THE FORMAT INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PRINTERS LTD. ARCHIVE

Information and Reference of What was Found in the Archive

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

GAMBIA

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

1969 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF PIONEER AIR SERVICES Scott #241-3, SG #259-61



1970 9TH BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GAMES, EDINBURGH SCOTLAND Scott #244-6, SG #262-4



1971 FISH FROM GAMBIAN WATERS (new Currency) Scott #253-65, SG #271-83



1973 GAMBIAN AGRICULTURE (2nd Series) Scott #290-2, SG #304-6



1975 CENTENARY OF GAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL Scott #325-7, SG #339-41



1981 WORLD TOURISM CONFERENCE and 16TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE Scott #420-2, SG #448-50



1981 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF WEST AFRICAN RICE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION Scott #429-31, SG #457-9



1981 ABUKO NATURE RESERVE (4th issue) REPTILES Scott #432-5, SG #460-3



1983 CENTENARY OF SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CLUNY'S WORK IN GAMBIA Scott #463-4, SG #492-3



1984 EASTER DISNEY CHARACTERS PAINTING EGGS Scott #498-507, SG #534-42,MS543




1984 ENDANGERED SPECIES, THE NILE CROCODILE Scott #515-18,518a, SG #544-7,MS548
These come with a pattern of blue fluorescent security markings, resembling rosettes, printed on the reverse beneath the gum.




1985 U.N. DECADE FOR WOMEN Scott #547-50, SG #577-80
These come with a pattern of blue fluorescent security markings, resembling rosettes, printed on the reverse beneath the gum.



1985 CHRISTMAS, RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS Scott #594-8, SG #619-22,MS623
The souvenir sheet as perforated, and 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 "AMERIPEX" INTERNATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION, CHICAGO, KARL BENZ AUTOMOBILE CENTENARY Scott #620-9, SG #650-7,MS658
A number of these issues perforated, and 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 CHRISTMAS, DISNEY CHARACTERS POSTING LETTERS Scott #644-9, SG #673-7,MS678




1987 VARIOUS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FROM THE MANDINGO EMPIRE Scott #667-71, SG #686-9,MS690




1988 FLORA AND FAUNA Scott #719-28, SG #761-8,MS769
The souvenir sheets as perforated, and 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 Gambia. The company soon after went into bankruptcy.





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

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