sandro Botticelli's painting "The Annunciation" and symbol of the exhibition.
Stamps - First day covers.

2001 (22 March) - Sweden - United States
Nobel Prize Centenary. Twin issue
Sweden, 4 stamps; USA one stamp: common design representing the portrait of Alfred Nobel and two medals. Other Swedish stamps represent Nobel Prize medals for Physiology and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Literature. Black and gold.
Stamps, booklet for Sweden, panes of 20 for the US - special folder - FDCs - mixed FDCs

2001 (26 April) - Argentina - Spain
75th anniversary of the first flight between both countries. Joint issue.
Stamps are different. Planes.
One stamp for Argentina, 4 in a block for Spain (including three stamps related to aviation but not to this event) - FDCs

2001 (12 May) - Botswana - South Africa
Nature - Twin issue
Kgalagadi transfrontier park. Animals. Note: the miniature sheets from both countries are different, but put together they form a unique landscape.
4 stamps and one miniature sheet per country - FDCs

2001 (31 May) - Japan - South Korea
Soccer World Championship 2002 organized jointly by both countries - Joint issue
Stamps are different. Different pictures representing soccer game for Korea. Mascots of the Championship for Japan.

Stamps - FDCs

2001 (10 June) - Belgium - Morocco
Philatelic exhibition Belgica 2001 - Twin issue
Religious monument: Basilica of Koekelberg, Mosquee of Casablanca
Two stamps per country - FDCs - Mixed FDCs - Special mixed card from Belgium

2001 (12 June) - Belgium - China
Philatelic exhibition Belgica 2001 - Twin issue
Pottery and porcelain.
Two stamps per country - FDCs - Mixed FDCs - Special mixed card from Belgium

2001 (21 June) - Mexico - USA
Frida Kahlo. Twin issue.
Identical stamps. Portrait of the painter.
One stamp per country - FDC - Special leaflet First Day for Mexico - Mixed first day cover

2001 (23 June) - Italy - San Marino
1700 years of San Marino - Joint issue
Stamps are different. pictures of the Mount Titano castel.
Stamps - FDCs

2001 (25 June) - Australia - Hong-Kong
Dragon boat race - Tue Ng festival - Twin issue
Dragon boats in front of the Hong Kong Convention Center and the Sydney Opera House.
Two stamps per country - Miniature sheet including both stamps - FDCs - Maxi cards - Mixed FDCs.

2001 (14 July) - China - Hong Kong - Macau
Beijing 2008 - Olympic games - Twin issue and local Siamese issue
Symbols. Identical stamps for all three countries. Note: labels on stamps from sheets are different from stamps from miniature sheets. The three mini-sheets have also been printed together in a large single pane containing all three countries' stamps.
Stamps with label - Mini panes - Mixed souvenir packs - Siamese souvenir pack - FDCs

2001 (18 July) - New Caledonia - Vanuatu
Whales. Joint issue.
Different representations of whales.
Stamps: New Caledonia, 2 stamps se-tenant with a central label; Vanuatu, souvenir sheet in form of whales containing three different stamps - FDCs - Mixed FDC with single cancellation from Vanuatu

2001 (7 August) - Brazil (31 August) - South Africa (7 August)
World Conference against Racism, Durban (31 August to 7 September. Joint issue.
Identical stamps. Symbol of the conference; "Tolerance and Diversity"; each stamp includes the inscription in English or one of the following official South African languages: Zulu, Swati, Xhosa, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Northern Sotho, Ndebele, Tsonga, Venda and Africaans. The text of the Brazilian stamp is of course in Portuguese. Multi-colored.
Stamps (Brazil one; South Africa one + 10 slightly different) - FDC - maxi cards

2001 (16 August) - Australia - Sweden
Twin issue - Daniel Solander, botanist. Twin issue
Two identical stamps for each country. Portrait of the botanist and flowers.
Stamps - FDC's - Mixed FDCs - Special folder for Sweden - Maxi cards.

2001 (3 September) - Georgia - Israel
Poet and religion. Joint issue.
One stamp per country - FDC - Mixed FDC

2001 (15 September) - Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania
Baltic cooperation. Twin issue.
Baltic coastal landscapes.
3 stamps and a miniature sheet per country - FDCs

2001 (20 September) Singapore - Switzerland
Cooperation between both countries. Twin issue.
Flowers. Bloc of four stamps representing two typical flowers from Switzerland and two from Singapore
Stamps - FDCs - Mixed FDCs - Special First Day cards for Switzerland - Maxi cards

2001 (26 September) - Armenia - Russia
Ivan Lazarev. One stamp per country - Twin issue
Stamps - FDCs

2001 (9 October) - Albania (6 October) - Algeria (9 October) - Anguilla (9 October) - Armenia (9 October) - Bangladesh (13 July and 24 October) - Belarus (9 October) - Brazil (9 October) - Brunei (9 October) - Bulgaria (9 October) - Cape Verde (9 October) - Columbia (9 October) - Croatia (9 October) - Cuba (9 October) - Czech Republic (9 October) - Dominican Republic () - Egypt (9 October) - Equatorial Guinea (2001 or 2003) - Ethiopia (9 October) - French Polynesia (9 October) - Georgia (1 September 2002) - Indonesia (9 October) - Iran (9 October) - Ivory Coast (9 October) - Jordan (15 November) - Kazakhstan (9 October) - Kuwait (9 October) - Kyrgysztan (14 April) - Macedonia (9 October) - Madagascar (9 October) - Mexico (9 October) - Moldavia (9 October) - Mongolia (20 December) - Nepal (28 December) - Nigeria (9 October) - Oman (9 October) - Pakistan (9 October) - Peru (16 May 2002) - Philippines (24 October) - Poland (9 October) - Qatar (9 October) - Romania (9 October) - Russia (9 October) - San Marino (10 September) - Senegal (2002) - Slovenia (21 September) - Solomon Islands (9 October) - South Korea (9 October) - Spain (9 October) - Sri Lanka (9 October) - Sudan (31 January 2002) - Uganda (16 November) - Ukraine (9 October) - United Arab Emirates (9 October) - Uruguay (23 October) - Vatican (22 May) - Vietnam (9 October) - Wallis and Futuna (9 October) - Zimbabwe (16 October)

United Nations international year for the dialogue between civilizations. Omnibus series initiated by the UPU. Twin issue.
Same common design showing four stylized children around the world. Multicolored.
One to five stamps per country - FDCs
Same date (9 October), different design: Aruba, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Tanzania, Tunisia
Different date, different design: Belarus (5 September), Morocco (14 December), New Caledonia (20 September) - Saudi Arabia (30 June 2003)

2001 (11 October) - Hungary - Slovakia
Bridge over the Danube. One stamp per country, different - Joint issue
Stamps - FDCs

2001 (12 October) - China - Egypt
Masks. Twin issue.
Tutankhamen - San Xing Dui. Two stamps per country.
Stamps - FDCs - Mixed FDCs

2001 (7 November)- New Zealand - Ross Islands
Penguins. Territorial joint issue.
Different stamps. Different species of penguins. Multi-colored.
6 stamps per country - FDCs

2001 (8 November) - China - Portugal
Ships. Twin issue.
Ships. Two stamps se-tenant per country.
Stamps - FDCs - Mixed FDCs

2001 (8 November) - Germany - Spain
Christmas. Siamese issue.
Christmas paintings. Two stamps per country and the same stamps from both countries in a single souvenir sheet.
Stamps - Souvenir sheet - FDCs - Maxi cards

2001 (8 December)
Armenia (29 November) - Belarus (12 July) - Kazakhstan (12 December) - Kyrghyzstan (8 December) - Moldavia (14 December) - Russia (28 November) - Tajikistan (17 December) - Uzbekistan (8 December)
10th anniversary of the Community of Independent States (CIS). Twin issue.
Identical stamps, except for Tajikistan, which shows also flags. CIS emblem. Multi-colored.
Different stamps: Azerbaijan (1 December) - Turkmenistan (1 October)
Stamps - FDCs

2001 (14 December) - France - Morocco
Relationship. Twin issue.
Fountains. Two identical stamps.
Stamps - FDCs - mixed FDCs

2001 (19 December) - Georgia - Ukraine
Poets. Twin issue.
Identical stamps. Pair of se-tenant stamps showing the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevshenko (1814-1861) and the Georgian poet Akakii Tseretchi (1840-1915). Multi-colored.
Stamps - FDCs

2001 (21 December) - Argentina (20 October) - Brazil (21 December) - Paraguay (21 December) - Uruguay (21 December)
Mercosul (Mercosur). Flora of the Mercosul. Joint issue.
Different stamps. Flowers. Multi-colored.
Stamps - FDCs

2001 (31 December) - Belgium - Congo (Democratic Republic)
Tintin in Congo, 70th anniversary of the publication of the comics - Last stamp issued in Belgium Francs before the switch to Euros. Twin issue.
Identical stamps. Stamp: Tintin in safari outfit; souvenir sheet: Tintin, Congolese friend and dog in car, movie camera; border shows giraffe. Multi-colored.
Stamps - souvenir sheets - FDCs - mixed FDCs