New Issues 2015 (January - March)

This page collects only issues released during the year 2015, period January to March. 

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 April 18, 2015.

2015 (January 27) - [T20150127]
Israel - Philippines
The Philippine rescue of Jews from the Holocaust – Commemorative issue. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Memorial: “Open Doors monument”, LeZion Memorial Park. Multicolored.
Stamps with tab (Israel) – miniature sheet (15 stamps, Israel) - FDCs – mixed FDC – mixed Souvenir Leaf (Israel)

2015 (February 18) - [T20150218]
Iran - Turkey
Relationship. Mosques. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. Blue (Kabood) Mosque, Tabriz, Iran (built 1465) and Green Mosque (Yeşil Mosque), Bursa, Turkey (1421). Central label (Iran) or margin (Turkey) shows flags of both countries. Multicolored.
2 se-tenant stamps – souvenir sheet (Turkey) - FDCs

2015 (March 19) - [T20150319]
Belgium - France
The Belgium government in Sainte Adresse, France during WWI. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamp. Belgium issued a souvenir sheet with 6 different stamps; France issued 2 stamps and one souvenir sheet with both stamps; one single stamp is identical: A, the Belgium government during WWI (picture), the building “L’Hôtellerie Normande” in Sainte Adresse, a post box; B-F, other stamps included in the Belgium souvenir sheet: B, children and healthcare, portrait of the minister Henri Jaspar; C, Supply, central kitchen, bag of flour from the USA; D, woman and philanthropy, distribution of soup to Belgian and English soldiers, Red Cross cuff; E, hunger, Belgian soldier sharing his ration, rationing ticket ; second French stamp, G, different picture from the Belgium government during WWI (picture), the building “L’Hôtellerie Normande” in Sainte Adresse, a post box. Multicolored.

The Belgium stamp is only available as part of a souvenir sheet itself part of a series of 5 souvenir sheets released between 2015 and 2018 (one per year). This is the second of the series and deals with “Life behind the front line”. The Belgian post box represented on the common stamp still exists in Sainte Adresse.

Belgium: souvenir sheet with 5 different stamps – France: 2 stamps and one souvenir sheet with both stamps – FDCs – mixed FDC (two stamps), only private origin.

2015 (March 31) - [T20150331]
Croatia - Spain
Relationship - Laces. Twin issue [T1].
Identical stamps. A, Bobbin lace, Lepoglava lace; B, Sevilla lace. Multicolored.
2 se-tenant stamps per country – FDCs – miniature sheets (4 pairs for Croatia, 15 pairs for Spain) – mixed FDC