standard time

Standard Time
and Time Zones
(and Gregorian Calendar)


Below is a checklist of standard time and time zone (and Gregorian Calendar) postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.), as well as items on banknotes and coins. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the author using the e-mail address at the bottom of this page.


CountryCatalog Number*Type of Item**Year of IssueNotes on Content
Standard Time and Time Zones
Argentina1314 (Mi1522)1981100th anniv. Naval Observatory, 1881: 24 time zones
Ascension386 (Mi395)1986Old Greenwich Observatory (Flamsteed House)
Great Britain742 (Mi?)1975European Architectural Heritage Year: 300th anniv. Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Great Britain742 maxiMaxicard
Great Britain1058 (Mi?)1984100th anniv. Greenwich Meridian, 1884: prime meridian, (Apollo-11 ?) satellite view
Great Britain1059 (Mi?)100th anniv. Greenwich Meridian, 1884: prime meridian, English channel map
Great Britain1060 (Mi?)100th anniv. Greenwich Meridian, 1884: prime meridian, Greenwich observatory
Great Britain1061 (Mi?)100th anniv. Greenwich Meridian, 1884: prime meridian, George Airy's transit telescope
Great Britain1338 (Mi?)1990Astronomy: Greenwich Old Observatory, sextant, chronometer
Great Britain (Isle of Man)KM10511 crown (silver coin)2000Old Royal Observatory clock face with embedded brass strip from original Prime Meridian
Japan732 (Mi771)196175th anniv. Japanese standard time, 1886: sun, earth, meridian
Japan1676 (Mi1687)1986100th anniv. Japanese standard time, 1886: meridian, clock, outline
Korea (North)2402 (Mi?)1984100th anniv. Greenwich Mean Time, 1884: clock face
Korea (North)2403 (BL?)SS1100th anniv. Greenwich Mean Time, 1884: clock face
LiberiaKM443$10. (silver coin)2000Greenwich Meridian
New Zealand1628 (Mi?)From MS10 (1628a (10x 1628))2000Year 2000: International Date Line: world map, sun
Tonga586 (Mi896)1984100th anniv. International Date Line, 1884: George Airy, Greenwich Meridian pioneer
Tonga587 (Mi897)100th anniv. International Date Line, 1884: Sanford Fleming, time zone pioneer
Tonga (Niuafo'ou)46 (Mi46)1984100th anniv. International Date Line, 1884: South Pacific map
Tonga (Niuafo'ou)47 (Mi47)100th anniv. International Date Line, 1884: globe, map
Uganda1658m (Mi2261)One of MS17 (1658 (a-q + label) (Mi2249-2265)2000Millennium: Highlights of 1850-1900: world time zones establishment
Gregorian Calendar
Germany (West)1383 (Mi?)1982400th anniv. Gregorian Calendar, 1582: calendar illumination
Vatican City715 (Mi811)1982400th anniv. Gregorian Calendar, 1582: surveying the globe
Vatican City716 (Mi812)400th anniv. Gregorian Calendar, 1582: edict of reform
Vatican City717 (Mi813)400th anniv. Gregorian Calendar, 1582: presenting edict
Vatican City717a (BL4)MS3 (715-717)400th anniv. Gregorian Calendar, 1582

*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel; "i" prefix denotes imperforate version; KM = Krause and Mishler coin catalog number.
**SS# = souvenir sheet, MS# = miniature sheet, where # = number of stamps in sheet, and the numbers in parentheses are the catalog numbers of the stamps in the sheet.


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