New Issues 2002 (January - April)

This page collects only issues released during the year 2002.  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.

Most recent update of this section on October 12 , 2002.

2002 (8 January)
Australia - Christmas Islands
Year of the horse. Territorial joint issue
Two stamps and a souvenir sheet for Christmas Island - two prestamped envelopes for Australia - FDCs

2002 (5 February)
China - Malaysia
Rare flowers from both countries. Twin issue.
Two identical stamps. Cannonball Tree flower or bunga peluru meriam (Couroupita guianensis), Malaysian flower and B, Golden Camellia (Camelia nitidissima), China.
2 stamps per country (Malaysia issued also a third stamp and a miniature sheet) - FDCs - Mixed FDCs

2002 (6 February)
Antigua and Barbuda (11 February) - Cayman Island ()- Dominica (6 February) - Gambia (6 February) - Georgia (?) - Grenada () - Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique () - Guyana (6 February) - Kiribati (24 January ?) - Lesotho () - Liberia (6 February) - Marshall Islands (11 February) - Micronesia (20 February) - Mongolia (?) - Nevis (26 August) Palau (?) - Saint Vincent () - Sierra Leone (6 February) - Togo () - Tuvalu (?) - Zambia (11 February)
United we stand - September 11 commemoration. Statue of Liberty wrapped in US flag and flag of the country. Multi-colored. Omnibus series.
Different designs: Guinea (11 February)

2002 (6 February)
Ascension - Bahamas - Barbados - Belize - Bermuda - British Antarctic Territories - British Indian Ocean Territories - Cayman Islands - Falkland Island - Gibraltar - Jamaica - Maldives - Nauru - Niuafo'ou - Norfolk - Papua New Guinea - Pitcairn - Saint Lucia - South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands - Saint Helena - Solomon Islands - Swaziland - Tokelau - Tonga - Tristan da Cunha - Virgin Islands
Queen Elisabeth II Golden Jubilee. Omnibus series.
Four diferent stamps also included in a souvenir sheet containing a fifth stamp. This fifth stamp representing a 1995 portrait of Queen Elisabeth II painted by Annigoni is identical for all countries.
Other countries, same date, different design: Great Britain, Isle of Man, Alderney.

2002 (4 April)
Australia - France
Expeditions of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders 200th Anniversary. 2 stamps per country. Different stamps. Joint issue.
Stamps - FDCs - mixed pochette with mint stamps - mixed FDCs

2002 (11 April)
Chile (11 April) - Poland (3 July)
200th birth anniversary of Ignacy Domeyko (1802-1889), Polish patriot and scientist having spent 50 years in Chile. Portrait. Joint issue.
Identical stamps - FDCs.

2002 (18 April)
Kyrgyzstan (18 April) - Pakistan (25 May)
10th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship. Joint issue.
Identical stamps. Flags from both countries, eagle.
Stamps - FDCs

2002 (23 April)
Croatia - Czech Republic (23 April)
Vlaho Bukovac (1855-1922), Croatian painter. Twin issue.
One common stamp showing the painting "Divan" (1905).
One stamp per country - Sheetlet of 4 stamps with two labels - FDCs

2002 (23 April)
Anguilla (11 October or 11 November) - Bolivia (24 April) - Costa-Rica (23 April) - Honduras () - Mexico (2 December) - Peru (1 June) - Saint Vincent () - Salvador ()
100th anniversary of the Panamerican Heath Organization (OPS). Twin issue (?)
One stamp per country, identical. To be completed

2002 (27 April)
Argentina (27 April) - Brazil (5 May) - France (27 April) - Germany (2 May) - Italy (29 November) - Uruguay (21 May)
Soccer World Championship; Participants are all former winners of the Soccer
World Championship (except Great Britain that declined to participate to this joint issue). Twin issue.
One common stamp, round, showing the flags of all 7 countries and a soccer
playground; the second stamp is different for each country and shows a game
situation involving the local soccer players.
2 stamps per country - FDCs - France: 15 pairs in a sheet, but also sheetlets of 5 pairs - mixed document produced by the German postal administration.