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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
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wider range of designs has been used within the same issue. The first issue was the Silver
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The first omnibus has been said to be the issue of 1898 by the
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1978 - 25th
Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation
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British Empire and
British Overseas Territories issues
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to commemorate the quatercentenary of Vasco de Gama's
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1985 - Life and Times of
Elizabeth the Queen Mother
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956:1965 - International Telecommunication Union
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1430:1981 Royal Wedding Omnibus Stamp Collection
1268:1939 - 150th Anniversary of the Revolution
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1187:1990 - Queen Mother's 90th Birthday
1157:1966 - Royal Visit to the Caribbean
1414:The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia
1175:1980 - Queen Mothers 80th Birthday
1163:1973 - Royal Wedding Princess Anne
43:discovery of the sea route to India
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1412:Sutton, R.J. & K.W. Anthony.
1271:1942 - Protection of the Infants
1236:International Exposition in Paris
989:1965 - International Cooperation
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266:1945-1946 - Peace and Victory
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1160:1972 - Royal Silver Wedding
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1055:1966 - Football World Cup
1022:1966 - Churchill Memorial
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1332:Colonial Exposition Issue
1294:1950 - Tropical Medicine
1286:1946 - Chad to the Rhine
1123:World Health Organization
1088:1966 - U.N.E.S.C.O Issue
606:Bechuanaland Protectorate
260:Turks and Caicos Islands
1297:1952 - Military Medals
1289:1949 - UPU Anniversary
160:1966 Football World Cup
33:The first omnibus issue
1452:Philatelic terminology
855:West Indies Federation
1304:Other omnibus issuers
1264:New York World's Fair
1194:French omnibus issues
1259:1939 - Rene Caillie
1280:1945 - Felix Eboue
1200:Colonial Exposition
953:1964 - Shakespeare
850:1953 - Royal Visit
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1446:Categories
1353:References
1151:Seychelles
1115:Seychelles
1082:Seychelles
1049:Seychelles
1016:Seychelles
983:Seychelles
930:Seychelles
816:Seychelles
620:Basutoland
422:Seychelles
324:Gold Coast
232:Seychelles
176:Coronation
1398:12 August
1137:Gibraltar
1101:Gibraltar
1068:Gibraltar
1035:Gibraltar
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969:Gibraltar
902:Gibraltar
774:St. Lucia
648:Hong Kong
634:Gibraltar
553:St. Lucia
539:Nyasaland
310:Gibraltar
246:Swaziland
218:Gibraltar
18:philately
1326:See also
944:Zanzibar
802:Selangor
690:Kelantan
497:Dominica
436:Zanzibar
408:Selangor
352:Kelantan
58:Portugal
1262:1939 -
1234:1937 -
1198:1931 -
1121:1966 -
916:Sarawak
853:1958 -
788:Sarawak
576:1953 -
567:Jamaica
455:Bermuda
394:Sarawak
174:1937 -
168:1935 -
86:Madeira
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746:Perlis
718:Penang
662:Johore
525:Gambia
380:Penang
296:Johore
72:Azores
732:Perak
704:Malta
676:Kedah
469:Tonga
338:Kedah
20:, an
1400:2018
1371:ISBN
888:Aden
592:Aden
282:Aden
190:Aden
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