Category: Dominica

Unlike many other Caribbean island nations, Dominica was never a suitable site for sugarcane cultivation, as rocky and mountainous terrain made plantation production impossible. Only about one-quarter of the island is cultivatable. Climate, fertility, and topography are favourable for tree crops, however, and Dominica has been a producer of coffee,…

View More Dominica Philately: 1968 Associated Statehood – 15c Bananas

West Indies Associated States was the collective name for a number of islands in the Eastern Caribbean whose status changed from being British colonies to states in free association with the United Kingdom in 1967. These states were Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent. Associated statehood…

View More Dominica Philately: 1968 – 1963 Definitive Series (Associated Statehood Overprint)

Details Reprint: 16 May 1967 Date Withdrawn: 7 July 1968 Date Invalidated: Designer: S Scott Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: St Edwards Crown C.A. Block (Sideways) Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Pink), 1A (Brown) 1B (Pink), 1B (Brown) Sheet: R5 x 10 Quantity: Cylinders

View More Dominica Philately: 1967 – 1963 Definitive Series (4th Reprint) – 10c Crapaud

Details Reprint: 16 May 1967 Date Withdrawn: 7 July 1968 Date Invalidated: Designer: S Scott Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: St Edwards Crown C.A. Block (Upright) (2c, 5c, 24c) St Edwards Crown C.A. Block (Sideways) (4c, 6c, 8c, 10c, 15c) Perf: Comb 14 x 14.5 (vert) 14.5 x 14 (horiz) Cylinders: 1A…

View More Dominica Philately: 1967 – 1963 Definitive Series (4th Reprint)

Details Designer: S Scott Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: St Edwards Crown C.A. Block (Sideways) Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Brown), 1A (Yellow), 1A (Green) Sheet: R5 x 10 Quantity: Cylinder Numbers

View More Dominica Philately: 1967 – 1963 Definitive Series (4th Reprint) – 15c Bananas

Details Designer: S Scott Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: St Edwards Crown C.A. Block (Sideways) Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Brown), 1A (Green), 1A (Grey) Sheet: R5 x 10 (horiz) Quantity: Reprint: 16 May 1967 (Reprint 4) Cylinder

View More Dominica Philately: 1966 – 1963 Definitive Series (3rd Reprint) – 8c Dug-out Canoe

Details Designer: S Scott Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: St Edwards Crown C.A. Block (Sideways) Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Green), 1A (Purple), 1A (Sandy brown) Sheet: R5 x 10 (horiz) Quantity: Reprint: 16 May 1967 (Reprint 4) Cylinder

View More Dominica Philately: 1966 – 1963 Definitive Series (3rd Reprint) – 6c Road Making

Details Reprint: 30 December 1966 Date Withdrawn: 7 July 1968 Date Invalidated: Designer: S Scott Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: St Edwards Crown C.A. Block (Upright) (2c, 5c) St Edwards Crown C.A. Block (Sideways) (6c, 8c) Perf: Comb 14 x 14.5 (vert) 14.5 x 14 (horiz) Cylinders: 1A…

View More Dominica Philately: 1966 – 1963 Definitive Series (3rd Reprint)

In Dominica, modern Kalinago utilize the gommier (Dacryodes excelsa) from the Bursera family (Burseraceae) to manufacture canoes. This was the primary tree that was exploited for canoes in the early 20th century in Dominica and a fragment of a gommier canoe that washed on the shore of Mona Island was observed…

View More Dominica Philately: 1963 Definitive Series – 8c Dug-out Canoe

Until the 1950s there was no proper road from the capital, Roseau, either up or down the west coast of Dominica; and a harsh trek across the mountains, through the monumental green spine of the island, was the only route from one side to the other. The 1950s and 1960s…

View More Dominica Philately: 1963 Definitive Series – 6c Road Making