1973 The Wedding of HRH The Princess Anne

Commemorating the Royal Wedding

Omnibus issue for the wedding of The Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips.

Date: 21st November 1973
Stamps: Omnibus issue THE WEDDING OF H.R.H. THE PRINCESS ANNE BERMUDA 15c and 18c

First Day Covers

Stamped cachet: FIRST DAY OF ISSUE “ROYAL WEDDING” 21st November 1973

Type: Official First Day Cover
Cachet: The Wedding of H.R.H The Princess Anne OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER.
CDS: 21NOV73A HAMILTON BERMUDA
Address: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 4 Millbank, London SW1
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Type: Official First Day Cover
Cachet: The Wedding of H.R.H The Princess Anne OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER.
CDS: 21NOV73 MANGROVE BAY BERMUDA
Address: Cambridge Beaches, Somerset, Bermuda.

About the Omnibus issue

Key facts

Design: PAD Studio
Printer: The House of Questa
Process: Lithography
Perforation: 13½
Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA (sideways)

Co-ordinators: Crown Agents
Issuing territories: 25 standard / 8 local design
Number of stamps: Unconfirmed (50 standard / 16 local design)

1973 Royal Wedding.

Standard issue – list of issuing territories

1. Anguilla
2. Antigua
3. Ascension
4. Barbuda
5. Belize
6. Bermuda
7. British Antartic Territory
8. British Solomon Islands
9. British Virgin Islands
10. Brunei
11. Cayman Islands
12. Falkland Islands
13. Gibraltar
14. Gilbert & Ellice Islands
15. Grenadines of St. Vincent
16. Hong Kong
17. Pitcairn Islands
18. St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
19. St. Helena
20. St. Lucia
21. St. Vincent
22. Seychelles
23. South Georgia
24. Tristan da Cunha
25. Turks & Caicos Islands

Local design – list of issuing territories

1. Aituktaki (2 + souvenir sheet)
2. Cook Islands (4 + souvenir sheet)
3. Dominica (2 + souvenir sheet)
4. Great Britain (2)
5. Grenada (2 + souvenir sheet)
6. Guernsey (1)
7. Isle of Man (1)
8. Jersey (2)