Stamps from British Virgin Islands catalogue

1,090 items

The British Virgin Islands are one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. About 100 km east of Puerto Rico. It will be a British Overseas Territory in 2022. More

The British Virgin Islands are part of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. From 1866, when it was a presidency of the British federal colony of the Leeward Islands, its own stamps were issued. British postage stamps were used before that and from 1890 to 1956 they were used together with the general issues for the British Leeward Islands (Leeward Islands). In 1956 the presidencies again became separate British colonies. The Virgin Islands became a British Overseas Territory in 1983.
The British cent was used until the late 1960s. Namely 12c to the shilling and 240c to the pound.
In 1962 the decimal system of cents and dollars was introduced.

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Saint Ursula (1878)