Postage stamps and postal history of Montserrat

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Stamp of Antigua overprinted for Montserrat in 1876.

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Leeward Islands.

First stamps[edit]

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[edit]

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.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stamps of the World Volume 3. Stanley Gibbons. 2004. p. 489.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180303053732/http://www.stampworldhistory.com:80/country-profiles-2/americas/montserrat/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.


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