Postage stamps and postal history of Montserrat

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Leeward Islands.

Stamp of Antigua overprinted for Montserrat in 1876.

First stamps
An 1880 stamp of Montserrat.
1929 stamp depicting the coat of arms of Montserrat.
1958 stamp showing a map of the island.

The first Montserrat stamps in 1876 were red 1d. and green 6d. stamps of Antigua overprinted MONTSERRAT.[1][2] The first definitives were issued in 1880.

Leeward Islands issues

Montserrat used stamps of the Leeward Islands between 1890 and 1903. In 1903, a new set of definitives depicting the coat of arms of Montserrat was issued. Stamps of the Leeward Islands were used concurrently with those of Montserrat until 1956.

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See also

References
  1. Stamps of the World Volume 3. Stanley Gibbons. 2004. p. 489.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20180303053732/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/americas/montserrat/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.

Further reading
  • Britnor, L. E. Montserrat to 1965; incorporating supplementary information compiled by Charles Freeland. Hail Weston: British West Indies Study Circle, 1998 ISBN 0950653578 104p.


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