Postage stamps and postal history of Haiti
Encyclopedia
This is a survey of the postage stamp
s and postal history
of Haiti
.
Haiti is a Caribbean country which occupies the western part of the island of Hispaniola
which it shares with the Dominican Republic
. The capital is Port-au-Prince
.
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
s and postal history
Postal history
Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of postage stamps and covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems...
of Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
.
Haiti is a Caribbean country which occupies the western part of the island of Hispaniola
Hispaniola
Hispaniola is a major island in the Caribbean, containing the two sovereign states of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The island is located between the islands of Cuba to the west and Puerto Rico to the east, within the hurricane belt...
which it shares with the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. The capital is Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
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First stamps
The first stamp of Haiti was issued in 1881 in the 1c value and showed the head of Liberty.See also
- List of people on stamps of Haiti
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Dominican RepublicPostage stamps and postal history of the Dominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic became independent from Spain in 1865 and produced its own stamps from that date.-References:...
Further reading
- Melville, F.J.Fred MelvilleFrederick John Melville was a British philatelist, prolific philatelic author and founder of The Junior Philatelic Society. He was also a founder in 1907 of the Philatelic Literature Society...
The postage stamps of Hayti. London: Charles Nissen & Co.Charles NissenCharles Nissen was a philatelist, and stamp dealer who discovered the famous stock exchange forgery and wrote, with Bertram McGowan, the definitive book on the plating of the Penny Black.-The Royal Philatelic Collection:...
, c.1904.