1966 World Cup Football Championship omnibus

World Cup 1966 commemorative omnibus issue

Date: 1st July 1966
Stamps: Bermuda World Cup Championship – England 1966 10d and 2/6d

Official First Day Cover

CDS: -1JUL66B HAMILTON BERMUDA
Cachet: OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER WORLD CUP 1966 COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE
Stamped Cachet: WORLD CUP FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 1966 OMNIBUS COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE FIRST DAY COVER, JULY 1, 1966
Address: Lieut. Col. J. H. B. Kealy, Forge House, Ditchling, Sussex, England

About the Omnibus issue

Key facts

Designer/Engraver: Victor Whitely
Printers: Harrison & Sons Ltd
Process: Lithography
Perforation: 14
Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA
Release Date: 1st July 1966

Issuing territories: 23 standard ?? local
Number of stamps: 68 (48 standard + ?? local) + 2 souvenir / miniature sheets

Football World Cup.

Standard issue – list of issuing territories

Antigua
Ascension
Bahamas
Bermuda
British Solomon Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Fiji
Gibraltar
Gilbert & Ellice Islands
Grenada
Hong Kong
Mauritius
Montserrat
New Hebrides Condominium / Condominium Nouvelles Hebrides
Pitcairn Islands
St Helena
St Christopher Nevis Anguilla
St Lucia
Seychelles
Federation of South Arabia
Tristan da Cunha

Local design – list of issuing territories

Great Britain (3)