ATG 1956 MiNr0101 mt B002 - Public domain scan of drawing

Stamp of Antigua (British crown colony); 1956; definitive stamp of the issue "Local scenes and landscapes"; stamp drawing of a view of the seaward outer wall with cannons of Fort James (located in the Northwest of the island of Antigua (in the capital Saint John) and a side portrait of the British Queen Elizabeth II in oval with view to right; mint stamp

Note: This stamp marks the change of the form of government for the Antigua island. The former British "Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands" was dissolved and the new British crown colony "Antigua" was formed on 1 July 1956.

Stamp: Michel: No. 101; Yvert et Tellier: No. 103A; Scott: No. 107

Color: red brown

Watermark: Antigua No. 5 (St.Edward's crown over convoluted characters "CA")

Nominal value: ½ Cents (¢)

Postage validity: from 3 July 1956 until 31 October 1981 date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1956-07-03T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1981-10-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 28.0 x 23.5 mm

1956 stamps brown stamps cannons on stamps elizabeth ii of the united kingdom on stamps fort james antigua and barbuda stamps of antigua stamps with a face value of uk government artistic works antigua and barbuda postal stamps queen elizabeth ii

03/07/1956

UK Government artistic works

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