St. Vincent | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First Day Cover for sak-19980202-s-001 First day of issue: February 02, 1998 Width: 186 mm Height: 96 mm Cachet maker: Unknown Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVII From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. St. Vincent (1861-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 119,092 (1997 estimate). An island in the West Indies. St. Vincent was a British colony from 1763 to 1969. On Oct. 27, 1969, St. Vincent became an independent associated state in the British Commonwealth. It became fully independent on Oct. 27, 1979. |