Postage stamps and postal history of Martinique
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Martinique.
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados. It is an overseas region of France.
First stamps
Stamps of France were used in Martinique from 1851, and the French colonies general issues from 1859.
The first stamp of Martinique was issued on 18 July 1886, overprinting "Martinique" on the French colonies general issues.[1][2] In 1892, the first definitive set, the French colonial series, was issued. A series of pictorial stamps issued in 1908 featured local themes.
Martinique has used the stamps of France since becoming an overseas region in 1974.
See also
References
Further reading
- Picirilli, Bob. Postal and Airmail Rates in France & Colonies 1920-1945. France and Colonies Philatelic Society of Great Britain.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stamps of Martinique.
External links
- France and Colonies Philatelic Society of Great Britain.
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Postage stamps and postal history of the Caribbean
- British West Indies
- Danish West Indies
- Dutch Caribbean
- French West Indies
- West Indies Federation
Indies
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| Lucayan Archipelago |
Sea
- Aves Island
- San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank~
- Serranilla Bank~
continental
zone
- Quintana Roo
- Cozumel
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groupings
may include:
| Yucatán Peninsula |
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| The Guianas |
N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.
^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
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