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round trip took fourteen days. When a new contract was signed in 1850, the new routes did not include
Tortola and the reasons for this decision included the collapse of the local economy following the 1834 emancipation from slavery, and the lower volume of mail. The correspondence for Tortola was now transferred at St. Thomas. This is confirmed by the company's March 1860 schedule which states that "the mails for Tortola are to be delivered to the company's superintendent at St. Thomas, who will be held responsible for their immediate transmission and for the due embarkation of the return mails."
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the correct spelling. The $ 4.80 was later reprinted, but the error was not corrected. The other values, with one exception, depict pictorial aspects of the islands: 1 cent
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Islands), the US dollar enjoyed great popularity in the B.V.I. and in due course became the de facto currency. Fifty years later, in 1967, the local legislature passed a bill making the US dollar the only legal tender.
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British definitive and commemorative stamps of the 1950s and 1960s. Printed by Waterlow & Sons, the legislative council restoration set marks a return to the usual monochrome style. The second and last definitive of
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Migliavacca, G., âThe ancient art of rum making celebrated by a new set of stamps.â The Island Sun, Tortola, 20 Aug. 1986. Reprinted in The Stamp
Shopper vol. 1 No 5, Oct 1992, Lodi WI; The St. Croix Avis, St. Croix - USVI - 6 April 1987; Thema International SMV Nachrichten No 64, 1987 p. 173,
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definitive series was re-issued with overprints giving new denominations in US currency. Three years earlier, in 1959, the US dollar had become the legal tender in the Virgin
Islands, but by that time stamps in British currency had long been obsolete. Since 1917, when the USA purchased the former
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Spanish); 12 cents (Tortola, the capital island); and $ 4.80 depicting a general map of the archipelago. This last stamp is worth special mention in that the spelling of Virgin Gorda is distorted to VIRGIN CORDA. The 8 cents denomination featuring a detailed map of the island had
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Company included a route from St. Thomas to Demerara (via the Leeward Islands and Barbados) and vice versa. Indeed, Tortola was the first stop on the southward leg and the penultimate on the return voyage. The
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Sombrero - a rock nicknamed "Spanish Hat" by generations of sailors. At the time the tiny island was included in the
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Since 1866 the B.V.I. has issued about 1,450 stamps and in the last forty years they have been constantly featuring more some of the most popular thematic aspects. In fact one of the major reasons for their great popularity is that B.V.I. stamps depict extremely interesting topics such as sport,
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remained the first port for the packets, and St. Thomas was their last port before they sailed homeward. In St. Thomas they awaited the mail boats from the Leeward Islands. As a result of progress, in 1835 steamers began taking over the mail boat service in the West Indies and a regular steamer
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ships, stamps on stamps, pirates, historical figures, scientists, flora and fauna, birds, orchids, mushrooms, maps, Rotary, Lions, chess, medicine, coins, sealife, sea shells, members of the royal family, authors, politicians, and famous Virgin Islanders.
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the reign of King George VI was issued 15 April 1952, after the king's death. Featuring the Wilding portrait, this definitive series of 12 values was recess-printed by De La Rue & Co. on thin toned white paper. The 1c, 2c, 4c, 8c, 12c, and 24c
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Migliavacca, G., âBVI Botanic Gardens receive philatelic tribute.â In The Island Sun, Tortola, September 1987. Reprinted in The St. Croix Avis, St. Croix, 22 September 1987; and BVI Tourist Handbook 1988, Tortola 1988.
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Migliavacca, G., âNative Educators depicted on news stamps.â In The Island Sun, Tortola 25 December 1993, No 1746. p. 3. Reprinted in Stamps, Hornell, N.Y., 5 February 1994, vol. 246, No 6, wh. No 3204
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Virgin Islands colony, but in 1956 with the dissolution of the Federation of the Leeward Islands its control passed to St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
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Migliavacca, G., âCensoring the Virgins? No way....Jose!â Civil Censorship Study Group Bulletin, Vol, 19 No 4, July 1992, pp. 234â236
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Migliavacca, G., âFlowers, New Definitive, British Virgin Islandsâ - 8-page brochure published by the BVI Philatelic Bureau, May 1991.
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Migliavacca, Giorgio, âImbarcazioni delle Isole Vergini: unâantica tradizione.â Nuova Europa Filatelica e Numismatica. Rome, Nov. 1983.
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Specialised stamp catalogue of the British Virgin Islands, 1787-2001: Including postal history, postmarks and cancellations
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Migliavacca, G., âWest Indian Stamps continue to attract new collectorsâ in Stamps (USA) vol 249 No. 9, 26 November 1994
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