Early days
Originally mail was carried on an irregular basis as ships called. A datestamp was in use from February 1858, and in 1863 the Union Steamship Co. began regular carriage of mail, continuing until 1977. On 3 March 1867 BritishFirst stamps
On 2 November 1922, nine stamps of St. HelenaGeorge VI
In 1938 the pictorials were re-issued with a portrait ofQueen Elizabeth
A new definitive series of 13 in 1956 resembled the previous stamps, but was a little taller, and used maps and pictures of native animals in addition to local scenes. No further stamps were issued until 1963 when there was a series of 14 featuring birds. From 1963 on, commemorative and special issues started to appear more frequently. In the 1990s the typical policy was to issue 5-6 sets per year, each consisting of 4–5 designs.See also
* Postage stamps and postal history of Saint Helena * Postage stamps and postal history of Tristan da CunhaSources
* Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various cataloguesFurther reading
* Attwood, J.H. ''Ascension: The Stamps and Postal History''. London: Christie's-Robson Lowe, 1981 * Attwood, John. ''Mail from Ascension''. s.l.: The Author. * Beale, P.O. ''Ascension Island's Post Office in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century''. s.l.: The British West Africa Study Circle, 1990 * Ford, Eric Harold. ''History and Postage Stamps of Ascension Island''. Batley: H. Hayes, 1971 * Leonard, John. ''The Postage Stamps of Ascension Island''. London: Harris Publications Ltd., 1958 * Mueller, Michael D. and Peter P. McCann (editors). ''Thirty years of St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha philately: a collection of new, revised and reprinted articles published by the St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Philatelic Society on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the society''. Morgantown: St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha Philatelic Society, 2006 * Proud, E. ''The Postal History of Ascension, St Helena and Tristan Da Cunha''. Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd., 2005. * Skavaril, Russell V. (editor). ''St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Philatelic Society's 20th anniversary anthology: original philatelic papers written by Society members to commemorate Society's 20th anniversary''. Columbus, OH.: St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha Philatelic Society, 1997 * Stanton, Ralph & Bill Thorpe. ''The George V Badge Issues of St. Helena and Ascension: a study of the printings and plate varieties''. Princes Risborough: West Africa Study Circle, 2012External links