Stamps issued for the Leeward Islands. They were rarely used, as the individual islands still issued stamps, and the islanders preferred to use these (local patriotism).



British Leeward Islands, 1871-1956



In 1871, ANTIGUA (with Barbuda), MONTSERRAT, ST. KITTS (with Nevis and Anguilla), the BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS and DOMINICA were federated to form the British federated LEEWARD ISLANDS COLONY. In 1939 Dominica left to join the British WINDWARD ISLANDS.
The Leeward Islands was a federation of colonies; the individual island colonies preserved a large degree of autonomy and identity. In 1956, the federation was dissolved; in 1958, the individual island colonies joined the FEDERATION OF THE WEST INDIES.








EXTERNAL
FILES
DOCUMENTS Stamp of the Leeward Islands, from Primus Americus
Banknotes of the Leeward Islands, from Numismondo
News from the Leeward Islands, from "The Great Round World and What is Going on in it", Vol.1 No.28, May 1897, posted by Gutenberg Library Online
REFERENCE Jan Rogozinski, A Brief History of the Caribbean (1992) London : Penguin 1994
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 pp. 654-655 (on events of 1912) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1947 p.455 (on events of 1946) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1948 p.437 (on events of 1947) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1949 pp.388-389 (on events of 1948) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1950, p. 411 (on events in 1949) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1952, pp.420-421 (on events in 1951) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1953 pp.416-417 (on events in 1952) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1954 p.421 (on events in 1953) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1955 p.464 (on events in 1954) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1956 pp.401-402 (on events in 1955) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1957 pp.463-464 (on events in 1956) [G]
Article Leeward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1958 p.403 (on events in 1957) [G]
Article : West Indies - Leeward Islands, in : Statesman's Year Book 1895 pp.227-234, 1910 pp.267-269, 1919 pp.331-333, 1924 pp.331-333, 1925 pp.335-337, 1926 pp.334-337, 1928 pp.332-335, 1929 pp.337-340, 1932 pp.340-342, 1937 pp.364-367, 1943 pp.283-285 [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1927 p.496-497 (on events of 1926) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1928 p.451-452 (on events of 1927) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1930 pp.440-441 (on events of 1929) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1931 pp.441-442 (on events of 1930) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1932 pp.408-409 (on events of 1931) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1933 p.432 (on events of 1932) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1934 p.334 (on events of 1933) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1935 p.401 (on events of 1934) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1936 pp.403-404 (on events of 1935) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1937 p.408 (on events of 1936) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1943 p.426 (on events of 1935) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1944 pp.395-396 (on events of 1936) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1945 pp.427-428 (on events of 1944) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1946 pp.445-446; British West Indies p.129 (on events of 1945) [G]
Article : British West Indies, in : Americana Annual 1947 pp.104-105; Leeward Islands pp.408-409 (on events of 1946) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1957 p.453 (on events of 1956) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1964 pp.388-389 (on events of 1963) [G]
Article : Leeward Islands, in : International Year Book 1898 pp.467-468 [G]



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