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The 1s and 5s values of the 1887 Fee set also exist further overprinted FREE for use as Free Fee stamps. In 1890 postage stamps with the same face values were overprinted FREE FEE at once and replaced the 1887 issue. Trinidad also issued a customs stamp to pay the duty on opium in the 1880s. Trinidad revenues were also used in Tobago from 1896 ...
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Trinidad and Tobago. 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.
In 2012, the government of Trinidad and Tobago approved the introduction of postal codes starting later that same year. In addition to the postal code implementation the country has embarked on a nationwide address improvement initiative adopting the Universal Postal Union (UPU) S-42 international standard of addressing.
Tobago, 1879-1890 - Revenue stamps of Trinidad and Tobago; Transjordan, 1920-c.1942; Transkei, c.1988 - Revenue stamps of South Africa; Transvaal, 1877-1884 and 1900-1906 - Revenue stamps of Transvaal; Trengganu, 1942-1950 - Revenue stamps of the Malay States; Trinidad and Tobago, 1908-1964 - Revenue stamps of Trinidad and Tobago; Tripoli, c ...
TTPost is the Trinidad and Tobago postal corporation, responsible for the postal services in Trinidad and Tobago.. The company was formed in 1999, with a New Zealand operation taking over the previous government-run service.
Map of Trinidad: the two towns linked by the Lady McLeod are located on the western part of the island, on the Gulf of Paria. The Lady McLeod was a paddle steamer and a private local post . The ship sailed regularly between Port of Spain and San Fernando , on Trinidad island, now in Trinidad and Tobago from the end of 1845 until 1854.
The first Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue was a penny price list issued in November 1865 and reissued at monthly intervals for the next 14 years. [1] The company produces numerous catalogues covering different countries, regions and specialisms; many of them are reissued annually.
These are usually sold as charity stamps, though occasionally, as with the 1971 refugee relief stamps of India, the excess cost has been made obligatory (a postal tax stamp). One of the highest value semi-postal stamps is the Falkland Islands' "rebuilding fund" stamp, issued in 1982 after the Argentine invasion. This was aimed primarily at ...