Links.
Countries and Territories of the
Caribbean.
Today, the geographic area covered by the British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group
includes British Overseas Territories (*) and independent countries (**)
as listed below. Links have been provided to take you to other web sites containing
information about the indicated territory or country.
Anguilla*
General
Information
Antigua & Barbuda**
General
Information
Bahamas**
General
Information
Philatelic Information
Barbados**
General
Information
Belize** (formerly British Honduras)
General
Information
Bermuda*
General
Information
British Virgin Islands*
General
Information
Cayman Islands*
Cayman Islands National Museum
Pedro's Castle
Turtle Farm
Postcards
Dominica**
General
Information
Grenada**
General
Information
Guyana** (formerly British Guiana)
General
Information
Jamaica**
General
Information
Montserrat*
General
Information
St. Kitts & Nevis**
General
Information
St. Lucia**
General
Infomation
St. Vincent-Grenadines**
General
Information
Trinidad & Tobago**
General
Information
Turks & Caicos Islands*
General
Information
The philatelic history of the area is even more diverse than suggested by this
list, shaped in part by the political history of the Caribbean islands. From 1890
to 1903, for example, only stamps inscribed "Leeward Islands" were authorized
for use in Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis and St. Christopher (St. Kitts),
even though each of the "presidencies" had its own issues until then. In the Virgin
Islands, concurrent use of the Leeward Islands stamps and the local issues was
allowed, and new stamps were issued in 1899. In 1903, Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat
and the now joined presidency of St. Kitts-Nevis (later St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla)
began releasing their own stamps, which could be used concurrently with the "federal"
issues. Leeward Islands stamps were discontinued in 1956.
Other islands issued separate issues in the past Trinidad (1851-1909) and Tobago
(1879-96), for example. In more recent times, stamps have been released for such
entities as Barbuda and Redonda (dependencies of Antigua), Caicos Islands (part
of the Turks & Caicos Is.), Cayes of Belize (part of Belize), Grenada Grenadines,
Grenadines of St. Vincent (including issues for Bequia and Union Island), St.
Kitts and Nevis (which now form a single country).
American Philatelic Society
British
West Indies Study Circle
Joe Luft's Philatelic
Resources on the Web
St. Helena,
Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Philatelic Society
Pennymead Auctions West Indies stamps and books