Sao Tome & Principe | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First Day Cover for saj-20180519-g-001 First day of issue: May 19, 2018 Width: 230 mm Height: 160 mm Cachet maker: Unknown Location: Oversize album #7 From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Sao Tome and Principe (1975-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 147,865 (1997 estimate). The Portuguese colony of St. Thomas and Prince became the independent Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe on July 12, 1975. It now issues large numbers of topically oriented stamps primarily intended for stamp collectors. |