Postage stamps and postal history of Montserrat
Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Leeward Islands.
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Stamp of Antigua overprinted for Montserrat in 1876.
First stamps
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An 1880 stamp of Montserrat.
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1929 stamp depicting the coat of arms of Montserrat.
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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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References
- Stamps of the World Volume 3. Stanley Gibbons. 2004. p. 489.
- 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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