Postage stamps and postal history of Montserrat

Stamp of Antigua overprinted for Montserrat in 1876.

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Leeward Islands.

First stamps[]

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[]

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[]

• Postage stamps and postal history of the Leeward Islands
• Revenue stamps of Montserrat

References[]

Further reading[]

• Britnor, L. E. Montserrat to 1965; incorporating supplementary information compiled by Charles Freeland. Hail Weston: British West Indies Study Circle, 1998 ISBN 0950653578 104p.

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