With the main part of the diamond jubilee celebrations now completed it is worth seeing what stamps have so far been issued by the countries of The Commonwealth to commemorate this historic event:- Antigua and Barbuda, issued 26 March 2012, 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet; Ascension, 6 February 2012, 6 stamps and 1 m.s.; Australia, 3 April 2012, 2 gummed stamps, 2 self-adhesive coil stamps, 1 self-adhesive stamp ex-booklet and 1 gummed m.s.; Bahamas, July 2012, 4stamps which also commemorate the jubilee visit of Prince Harry; Barbados, 12 March 2012, 4 stamps and 1 m.s.; Belize, 6 February 2012, 6 stamps and 2 m.s.; Bermuda, 9 February 2012, 6 stamps and 2 m.s.; British Indian Ocean Territory, 6 February 2012, 6 stamps and 2 m.s.;
Canada 16 January 2012. 1 stamp and 1 m.s., and on various dates until 7 May 2012, 6 m.s.; Cayman Islands, 12 June 2012, 4 stamps and 1 booklet of 10x 25c self-adhesive stamps; Cook Islands, 6 February 2012, 6 stamps and 2 m.s.; Falkland Islands, 10 May 2012, 4 stamps and 1 m.s.; The Gambia, 6 different stamps in a sheetlet; Gibraltar, 6 February 2012, 6 stamps and 2 m.s., 14 September 2012, 1 m.s. containing 3 different stamps which commemorates the Jubilee visit of The Earl and Countess of Wessex to Gibraltar; Grenada, 8 February 2012, 4 stamps and 1 m.s.; Grenada Grenadines, 2013, sheetlet of 4 stamps and 1 m.s.; Guernsey, 22 February 2012, 6 stamps and 1 m.s.; Isle Of Man, 6 February 2012, 6 stamps and 2 m.s., 3 June 2012, 1 m.s. commemorating the Jubilee Regatta; Jersey, 6 February 2012, 2 stamps and 1 m.s., 1 June 2012, 1 stamp (price £10); Kiribati, 4 June 2012, 4 stamps (issue to commemorate the Queen's 80th birthday overprinted by The Malvern Press in Harlow, Essex 
in a limited edition of less than 3000 stamps); Malaysia, 13 September 2012, 2 stamps and 1 m.s. (also commemorates the Jubilee visit of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge); Montserrat, 18 April 2012, 4 stamps and 1 m.s.; Mozambique, 1 sheetlet of 6 different stamps and 1 m.s.; Nevis, 1 sheetlet of 4 identical stamps and 1 m.s.; New Zealand, 9 May 2012, 6 stamps and 1 m.s.; Niue, 23 May 2012, 2 stamps and 1 m.s.; Norfolk Island, 20 August 2012, 1 miniature sheet containing 3 different stamps; Pitcairn, 1 June 2012, 2 stamps;
St. Helena, 6 February 2012, 6 stamps and 2 m.s.; 12 June 2012, 4 stamps depicting local childrens' artwork; St. Kitts, 1 October, 5 stamps and 2 m.s.;
Saint Lucia, 6 February 2012, 6 stamps and 2 m.s.; St. Vincent And The Grenadines, 1 January 2012, 3 stamps and 1 m.s.; Solomon Islands, 5 June 2012, 9 stamps in 2 sheetlets and 1 m.s.; South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands, 28 May 2012, 4 stamps and 1 m.s.;Tokelau, 23 May 2012, 2 stamps and 1 m.s.; Tonga, 6 March 2012, 1 stamp and 1 m.s.; Tristan Da Cunha; 6 February 2012, 6 stamps and 1 m.s.; Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus, 1 April 2012, 1 stamp; Turks And Caicos, 1 sheetlet of 4 identical stamps and 1 m.s.; Tuvalu, 18 September 2012, 1 sheetlet of 5 stamps and 1 m.s. commemorating the Jubilee visit of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Tuvalu, 31 December 2012, 1 sheetlet of 4 different stamps and 1 m.s.; Vanuatu, 1 June 2012, 2 stamps; United Kingdom Royal Mail, 6 February 2012, 1 short-term "Jubilee" definitive and 1 booklet and 1 m.s., 22 February 2012, 6 limited edition "Post and Go" stamps, 25 April 2012, 1 short-term "large letter" definitive, 21 May 2012, 1 "Union Jack" "Post and Go" label sold in 6 values, 31 May 2012, 8 stamps and 1 retail booklet of self-adhesive stamps and 1 "prestige booklet" (price £12.77), 26 September 2012, "Union Jack" "Post and Go" stamps additionally inscribed "Diamond Jubilee 1952 - 2012" and "Union Jack" produced by Hytech machine with variant script (both issues only available at Autumn Stampex 2012), both issues available for 6 different postal rates; 1 October 2012, booklet of 6 x 1st definitives with quotation inside the front cover;
Universal Mail United Kingdom, June 2012, 1 self-adhesive stamp in a booklet of 5:-
Doubtless more stamps to commemorate the event will appear over the next few months and add to this very interesting (if expensive) collection.
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