1863 SG8 Sc4
1932 SG81 Sc67
Tercentenary of the colony
1916 SG52 Sc-MR1
War Tax
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| [1st August 1862] 1863 SG8 Sc4 |
Commemorative 1932 SG81 Sc67 Tercentenary of the colony |
Charity 1916 SG52 Sc-MR1 War Tax |
Another West Indian colony in the Leeward Islands group. On grounds of cost, the 1863 6d green is shown rather than the 1st August 1862 blue-green. Antigua used Leeward Island stamps from 1890 until 1903 and then a mixture of both until 1956.
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| 1967 SG199 Sc186 Antigua independence |
1981 SG718 Sc633 Antigua and Barbuda independence |
Antigua became independent in 1967. Barbuda (first issue 1922) is a dependency of Antigua and both joint and individual stamps have been issued since 1981.
Nicaragua’s first issues are remarkably inexpensive, but nevertheless elusive: when writing this page in July 2013, I only have the first issue and the first post due. The charity issue (postal tax in Scott) is a surcharge on an official overprint and was to fund the rebuilding of the General Post Office, which burned down in 1921.
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| 2nd December 1862 SG4 Sc1 |
Commemorative 1892 SG47 Sc40 400th Anniversary of Columbus' voyage |
Airmail 1929 SG614 Sc-C1 |
Charity 1921 SG590 Sc-RA1 Obligatory Tax |
Official 1890 SG-O37 Sc-O1 |
Post Due 1896 SG-D99 Sc-J1 |
Nicaragua celebrated the centenary of its first issue with a stylish miniature sheet, which includes early postmarks, shown on the reverse of page 1.
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| First real airmail 1929 SG631 Sc-C4 |
1904 SG-Z1 Sc1L109 |
There is only one Nicaraguan province issue, Zelaya in 1904. Gibbons differentiates between issues for Bluefields and Cabo districts and general issues. The first of the general issues is shown.