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

Anguilla
Antigua
Ascension
Barbuda
Belize
Bermuda
British Antartic Territory
British Solomon Islands
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Gilbert & Ellice Islands
Grenadines of St. Vincent
Hong Kong
Pitcairn Islands
St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
St. Helena
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Seychelles
South Georgia
Tristan da Cunha
Turks & Caicos Islands

Local design – list of issuing territories

Aituktaki (2 + souvenir sheet)
Cook Islands (4 + souvenir sheet)
Dominica (2 + souvenir sheet)
Great Britain (2)
Grenada (2 + souvenir sheet)
Guernsey (1)
Isle of Man (1)
Jersey (2)