FIRST STAMPS
ISSUED June 1973.
CURRENCY
1973, 100 cents = 1 dollar.
Formerly British
Honduras, changed its name in 1973. First stamps released in the colony on 11
June 1973 but available in London on 1 June.
Became independent member of the
Commonwealth in 1981. Britain has retained a military presence in the territory
against threatened invasion from Guatemala. British Forces' P0 is in
operation. |
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Cayes of Belize
Islands
off the coast of Belize which are part of that territory. Issued stamps in 1984
which were sponsored by a stamp dealer. They had little postal
usage. |
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