Haiti officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas.
It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean, and with an estimated population of 11.4 million, is the most populous Caribbean country.The capital and largest city is Port-au-Prince.
Haiti was originally inhabited by the TaÃno people In 1492, Christopher Columbus established the first European settlement in the Americas, La Navidad, on its northeastern coast.
The island was part of the Spanish Empire until 1697, when the western portion was ceded to France and became Saint-Domingue, dominated by sugarcane plantations worked by enslaved Africans. The 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution made Haiti the first sovereign state in the Caribbean, the second republic in the Americas, the first country in the Americas to officially abolish slavery, and the only country in history established by a slave revolt.
The 19th century saw political instability, international isolation, debt to France, and failed invasions of the Dominican Republic, including a costly war. U.S. forces occupied Haiti from 1915 to 1934, followed by dictatorial rule of the Duvalier family (1957–1986). After a coup d'état in 2004, the United Nations intervened. In the 2010s, a catastrophic earthquake and a large-scale cholera outbreak devastated the country.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1956.01
14.04.1956
Definitives
10c
35
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
25c
8
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
2.50g
35
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
= 10c
5g
8
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
= 25c
1958.01
08.10.1958
IGY
7v set
20c
59
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
1.50g
59
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
= 20c
1958.02
08.10.1958
IGY
imp, 4 designs
1958.01
1.50g
59
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
1969.01
26.02.1969
Birds
5c
240
Hispaniolan Euphonia Chlorophonia musica
10c
83
Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster
20c
180
Palmchat Dulus dominicus
25c
248
Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis
50c
240
Hispaniolan Euphonia Chlorophonia musica
= 5c
50c
83
Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster
= 10c
1g
252
Hispaniolan Oriole Icterus dominicensis
1.50g
248
Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis
= 25c
2g
102
Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus
1969.02
29.08.1969
Overprint APOLLO XI on 1969.01
50c
83
Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster
1g
252
Hispaniolan Oriole Icterus dominicensis
1.50g
248
Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis
2g
102
Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus
1999.01
21.08.1999
Wildlife protection
20g
246
White-winged Warbler Xenoligea montana
MS
and
246
Grey-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
1999.02
20.12.1999
Birds
2g
83
Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster
4g
246
White-winged Warbler Xenoligea montana
10g
246
Grey-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
20g
35
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
1999.03
20.12.1999
Birds
Sheet
1999.02
2g
83
Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster
4g
246
White-winged Warbler Xenoligea montana
10g
246
Grey-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
20g
35
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
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