Album pages common designs - 2a. 1978 25th anniversary of the Coronation

In the series of my self made albums, a new entry on the common design stamps.
In 1978, the world, and the British Commenwealth in particular, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elisabeth II.

20 (21) countries participated with a strip of 3 stamps, issued in sheetlets of 6.

Common Design 326

Christmas Island and Cayman Islands

Many more countries issued stamps in regards to this anniversary, but some had a totally different design, (Great Britain for example) and many others used another 'common design'.

25th anniversary Great Britain

other 'common designs' for the 25th anniversary

The other stamps with a common design, will be topic of another post.

For this issue, the following countries each issued a strip of 3 stamps, always with Queen Elisabeth II in the middle, and two royal symbols left and right.

1. Ascension Island : Lion - QE II - Green turtle 
2. Barbados : Griffin of Eduard III - QE II - Pelican
3. Belize : White lion of Mortimer - QE II - Maya jaguar
4. British Antartic Territory : Black bull of Clarence - QE II - Emperor penguin
5. Cayman Islands : Yale of Beaufort - EQ II - Screech owl
6. Christmas Island : White swan of Bohun - QE II - Abbott's booby
7. Falkland Islands : Red dragon of Wales - QE II - Hornless ram

Fiji and Falkland Islands

8. Fiji : White hart of Richard II - QE II -  Banded Iguana
9. (The) Gambia : White greyhound of Richmond - QE II -  Lion
10. Gilbert Islands : Unicorn of Scotland - QE II - Great frigate bird
11. Mauritius: Antelope of Bohun - QE II - Dodo
12a. New Hebrides Condominium (BR) : White horse of Hanover - QE II - Gallic cock
12b. Condominium des Nouvelles-Hebrides (FR) : Le Cheval blanc d'Hanover - QE II - Le coq gaulois
13. St Helena : Black dragon of Ulster - QE II -  Sea lion

British and French New Hebrides

14. St Christopher/Nevis/Anguila : Falcon of Eduard III - QE II - Pelican
15. Samoa :  King's lion - QE II - Pacific pigeon
16. Solomon Islands : King's dragon - QE II - Sandford eagle
17. South Georgia : Panther of Henry VI - QE II - Fur seal
18. Swaziland : Queen's lion - QE II - African elephant
19. Tristan da Cunha : King's bull - QE II - Tristan crawfish
20. British Virgin Islands : Falcon of the Plantagents - QE II - Iguana

British Virgin Islands

Download the album here : Common Design 326

to be continued ...