CUBA

CUBA.

Definitive stamps. Map of Cuba, Central America and Caribbean Sea.
First stamp in a set of 10, issued on 24.02.1914.
Face value: 1 cent of Cuban peso.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 22 x 25 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 27.
- Scott No. 253.
- StampWorld No. 28.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 325.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 166.

Cuba is an island located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It has an area of 109,884 km² (42,426 sq mi) and in 2019 its population was 11,193,470 inhabitants. Its capital is Havana (La Habana). In addition to the main island (Cuba), several archipelagos belong to the country, with more than 4,000 islands and keys, among which the Isla de la Juventud (formerly Isla de Pinos) stands out, of 2,419 km² (934 sq mi) and about 86,500 population. The highest mountain on the island of Cuba is Pico Turquino, at 1,974 m (6,476 ft), in the Sierra Maestra mountain range.

The island was populated since ancient times by the Guanahatabey, Siboney and Taíno ethnic groups (according to the description of Bartolomé de las Casas). The first European to arrive in Cuba was Christopher Columbus (who named it Isla Juana) on October 27, 1492, and from 1513 the island was administered by Spain, who turned it into overseas territory and kept it until after the Spanish-American war, when by the Treaty of Paris of December 10, 1898 it was under the control of the United States, until on May 20, 1902 the independent Republic of Cuba was established.