BARBUDA

BARBUDA.

Map of the Barbuda Island and Queen Elisabeth II.
Third stamp in a set of 9, issued on 19.11.1968.
Face value: 2 East Caribbean cents.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 14.
- Scott No. 14.
- StampWorld No. 14.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 14.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 14.

Barbuda is a small island located in the eastern Caribbean forming part of the sovereign Commonwealth nation of Antigua and Barbuda from November 1, 1981. It is located north of the island of Antigua and is part of the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. His capital is Codrington. The island was a British colony from 1666 to the Independence of Antigua and Barbuda. Total area of the island is 160.56 km² (61.99 sq mi), and according to the 2011 census its population was 1,325 inhabitantes. From September 2017 to February 2019 the inhabitants of the island were evacuated to Antigua beacuse Hurricane Irma damaged or destroyed 95% of the island's buildings and infrastructure. The Codrington family, owning the island since 1685, produced food and transported slaves as labour for their sugarcane plantations on Antigua. During the 1740s, there were multiple slave rebellions at Codrington and all slaves were freed in 1834.