First Stamps From American -Countries

First Stamps From  American -Countries

Stamps collection - 46 Countries American Continent

Anguilla	Antigua and Barbuda	Argentina	Bahamas	Barbados	Belize
Bermuda	Bolivia	Brazil	British Virgin Islands	Canada	Cayman Islands
Central America	Chile	Colombia	Costa Rica	Cuba	Dominica
Dominican	Ecuador	El Salvador	Falkland Islands	Grenada	Guatemala
Guyana	Haiti	Hawaii	Honduras	Jamaica	Mexico
Montserrat	Nicaragua	Panama	Paraguay	Peru	Prince Edward (Island)
South Georgia	St.Kitts and Nevis	St.Lucia	St.Vincent & Grenadines	St.Vincent	Surinam
Trinidad & Tobago	Turks and Caicos	US stamps	Uruguay	Venezuela	West Indies

Stamps

First Stamps - Anguilla

St. Kitts-Nevis Nos. - 1967, Sept. 4 - Scott stamps # 1-16 & 1967-68 Scott # 17-31

From a philatelic standpoint, Anguillan stamps were first issued in 1967. Prior to that St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla stamps were used collectively. The first stamp set is actually based on overprinted stamps of St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. They are very rare and command a very high premium. Examples are shown nearby.

The Anguillan postal authorities seem to be moderate in the number of stamp sets issued. The nation issues about 5 or 6 issues per year, with a major definitive issue appearing every 5 years or so. While the stamps are a revenue-generator for the country, Anguilla does not seem to be flooding the market with stamp issues

Stamp themes for the island nation include typical Caribbean island topics such as beautiful fish, tropical seashells, and butterflies and birds of the nation. In the past, Anguilla has also offered annual Easter and Christmas stamps, as well as stamps detailing historical dates, such as Anguilla Day (May 30).

Few collectors can expect to complete a Anguillan stamp collection, as the first series alone, the key set to the entire country, catalogs for over $15,000 (US) in mint condition. However, a few of the stamps from the first set, plus almost all of the rest of the country, can be attained, as they catalog around $3,000 in mint condition for all.

Good luck collecting this beautiful island nation.

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First Stamps - Antigua and Barbuda

stamp Antigua Queen Victoria 1862 stamp #1

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First Stamps - Argentina

Symbolical stamp of the Argentine Confederation -1858, May 1 - stamps #1, 1a - Colon after "5", 1b - Colon after "V"

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First Stamp - Bahamas

Stamp Bahamas 1863 Scott stamp #1

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First Stamps - Barbados

Stamp Barbados 1875 stamp #1 Britannia

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First Stamps - Belize

1973, June 1 - stamps of Belize Complete set #312-24

Fish-Animal Type of British Honduras Regular Issue 1968-72 Overprinted in Black on Silver Panel

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First Stamps - Bermuda

1865 stamps of Bermuda stamps #1 - 6, Queen Victoria

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First Stamps - Bolivia

Bolivia Garcia issue 1863 stamp #1

On Feb. 21, 1863, the Bolivian Government decreed contracts for carrying the mails should be let to the highest bidder, the service to commence on the day the bid was accepted, and stamps used for the payment of postage. On Mar. 18, the contract was awarded to Sr. Justiniano Garcia and was in effect until Apr. 29, 1863, when it was rescinded. Stamps in the form illustrated above were prepared in denominations of 1/2, 1, 2 and 4 reales. All values exist in black and in blue. The blue are twice as scarce as the black. It is said that used copies exist on covers, but the authenticity of these covers remains to be established.

1867-68 stamps of Bolivia 1-8

72 varieties of each of the 5c, 78 varieties of the 10c, 30 varieties of each of the 50c and 100c

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First Stamps - Brazil

Brazil 1843 Bull Eye 30r - 60r - 90r Black. stamps # 1, 1a, 2, 3

Grayish or Yellowish Paper Fine Impressions.

Nos. 1-3 were issued with gum, but very few unused examples retain even a trace of their original gum. Copies with original gum com mand substantial premiums.

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First Stamp - British Virgin Islands

1866 Virgin Islands stamp #1

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First Stamps - Canada

CANADIAN PROVINCES

Before the Confederation of Canada was formed or joined, several provinces issued their own stamps.

All of the provinces' stamps are classic beauties. Some of them are very expensive, but many are still surprisingly affordable.

The first stamps inscribed "Canada" were issued in 1851, but these were stamps of the Province of Canada, not the Confederation of Canada that we know today.

The Province of Canada was a British North American colony formed in 1841 by the union of the provinces of Upper Canada (southern Ontario) and Lower Canada (southern Quebec and Labrador). The Province of Canada ceased to exist at the establishment of the Confederation of Canada on July 1, 1867, at which time it was divided into the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

A Province of Canada 3-penny Beaver stamp (Scott 1) issued in 1851 is shown in Figure 1. Although it is a provincial stamp rather than one issued for the whole country, most collectors consider this to be the first stamp of Canada.

NOVA SCOTIA 1851 - 1857 Queen Victoria

NEW BRUNSWICK 1851 Crown of Great Britain and Heraldic Flowers of the United Kingdom

NEWFOUNDLAND 1857 Crown of Great Britain and Heraldic Flowers of the Empire

BRITISH COLUMBIA & VANCOUVER IS. Queen Victoria 1860 Canadian Prov., British Columbia & Vancouver Island

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 1861 Queen Victoria

Province of Canada

Authentic first stamp of Canada, 1851. 3 Pence Beaver with target cancellation, hand cut

Canada #2, 2b - 1851 Prince Albert

Canada # 3 -1851 Queen Victoria, 12d black, laid paper

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First Stamps - Cayman Islands

1900 Cayman Islands #1

1900 Cayman Islands Single 1

1900 Cayman Islands Single 2

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Stamps - Central America

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First Stamps - Chile

1853 stamp Chile #1 Christopher Columbus

1853 stamp Chile #1-2 Christopher Columbus

1853 stamp Chile #2 Christopher Columbus

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First Stamps - Colombia

Colombia 1859 First Issue 2-1/2c Brown #1

Colombia 1859 First Issue 5c Blue, "50" centavos instead of "5" Cliche Error #2b

Colombia 1859 First Issue 5c Violet #3

Colombia 1859 First Issue 10c Green #4

Colombia 1859 First Issue 10c Brown Orange #4d

Colombia 1859 First Issue 20c Violet #6var

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First Stamps - Costa Rica

1863 Costa Rica #1

1863 Costa Rica #2

1863 Costa Rica #3

1863 Costa Rica #4

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First Stamps - Cuba

1855 Cuba #1

1855 Cuba #1a

1855 Cuba #2

1855 Cuba #3

1855 Cuba #4

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First Stamps - Dominica

1874 Dominica #1

1874 Dominica #2

1874 Dominica #3

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First Stamps - Dominican

1865 Dominican Republic Coat of Arms #1

1865 Dominican Republic Coat of Arms #3

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First Stamps - Ecuador

1865-72 Ecuador #1-6

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First Stamps - El Salvador

1867 El Salvador #1-4

The first stamps of El Salvador were made by The American Bank Note Co. of New York, or as it says in the bottom of the sheets (in Spanish) "Compa?a Americana de Billetes de Banco de Nueva York". Printed in September of 1866, they arrived to El Salvador on December 17th. They were officially issued on January 17, 1867, but their use was not mandatory until March 1st.

The set consists of 4 values: ? Real (blue), 1 Real (red), 2 Reales (green) and 4 Reales (bistre), issued in sheets of 100. They feature an active volcano with 11 stars making a semi-circle above the volcano; each star represents Salvadorian provinces in those years: San Salvador, La Libertad, Sonsonate, Santa Ana, La Paz, Cuscatlan, Usulutan, San Vicente, San Miguel, La Union, & Chalatenango.

There are two printings of this issue, the one in September 1866 already mentioned, and another in April 1873. The printings can be distinguished by the different color shades for each printing, and by the heavy yellow gum used on the first printing, which differs from the thin white gum used for the latter.

El Salvador, truly one of the last frontiers in Philately. Where else can you find a country with such an impressive array of complex issues still waiting for new discoveries to be made? Whatever your interests (Prephilately, early classical issues, modern adhesives, airmail, stationery, revenues), El Salvador has it all.

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First Stamps - Falkland Islands

1878-79 Falkland Islands - Queen Victoria #1

1878-79 Falkland Islands - Queen Victoria #2

1878-79 Falkland Islands - Queen Victoria #3

1878-79 Falkland Islands - Queen Victoria #4

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First Stamps - Grenada

1861 Grenada - Queen Victoria #1

1861 Grenada - Queen Victoria #1a

1861 Grenada - Queen Victoria #2

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First Stamps - Guatemala

1871 Guatemala - Coat of Arms #1

1871 Guatemala - Coat of Arms #2

1871 Guatemala - Coat of Arms #3

1871 Guatemala - Coat of Arms #4

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First Stamps - Guyana

1959 Guyana - French West Africa #168

1959 Guyana - French West Africa #169

1959 Guyana - Map, Dove and Pres. S?ekou Toure #170

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First Stamps - Haiti

  

1881 Haiti - Liberty Head #1- 6

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First Stamps - Hawaii

   

   

   

  

Hawaiian Missionaries 1851 - 1852

In 1851 the Kingdom of Hawaii authorized the printing of postage stamps to prepay the rates on outbound mail. Henry M. Whitney, Hawaii's first postmaster, printed the blue stamps on a hand-operated press in the Honolulu office of the government newspaper. Known as the "Missionaries" because of their use by Christian missionaries who wrote back to the United States, the first three issues featured the text "Hawaiian Postage" in two, five, and thirteen-cent values. In 1852, a revised thirteen-cent stamp featured "H.I. & U.S. Postage" to clarify that the stamp prepaid postage for Hawaii, the ship fee, and delivery in the United States. 197 examples of the Missionaries have been recorded to date.

The Hawaiian Missionaries from the National Philatelic Collection include one example of each of the first four issues plus four envelopes mailed to the United States during 1851-52. The cancellations include a circular datestamp, a crayon marking, a sugar cane marking, and three types of cork killers.

Only 16 copies of the 2? issue have been found to this day. The Dawson cover, showing one 2?, and one 5? missionary stamp, and also two more 13? stamps, sold in 1995 for $1.9 million.

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First Stamps - Honduras

1865 Honduras - Coat of Arms #1

1865 Honduras - Coat of Arms - Comayagua

1865 Honduras - Coat of Arms - Tegucigalpa

1865 Honduras - Coat of Arms #2

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First Stamps - Jamaica

1860-63 Jamaica - Queen Victoria #1-6

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First Stamps - Mexico

1856 Mexico - Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla #1-5

The first Mexican postage stamps were issued August 1, 1856. There were five different face values, each a different color, but all bore the same likeness, a portrait of the Father of Mexican Independence, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, that shows him facing 3/4 forward, showing more of his left profile than the right, and surrounded by a decorative cartouche.

These first stamps used the Spanish 'reales' for their value, and consisted of the blue 1/2 real, yellow one real, yellow-green two reales, red four reales and lilac-red eight reales. Two real was equal to twelve and a half centavos when pesos and centavos began to replace reales after 1868.

The original issues continued to be used from 1856 until April 18, 1861 when it was replaced with the 1861 issue.

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First Stamps - Montserrat

1876 Montserrat - Stamps of Antigua Overprinted in Black #1

1876 Montserrat - blue-green Q Victoria stamp of Antigua overprinted "MONTSERRAT" #2d

1884 Montserrat - 4d blue Q Victoria #9

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First Stamps - Nicaragua

 

1862 Nicaragua - Liberty Cap on Mountain Peak; From Seal of Country #1-2

Eight stamps with this "Liberty Cap on Mountain Peak" design were issued between 1862 and 1878.

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First Stamps - Panama

1878 Panama - Coat of Arms #1

1878 Panama - Coat of Arms #1a

1878 Panama - Coat of Arms #4

Panama, Colombian Republic Cencuenta Centavos Stamp, 1878

The first stamp of Panama issued by the Sovereign State of Panama Under Colombian Dominion in 1878 features a design that based on the coat of arms of Panama at the time. It has been described as "a Panama that never existed." The dramatic curve up and then back down on the left side of the design does nnot exist, nor does the bay created by those curves. On the right side of the design the coast should tend to the lower corner of the stamp. A comparison with any map of the isthmus will verify the judgement.

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First Stamps - Paraguay

1870 Paraguay - Vigilant Lion Supporting Liberty Cap #1

1870 Paraguay - Vigilant Lion Supporting Liberty Cap #2

1870 Paraguay - Vigilant Lion Supporting Liberty Cap #3

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First Stamps - Peru

 

1857 Peru - Sail and Steamship #1 - #2. Design: 2r, Ship sails eastward.

The Pacific Steam Navigation Co. gave a quantity of these stamps to the Peruvian government so that a trial of prepayment of postage by stamps might be made.

Stamps of 1 and 2 reales, printed in various colors on white paper, laid and wove, were prepared for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. but never put in use.

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First Stamps - Prince Edward (Island)

1861 Prince Edward Island Canada Stamp # 1

1861 Prince Edward Island Canada Stamp # 1a

1861 Prince Edward Island Canada Stamp # 2

1861 Prince Edward Island Canada Stamp # 3

St. Kitts-Nevis Nos. - 1967, Sept. 4 - Scott # 1-16 & 1967-68 Scott # 17-31

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First Stamps - South Georgia

1944 South Georgia - Falkland Islands Dependencies, South Georgia Complete Set #3L1-8

1963 South Georgia Short set #1-15

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First Stamps - St.Kitts and Nevis

1903 St.Kitts - Nevis -Columbus Looking for Land & Medicinal Spring #1-10

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First Stamps - St.Lucia

  

1860 St.Lucia - Queen Victoria #1-3

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First Stamps - St.Vincent & Grenadines

 

1973 St Vincent-Grenadines postage stamp - Princess Anne's Wedding Issue #1-2

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First Stamps - St.Vincent

 

1861 St.Vincent - Queen Victoria #1-2

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First Stamps - Surinam

1873-89 Surinam - King William #2-16

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First Stamps - Trinidad & Tobago

1913 Trinidad & Tobago - ?Britannia? #1-7

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First Stamps - Turks and Caicos

1900-04 Turks and Caicos - Dependency?s Badge #1-9

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First Stamps - United States

 

1847 United States - Franklin #1 - Washington #2

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First Stamps - Uruguay

1856 Uruguay - 'El Sol de Mayo' #1

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First Stamps - Venezuela

  

1859 Venezuela - Coat of Arms #1-3