THE FORMAT INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PRINTERS LTD. ARCHIVE

Information and Reference of What was Found in the Archive

Stamp issues for Solomon Islands printed by the Format International Security Printers Ltd. and items found in the Archive

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Solomon Islands stamps printed by Format International Security Printers Ltd.
Links to pages with information on items found in the archive

1979 6TH SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES Scott #389-92, SG #380-3



1979 DEATH CENTENARY OF SIR ROWLAND HILL Scott #393-6, SG #384-6,MS387




1981 CHRISTMAS, CHURCHES Scott #457-60, SG #452-5



1982 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOY SCOUTS MOVEMENT AND CENTENARY OF THE BOYS BRIGADE Scott #481-8, SG #477-84



1983 TURTLES Scott #489-92, SG #485-8



1983 BICENTENARY OF MANNED FLIGHT Scott #497-501, SG #493-7
The 40c value exists with watermark reversed.



1983 CHRISTMAS Scott #502-10,510a, SG #498-506,MS507
Stamps from the souvenir sheet do not have "Christmas 1983" imprint on them.




1983 WORLD COMMUNICATIONS YEAR Scott #511-14,514a, SG #508-11,MS512
The souvenir sheet is inscribed "1908-1983".




1984 VISIT OF POPE JOHN PAUL II Scott #519-20, SG #517-18



1984 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS, HAMBURG Scott #525, SG #MS523
The World Communications Year souvenir sheet inscribed "1907-1984" and U.P.U. logo added.



1984 OLYMPIC GAMES, LOS ANGELES Scott #530-4, SG #528-32
The 95c value only exists from booklets. Scott catalog considers it a souvenir sheet.



1985 BIRTH BICENTENARY OF JOHN J. AUDUBON (ornithologist) Scott #556, SG #MS556



1987 CORALS Scott #576-9, SG #576-9



1987 MANGROVE KINGFISHER Scott #597, SG #598-601
Printed in horizontal se-tenant strips of four forming composite design.



1988 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Scott #607-10, SG #614-17
All values exist with watermark inverted.
The same valued stamps were printed in se-tenant pairs forming a composite design.
These were the last stamps printed by the Format International Security Printers Ltd. for Solomon Islands. The company soon after went into bankruptcy.



References taken from:
Stanley Gibbons Western Pacific
Scott Catalog
Inventory list for the Format Archive by Robson Lowe

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