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Trinidad & Tobago
1st January 1913
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Caribbean | 20 |  |
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| Sc1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 | xxx |
perf 14, wmk multiple crown CA, typo
Printed by De La Rue, London
| Description | Scott † | SG ‡ | Mi | Y&T | ||
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| Ordinary Paper | ||||||
| ½ penny green | 1 | 149 | ||||
| 1d scarlet | 2 | 150 | ||||
| 1d carmine | 2a | 150c | ||||
| 2½d ultra | 4 | |||||
| Chalky Paper | ||||||
| 4d scarlet and black, yellow | 5 | 152a | ||||
| 6d red violet and dull violet | 6 | 153 | ||||
| 1 shilling black, emerald | 7 | 154c | ||||
| 1/- black, green | 7a | 154 | ||||
| 1/- black, blue green, olive back | 7b | 154b | ||||
†There is no Sc3.
‡ Gibbons numbers the stamps of Trinidad (SG1-148) separately from Tobago (SG1-33) then continues T&T on from SG149. Gibbons also lists more shades and paper variants than Scott
The colonies of Trinidad and Tobago were united from 1889 and 1899, then Trinidad stamps were used until 1913. The islands became independent within the Commonwealth in 1962.
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Independence |
| 1962 Sc105-109 SG300-304 |