1883-1911 St. Vincent in Bud's Big Blue
Bud's Big Blue
Bud's Observations
(From Jim: Bud is well, but has a lot of non philatelic obligations and responsibilities at the moment. With his permission, I will upload country pages in his complete '69 Big Blue that so far has not been shown. He might add his observations later. Enjoy!)
Jim's Observations
Saint Vincent, well known for black sand beaches, is an 18 mile by 11 mile mountainous island in the Caribbean Windward Islands 100 miles west of Barbados, and dominated by the active volcano La Soufriere (1812, 1902, 1979 eruptions). It became a British possession in 1763, and a crown colony in 1887. Previously, the French occupied St. Vincent, and the island received it's name from the patron saint of Portugal, Vincent of Saragossa, since it was supposedly discovered by Christopher Columbus on the Saint's feast day, January 22.
Stamps were introduced for St. Vincent in 1861
Big Blue '69, on 1 1/3 page, has 44 spaces for the 1883-1938 stamps of St. Vincent. Subtracting the 35 stamps in the Scott Classic catalogue which were issued after 1940 leaves 156 major numbers. Coverage, then, for BB is 28%.
The first page in the '69 BB shares space with Schleswig, and Senegambia and Niger.
The 40s editions BBs have St. Thomas and Prince Islands sharing the first page. Coverage for the 40s editions is identical to the '69 edition.
Big Blue has no stamp spaces for St. Vincent that requires a CV $10+ or higher stamp.
For more, click on the link below. I also go on a discussion (rampage?) about runaway stamp production recently, with St. Vincent being one of the more egregious countries. Also, there is a update link about the 1861-1881 stamps of St. Vincent within the post.
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