Postage stamps and postal history of Trinidad and Tobago
This is a survey of the
Trinidad and Tobago lies northeast of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Trinidad and Tobago was a Spanish colony from the times of Christopher Columbus to 1802, when it was ceded to Britain. The country obtained independence in 1962.
Lady McLeod stamps
The first stamps of Trinidad were the famous Lady McLeod, a private local post, stamps of 1847.
First Trinidad stamps
The first definitives for Trinidad were issued in 1851.
Tobago stamps
Tobago used stamps of Trinidad from 1860. Stamps of Tobago were not issued until 1879.[1] Tobago again used stamps of Trinidad from 1896.[2]
Trinidad and Tobago issues
Stamps inscribed "Trinidad & Tobago" were first issued in 1913 after the integration of the postal administrations of Trinidad and Tobago.[3]
Independence
Trinidad and Tobago issued stamps as an independence state on 31 August 1962.
See also
References
- ISBN 0-85259-653-7
- ^ "Tobago | Stamps and postal history | StampWorldHistory". Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 12 August 2018.[title missing]
- ^ "Trinidad & Tobago | Stamps and postal history | StampWorldHistory". Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 12 August 2018.[title missing]
External links
Further reading
- Aleong, Joe Chin and Edward B. Proud. The Postal History of Trinidad & Tobago. Heathfield: Proud-Bailey Co., 1997, 520 pages, ISBN 1872465242
- Ford, Peter C., Charles Freeland and Edward Barrow. Tobago: The Philatelic Story of a Small Island. Javea, Alicante: ISBN 9781907481079
- ISBN 9781095065358
- Wike, R.G. Airmails of Trinidad and Tobago. Congleton: ISBN 0950653594
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