The 9th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica from August 15 to August 28, 1962. This games included 1,559 athletes from fifteen nations. It took place days after the country had gained independence from the United Kingdom. It is the first and so far only Central American and Caribbean Games to be held in a non-Spanish-speaking country.
The Central American and Caribbean Games are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for countries in Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the South American Caribbean countries of Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
They are the oldest continuing regional games in the world and only the Olympics have run longer.
Details
- Date of Issue: 11 August 1962
- Date Withdrawn: 28 February 1963
- Date Invalidated:
- Designer:
- Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process: Photogravure
- Paper:
- Watermark: St. Edward’s Crown Block CA Multiple
- Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb)
- Cylinders:
- 1A 1A (1d, 6d, 8d)
- 1A 1A 1A 1A (2s)
- 1B 1B 1B 1B (2s)
- Sheet: R6 x 10
- Quantity: