1966 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Commemoration Omnibus

Commemorating Winston Churchill

Date: 24th January 1966
Cachet: WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL 1874 – 1965 OMNIBUS COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE FIRST DAY COVER JANUARY 24th, 1966
Stamps: BERMUDA 3d, 6d, 10d, 1/3 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1874-1965 Omnibus Issue

Official First Day Cover

Printed Cachet: OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER 1874 – 1965 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL KG, PC, OM, CH, FRS
CDS: 24JAN66 HAMILTON BERMUDA
Address: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 4 Millbank, London SW1

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Other First Day Covers

Printed Cachet: Portrait of Winston Churchill in front of Houses of Parliament surrounded by laurel leaves with Union Jack, Stars & Stripes and other national flags above. TEXT – Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill K.G., O.M., C.H. / Special Commemorative Issue / FIRST DAY COVER
CDS: 24JAN66 HAMILTON BERMUDA
Address: Colonial Postmaster, Bermuda

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Printed Cachet: SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 1874 – 1965 WSC Portrait study by Karsh of Ottawa World Copyright Reserved
CDS: 24JAN66 HAMILTON BERMUDA
Address: Colonial Postmaster, Bermuda

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CDS: 24JAN66B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA
Address: Mrs F. C. Outerbridge, “Durnford”, St. George’s, Bermuda

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CDS: 24JAN66B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA
Address: Mrs F. C. Outerbridge, “Durnford”, St. George’s, Bermuda
Stamp: 3d

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CDS: 24JAN66B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA
Address: Mr Donald Outerbridge, 190 Marlborough St., Boston, 02116, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Label: Air Mail / Par Avion
Stamp: 10d corner marginal

About the Omnibus issue

Key facts

Designer: Jennifer Toombs
Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd
Process: Photogravure
Perforation: 14
Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA
Release Date: 24th January 1966

Co-ordinators: Crown Agents
Issuing territories: 34 standard / Unkown local design
Number of stamps: 182 (136 standard / 46 local design)

1965 Winston Churchill omnibus issue commemorating the death of Churchill.

Standard issue – list of issuing territories

1. Antigua
2. Ascension
3. Bahamas
4. Barbados
5. Basutoland
6. Bechuanaland
7. Bermuda
8. British Antartic Territory
9. British Honduras
10. British Solomon Islands
11. Brunei
12. Cayman Islands
13. Dominica
14. Falkland Islands
15. Fiji
16. Gibraltar
17. Gilbert & Ellice Islands
18. Grenada
19. Hong Kong
20. Mauritius
21. Monserrat
22. New Hebrides Condominium
23. Condominium de Nouvelles Hebrides
24. Pitcairn Islands
25. St. Christopher Nevis Anguilla
26. St. Helena
27. St. Lucia
28. St. Vincent
29. Seychelles
30. Federation of South Arabia
31. Swaziland
32. Tristan Da Cunha
33. Turks & Caicos Islands
34. Virgin Islands

Local design – list of issuing territories

1. Australia (1)
2. Canada (1)
3. Gambia (3)
4. Great Britain (2)
5. Jamaica (2)
6. Malta (4)
7. New Zealand (1)
8. Rhodesia (1)