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First Stamps From Oceania-Countries
First Stamps From Oceania-Countries
Stamp collection - 33 Countries Oceania
Aitutaki American Samoa Australia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands Fiji
French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Midway Islands Nauru
New Caledonia New Hebrides New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Palau
Papua New Guinea Penrhyn Pitcairn Islands Rapa Nui (Easter Islands) Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti
Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna
Stamps
Stamp collection - 33 Countries Oceania
Aitutaki American Samoa Australia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands Fiji
French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Midway Islands Nauru
New Caledonia New Hebrides New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Palau
Papua New Guinea Penrhyn Pitcairn Islands Rapa Nui (Easter Islands) Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti
Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna
Stamps
First Stamps of Aitutaki
Cook Islands stamps were the original source of postage on Aitutaki from 1892 to 1903. In 1903, New Zealand overprinted its own stamps with "AITUTAKI" and the local denomination and these were used as Aitutaki stamps. Only overprinted New Zealand stamps were issued until 1920.
1903-16 Stamps of Aitutaki - Stamps of New Zealand Surcharged in Red or Blue - stamps #1-13
1917-20 Stamps of Aitutaki - New Zealand Stamps of 1909-19 Overprinted in Red or Dark Blue - stamps #19-23
In 1920, New Zealand issued a set of stamps for all of the island nations in which they were associated. These were the first stamps issued for Aitutaki that were not overprints from New Zealand.
1920-27 Stamps of Aitutaki - stamps #28-36
Landing of Capt. Cook - Avarua Waterfront - Capt. James Cook - Palm - Houses at Arorangi - Avarua Harbor - Rarotongan Chief (Te Po)
In 1972 Aitutaki established a separate postal service, and has issued its own stamps (mostly printed by Heraclio Fournier in Spain) since then. These issues are primarily intended for sale to collectors. Aitutaki is a client of the Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation.
Stamps of Aitutaki 1972 QEII Flowers Overprint Mint Set - Queen Elizabeth II Flowers overprint on Cook Islands #37-47
First Stamps of American Samoa
1877-82 Stamps of American Samoa - Express - Stamps #1-3
First Stamps of Australia
Australia has an interesting postal history.
The country's foundation, much like that of the United States, is based on states, six British colonies that federated on Jan. 1, 1901. The date is not philatelically significant because postage stamps inscribed "Australia," were not issued until 1913.
Until those first stamps for Australia came on the scene, each state had its own stamps.
New South Wales and Victoria were the first of the Australian colonies to issue stamps, doing so in 1850. They were followed by Van Diemens Land (later called Tasmania) in 1853, Western Australia in 1854, South Australia in 1855 and Queensland in 1860.
Northern Territory did not have its own stamps. It used South Australian stamps, which meant that Darwin, the Northern Territory's largest and northernmost city, had a postmark that read "South Australia."
Collecting the stamps from Australia's colonies can be devilishly complex and expensive, but collectors who are not insistent upon completion can form a representative collection of Australian colonial stamps for surprisingly little money.
The first stamps issued by New South Wales are called "Sydney Views," based on the central design, the Seal of the Colony, which shows a view of Sydney. A 1-penny red Seal of the Colony stamp, Scott 1.
Following the Sydney Views are several different series of stamps with portraits of Queen Victoria.
The early stamps are both costly and complicated to collect, with different plates and plate varieties, watermarks and shades.
Budget-minded collectors can find New South Wales stamps that are plentiful and affordable if they fast-forward to the Queen Victoria issues that were released beginning in 1871.
AUSTRALIAN STATES
NEW SOUTH WALES
Stamps of Australia - 1850-1906 New South Wales - Seal of the Colony - stamps #1-2 (stamp #1 has no clouds. #2 has clouds added to the design.)
VICTORIA
Stamps of Australia - 1850-56 Victoria - Queen Victoria - Victoria on Throne - stamps #1, 3, 14, 17, 18, 29
TASMANIA
Stamps of Australia - 1853 Tasmania - Queen Victoria - stamps #1 - 2, 2a
Stamps of Australia - 1855 Tasmania - Queen Victoria - stamps #4-6
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Stamps of Australia - 1854-57 Western Australia - stamps #1-5
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Stamps of Australia - 1855-56 South Australia -Queen Victoria - stamps #1-4
QUEENSLAND
Stamps of Australia - 1860 Queensland -Queen Victoria - stamps #1-3
First Stamps of Christmas Island
1950 Stamps of Christmas Island - Queen Elizabeth II - stamps #1-10
First Stamps of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
1963 Stamps of Cocos (Keeling) Islands - stamps #1-6
Copra Industry - Super Constellation - Map of Islands - Coco palms - Sailboat (dukong) - Fairy tern
First Stamps of Cook Islands
1892 Cook Islands - stamps #1-4
First Stamps of Fiji
1870-71 Stamps of Fiji - stamps #1-5, 15-17 - Crown and “CR” (Cakobau Rex)
This service was established by the Fiji Times, a weekly newspaper, for the delivery of the newspaper. Since there was no postal service to the other islands, delivery of letters to agents of the newspaper on the islands was offered to the public.
Nos. 1-5 were printed in the same sheet one horizontal row of 6 of each (6p, 1sh, 1p, 3p).
First Stamps of French Polynesia
1892 Stamps of French Polynesia - stamps #1-3
First Stamps of Guam
1899 Stamps of Guam - stamps #1-13, E1
First Stamps of Kiribati
1979-80 Stamps of Kiribati #325-340A
Kiribati Flag - Parliament, London, Assembly Tarawa - Training Ship Teraaka - Passenger launch Tautunu - Hibiscus -Cathedral, Tarawa - House of Assembly, Bikenibeu Island - Betio harbor - Reef egretn Flamboyant tree - Moorish idol (fish) - Frangipani blossoms - Chapel, Tangintebu Island - Hypolimnas bolina elliciana (butterfly) - Tarawa Lagoon ferry, Tabakea - Sunset over lagoon - Natl. flag
First Stamps of Marshall Islands
1897- 1916 Stamps of Marshall Islands - stamps #1-27 - Stamps of Germany Overprinted “Marschall-Inseln” in Black - Kaiser’s Yacht “Hohenzollern”
First Stamps of Micronesia
1984 Stamps of Micronesia - Postal Service Inauguration - stamps #1-4
State of Yap - State of Truk - State of Pohnpei - State of Kosrae
First Stamps of Midway Islands
Stamps of Midway Islands
8c Apollo 8 1969 Midway Island Nixon - 1c and 2c Defense 1942 U.S. Marine Corps Midway Island to New York - Crosby thermographed cachet for Pan American Airways at Midway Island with photo of Pan Am clipper. 10 cent Airmail Map stamp paying the single clipper airmail rate from Midway to Hawaii.
First Stamps of Nauru
1916-23 Stamps of Nauru - stamps #1-15 - Great Britain Stamps of 1912-13 Overprinted
First Stamps of New Caledonia
1859 Stamps of New Caledonia - Napoleon III - stamp #1
First Stamps of New Hebrides
1908-09 Stamps of New Hebrides -stamps #1-6 - British Issues - Stamps of Fiji, 1903-06, Overprinted
1908 Stamps of New Hebrides -stamps #1-5 - French Issues - Stamps of New Caledonia, 1905, Overprinted in Black or Red
First Stamps of New Zealand
1855 Stamps of New Zealand - Victoria -stamps #1-3
Stick-on postage stamps were first used in New Zealand in 1855, when this ‘full-face queen’ stamp showing a young Queen Victoria was produced. Before this, every letter had to be individually paid for at the post office. The basic rate for local letters was twopence, so two of these stamps would be needed. A letter cost a shilling (12 pence) to send to England.
First Stamps of Niue
1902 Stamps of Niue - stamps #1-4 Stamps of New Zealand Surcharged
First Stamps of Norfolk Island
1947 Stamps of Norfolk Island - View of Ball Bay - stamps #1-12
First Stamps of Northern Mariana Islands
1899 Stamps of Northern Mariana Islands - King Alfonso XIII - Issued under Spanish Dominion - Stamps of the Philippines Handstamped Vertically in Blackish Violet Reading Up or Down
1899-1900 Stamps of Northern Mariana Islands - Issued under German Dominion - Stamps of Germany, 1889-90, Overprinted in Black - stamps #11-16
The Mariana Islands became a German protectorate June 18, 1899. German 1889 stamps were overprinted "Marianen" at both 48- and 56-degree angles, with the former being scarce to rare
First Stamps of Palau
1983 Stamps of Palau - Inauguration of Postal Service -stamps #1-4
1991 Stamps of Palau - Miniature Sheet -stamps #263
First Stamps of Papua New Guinea
1901 Stamps of Papua New Guinea - British New Guinea - Lakatoi - stamps #1-8
The postage stamps and postal history of Papua New Guinea were linked to the Australian administration on the Eastern part of the island of New Guinea until its independence in 1975.
Colonial division of the island of New Guinea, before 1914: in the West, the Dutch part ; in the North-East, the German part (pictured here without the Bismarck Archipelago) ; and in the South-Esat, the British one renamed Papua by the Australian government.
In the South, Papua, formally under British rule, used the stamps of Queensland between 1885 and 1901. With the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia, the philatelic production and postal organisation were decided by an Australian administration and the stamps printed in Brisbane, then Melbourne.
In the North, New Guinea was under the control of the German Empire and used its stamps between 1888 and 1897. The colony got stamps bearing its name after 1897. Consequently to the Australian conquest in 1914, the remaining German colonial stamps and some Australian ones, were overprinted. After the Territory of New Guinea became a League of Nations mandate entrusted to Australia, this country organised the postal system and philatelic production in New Guinea.
After the Japanese occupation of New Guinea and the suppression of civil administration in Papua at the beginning of 1942, the stamps of Australia were used between 1945 and 1953, before the two united territories got their own stamps. Progressively, it obtained its philatelic and postal autonomy, and finally independence in September 1975.
First Stamps of Penrhyn Island
1902 Stamps of Penrhyn Island - Stamps of New Zealand Surcharged - stamps #1-2
First Stamps of Pitcairn Islands
1940-51 Stamps of Pitcairn Islands - stamps #1-8
Cluster of Oranges - Fletcher Christian with Crew and View of Pitcairn Island - John Adams and His House - William Bligh and H.M. Armed Vessel “Bounty” - Map of Pitcairn and Pacific Ocean - Bounty Bible - H.M. Armed Vessel “Bounty” - Pitcairn School, 1949 - Fletcher Christian and View of Pitcairn Island - Fletcher Christian with Crew and Coast of Pitcairn
First Stamps of Rapa Nui (Easter Islands)
1940 Stamps of Rapa Nui (Easter Islands) - #B1-2
S.S. Abtao and Captain Policarpo Toro - S.S. Abtao and Brother Eugenio Eyraud. 50th anniv. of Chilean ownership of Easter Is. Surtax used for charitable institutions.
1965- A stamp printed in Chile shows a Moai of Easter Island
The little town of Hanga Roa, the only place on the island where people are allowed to live (the rest of the island is a national park). Only 5,000 people live here and they mostly depend on tourism for their income so the town is filled with little restaurants, cafés and souvenir shops that cater to tourists. There’s also one bank, one post office (from which we got some very cool stamps in our passports for USD 1), an interesting museum and a hospital. The town’s harbour was filled with many fishing boats.
Unique Easter Island passport stamps
First Stamps of Samoa
1894-95 Stamps of Samoa - Flag Design #23
First Stamps of Solomon Islands
1907 Stamps of Solomon Islands - War Canoe - stamps #1-7
1956-60 Stamps of Solomon Islands - Coronation Issue - stamps #89-104
First Stamps of Tahiti
1882-84-93 Stamps of Tahiti - Stamps of French Colonies Surcharged in Black - stamps #1-26
The use of Tahiti postage stamps on mail first became valid on 25 October 1862, using the general stamps of the French Colonies. In 1882 a shortage of 25c stamps necessitated a surcharge on less-used values. Some of the surcharges also included the name "TAHITI". This happened again in 1884 with 5c and 10c values.
In 1892, the Navigation and Commerce issue for French Oceania became available, and in 1893, two kinds of overprint were applied to the remaining stocks of regular and postage due French Colonies stamps; one type was a slanted overprint reading "TAHITI" and the other was a horizontal "1893 / TAHITI".
First Stamps of Tokelau
1948-53-56 Stamps of Tokelau - stamps #1-5
Map and Scene on Atafu - Nukunono Dwelling and Map - Fakaofo Shore Line and Map - Coronation Issue Queen Elizabeth II - #1 Surcharged in Black
First Stamps of Tonga
1886-92 Stamps of Tonga - King George I - stamps #1-5
1897-1938 Stamps of Tonga - stamps #38-52, 55, 70
Coat of Arms - Ovava Tree - George II - Prehistoric Trilithon, Tongatabu - Breadfruit - Coral Formations - View of Haabai - Red-breasted Musk Parrot - View of Vavau - Queen Salote
First Stamps of Tuvalu
1976 Stamps of Vanuatu - Gilbert and Ellice Islands Types of 1971 Overprinted “TUVALU” - stamps #1-15
First Stamps of Vanuatu
The Anglo-French condominium of New Hebrides became the independent state of Vanuatu July 30, 1980
1980 Stamps of Vanuatu - stamps #280-292
Erromango Island - Archipelago - Espiritu Santo Island - Efate Island - Malakula Island - Aoba and Maewo Islands - Pentecost Island - Tanna Island - Shepherd Island - Banks Island - Ambrym Island - neityum Island - Torres Islands
First Stamps of Wallis and Futuna Island
1920-28 Stamps of Wallis and Futuna Island - New Caledonia Stamps of 1905-28 Overprinted - stamps #1-28
First Stamps From American -Countries
First Stamps From American -Countries
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Stamps collection - 46 Countries American Continent
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.
First Stamps - Antigua and Barbuda
stamp Antigua Queen Victoria 1862 stamp #1
First Stamps - Argentina
Symbolical stamp of the Argentine Confederation -1858, May 1 - stamps #1, 1a - Colon after "5", 1b - Colon after "V"
First Stamp - Bahamas
Stamp Bahamas 1863 Scott stamp #1
First Stamps - Barbados
Stamp Barbados 1875 stamp #1 Britannia
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
First Stamps - Bermuda
1865 stamps of Bermuda stamps #1 - 6, Queen Victoria
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
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.
First Stamp - British Virgin Islands
1866 Virgin Islands stamp #1
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 SCOTIA1851 - 1857 Queen Victoria |  NEW BRUNSWICK1851 Crown of Great Britain and Heraldic Flowers of the United Kingdom |  NEWFOUNDLAND1857 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 ISLAND1861 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 |
First Stamps - Cayman Islands
 1900 Cayman Islands #1 |  1900 Cayman Islands Single 1 |  1900 Cayman Islands Single 2 |
Stamps - Central America
First Stamps - Chile
 1853 stamp Chile #1 Christopher Columbus |  1853 stamp Chile #1-2 Christopher Columbus |  1853 stamp Chile #2 Christopher Columbus |
First Stamps - Colombia
 Colombia 1859 First Issue 2-1/2c Brown #1 |  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 |
First Stamps - Costa Rica
 1863 Costa Rica #1 |  1863 Costa Rica #2 |  1863 Costa Rica #3 |  1863 Costa Rica #4 |
First Stamps - Cuba
 1855 Cuba #1 |  1855 Cuba #1a |  1855 Cuba #2 |  1855 Cuba #3 |  1855 Cuba #4 |
First Stamps - Dominica
 1874 Dominica #1 |  1874 Dominica #2 |  1874 Dominica #3 |
First Stamps - Dominican
 1865 Dominican Republic Coat of Arms #1 |  1865 Dominican Republic Coat of Arms #3 |
First Stamps - Ecuador
1865-72 Ecuador #1-6
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.
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 |
First Stamps - Grenada
 1861 Grenada - Queen Victoria #1 |  1861 Grenada - Queen Victoria #1a |  1861 Grenada - Queen Victoria #2 |
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 |
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 |
First Stamps - Haiti
1881 Haiti - Liberty Head #1- 6
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.
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 |
First Stamps - Jamaica
1860-63 Jamaica - Queen Victoria #1-6
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.
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 |
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.
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.
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 |
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.
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
First Stamps - South Georgia
1944 South Georgia - Falkland Islands Dependencies, South Georgia Complete Set #3L1-8
1963 South Georgia Short set #1-15
First Stamps - St.Kitts and Nevis
1903 St.Kitts - Nevis -Columbus Looking for Land & Medicinal Spring #1-10
First Stamps - St.Lucia
1860 St.Lucia - Queen Victoria #1-3
First Stamps - St.Vincent & Grenadines
1973 St Vincent-Grenadines postage stamp - Princess Anne's Wedding Issue #1-2
First Stamps - St.Vincent
1861 St.Vincent - Queen Victoria #1-2
First Stamps - Surinam
1873-89 Surinam - King William #2-16
First Stamps - Trinidad & Tobago
1913 Trinidad & Tobago - ?Britannia? #1-7
First Stamps - Turks and Caicos
1900-04 Turks and Caicos - Dependency?s Badge #1-9
First Stamps - United States
1847 United States - Franklin #1 - Washington #2
First Stamps - Uruguay
1856 Uruguay - 'El Sol de Mayo' #1
First Stamps - Venezuela
1859 Venezuela - Coat of Arms #1-3
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