THE FORMAT INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PRINTERS LTD. ARCHIVE

Information and Reference of What was Found in the Archive

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

ANTIGUA

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

1972 CHRISTMAS AND 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL Scott #292-4,294a, SG #335-7,MS338




1972 SAILING WEEK AND INAUGURATION OF THE TOURIST OFFICE IN NEW YORK Scott #300-3,303a, SG #345-8,MS349




1973 EASTER Scott #304-6, SG #350-2



1973 CARNIVAL Scott #312-15,315a, SG #359-62,MS363





1973 CHRISTMAS Scott #316-20,320a, SG #364-8,MS369





1973 ROYAL WEDDING OF PRINCESS ANNE AND CAPTAIN MARK PHILLIPS Scott #321-2,322a, SG #370-1,MS372
Printed in mini sheets of 5 plus label.


Mini Sheetlets of 5 Plus Label



1973 HONEYMOON VISIT OF PRINCESS ANNE AND CAPTAIN PHILLIPS TO ANTIGUA Scott #323-4,324a, SG #373-4,MS375
The 1973 Royal Wedding stamps overprinted HONEYMOON VISIT DECEMBER 16TH 1973




1974 CENTENARY OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION Scott #334-40,340a, SG #386-92,MS393




1974 WORLD CUP SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP Scott #345-8,348a, SG #399-402,MS403
Printed in mini sheets of 5 plus label.


Mini Sheetlets of 5 Plus Label



1974 EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND Scott #361-4, SG #404-7
1974 World Cup Soccer Championship stamps and 75c Antiguan Steel Bands stamp
(printed by Questa)
overprinted EARTHQUAKE RELIEF



1974 BIRTH CENTENARY OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Scott #349-52,3352a, SG #408-11,MS412




1974 CHRISTMAS Scott #353-60,360a, SG #413-20,MS421




1975 CENTENARY OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION AND
FEDERAL MAPLE(freighter)STAMP(printed by Questa)
STAMPS SURCHARGED WITH NEW VALUES Scott #365-8, SG #422-5



1975 NELSON'S DOCKYARD Scott #369-73,373A, SG #427-31,MS432




1975 ANTIGUAN CHURCHES Scott #374-8,378a, SG #433-7,MS438




1975 WORLD CUP CRICKET WINNERS Scott #402-4, SG #466-8



1976 DEFINITIVES Scott #405-22, SG #469A-86A and 469B-86B
469B-86B have imprint at the foot of "1978". These are only footnoted in Scott Catalog.
A number of some of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.

Set without imprint.

Set with imprint "1978".


1976 BICENTENARY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Scott #423-30, SG #487-93,MS494
A number of some of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1976 OLYMPIC GAMES, MONTREAL Scott #431-7,437a, SG #495-501,MS502




1978 SAILING WEEK Scott #503-7, SG #576-9,MS580
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1978 WORLD CUP SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP, ARGENTINA Scott #515-18, SG #590-2,MS593
Mini sheets of 5 plus label exist and appear quite common although Scott Catalog does not mention them.
Stanley Gibbons states that quantities of these issues imperforate came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There is nothing of this sort on the market at present. More information needed.


Mini sheetlets of 5 plus label



1980 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD (1979), DISNEY CHARACTERS Scott #562-71, SG #637-45,MS646




1980 CHRISTMAS, SLEEPING BEAUTY, DISNEY CHARACTERS Scott #592-601, SG #671-9,MS680
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1981 INDEPENDENCE, VARIOUS 1976 DEFINITIVES OVERPRINTED "INDEPENDENCE 1981" Scott #607-17, SG #686A-96A and 686B-96B
Scott catalog does not differentiate between imprinted (1978) stamps and non-imprinted as Stanley Gibbons does.

Definitives with "1978" Imprint


1981 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ANTIGUA GIRL GUIDE MOVEMENT Scott #628-32, SG #713-16,MS717

INDEPENDENT

Almost all stamps from this point on are inscribed ANTIGUA & BARBUDA.

1981 INDEPENDENCE Scott #633-7, SG #718-21,MS722




1981 CHRISTMAS, PAINTINGS Scott #638-42, SG #723-6,MS727




1981 INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR DISABLED PERSONS Scott #643-7, SG #728-31,MS732




1982 COOLIDGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OPENING Scott #653-7, SG #738-41,MS742




1982 BIRTH CENTENARY OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND 250TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Scott #676-83, SG #761-6,MS767-8
Quantities of the souvenir sheets imperforate, came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.





1983 500TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RAPHAEL Scott #689-93, SG #774-7,MS778
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1983 WHALES Scott #703-7, SG #788-91,MS792
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1983 BICENTENARY OF MANNED FLIGHT Scott #726-30, SG #811-14,MS815




1983 CHRISTMAS, 500TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RAPHAEL Scott #731-5, SG #816-19,MS820
The statement below was made for these whereas non was made on the actual Raphael set above in Stanley Gibbons. This Leads me to believe the statement was put on the wrong set as none of this set can be found imperf.

I AM LEAVING IT FOR NOW.......Quantities of these issues perforated, imperforate, and so called "proofs" came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1984 OLYMPIC GAMES, LOS ANGELES Scott #740-4, SG #825-8,MS829




1984 SHIPS Scott #745-9, SG #830-3,MS834
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.

I have discovered recently created (2014) forgeries of this issue! Fake imperforate souvenir sheets are on the market!
Don't get ripped off! View this page to define and avoid them.

1984 Antigua and Barbuda Ships Man of War Fake Souvenir Sheets


1984 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS, HAMBURG, FLOWERS Scott #755-9, SG #835-8,MS839
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.

I have discovered recently created (2015) forgeries of this issue! Fake imperforate souvenir sheets are on the market!
Don't get ripped off! View this page to define and avoid them.

1984 Antigua and Barbuda U.P.U. Congress Flowers Fake Souvenir Sheets


1984 SONGBIRDS Scott #773-8, SG #869-73,MS874
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1984 450TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF CORREGGIO AND 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF EDGAR DEGAS (painters)
Scott #782-91, SG #878-81,MS882 and 883-6,MS887
Perforated proof sheets were found in the archive.






1984 FAMOUS LEADERS Scott #819-27, SG #888-95,MS896
A number of some of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1984 CHRISTMAS, 50TH BIRTHDAY OF DONALD DUCK, DISNEY CHARACTERS Scott #808-18, SG #897-905,MS906
The $2 value exists in mini panes of 8.
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. Noting that the souvenir sheets do not seem to be found this way.
There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.


SHEETLET OF 8




1985 CENTENARY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (1986) (1st issue) Scott #828-34, SG #907-12,MS913
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. Noting that the souvenir sheets do not seem to be found this way.
There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1985 NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS AND TRADITIONAL SCENES Scott #835-9, SG #914-17,MS918




1985 ROYAL VISIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II Scott #886-9, SG #965-7,MS968




1985 CHRISTMAS, RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS Scott #905-9, SG #985-8,MS989
A number of the souvenir sheet perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1986 FAMOUS AMERICAN TRAINS, AMERIPEX '86 INTERNATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION, CHICAGO Scott #934-8, SG #1014-17,MS1018
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1986 SEA SHELLS Scott #943-7, SG #1023-6,MS1027
A number of some of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1986 FLOWERS Scott #948-57, SG #1028-35,MS1036
A number of most of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.





1986 MUSHROOMS Scott #958-62, SG #1042-5,MS1046
An unissued 3$ stamp exists.
The $4 value with the value showing as 4$ exists.
The $5 souvenir sheet with value showing as 5$ exists.
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.


3$ Unissued Error



1986 CHRISTMAS, DISNEY CHARACTERS AS BABIES Scott #978-87, SG #1061-8,MS1069
The $4 value was printed in sheets of 8.





1987 AMERICA'S CUP YACHTING CHAMPIONSHIP Scott #1000-4, SG #1072-5,MS1076
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1987 MILESTONES OF TRANSPORTATION Scott #1025-34, SG #1100-9
The $2 Submarine-Airplane stamp apparently exists with value of 30c in imperf progressive proofs in 5 stages.
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.



1987 16TH WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE, AUSTRALIA Scott #1053-7, SG #1128-31,MS1132
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.




1988 SALVATION ARMY'S COMMUNITY SERVICE Scott #1083-91, SG #1163-70,MS1171




1988 SAILING WEEK Scott #1112-16, SG #1190-3,MS1194
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988. There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.
These were the last stamps printed by the Format International Security Printers Ltd. for Antigua. The company soon after went into bankruptcy.




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

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