Stamps from Montserrat catalogue

1,337 items

Montserrat is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. As the presidency of the British federal colony of the Leeward Islands, the island issued its own stamps from 1876. From 1890 to 1903, the stamps of the various presidencies were replaced by general issues for the British Leeward Islands (Leeward Islands). From 1903 Montserrat again issued its own stamps which were used until 1956 together with the general issues for the British Leeward Islands. In that year the presidencies again became separate British colonies. In 1958, Montserrat became a province of the West Indies Federation, an autonomous British federal colony that disintegrated as early as 1962. In 1983 the colony of Montserrat became a British Overseas Territory.

Many stamps have an overprint OHMS (or OHMS), which stands for On Her Majesty's Service. These were used as Service Stamps and were not for sale at the post office, but (from 1976) through the Philatelic Bureau.

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Number of stamps

1,337

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Oldest item

Queen victoria (1876)