SAINT VINCENT

SAINT VINCENT.

St. Vincent Post Offices.
Small map of Saint Vincent with the location of Layou's Post Office.
Fifth stamp in a set of 19, issued on 31.05.1979.
Face value: 5 East Caribbean cents.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Realization and printing: Waddingtons.
Size: 42 x 28 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 524I.
- Scott No. 552.
- StampWorld No. 535.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 586.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 542.

Saint Vincent is a volcanic island in the Caribbean. It is the largest island of the country Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is composed of partially submerged volcanic mountains. Its largest volcano and the country's highest peak, La Soufrière, 1,234 m (4,048 ft), is active. The area of the island is 345 km² (133 sq mi) and the population, in 2012, was about 100,000. The capital is Kingston. Before 1498, the island was called Hairouna by its indigenous inhabitants. Columbus named the island Saint Vincent, since it is said to have been discovered on 22 January, the feast day of the patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia, Vincent of Saragossa.