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Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail), who then affix the stamp to the f ...
s have been issued in the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and n ...
since 1867.
Turks Islands
The first stamp of the Turks Islands was issued on 4 April 1867 and was the one penny red. The stamp was reissued numerous times, surcharged to create new values between 1/2 penny and 4 pence.''Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970''. 110th edition. London: Stanley Gibbons, 2008, pp.598-602.Turks and Caicos Islands
The first stamp of the Turks and Caicos Islands were issued on 10 November 1900.Crown colony
The islands became a Crown Colony in 1962 and the first stamps issued under the new status were the ''Freedom from Hunger''omnibus issue In philately, an omnibus issue is an issue of stamps by several countries with a common subject and which may share a uniform design. Omnibus issues have often been made by countries under common political control or groups of colonies due to the cl ...
of 4 June 1963.
Caicos Islands
From 1981 to 1985 overprinted stamps marked Caicos Islands were issued but they are of doubtful validity. Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. ''The Stamp Atlas''. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.148.See also
*Revenue stamps of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands issued revenue stamps from 1988 to 1998. The Turks and Caicos Islands normally used postage stamps for fiscal purposes, however on 15 December 1988 they issued a $10 value intended for the payment of departure tax. This ...
References
Further reading
* Bacon, Edward Denny. ''The Postage Stamps of the Turks Islands''. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1917 29p. Supplement 1936 12p. * Challis, John J. ''Turks Islands and Caicos Islands to 1950: Postage Stamps, Postal Stationery, Postal History''. Harrogate: Roses Caribbean Philatelic Society, 1983 118p. Series Title: Roses Caribbean philatelic handbook; no. 6. * Proud, Edward B. ''The Postal History of the Cayman Islands and Turks & Caicos Islands''. Heathfield, East Sussex: Proud Publications, 2006 152p.External links
Identifying King George VI Stamps of the Turks & Caicos Islands.
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