Omnibus issue
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An omnibus is issued by several postal entities to note a common theme. The stamps can have the same design, but they do not have to.
OMNIBUS ISSUE: Stamps issued by several different countries commemorating the same event and often having similar designs.
Omnibus issue: An issue released by several countries to commemorate a common theme.
On paper: Stamps which are still affixed to the envelope.
On piece: A stamp on a part of an envelope preserved with the cancellation.
Omnibus Issue: An issue released by several postal entities celebrating a common theme. Omnibus issues may or may not share a keytype design.
Omnibus Issue - A stamp issue using a common theme that is released by several postal entities
On Cover - A stamp attached to the entire, original envelope.
Bristol Omnibus Co.: United Kingdom strike local post, 1971.
Brisure: (Fr.) break.
Brit: (Hung.) British.
Britanic: (Rom.) British (adj.).
Britain: see: Great Britain.
Omnibus issue - A set of postage stamps featuring a particular topic issued simultaneously by a number of countries, usually with most of the issues sharing a common design (note: Christmas is not an omnibus issue; ...
You may have noticed that two of the designs are repeated on some of these stamps - these were all part of an "Omnibus Issue" by 78 of the member nations of the British Commonwealth, ...
 See also: Stamp, Omnibus issue, Used, Local, Official
  
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