New Issues 2006

This page collects only issues released during the year 2006.  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 last updated on February 25 , 2007.

2006 (January 5)
Australia - Christmas Island
Special note: This year Australia issued again a series of Chinese New Year stamps for its territory Christmas Island showing identical topic and design. As both Australia and Christmas Island stamps are printed by the same country (Australia) and above all as all these stamps can be used on mail in both countries, they should be attributed the classification [N]. Therefore they will not anymore be reported in these pages.

2006 (January 10)
Great Britain - United States
Children’s book illustrations; Animal tales (Great Britain), Favorite Children’s book animals (United States); 100th anniversary of the creation of Beatrix Potter's Jeremy Fisher. Twin issue [T1].
Eight stamps in the series, but only two will be identical for both countries. A, the Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle (first UK stamp with holes); B, Maisy (1994), Lucy Cousin's mouse; C, Enormous Crocodile, Roald Dahl; D, Paddington Bear, Michael Bond; E, Kipper, the dog by Mick Inkpen; F, Boots, the cat by Satoshi Kitamura; G, The White Rabbit, from Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustration by Helen Oxenbury; H, Jeremy Fisher (1906), Beatrix Potter; I, Olivia (2000) the piglet, Ian Falconer; J, Fox in Socks (1965), Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel; K, Frederick, the mouse (1967), Leo Lionni; L, Curious George (1958) the ape, Margret and H.A. Rey; M, Wild Thing (1963), Maurice Sendak; N, Wilbur, the pig (1952), Garth Williams. Multicolored.
The stamp Paddington Bear (D) was also issued as self adhesive stamp in sheets of 20 with labels featuring 10 classic illustrations from the original books.
8 stamps per country - mixed FDC

2006 (January 22)
Armenia - Russia
2006 Year of Armenia in Russia. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Monument Eternal Friendship by sculptor Fridrikh Sogoyan, and flags of both countries. Multicolored.
1 stamp - FDCs

2006 (February 12)
China (PR) - Hong Kong - Macao
Lantern Festival. Parallel territorial issue [PD].
Different stamps. China: Fish lantern, Chinese White Cabbage lantern, Lotus lantern, Dragon and Phoenix lantern, Butterfly lantern; Hong Kong: Lotus Fairy lantern, Narcissus lantern, Peacock lantern; Macao: ; the Hong Kong souvenir sheet represents children with a Dragon lantern; fluorescent ink was used to make lantern glow under ultraviolet light; the design also incorporates lantern riddles. Multicolored with fluorescent ink under UV light.
Souvenir sheets - FDCs

2006 (March 6)
Austria - Liechtenstein
Paintings from Friedrich Amerling (1803-1887), Austrian artist, Lost in her Dreams (1835). Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Painting exhibited in the Liechtenstein Museum at Vienna. Multicolored.
1 stamp - FDCs - mixed maxi card - mixed FDC

2006 (March 7)
Italy (March 18) - Switzerland (March 7)
Anniversary of the opening of the Simplon Tunnel joining both countries through the Alps Mountains. Not claimed as joint, no official mixed first day covers. Non-approved issue.

2006 (March 13)
Italy (September 1) - San Marino (August 21) - Sovereign Military Order of Malta (March 13) - Vatican (June 22)
40th anniversary of the Italian Association of Philatelic Press (USFI). Same symbol showing a man on a horse: borrowed design. Italy, one stamp se-tenant with label; Order of Malta, one stamp; San Marino, two stamps; Vatican, one aerogramme. Multicolored.

2006 (March 29)
Åland - Denmark - Faeroe - Finland - Greenland - Iceland - Norway - Sweden
Nordic Mythology - Top of the World package Part II; one or two souvenir sheet per country. Norden parallel issue [P1].
Different souvenir sheets. Multicolored.
1 souvenir sheet per country - folder with 8 mint souvenir sheets

2006 (April 5)
Italy - San Marino
Philatelic exhibition Le Due Repubbliche, (April 8 to May 7, 2006). Souvenir sheet containing one stamp from each country. Siamese issue [S1].
Identical stamps part of a common souvenir sheet. Each country issued its own siamese souvenir sheet. They can be differentiated with the order in which the stamp are presented. Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome, home of the Italian Parliament and Palazzo Pubblico, San Marino, seat of the San Marino government. On the souvenir sheet, two female figures, wearing national colors, are holding their respective buildings and states. The stamps from the souvenir sheets bear on the back gummed side the text "VALIDO POSTALMENTE SOLO IN ITALIA" on the Italian stamp and "VALIDO POSTALMENTE SOLO A SAN MARINO" on the San Marino stamp. Multicolored.
1 souvenir sheet per country

2006 (April 12)
Cyprus - India
Folk dances. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps presented in souvenir sheets. Indian Nati dance of Himachal Pradesh and Cyprus Kouza or Stamna (the pitcher) dance. Multicolored.
Cyprus (2 stamps) - 1 souvenir sheet per country - FDC

2006 (April 19)
Kazakhstan - Latvia
Cooperation. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Adornments, female ornaments from the 19th century: silver bracelet with rings (Shynzhyr bilezik) from Kazakhstan and silver brooch for a kerchief (Sakta) from Latvia. Multicolored.
2 se-tenant stamps per country - FDC

2006 (April 21)
Jersey - New Zealand
80th birthday of the Queen Elisabeth II. Siamese issue [S1].
Identical stamps part of a same souvenir sheet. Portrait of the Queen. Multicolored with 99% pure silver foiling.
Siamese souvenir sheet - FDC

2006 (April 21)
Ascension - Bahamas - Bermuda - British Antarctic Territory - British Indian Ocean Territory - Cayman Islands - Fiji Islands - Kiribati - Pitcairn - Saint Helena - Samoa - Solomon Islands - South Georgia - Tokelau - Tristan da Cunha - Vanuatu - Virgin Islands
80th birthday of the Queen Elisabeth II. Omnibus series [PO].
Different stamps (4 per country) and different souvenir sheets (one per country) in the same style including two different stamps. Portraits of the Queen, in total 68, all being different. Multicolored.
Other countries have issued different stamps on the same day at this occasion: Guernsey-Alderney

2006 (May 4)
Finland - Sweden
Fortresses Suomenlinna (Sveaborg) by Helsinki. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps se-tenant available in booklets. Frigate Pajama, the King's Gate Kuninkaanportti; Frigate Turkoma and fortress Tenaille von Fersen; Frigate Undenma and the Bastion Hjärne. Multicolored.
3 se-tenant stamps - souvenir sheet and/or booklet - FDC - folder with mint stamps

2006 (May 9) - Europa CEPT stamps
Åland (May 4) - Albania () - Andorra (French) (May 9) - Andorra (Spanish) (May 16) - Armenia (March 28 or October 17) - Austria (July 1) - Azerbaijan (March 1) - Azores (May 9) - Belarus (May 4) - Belgium (April 5) - Bosnia Herzegovina (April 5) Bosnia Herzegovina (Croatia) (April 5) - Bosnia Herzegovina (Serbia) (April 5) - Bulgaria (April 25) - Croatia (May 9) - Cyprus (May 4) - Czech Republic (May 3) - Denmark (23 August) - Estonia (May 3) - Faeroe (June 12) - Finland (May 4) - France (April 30) - Georgia (July 10) - Germany (May 4) - Gibraltar (June 30) - Great Britain (October 3) - Greece (May 15) - Guernsey (May 20) - Hungary (May 9) - Iceland (May 18) - Ireland (May 9) - Italy (May 8) - Jersey (March 7) - Kazakhstan (May 3) - Kosovo (May 9) - Latvia (May 3) - Liechtenstein (March 6) - Lithuania (April 15) - Luxembourg (May 16) - Macedonia (May 9) - Madeira (May 9) - Malta (May 9) - Man (October 11) - Moldavia (May 6) - Monaco (May 5) - Montenegro (August 30) - Norway (November 17) - Poland (May 5) - Portugal (May 9) - Romania (May 4) - San Marino (June 19) - Serbian Republic and Montenegro (May 4) - Slovakia (May 5) - Slovenia (May 19) - Spain (September 12) - Sweden (May 4) - Switzerland (May 9) - Turkey (May 30) - Turkish Cyprus (May 18) - Ukraine (April 28) - Vatican (March 16)
Topic: integration as seen by young people. One to three stamps per country. Multicolored.

2006 (May 12)
Belgium (May 12) - China (People's Republic) (November 6) - Hungary (October 27) - Netherlands (May 1)
Belgica 2006, philatelic exhibition, November 16-20, 2006. Identical stamps, actually use of the same logo on all stamps. Borrowed design.
Two stamps issued by Belgium (one with water activated gum, one self adhesive) on May 12, 2006, and a postal stationery (card) issued on November 17, 2006.  The Hungarian stamp is on a postal stationery  (card). China issued a normal stamp se-tenant with a label representing the logo. Multicolored.

2006 (May 25)
Bahrain - Kuwait - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates
25th anniversary of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Special twin issue [T4].
Triangular stamps representing each the flag of the country. Each country issued only one stamp with its own flag, but this stamp without denomination is part of a miniature sheet showing all flags (i.e. all stamps without country names) from all participating countries. The local stamp with the local flag is framed in the miniature sheet, but remains non-perforated and without denomination. Multicolored, silver edges of triangular stamps and souvenir sheets.

2006 (May 27)
Ascension (July 24) - Kiribati - Nauru - Solomon Islands (2006)
Exploration and innovation; 200th anniversary of the birth of Brunel and 175th anniversary of Darwin's voyage on the Beagle. Omnibus series [PO].
Different stamps part of 8 stamp panes (up to 6 per country as this series integrates also other subjects such as Columbus, Edison, Halley, Mozart, Stephenson and even Concorde) in the same style. Portraits. Multicolored.

2006 (May 28)
Canada - United States
400th anniversary of Samuel Champlain’ survey of the coast extending from New Brunswick to Massachusetts. Released during the Washington Philatelic exhibition. Siamese souvenir sheet [S1].
Identical stamps. Samuel Champlain (1567-1635). Multicolored.
Siamese souvenir sheet - FDC - mixed FDC

2006 (June 7)
Norfolk - Pitcairn
150th anniversary of the arrival of the Pitcairners at Norfolk Island. Parallel issue [P1].
Four se-tenant stamps issued by Pitcairn, five by Norfolk. Ships and people. Multicolored.

2006 (June 8)
Hungary - Romania
60th anniversary of relationship between both countries. Famous composers: 125th birthday of Béla Bartok and George Enescu. Twin issue [T3].
Similar stamps, portrait used are not exactly the same for matching pairs. A, Béla Bartok (1881-1945), Hungarian composer; B, George Enescu (1881-1955), Romanian composer; portraits. The Romanian stamps were issued in pairs available in panes, in miniature sheet of 6 pairs and in souvenir sheets; the miniature sheets and the panes are available in two sub-types, either in order A,B or B,A; all pairs of Romanian stamps in panes and miniature sheets are alternating normal and upside down (per pair) offering the possibility to create pairs of tête-bêche of the same type A or B or tête-bêche pairs. Multicolored.
two stamps or 1 souvenir sheet containing two stamps - FDC

2006 (June 9)
Nauru - Solomon Islands
Soccer world cup in Germany. Omnibus series [PO].
Different stamps (4 panes of 10 stamps) in the same style. Various historic games. Multicolored.

2006 (June 17)
France - United Nations
UNESCO World heritage sites - French towns. Twin issue [T1].
Two identical stamps. A, Fortified town of Provins; B, Mount Saint Michel; C, Banks of the Seine; D, Roman Aqueduct over the Gard; E, Fortified town of Carcassonne; F, Chambord Castle; all United Nations stamps show also the Eiffel Tower. The United Nations issued also the same stamps with reduced denominations in mixed booklets containing 16 pages of text (each office issued the booklet in its local language) and 6 pages of 4 stamps each with a total of 24 stamps per booklet. Multicolored
2 stamps per office or country - FDC - mixed FDc - mixed maxi cards

2006 (June 19)
San Marino - Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Cooperation. Parallel issue [P1], but also Non Approved [NA]. However, this class of stamps with different cuts exist and get the class [T4]. If separated they become definitely stamps of type [P1]. Therefore the final classification will be [T4/NA].
Different stamp with label, the label showing the design of the stamp of the partner country.
This is the first time that the Order of Malta is involved in a joint issue. As this postal office is not recognized by the UPU, this issue should be classified as Non Approved.
1 stamp with label per country - FDC

2006 (June 20)
China (People's Republic) - Poland
Gold and silver plates. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Cup from the manufacturing of the Manchurian Qing dynasty (Emperor's Palace in Beijing; mug produced in the period 1660-1680) and a baroque partially gilded mug with two biblical scenes depicted on it by Peter Rode (National collection of the Museum of Warsaw). Multicolored.

2006 (June 21)
Argentina - France
Tango (music and dance); remembrance to the Argentinean most popular tango artist Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), born in France. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Stylized dancers and bandoneón (accordion) player. Multicolored

2006 (July 13)
Germany (July 13) - Netherlands (July 15)
400th Birthday of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 - October 4, 1669). Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. A, Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh with red hat, first wife of Rembrandt (1612-1642), presently in the collection of the State Museum in Kassel; B, Men with beard (probably Rembrandt's father); C, Sitting old woman (probably Rembrandt's mother); D, Rembrandt's son Titus; E, Woman at a door opening (probably Hendrickje Stoffels, Rembrandt's second wife); F, Self-portrait with Saskia, 1636. The Dutch booklet contains the several Dutch stamps: two sheets with stamps B,C,D, se-tenant, one sheet with two stamps E, but also one sheet with the Dutch and the German identical stamps A (*); A,D,E,F are multicolored, B and C are black and white.
(*) The "copy" of the German stamp that is printed in the booklet next to the identical Dutch stamp is not exactly the same as the German stamp. Of course it was printed by the Dutch printing house Johan Enschedé in Haarlem and not the German Bagel Security Print in Mönchengladbach, but it shows some slight differences: printing definition is different, phosphor L-shape tag instead of full phosphorescent paper. This issue created a big sensation among collectors, as it was not announced that Dutch postal administration would print a German stamp. On the other side, Dutch administration would never have printed a German stamp without German authorization and above all, without the German stamp design. Both postal administrations took a long time before reacting and from a forgery, then to a misunderstanding, finally this stamp had to be considered as a simple label. An official common statement issued August 11, 2006 is supposed to clarify the situation and describes this stamp as a label without postage value. Dutch post even proposed to reimburse the booklet to those collectors who found to be fooled. On this basis the Michel catalogue decided not to report this stamp in the German catalogue pages. It will remain a pure Dutch product. Nevertheless, once affixed on a mail, postmen will not recognize this stamp as being different from a normal German stamp. Therefore, exceptionally this "false" German stamp was tolerated on Dutch national mail.
Due to the official deny from both postal administrations, this pair will not be classified as a [S] siamese series.

2006 (August 22)
Austria - Hong Kong
Fireworks. Twin and siamese issue [S2][T1]
Souvenir sheet containing two stamps. Fireworks over the Pratel attraction park (Vienna) and the Hong Kong skyline. Multicolored with included crystal glass powder (Swarovski crystals) on all souvenir sheet stamps.

2006 (September 7)
Germany - Sweden
650 years of Hanseatic towns - Shipping and trade. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. A, ship from the Hanseatic towns around 1380. Sweden issued a booklet containing two identical stamps and two supplementary different stamps: B, harbor of Visby, C, scene of trade and seal. Multicolored

2006 (September 11)
India (September 11) - Mongolia (September 28)
50 years of diplomatic relations - Ancient art: horses. Concerted issue [C1].
Identical stamps and souvenir sheets. A, early 20th century bronze replica of the equestrian deity Rao Dev from Bastar, Madhya Pradesh; B, ancient sculpture of a horse from Mongolia, an archeological finding from the Bronze age found in the city of Murun of Khuvsgul, province of Mongolia; the souvenir sheet contains the same stamps se-tenant. Multicolored

2006 (September 12)
Kiribati - Nauru
150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration in the Commonwealth. Six stamps in a miniature sheet showing act of heroism for which Victoria Cross was awarded. Multicolored

2006 (September 14)
Portugal - Spain
Iberian bridges. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. A, Puente internacional de Ayamonte (Huelva) over the Guadiana River (1991); B, Puente de Alcantara over the Tajo River in Caceres (105 AD). Multicolored

2006 (September 15)
Iran (September 20) - Kazakhstan (September 15)
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), third meeting of the ECO Postal authorities held in Ankara (Turkey), September 20-22, 2006. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Map of the area showing the 10 participating countries, flags of the ten countries, large figure "3". Initially the meeting had to take place in Istanbul. Kazakhstan released a second stamp on September 22, which has the name of the initial place Istanbul covered by a gold foil embossing and showing the word Ankara. Multicolored.

2006 (September 25)
France - Romania
French Speaking countries summit in Bucharest - Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957). Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Sculptures from Brancusi: A, Sleeping Muse, bronze sculpture representing baroness Renée Irana Frachon (1910), Center Pompidou, Paris, B, The Sleep, marble sculpture (1908), National Museum of Art, Bucharest. Multicolored

2006 (September 26)
Austria - China (PR)
Musical instruments - Mozart. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Bösendorfer piano, company established in Vienna in 1828, background referring to the Year of Mozart and depicting the city of Salzburg, Mozart's birth place, as well as a sheet of music from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro; Guqin, a seven string Chinese zither, Beijing Palace Museum, Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), background showing the Guqintai monument in Wuhan and a verse of the poem by Song Xiang (1748-1826) of the Qing Dynasty. Multicolored

2006 (September 27)
Indonesia - Slovakia
Puppet theatre. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. A, Gasparko, Silly Billy, from the Slovak comical puppet theatre; B, Semar or Sang Hyang Ismoyo, from Indonesian puppet theatre. Multicolored

2006 (October 3)
Japan - Singapore
40th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship and international letter writing week ion Japan - Flowers. Twin issue [T1].
Six identical stamps. Flowers, Singaporean orchids: A, Vanda Mimi Palmer and B, Renanthera Singaporeans, C, Vanda Miss Joaquim (Singapore National flower) and D, Mokara Lion's Gold; paintings Flowers and birds of the Four Seasons Drawing on a Folding Screen by Hoitsu Sakai, E, summer with hollyhocks and heron, F, summer with iris and moorhens. Japanese stamps are only available in a miniature sheet in which stamps A and B as well as C and D are se-tenant. Multicolored and hot stamp technique (gold foil for Singapore).

2006 (October 6) - Austria - Germany
Austrian and German philatelic day. Non accepted parallel accidental issue [PA].
Different stamps. Austria: Bad Reichenhall, mountains, building, statue; Germany: letter, stamp, cancellation. Multicolored. None of the two postal administrations have claimed these issued being joint.

2006 (October 12)
Singapore - Vatican
25th anniversary of diplomatic relationship between both countries 1981-2006. Twin issue [T1]
Identical stamps. A, Dome of Saint Peter's, Vatican and the Merlion, an animal half lion, half fish of Singapore; B, flags of both countries. Multicolored

2006 (October 25)
Chile - Estonia
Fauna of Antarctica. Twin issue [T1]
Identical stamps. A, Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri); B, Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata); flags of both countries on all stamps. Multicolored

2006 (November 10)
Belgium (November 17) - Denmark (November 10)
CoBrA (Copenhagen - Brussels - Amsterdam) artist group (1948-1951); paintings. Twin issue [T1].
Two identical stamps, se-tenant in a souvenir sheet. A, painting from Pierre Alechinsky (1927- ), Belgium painter, New skin, 1950; B, painting from Asger Jorn - in fact Oluf Jørgensen (1914-1973), Danish painter, Without title, 1951. Denmark issued two supplementary stamps: C, painting from Else Alfelt (1910-1974), Night landscape; D, painting from Egill Jacobsen (1910-1998), Olive eater. Multicolored.

2006 (November 29)
Bulgaria - Romania
Integration in the European Union on January 1, 2007. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Symbols and flags, colors of both countries and the European Community. Multicolored.

2006 (December 1)
Austria - Ukraine
750th anniversary of the city of Lemberg (Lwiw in Ukrainian). Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Representation of the town, Ferdinand place in 1840; miniature sheet of 10 stamps presented in triptychs with central labels (5 different labels). Multicolored.

2006 (December 12)
Laos - Thailand
Second Friendship Bridge over the Mekong. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Pair of se-tenant stamps representing the bridge, night view. Multicolored.