DOMINICA

DOMINICA.

Definitive stamps.
Roseau city (and Morne Trois Pitons mountain).
Stamp issued in 1909.
Face value: 3 pence.
Printing: Typography.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 45.
- Scott No. 40.
- StampWorld No. 48.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 51.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 48.

Roseau (in Dominican Creole, Wozeau, pronounced Rozô), located in the southwest of the island, on the shores of the Caribbean Sea, is the capital and larged city of Dominica. Its population, in 2011, was 14,725 inhabitants.

The 1,387 m (4,550 ft) Morne Trois Pitons, of volcanic origin, is the second highest mountain in Dominica. It is located in the Morne Trois Pitons National Park, with an area of 68.57 km² (26.47 sq mi). Established in July 1975, it became a World Heritage Site in 1997. On the stamp, it is the mountain in the background.

DOMINICA

DOMINICA.

Stylized map (with coordinates) and reproduction of the first Dominican stamp (1874).
Centenary of the first Dominican Postage Stamps, 1874-1974.
First stamp in a set of 6, issued on 27.05.1974.
Face value: 1/2 cent of Dominican dollar.
Printed by Format International Printers Ltd., Wolverhampton.   
Sixe: 20 x 43 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 391.
- Scott No. 389.
- StampWorld No. 394.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 383.

Dominica (in Kalinago language, Wai'tu kubuli; in French, Dominique; in Dominican Creole, Dominik), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean Sea. It is situated in the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago, near Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Its area is 750 km² (290 sq mi), and the highest point is Morne Diablotins (1,447 m, 4,747 ft). The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island.

It is said that Columbus passed through the island on Sunday, November 3, 1493 and gave it its name. From the 1690s it was colonized by Europeans, predominantly the French, who imported slaves from West Africa to work on the coffee plantations. Britain took possession of the island in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. The island gained its independence as a republic on November 3, 1978.

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Thanks to Louis Hughes for his contribution.