Postage stamps and postal history of Montserrat explained

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Leeward Islands.

First stamps

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

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Stamps of the World Volume 3. Stanley Gibbons. 2004. 489.
2. Web site: Montserrat | Stamps and postal history | StampWorldHistory. https://web.archive.org/web/20180303053732/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/americas/montserrat/. 12 August 2018. 2018-03-03.