Scotts Head is a village on the southwest coast of Dominica, in Saint Mark Parish. Predominantly a fishing village, Scotts Head overlooks Soufrière Bay, which is protected as the Soufrière Scotts Head Marine Reserve.
The village shares its name with the Caribbean’s only tied island, a small peninsula with a rising headland that extends westward from the village at Dominica’s southwest tip. The Carib name of the peninsula is Cachacrou, literally a “hat which is being eaten”; this is possibly a reference to its location at the convergence of the Caribbean Sea to its north and the Atlantic Ocean to its south.
The stamp design shows a view of the peninsula from the mainland with dug-out canoes in the foreground.
Details
- Designer: S Scott
- Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process: Photogravure
- Paper:
- Watermark:
- St Edwards Crown C.A. Block (Upright)
- St Edwards Crown C.A. Block (Sideways)
- Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb)
- Gum: Arabic & PVA
- Cylinders:
- 1A (Sepia), 1A (Blue), 1A (Green)
- 1B 1B 1B
- Sheet: R5 x 10 (horiz)
- Quantity:
Cylinder Numbers (Sideways WMK)
Sheet Numbers (Sideways WMK)
