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Stamp Collecting: St Helena
The first Post Office was established on St. Helena in 1815, and the first handstruck stamp was introduced shortly after the opening of the Post Office. The first adhesive stamps of St. Helena were introduced in 1856.
Collectors' & Reference Sites
- Philatelic Rarities: Tristan Relief Fund Surcharges
- In 1961 when Tristan da Cunha was hit by volcanic activity, a supply of Tristan da Cunha stamps were locally surcharged ST. HELENA Tristan Relief with an amount for a relief fund. As the issue was not authorised by the Colonial Office in London, the stamps had to be withdrawn. These are among the rarest of modern stamps as only 434 sets were sold. Shown on this British Library Collections page is a card bearing three of the four values in the set, sent by the Governor of St Helena to The Rt. Hon. Reginald Maudling, MP, Secretary of State for the Colonies, informing him of the new stamps.
- St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Philatelic Society
- The objectives of the Society include promoting the collecting, study and research of philatelic materials relating to these three South Atlantic islands. The society is truly international with members literally all over the world.
- St Helena Post Office & Philatelic Bureau
- On these pages you can discover the latest philatelic items from the three islands of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.
Books
- St Helena & Dependencies Stamp Catalogue
- Published in December 2007. 3rd Edition. This Stanley Gibbons catalogue covers the stamps of Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha, as well as St Helena itself and includes booklets and postage dues for all three territories. It also contains listings of Great Britain stamps used in Ascension and the popular Tristan Da Cunha 'Cachets'. Listings of new issues are complete to late 2007.
Dealers' sites
- Stamps of St Helena - from Delcampe.net (International sellers)
- Stamps of St Helena from Stanley Gibbons (UK)
- Stamps of St Helena in forthcoming Sandafayre Stamp Auctions (UK)