New Issues 2012 (October - December)

This page collects only issues released during the year 2012, period October to December. 

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 February 23, 2017.

2012 (October 9) - [T20121009]
Morocco - Qatar
Relationship - Falconry; 25th UPU congress. Twin issue [T1].
Same design. Falcon, flags of both countries. Multicolored.
One identical stamp per country - FDCs

2012 (October 9) - [P20121009]
Angola () - Cape Verde (October 15) - Guinea-Bissau () - Macao (October 9) - Mozambique ()
Lusophone writers - joint issue in the frame of AICEP and the philatelic exhibition Lubrapex 2012 in Sao Paulo, from November 11 to 20, 2012. Joint Issue [P].
Similar design stamps; portrait of Portuguese language (lusophone) writers; Angola, Agostinho Neto (1922-1979); Brazil, Joao Crouz e Souza (1861-1898); Cape Verde, Baltazar Lopes da Silva (1907-1989); Guinea Bissau, Amilcar Cabral (1924-1973); Macao, Henrique de Senna Fernandes (1923-2010); Mozambique, Ungulani Ba Ka Kiaosa (1957- ); Portugal, Fernando Passoa (1888-1935); Sao Tome, Alda Esperito Santo (1926-2010); Timor Leste, (). Multicolored
One similar stamp per country - FDCs
Information still missing about announced stamps in Sao Tome and Timor. Brazil issued also a stamp on November 7, 2012, in honor of Jorge Amado (1912-2001) entitled "A Força da Língua Portuguesa" with the logo of "Lubrapex 2012" but without the mention of the AICEP group (printed 415,000).

2012 (October 16) - [T20121016]
Croatia - San Marino
20th anniversary of relationship. Twin issue [T1].
Identical souvenir sheets. Dresses: detail of female's folk costume from San Marino and detail of male's folk costume from Rab island; souvenir sheet background illustration: Stone bas-relief from Aldo Volpini. Multicolored.
One identical souvenir sheet with two stamps per country - FDCs

2012 (October 19) - [T20121019]
Romania - Spain
Relationship - Twin issue [T1].
Two identical stamps per country. Mammals: red deer (Cervus elaphus); Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica). Multicolored.
Two identical stamps per country - FDCs - mixed FDC

2012 (October 25) - [T20121025]
Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania
Railways bridges - Twin issue [T1].
Three stamps with the same design; one stamp and one souvenir sheet with three stamps per country. Trains and railways bridges. A, The new passenger train (type Stadler Flirt) and bridge in Narva, Estonia; B, bridge in Carnikava over the Gauja River, Latvia; C, bridge in Lyduviani, Lithuania. Multicolored.
One stamp and one souvenir sheet with 3 stamps issued by each country - FDCs

2012 (November 5) - [T20121105]
India - Israel
20th anniversary of diplomatic relations - Festival of lights: Hannukah and Diwali. Twin issue [T1].
Two stamps with the same design. Lights. Multicolored.
Two identical stamps per country - Israel stamps with tabs - FDCs - mixed FDC - Israel mixed Souvenir Leaf

2012 (November 8) - [S20121108]
Andorra (French) - France
King Henri IV (1553-1610), co-prince of Andorra. Siamese issue [S1].
One stamp per country; the same design. Portrait of King Henri IV; castle of the Foix earls, France, and church St John of Caselles, Andorra. Multicolored.
One identical stamp per country - FDCs - miniature sheet with siamese pairs - mixed FDC

2012 (November 9) - [T20121109]
France - Sweden
Relationship. Opera. Twin issue [T1].
Two stamps with the same design; one souvenir sheet with both stamps. Operas; A: portrait of Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871), French composer; B: opera "Mascarade", composed by Auber and telling the story of the last hours of Swedish King Gustav III, murdered during a ballroom dancing - Olof Westring (1973 - ), Swedish dancer; background of the stamps are music notes; the souvenir sheets contain the two stamps se-tenant and the background is either the French Palais Garnier Opera in Paris or the Stockholm Opera. Multicolored.
One souvenir sheet with two identical stamps per country - FDCs - mixed FDCs with either stamps only or souvenir sheets or both

2012 (November 10) - [T20121110]
Austria - Thailand
115th anniversary of King Chulalongkorn's visit to Austria. Twin issue [T1].
Identical souvenir sheets with two stamps. Portraits of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) (1853-1910) and Emperor Franz Joseph I (1830-1916); trident, highest Thailand's official "decoration". Multicolored.
One identical souvenir sheet with two stamps per country - FDCs

2012 (November 16) - [N20121116]
Aitutaki - Cook - Penrhyn
Christmas. Six stamps and similar souvenir sheets showing a painting frame and containing these 6 stamps [2x3] with paintings from Giotto di Bondone. All stamps are different. Non-accepted joint issue [N].

2012 (Novembre 21) - [N20121121]
Niuafo'ou - Tonga
Christmas. 11 stamps part of a souvenir sheet showing paintings from Giotto di Bondone (Niuafo'ou) or Sandro Boticelli (Tonga). All stamps are different. Non-accepted joint issue [N].

2012 (November 26) - [T20121126]
China (PR) - Turkey
Diplomatic relations. Bridges. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Taizhou Yangtze River bridge in the sunset; Istanbul Bosphorus bridge in the sunset. Multicolored.
One souvenir sheet with two stamps for Turkey and two stamps for China - FDCs

2012 (November 27)
Brunei - Singapore
45th anniversary of the Currency Interchangeability Agreement (CIA). Twin issue [T1].
Same design: each country issuing one common stamp in panes and one specific stamp and both countries issuing a miniature sheet with all three stamps; A, themes of Brunei’s currency notes – the illustration of Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque (all bank notes of the year 1967), the view of Padian (1989: water village woman vendor in her boat), the rainforest floor (1966, $5 polymer notes), the Bunga Tapak Kuda Laut (Ipomoea Pescapre, 2007: a medicinal plant); B, themes of Singapore's past and current currency notes - the “Orchid” series (1967-1976: Vanda Rothschildiana “Teo Choo Hong” on the S$50 banknote), the “Bird” series (1976-1984: Yellow-breasted Sunbird on the S$20 banknote), the “Ship” series (1984-1999: barter trading vessel “Palari” on the S$10 banknote) and the “Portrait” series (1999-present: first President, the late Encik Yusof Bin Ishak on the S$1000 banknote). C, back of the 40th CIA anniversary commemorative note issued in 2007. Multicolored.
Two stamps per country (one with identical design) - souvenir sheet for Singapore - FDCs - mixed FDC

2012 (December 12)
Bulgaria - Kazakhstan (December 14)
Friendship. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. A, rhyton with head of deer, gold, middle of 4th century BC (Panajuichte, Bulgaria); B, buckle with two symmetrical figures of deer with bird; gold, 8th-7th century BC (Kazakhstan). Multicolored.
Two se-tenant identical stamps per country - FDCs

2012 (December 14)
Romania - Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM)
Friendship. Non-approved twin issue [NR][T1] (SMOM is not recognized by the UPU(*)).
Similar stamps. Coat of arms (order of coats is different): coat of arm of Mircea cei Batran (1355-1418), prince of Valachia; coat of arms of the Maltese Order. Multicolored.
One similar stamp per country - FDCs