Maldives Islands stamps

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Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island nation consisting of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, about 700 kilometers south west of Sri Lanka.

#78 #80

#82

#84 #86

Scott: #77-86P

Issued: 9.9.1961

55th Anniversary of the First Maldives Stamps

Inside #77-80: Maldives Islands #4O

Inside #81-3: Maldives Islands #2O

Inside #84-6: Maldives Islands #1O

#86a

Scott: #86aP

Lou wrote: The s/s, Sc #86a was delayed in production, and not released with the stamp set. Its first day of issue was November 25, 1961, and the frugal Maldivian post office made first day covers using the large envelopes prepared for the original issue date, without changing the date of issue inscription. The s/s is also imprinted with the wrong issue date, so a fdc scan should be added to sites with revised issue date info to disprove Scott's wrong issue date used on all Club databases (except mine).

#794-8

Scott: #794-98P

Issued: 28.2.1979

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

Inside #796: Stamp on Envelope

Inside #797: G.B. #1 [F-A]

Visit: The Penny Black Plate project http://www.arcieriminerva.it/SOS/homeSOS.htm

Inside #798: Maldives #5O

#826 #828

#830

#832 #834

Scott: #826-34P

Issued: 0.12.1979

Postal Scenes

Inside #827-30, #832: Stamp on Envelope

Scott: #853-4P

Issued: 6.5.1979

Maldives #797, 798 Overprinted "London 1980"

#921-923

Scott: #921-3O

Issued: 9.9.1981

75^th Anniversary, Postal Services

Inside #921-3: Maldives #5O

#1163

#1166

#1168

Scott: #1162-9P

Issued: 22.5.1986

AMERIPEX '86

Inside #1162: US #1317P

Inside #1163: US #1122P

Inside #1164: US #1381P

#1548 Inside #1165: US #1548P

Inside #1166: US #922P

Inside #1167: US #1061P

Inside #1168: US #1409P

Inside #1169: US #993P

Scott: #1170O

Inside #1170: US #1330P

#1171

Scott: #1171O

Inside #1171: US #328O

Inside #1171: US #329O

Inside #1171: US #330O

#1292

Scott: #1292O

Issued: 31.5.1988

Transportation and Communication Decade

Inside #1292: Pseudo Stamp

Inside #1292 (On Envelope): Maldives #5O

Lou wrote: This is an odd one. The black stamp which shows the country name, 10 laree value and design of a beach scene does not exist, but why the designer went to such an effort to create such a small, weird pseudo stamp is a good question when the Maldives does not lack for stamps issued!

The identifiable stamp fits into my "Design Component" category as it reproduces only the stamped envelope from Maldives Sc #921-3. This is another odd choice, as the Maldives #5 on an airmail envelope is a grievous designer error for many reasons: the colonial stamp of 1906 was withdrawn from use and had no franking value and even if it was valid, it would not pay for airmail service--and, from a collector's standpoint, it would be a waste of a scarce, valuable stamp!

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

#1346 #1347 #1348

#1349 #1350 #1351

#1352 #1353

Scott: #1346-53O

Issued: 17.11.1989

World Stamp Expo '89

Inside #1346-53: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #1354O

Scott: #1355O

Scott: #1356O

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scan

#1398 #1399 #1400

#1401 #1402 #1403

#1404 #1405

Scott: #1398-1405O

Issued: 0.0.1990

London '90

Inside #1398-1407: Stamp on Envelope

Scott: #1406O

Scott: #1407O

Scott: #1408-9P

Issued: 3.5.1990

150th Anniversary, Penny Black

Inside #1408-9: Pseudo stamp

Scott: #1410P

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scan

#1 HH Inside #1410: G.B. #1

Scott: #1553-62O, Issued: 25.8.1991

Phila Nippon '91, Inside #1553-60: Pseudo Stamp - Emblem

#1598

Scott: #1598O

Issued: 30.12.1991

17^th World Scout Jamboree

Scout post Inside #1598: Czechoslovakian Local Scout StampO

The Czech Scout Post / Frederick P. Lawrence , Ph.D.: http://www.sossi.org/articles/czech.htm

sugrv.htm

The Scout Post stamp with the special Scout delivery hand stamp as reproduced in the stamp

Lou wrote: many collectors consider the two scout stamps to be the first stamps of Czechoslovakia, as they were authorized by the new provisional Czech government and were used to deliver official mail in Prague over a month before the Hradcany definitives were issued. The only thing against recognizing them as such, especially by Scott, was that they were only for local mail.

Inside #1598 (in Margin): Maldives #435O

Inside #1598 (in Margin): Dominica #326O

Inside #1598 (in Margin): Korea #245O

Inside #1598 (in Margin): Ghana #567O

Inside #1598 (in Margin): USA #1145P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #1954aO

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scan

Issued: 18.2.1994

Hong Kong ' 94

Inside #1953: Hong Kong #416O

Inside #1954: Maldives Islands #660O

Thanks to Zhang for scans

Scott: #2442O

Scott: #2443O

Scott: #2444O

Scott: #2445O

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scans

Issued: 22.5.2000

Stamp Show 2000 Exhibition

Inside #2444-5 (In margin of sheet - in show logo): G.B #1 [R-M]

2006A4

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 2.8.2006

White Olympic - Torino

Inside #????: Norway #B52O

#B79 Inside #????: Germany #B79P

Scott: #2948eO

Issued: 8.1.2008

2008 Peking Olympic Games

Inside #2948e (In margin): Germany #B82O

Inside #2948e (In margin): Germany #B83O

Inside #2948e (In margin): Germany #B84O

Inside #2948e (In margin): Germany #B89O

Inside #2948e (In margin): Germany #B91O

Lou Guadagno wrote: The individual German stamps you show are not the stamps reproduced in the margin of the S/S. Note they are a se tenant block, so instead of the stamps of 1935, they are a "cut out" of one of the Olympic S/S issued in 1936--Sc #B91, see scan. The sheets had very large margins and were delicate, so the blocks of stamps from damaged sheets were "rescued", also in 1936, S/S were still a bit of a novelty and many collectors removed the stamp blocks so they would fit in their albums and on covers. You find the cut out blocks offered from time to time on eBay and Delcampe.

maldives 9 15 15 (2)

Scott: #3497P

Issued: 15.09.2015

155th Anniversary, Pony Express

sos u s U7--pony express letter 1861 (2)

Inside #3497d: U.S, imprinted envelope U7O

with private company inscriptions added

sos u s U7 cut square 1855- (2) Inside #3497d: U.S #U7O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #3496P, #3506P

Issued: 15.09.2015

175th Anniversary Penny Black

sos gt britain 1 1840 (2) Inside #3496, #3506: G.B. #1 [M-H]

sos u s C76 1969 Inside #3496: U.S. #C76P

sos gt britain 33 1858 Inside #3496 (In background of 3 stamps and in margin): G.B. #33 (changed color),

sos switzerland-geneva2L1 1843 Inside #3496 (In Margin): Switzerland-Geneva #2L1

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #3572O

Issued: 27.01.2016

50th Anniversary of independence Celebrations

Inside #3572a (In Margin): Maldives Islands #3572bO

[The 50th Anniversary of the Independence of Maldives, type HQV]

Inside #3572b (In Margin): Maldives Islands #3445O, #3447O, #3448O, 3450O

Lou Guadagno wrote: The Maldives, on January 27, 2016, issued eleven s/s to commemorate the Minivan 50 50th Anniversary of independence Celebrations; only one-- Sc #3572a-b is a SoS, and #3572a reproduces #3572b in artwork on desk, and #3572b reproduces Maldives #3445-3450, a strip of six stamps from 2015.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno