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Postage stamps and postal history of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Postage stamps have been issued in the Turks and Caicos Islands since 1867.

Turks Islands[edit]

The first stamp of the Turks Islands was issued on 4 April 1867 and was the one penny red. The stamp was reissued numerous times, surcharged to create new values between 1/2 penny and 4 pence.^[1]

Turks and Caicos Islands[edit]

The first stamp of the Turks and Caicos Islands were issued on 10 November 1900.^[1]

Crown colony[edit]

The islands became a Crown Colony in 1962 and the first stamps issued under the new status were the Freedom from Hunger omnibus issue of 4 June 1963.^[1]

Caicos Islands[edit]

From 1981 to 1985 overprinted stamps marked Caicos Islands were issued but they are of doubtful validity.^[2]

See also[edit]

• Revenue stamps of the Turks and Caicos Islands

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Bacon, Edward Denny. The Postage Stamps of the Turks Islands. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1917 29p. Supplement 1936 12p.
• Challis, John J. Turks Islands and Caicos Islands to 1950: Postage Stamps, Postal Stationery, Postal History. Harrogate: Roses Caribbean Philatelic Society, 1983 118p. Series Title: Roses Caribbean philatelic handbook; no. 6.
• Proud, Edward B. The Postal History of the Cayman Islands and Turks & Caicos Islands. Heathfield, East Sussex: Proud Publications, 2006 ISBN 978-1-87246-538-8 152p.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stamps of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

• Identifying King George VI Stamps of the Turks & Caicos Islands.
• Stamps at the Turks and Caicos National Museum
• Turks and Caicos Islands Philatelic Bureau.
• Turks and Caicos Islands stamps 1946-2006 comparative Scott and SG numbers.

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