Joint Stamp Issues

What are joint stamp issues, you might ask.

According to the Joint Stamp Issues website, "Joint stamp issues are stamps released by two or more postal administrations at the occasion of a common event or anniversary and that are characterized either by a common design or the same date of issue or both." Joint issues typically have the same first day of issue and their design is often similar or identical, except for the identification of the country and the stamps' face value.

Joint Stamp Issues (jointstampissues.net) has produced a catalog of these stamps to aid stamp collectors.

Many countries throughout the world have produced joint stamp issues with other countries, and collecting joint issues can be interesting and educational for stamp collectors.