Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean, covering 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi). Jamaica is a popular resort and tourism destination and an upper-middle-income country; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year. The country has a global influence that belies its small size; it was the birthplace of the Rastafari religion and reggae music (and such associated genres as dub, ska, and dancehall); and it is internationally prominent in sports, including cricket, sprinting, and athletics. Jamaica has sometimes been considered the world's least populous cultural superpower.
Jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, with power vested in the bicameral Parliament of Jamaica, consisting of an appointed Senate and a directly elected House of Representatives. Andrew Holness has served as Prime Minister of Jamaica since March 2016. Jamaica is a Commonwealth realm, with Charles III as its king; the appointed representative of the Crown is the Governor-General of Jamaica, the office having been held by Patrick Allen since 2009.
Because of a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large Jamaican diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Most Jamaicans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, with significant European, East Asian (primarily Chinese), Indian, Lebanese, and mixed-race minorities.
It is the third-largest island in the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean, after Cuba and the island of Hispaniola. Jamaica lies about 145 km (78 nmi) south of Cuba, 191 km (103 nmi) west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and 215 km (116 nmi) southeast of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory). With 2.8 million people,Jamaica is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas and the fourth most populous country in the Caribbean. Kingston is the country's capital and largest city.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1956.01
03.09.1956
Definitives
6d
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
1962.01
08.08.1962
Overprint INDEPENDENCE 1962 on 1956.01
6d
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
1964.01
04.05.1964
Definitives
8d
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
1977.01
05.08.1977
Caribbean jamboree
10c
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
20c
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
= 10c
25c
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
= 10c
50c
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
= 10c
1980.01
25.02.1980
Institute of Jamaica
5v set
75c
80
Jamaican Owl Asio grammicus
1980.02
28.04.1980
Definitives
8c
91
Jamaican Tody Todus todus
10c
21
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango
12c
107
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria
15c
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
35c
226
White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius
50c
102
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus
1982.01
25.10.1982
Jamaican birds
Strip
1$
24
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula
1$
24
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula
1$
24
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula
1$
24
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula
1$
24
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula
1984.01
07.08.1984
Surcharge on 1980.02
10c
107
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria
1985.01
22.04.1985
Audubon
20c
73
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
55c
73
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
2$
73
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
5$
73
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
1985.02
22.04.1985
Audubon
Sheet
1985.01
20c
73
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
55c
73
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
2$
73
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
5$
73
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
1986.01
10.02.1986
Jamaican birds
25c
24
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis
55c
125
Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger
1.50$
226
White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis
5$
122
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus
1986.02
03.11.1986
Surcharge on 1980.02
5c
102
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus
1987.01
23.02.1987
Sea shells
4v set
75c
52
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
1988.01
22.01.1988
Jamaican birds
45c
24
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis
and
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
and
240
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica
45c
161
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus
and
226
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis
and
122
Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta
and
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
5$
43
Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
and
70
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
and
70
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
5$
42
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
and
70
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
and
70
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
and
43
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
1994.01
07.09.1994
Tourism
4v sheet
25$
107
Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis †
25$
107
Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis †
1995.01
24.04.1995
Wild birds
50c
27
Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea
90c
107
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria
1.10$
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
50$
80
Jamaican Owl Asio grammicus
1995.02
24.04.1995
Wild birds
50$
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
MS
1995.03
01.09.1995
Singapore 95
1995.02
50$
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
MS
2003.01
19.09.2003
BirdLife International
15$
248
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala
40$
27
Crested Quail-Dove Geotrygon versicolor
45$
91
Jamaican Tody Todus todus
60$
161
Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni
2003.02
19.09.2003
BirdLife International
Sheet
30$
252
Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus
30$
252
Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus
30$
252
Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus
30$
252
Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus
30$
252
Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus
2004.01
12.05.2004
BirdLife International
Sheet
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10$
107
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria
10$
252
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx
10$
256
Orangequit Euneornis campestris
10$
256
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus
10$
102
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus
10$
21
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
10$
21
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango
10$
226
White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis
10$
24
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula
10$
253
Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra
2006.01
30.11.2006
WWF
5$
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
10$
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
30$
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
50$
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
2006.02
30.11.2006
WWF
Sheet with 4 sets
2006.01
5$
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
10$
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
30$
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
50$
107
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
2023.01
29.05.2023
Hope Botanical Gardens
6v set
140$
107
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria
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