New Issues 2005

This page collects only issues released during the year 2005.  For issues to come (announced) see the latest information. Details and pictures are available on the members'pages.

As it is not such obvious 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 February 12 , 2006.

2005 (January 4)
Australia - Christmas Island
Lunar new year. Year of the rooster. Territorial twin issue [TD].
Identical stamps, two stamps and a miniature sheet containing both stamps for Christmas Island; two prepaid covers and a postcard for Australia. Symbolic rooster. A mini-sheet containing 12 different zodiac animals and incorporating the miniature sheet was also produced. Multi-colored

2005 (February 2)
Argentina (February 5) - Thailand (February 2)
50 years of relationship between both countries. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Dances: Tango dance scene (Argentina) and classical Thai Klong Yao (Thailand) dancers. Multi-colored and metallized ink.
2 stamps per country - FDCs

2005 (February 9) - Niuafo’ou - Tonga
Year of the rooster. Territorial joint issue [PD].
Similar blocks of four stamps representing roosters and hens. Multicolored.

2005 (March 2)
Denmark (March 2) - Germany (March 3)
50th Anniversary of the Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Joined flags from both countries. Multi-colored.
1 stamp per country - FDCs - dual FDC - dual maxi-card

2005 (March 2)
Denmark (March 2) - Malta (March 3)
200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen (1805. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. A, portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, signature; B, Andersen, the artist, paper cuts, scissors; C, Andersen, the writer, original manuscript, pen and inkpot, duck (the Ugly Duckling); D, Andersen, the traveler, drawing of the Casino dell’Orologio in the Villa Borghese in Rome, Moroccan traveling boots. Multi-colored.
4 stamps perc ountry - FDCs - Denmark issued mini-sheets and a prestige booklet containing 4 souvenir sheets

2005 (March 7)
Austria - Liechtenstein
Paintings - Peter Paul Rubens - Liechtenstein-Museum Vienna. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. “Venus in front of a mirror”. Multi-colored.
One stamp per country - FDCs - dual FDC - dual maxi-card

2005 (March 17)
New Caledonia (March 17) - Wallis and Futuna (March 18)
French language: share of cultures. 20 years of the Champlain Alliance. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. People reading a large book. Available in mini-sheets of 10 stamps in 5 rows of triptychs with central label telling “20 ans | de | l’Alliance | Champlain”; frame illustrated with coconut trees. Multi-colored.

2005 (March 29)
Ascension (April 29) - Bahamas (April 29) - Bermuda () - British Indian Ocean Territory () - Cayman () - Gibraltar (January 31) - Jamaica () - Kiribati (March 29) - Nauru (March 29) - Saint Helena (May 10) - Saint Lucia () - Tristan da Cunha (January 20)
200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar. Omnibus issue [OS] to be confirmed
Similar stamps except one identical stamp depicting HMS Victory and featuring a layer of actual timber from the original HMS Victory. Multi-colored. Usually 6 stamps and one souvenir sheet per country.

2005 (April 15)
Belarus - Russia
Nature. Twin issue [T1].
Identical souvenir sheets of 4 different stamps: spotted eagle, butterfly (Catacola sponsa), river beaver, badger. Multi-colored.
One souvenir sheet per country - FDCS

2005 (April 21)
Australia - Great Britain
World Heritage. Pacific Explorer 2005 Stamp Expo. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps, 8 stamps (four horizontal se-tenant pairs) per country. A, The Greater Blue Mountains area, NSW; B, Blenheim Palace, England; C, The Wet Tropics of Queensland; D, Stonehenge, England; E, Purnululu National Park, WA; F, Heart of Neolithic Orkney, Scotland; G, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, NT; H, Hadrian’s Wall, England. Multi-colored.
8 stamps per country - FDCs - Maximum cards - special presentation packs (one per country with all stamps of the country, mint) - mixed FDC cover - mixed presentation pack

2005 (April 21)
British Indian Ocean Territories (June 26) - Fiji (June 27) - Kiribati - Nauru - Saint Helena (June 24) - Solomon Islands
The route to victory. 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Omnibus issue [OS] to be confirmed
Similar stamps. Multi-colored. 10 stamps se-tenant and one souvenir sheet per country.

2005 (April 22)
Canada - Ireland
Biosphere reserves; Canada Waterton's Lakes and the Republic of Ireland's Killarney National Park. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Multi-colored.
2 stamps and 1 souvenir sheet per country - FDCs

2005 (April 30)
Antilles (Netherlands) - Aruba - Netherlands
25 Years of the reign of Queen Beatrix. Twin territorial issue [TD].
Series of five se-tenant stamps issued in a souvenir sheet; each country issued the same set of five stamps. Five different portraits, among which one with Nelson Mandela. Multicolored.

2005 (May 4)
Czech Republic - France
Battle of Austerlitz 1805-2005. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Portrait of the Emperor Napoleon 1st, commemorative Peace Monument and text “Austerlitz | 1805-2005” or “Slavkov | 1805-2005”; the Czech miniature sheet shows a painting by L. F. Lejeune, “Napoleon before the battle of Austerlitz”. Multi-colored.
one stamp per country - mixed FDC - mixed folder with two blocks of four stamps, mint

2005 (May 5)
Azores - Madeira - Portugal
Europa CEPT 2005 stamps. Gastronomy. Territorial parallel issue [PD].
Two different stamps and one souvenir sheet containing a pair of stamps per country. Different traditional dishes. Multicolored.

2005 (May 18)
China (PR) - Liechtenstein
Famous paintings, flowers. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Paintings: floral bouquet by the Flemish painter Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621) from the collection of the Prince von und zu Liechtenstein; flower tendril by the Chinese artist Chen Hongshou (1588-1652) from the Ming Dynasty (exhibited in the Beijing Palace Museum). Multi-colored.
Two stamps per country - FDCs - mixed FDCs - mixed maxi-cards

2005 (May 27)
Norway - Sweden
Neighbors developing together - 100 years of the dissolution of the union between the two countries (October 26, 1905). Parallel issue [P1].
Identical frame of the souvenir sheet, different stamps. Portraits of Prime Minister Christian Michelsen and King Haakon VII, the two major actors in the dissolution of the union step; Swinesund bridge crossing the Ide Fjord, inaugurated on June 10, 2005. Multicolored.
Two stamps for Norway - Souvenir sheet for both countries - FDCs - mixed mint folder - Black print - mixed FDC

2005 (June 1)
Korea (North) - Russia
Fauna. Relationship between both countries. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps in a triptych with central label showing flags of both countries. Sable (Martes zibellina), Siberian tiger (Pantera tigris altaica). Multicolored.
One triptych per country - FDCs

2005 (June 2)
Germany - Vatican
20th World Youth Day in Cologne (that took place between 16 and 21 August 2005). Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Cross, world sphere; text in German and Italian on both stamps. Multicolored.
One stamp per country - FDCs - mixed FDC

2005 (June 9)
Italy - Vatican
20th Anniversary of the ratification of the agreement modifying the concordat between the two countries. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Symbolic signing (June 3, 1985) of the agreement (also called Lateran agreement) with the coat of arms of the Italian Republic and the Holy See; map of Italy from a 16th century fresco by the cosmographer Ignazio Danti. Multicolored.
Two stamps per country - FDCs

2005 (June 20)
Belgium (June 20) - Turkey (June 22)
Carpets and tapestry. Relationship between both countries. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Turkish (Hereke area) carpet (19th century) and Flemish tapestry (16th century) entitled L’humanité assaillie par les sept péchés capitaux (Humanity assaulted by the seven deadly sins) which is part of a group of four known as Le triomphe des vertus sur les vices (The triumph of virtue over vice). Multicolored.
Two stamps per country - FDCs - mixed FDC

2005 (June 28)
China (People’s Republic) - Hong Kong - Macao
600th Anniversary of Zheng He's Maritime expeditions. Territorial parallel issue [PD].
Different souvenir sheets containing two (or three - Macao) strips of three different stamps. The three different subjects represent a portrait of Zheng He (1371-1433), a design representing diplomacy, trade and exploration and another one representing scientific navigation; each souvenir sheet represents a view of Zhen He’s mighty fleet of 200 ships. Multicolored.
One souvenir sheet with 6 or 9 stamps - FDCs
Indonesia - Singapore
Indonesia issued one stamp and a souvenir sheet containing the same stamp at this occasion on the same day. Singapore issued four stamps in panes of ten stamps; two out of these stamps were also available in a pane of five vertical se-tenant pairs with a different perforation. All stamps have different designs.

2005 (June 30)
Bosnia Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (June 30) - Qatar (July 13)
International friendship of cities: Sarajevo - Doha. Concerted issue [C1].
Identical stamps. Buildings from both capital towns. Multicolored.
One stamp per country - FDCs

2005 (June 30)
Cayman Islands (June 30) - Jamaica (June 30) - Nauru (September 9) - Solomon Islands (September 9)
100th anniversary of the Rotary International. Twin omnibus series [TO]. One stamp identical for all countries, showing the Rotary wheel. Multicolored.

2005 (July 12)
Micronesia () - Nevis (July 12) - Palau () - Saint Vincent and Grenadines ()- Saint Vincent and Grenadines (Bequia) ()
Vacancy of the Holy Seat after the death of Pope John Paul II (Sede vacante). Twin omnibus series [TO]. One stamp per country showing a 1939 stamp from the Vatican State. Multicolored. (Joh. Enschedé)

2005 (August 10)
Brazil (August 16) - Cuba (August 10)
Dances: Samba and Son. Twin issue [T1].
Two identical stamps. Pairs of dancers, birds (Cuban stamps have not been seen at the time of printing this catalogue). Multicolored.
2 stamps - FDCs

2005 (August 18)
Ascension - Bahamas - Belize - British Virgin Islands - Cayman Islands - Fiji - Jamaica - Kiribati - Nauru - Saint Helena (August 31) - Saint Lucia - Seychelles - Swaziland - Tokelau - Tristan da Cunha
To the memory of John Paul II. Miniature sheets containing eight [4x2] stamps representing a different portrait of Pope John Paul II per country. Multicolored. Omnibus series.
One miniature sheet per country

2005 (September 9)
Belgium (September 10) - Singapore (September 9)
Reassignment of commercial warehouses. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Buildings: shophouse in Kandahar street in the Kampong Glam district (Singapore), row of shophouses along Bukit Pasoh in the China town district (Singapore, 1935 and 1910), Belgium center for Comic Strip Art (Brussels, 1903), Museum of Musical Instruments (Brussels, 1899). Multicolored.
4 stamps - one souvenir sheet - FDCs - mixed FDC

2005 (September 21)
Bhutan - New Caledonia - United Nations (Geneva - New York - Vienna)
Children’s artwork - My dream for peace one day (sponsored by the Lion’s Club International). Twin issue [TX].
In total six different stamps were issued by each country, but only four are common between Bhutan and the United Nations, and a single one for New Caledonia. Children’s drawings: United Nations, (Geneva) A, dove, Marisa Harun (age 12, Indonesia), B, decoration, Carlos Javier Paramon Teixido (age 12, Spain); (New York) C, candle, Vittorio Sansebastiano (age 12, Italy), D, bulb, Jordan Harris (age 13, USA); (Vienna) E, world and umbrella, Lee Min Gi (age 12, South Korea), F, people and doves, Natalie Chan (age 13, USA) - Bhutan, six stamps in a souvenir sheet in the following order: F, C, G, children, Monsour Mendoza (Philippines), A, H, world and light, Engpeng Song (USA), E. The United Nations stamps are printed in panes of twenty stamps with a large right illustrated margin. A different cut was used for stamp E. Multicolored.

2005 (September 22)
China - Netherlands
Water management in both countries. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Windmills and waterwheel. The margins of the Dutch stamps are “Priority” labels. Multicolored.
Two stamps - FDCs

2005 (September 23)
Sweden - United States
Greta Garbo (1905-1990), film actress of Swedish origin, hundredth anniversary of her birth. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. A, Portrait of Greta Garbo, based on a 1932 portrait from Clarence Sinclair; Sweden issued a second stamp (B) showing a caricature of the actress by Swedish cartoonist Einar Nerman (1888-1983). Swedish stamps are issued in booklet of two se-tenant pairs, chessboard pattern. Black and white; the second Swedish stamp is also violet.
1 stamp - booklet (Sweden) - souvenir sheet (Sweden) - FDCs - mixed FDC

Note: The Swedish postal administration issued on September 23, 2005 a miniature sheet containing four identical stamps with the portrait of Greta Garbo, beside a booklet containing also 4 stamps but only two portraits and two cartoons. The number of miniature sheets officially printed was 30,000. With the big interest of US stamp collectors for this item (compare to the figure of 40 millions stamps issued by the USPS), the price of this item went very high (see present eBay offers). Surprisingly, two types of miniature sheets can be found: one bearing a printing number figure (apparently up to 30,000) together with the figure "1" or "2" at the bottom of each sheetlet, and miniature sheets without figures. It might be possible that the Swedish Post has re-issued this miniature sheet making the high prices only relevant for those with a printed number. Care: so far this is not an explanation, but only an hypothesis. We are waiting for more explanations, but any hint would be helpful for everybody.

2005 (September 30)
Afghanistan () - Iran (September 30) - Syria (September 30) - Turkey (September 30)
Our cultural assets. Twin issue [T1].
One stamp per country. Syria and Turkey stamps are identical. Portrait of Jalal al Din Muhammad Rumi (1207-1273), his tomb and the Sema dance of the whirling dervishes. Multicolored.
Afghanistan and Iran stamps have not issued stamp at the same date as the other countries, apparently due to paper shortage. The Iranian stamp was available 63 days after September 30, but the official first day remains on the common date. Afghanistan stamp was printed in Iran.

2005 (October 3) - [O20051003]
Ascension (October 3) - Bahamas (November 8) - Nauru (October 12) - Saint Helena (October 4) - Solomon Islands (October 10)
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1975) - Christmas 2005. Concerted omnibus series [CO]. Four to six stamps, tales showing mainly animals. One common stamp for each country, showing a Christmas tree (The little fir tree). Multicolored.

2005 (October 10)
Iran - Spain
Diplomatic relationship. Gardens of the farm of San Ildefonso and garden of Shazadeh near Kerman Iran. Twin issue [T1]. Stamp initially planned to be issued as twin series, but due to shortage of paper, the Iranian stamps were issued by December 2005, but the official first day remained October 10, 2005.
Identical se-tenant stamps with central label; actually rows of two pairs separated by a single label. Gardens; the central label shows the flags of both countries. Multicolored.
2 stamps with label - FDCs

2005 (October 13)
Canada - China (People’s Republic)
35th Anniversary of diplomatic relationship (agreement signed on October 13, 1970). Twin issue [T1].
Identical se-tenant stamps. Canadian Cougar and Amour Leopard. Canada printed the same pair of stamps in a souvenir sheet with rounded top right and bottom left corners. Multicolored.
2 stamps - miniature sheets - souvenir sheets - FDCs - mixed FDC

2005 (October 18)
Hong Kong, China - Portugal
Old fishing villages. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Two pairs of se-tenant stamps: wooden stilt houses of Tai O (Hong Kong) and local specialty of dried salted fish; palafitte landing stage of Aldeia da Carrasqueira (Portugal), fishing boats, fisherman at work. Multicolored.
4 stamps se-tenant per pair - FDCs - mixed FDC

2005 (October 18) - [O20051018]
Ascension (21 October) - British Indian Ocean Territory - British Virgin Islands - Jamaica - Kiribati - Nauru - Saint Helena - Solomon Islands - Tristan da Cunha
200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar (1805-2005). Twin omnibus series [TO]. Three stamps, one being common and featuring a portrait of admiral Nelson. The set for British Virgin Islands contains a fourth stamp representing the HMS Victory. This stamp is identical to those released earlier in the first Trafalgar omnibus series [O20050329]. Multicolored (Crown agents).

2005 (October 19)
Estonia - Kazakhstan
Hunting dogs. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Dogs: Estonian and Kazakh dogs. Multicolored.
2 stamps - FDCs

2005 (October 21)
Gibraltar - Isle of Man
200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar. Siamese issue [S2].
Two different stamps, one from each country, part of one single souvenir sheet. Each country issued its own mixed souvenir sheet in which the stamps are the same but there is a slight difference in the text. Stamps, paintings: A, the death of Horatio Nelson (1758-1805); B, the funeral of Nelson. Gibraltar issued also a souvenir sheet containing only stamp A. On January 9, 2005, Isle of Man issued already stamp B, as part of a series of 2x4 different se-tenant stamps, in the frame of the first series related to the Trafalgar battle anniversary. Multicolored.
The two mixed souvenir sheets can be identified by the name of the issuing country and the logo of the respective post offices printed on it. Jersey issued on the same day five stamps and one miniature sheet with a different design.

2005 (November 3)
Germany - Israel
40 Years of diplomatic relations. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Flags of both countries and text in German and Hebrew. Multicolored.
1 stamp - FDCs - mixed FDC

2005 (November 10)
France - Vatican
Museums of the Louvre and the Vatican State. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Vatican stamps in panes have another denomination than stamps in souvenir sheets. Painting The Annunciation, Raphael (1483-1520). Multicolored.
2 stamps (Vatican) - souvenir sheet containing both stamps (both countries) - FDCs

2005 (November 21)
Bosnia Herzegovina (Croatian Republic) - Bosnia Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (December 30) - Bosnia Herzegovina (Serb Republic) (November 21)
10 years after Dayton Peace agreement. Concerted issue [C1].
Identical stamp with different formats. Flowers. Multicolored.
1 stamp - FDCs

2005 (November 22)
Switzerland - Vatican
500 years of the Swiss Guard at the Vatican. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Two stamps per country. Swiss guards. Multicolored.
2 stamps - FDCs - mixed FDC

2005 (November 22)
International Olympic Committee IOC - Switzerland
20th Olympic games in Turin (Italy). Territorial parallel issue [PD].
One stamp per postal administration. A, ice hokey; B, curling. Multicolored.