Bird stamps from Anguilla.

Bird stamps from Anguilla.

Thursday, February 02, 2012
Anguilla  is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Caribbean.

It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin.

The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla itself, approximately 26 km (16 mi) long by 5 km (3.1 mi) wide at its widest point, together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population.

The island's capital is The Valley. The total land area of the territory is 91 km2 (35 sq mi), with a population of approximately 13,500 (2006 estimate).

Anguilla has become a popular tax haven, having no capital gains, estate, profit or other forms of direct taxation on either individuals or corporations

During the early colonial period, Anguilla was administered by the British through Antigua, but in 1824 it was placed under the administrative control of nearby Saint Kitts. In 1967, Britain granted Saint Kitts and Nevis full internal autonomy, and Anguilla was also incorporated into the new unified dependency, named Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, against the wishes of many Anguillians.

This led to two rebellions in 1967 and 1969 (Anguillian Revolution), headed by Ronald Webster, and a brief period as a self-declared independent republic. British authority was fully restored in July, 1971. In 1980 Anguilla was finally allowed to secede from Saint Kitts and Nevis and become a separate British colony (now termed a British overseas territory).


Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1967.01   04.09.1967   Overprint Independent Anguilla on St Kitts-Nevis 1963.01      
25c     70     White-crowned Pigeon    Patagioenas leucocephala     
1968.01   08.07.1968   Anguillan birds      
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
10c     86     Purple-throated Carib    Eulampis jugularis     
15c     229     Bananaquit    Coereba flaveola     
25c     57     Black-necked Stilt    Himantopus mexicanus     
40c     66     Royal Tern    Thalasseus maximus     
1972.01   30.10.1972   Definitives      
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
1$     30     Magnificent Frigatebird    Fregata magnificens     
5$     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
1976.01   10.02.1976   Overprint NEW CONSTITUTION on 1972.01      
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
1$     30     Magnificent Frigatebird    Fregata magnificens     
5$     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
1977.01   18.04.1977   Definitives      
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
1c     26     Yellow-crowned Night Heron    Nyctanassa violacea     
10$     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
1978.01   20.02.1978   Definitives      
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
10c     38     American Kestrel    Falco sparverius     
1979.01   12.02.1979   Surcharge on 1978.01, 1977.01      
American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
38c     38     American Kestrel    Falco sparverius     
40c     26     Yellow-crowned Night Heron    Nyctanassa violacea     
1980.01   16.04.1980   Overprint 50th Anniversary… on 1978.01      
10c     38     American Kestrel    Falco sparverius     
1980.02   13.11.1980   Christmas      
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
5c     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
22c     26     Great Blue Heron    Ardea herodias     
1.50$     183     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     
3$     86     Ruby-throated Hummingbird    Archilochus colubris     
1980.03   13.11.1980   Christmas   Sheet   1980.02
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
5c     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
22c     26     Great Blue Heron    Ardea herodias     
1.50$     183     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     
3$     86     Ruby-throated Hummingbird    Archilochus colubris     
1980.04   18.12.1980   Overprint SEPARATION 1980 on 1977.01, 1978.01, 1979.01, 1980.02      
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
1c     26     Yellow-crowned Night Heron    Nyctanassa violacea     
5c     183     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     
5c     86     Ruby-throated Hummingbird    Archilochus colubris     
10c     38     American Kestrel    Falco sparverius     
40c     26     Yellow-crowned Night Heron    Nyctanassa violacea     
10$     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
1982.01   01.01.1982   Definitives      
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
5$     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
1982.02   18.10.1982   Overprint COMMONWEALTH GAMES on 1982.01      
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
5$     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
1983.01   24.10.1983   Overprint 150TH ANNIVERSARY… on 1982.01      
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
5$     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
1984.01   24.04.1984   Surcharge on 1982.01      
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
2.50$     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
1984.02   16.07.1984   Ausipex 84, stamp on stamp   4v set   Australia 1914.01
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
75c     92     Laughing Kookaburra    Dacelo novaeguineae     
1984.03   13.08.1984   Overprint U.P.U. CONGRESS…. on 1982.01      
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
5$     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
1985.01   29.04.1985   Audubon      
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Wood Stork Mycteria americana Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
10c     183     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     
60c     24     Wood Stork    Mycteria americana     
75c     66     Roseate Tern    Sterna dougallii     
5$     36     Western Osprey    Pandion haliaetus     
1985.02   29.04.1985   Audubon      
Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
4$     231     Western Tanager    Piranga ludoviciana     MS
4$     157     Blue-headed Vireo    Vireo solitarius     MS
1985.03   22.07.1985   Birds      
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
25c     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
65c     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
1.35$     66     Roseate Tern    Sterna dougallii     
5$     92     Belted Kingfisher    Megaceryle alcyon     
1985.04   30.09.1985   Birds      
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri Green Heron Butorides virescens
45c     208     Pearly-eyed Thrasher    Margarops fuscatus     
50c     66     Laughing Gull    Leucophaeus atricilla     
80c     119     Grey Kingbird    Tyrannus dominicensis     
1$     18     Audubon's Shearwater    Puffinus lherminieri     
10$     26     Green Heron    Butorides virescens     
1985.05   14.10.1985   Overprint GIRL GUIDES…. on 1982.01      
5$     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
1985.06   11.11.1985   Birds      
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
5c     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
10c     70     Mourning Dove    Zenaida macroura     
15c     30     Magnificent Frigatebird    Fregata magnificens     
20c     86     Antillean Crested Hummingbird    Orthorhyncus cristatus     
30c     119     Caribbean Elaenia    Elaenia martinica     
35c     157     Black-whiskered Vireo    Vireo altiloquus     
40c     26     Yellow-crowned Night Heron    Nyctanassa violacea     
2.50$     229     Bananaquit    Coereba flaveola     
1986.01   10.03.1986   Birds      
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
35c     231     Lesser Antillean Bullfinch    Loxigilla noctis     
1986.02   22.05.1986   Overprint AMERIPEX 1986 on 1985.04, 1985.06      
5c     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
45c     208     Pearly-eyed Thrasher    Margarops fuscatus     
1$     18     Audubon's Shearwater    Puffinus lherminieri     
2.50$     229     Bananaquit    Coereba flaveola     
10$     26     Green Heron    Butorides virescens     
1987.01   13.06.1987   Overprint CAPEX '87 on 1985.04, 1986.01      
35c     231     Lesser Antillean Bullfinch    Loxigilla noctis     
45c     208     Pearly-eyed Thrasher    Margarops fuscatus     
80c     119     Grey Kingbird    Tyrannus dominicensis     
10$     26     Green Heron    Butorides virescens     
1987.02   04.09.1987   Overprint 20 YEARS OF…. on 1985.03-4, 1985.06, 1986.01      
5c     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
10c     30     Magnificent Frigatebird    Fregata magnificens     
15c     30     Magnificent Frigatebird    Fregata magnificens     
20c     86     Antillean Crested Hummingbird    Orthorhyncus cristatus     
25c     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
30c     119     Caribbean Elaenia    Elaenia martinica     
35c     231     Lesser Antillean Bullfinch    Loxigilla noctis     
40c     26     Yellow-crowned Night Heron    Nyctanassa violacea     
45c     208     Pearly-eyed Thrasher    Margarops fuscatus     
50c     66     Laughing Gull    Leucophaeus atricilla     
65c     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
80c     119     Grey Kingbird    Tyrannus dominicensis     
1$     18     Audubon's Shearwater    Puffinus lherminieri     
1.35$     66     Roseate Tern    Sterna dougallii     
2.50$     229     Bananaquit    Coereba flaveola     
5$     92     Belted Kingfisher    Megaceryle alcyon     
10$     26     Green Heron    Butorides virescens     
1987.03   14.12.1987   Overprint 40TH WEDDING... on 1985.03-4, 1986.01      
35c     231     Lesser Antillean Bullfinch    Loxigilla noctis     
1$     18     Audubon's Shearwater    Puffinus lherminieri     
1.35$     66     Roseate Tern    Sterna dougallii     
10$     26     Green Heron    Butorides virescens     
1988.01   14.12.1988   Overprint H R H PRINCESS…. on 1985.04, 1985.06, 1986.01      
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
35c     231     Lesser Antillean Bullfinch    Loxigilla noctis     
80c     119     Grey Kingbird    Tyrannus dominicensis     
1$     18     Audubon's Shearwater    Puffinus lherminieri     
2.50$     229     Bananaquit    Coereba flaveola     
1989.01   31.07.1989   Overprint 20th ANNIVERSARY... on 1985.03-4      
80c     119     Grey Kingbird    Tyrannus dominicensis     
1$     18     Audubon's Shearwater    Puffinus lherminieri     
1.35$     66     Roseate Tern    Sterna dougallii     
5$     92     Belted Kingfisher    Megaceryle alcyon     
1990.01   26.11.1990   Christmas      
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
10c     66     Laughing Gull    Leucophaeus atricilla     
35c     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
1.50$     66     Bridled Tern    Onychoprion anaethetus     
3.50$     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     
1990.02   26.11.1990   Christmas      
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
6$     66     Least Tern    Sternula antillarum     MS
1995.01   10.04.1995   Easter      
Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
20c     70     Zenaida Dove    Zenaida aurita     
45c     70     Zenaida Dove    Zenaida aurita     
50c     70     Zenaida Dove    Zenaida aurita     
5$     70     Zenaida Dove    Zenaida aurita     
2001.01   07.08.2001   Anguillan birds      
White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus
30c     14     White-cheeked Pintail    Anas bahamensis     
1$     231     Black-faced Grassquit    Tiaris bicolor     
1.50$     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
2$     57     Black-necked Stilt    Himantopus mexicanus     
3$     58     Snowy Plover    Charadrius nivosus     
2001.02   07.08.2001   Anguillan birds   Sheet   
Snowy Egret Egretta thula Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
25c     26     Snowy Egret    Egretta thula     
65c     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
1.35$     64     Greater Yellowlegs    Tringa melanoleuca     
2.25$     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
2005.01   23.03.2005   Rotary   4v set   
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
1$     29     Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis     



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