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Nevis
Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and ...
, a British colony in the Leeward Islands, began issuing stamps in 1861.
First stamps
The first stamps depicted the seal of the colony showing women at a medicinal spring. Issues from 1879 featured the portrait of Queen Victoria. Between 1890 and 1903 it used the stamps of Leeward Islands. Between 1903 and June 1980 it used the stamps of St. Kitts and Nevis ( St. Christopher Nevis Anguilla from 1952), concurrently with the issues of the Leeward Islands until 1956. Although Nevis is part of St. Kitts and Nevis, in June 1980 a separate postal administration was established on the island and it began producing its own sets of stamps.See also
*Postage stamps and postal history of the Leeward Islands
The British Leeward Islands - Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher (St. Kitts), and the Virgin Islands all used postage stamps inscribed "LEEWARD ISLANDS" between 1890 and 1 July 1956, often concurrently with stamps inscribed with ...
* Postage stamps and postal history of Saint Kitts and Nevis
References
Further reading
* Borromeo, Federico. ''The Philately of Nevis''. Congleton: British West Indies Study Circle, 2001 32p. * Melville, Fred J. ''Nevis''. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1910 60p. Series Title: Melville Stamp Books; 5.External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20100903192206/http://www.nevisisland.com/philatelic.htm Nevis philatelic service.Nevis
Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and ...
Nevis
Philately of Saint Kitts and Nevis
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