<p>Stamp of Antigua (British crown colony); 1956; definitive stamp of the issue "Local scenes and landscapes"; stamp drawing of a view of the seaward outer wall with cannons of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fort_James_(Antigua_and_Barbuda)" title="Category:Fort James (Antigua and Barbuda)">Fort James</a> (located in the Northwest of the island of Antigua (in the capital Saint John) and a side portrait of the British Queen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II" class="extiw" title="en:Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> in oval with view to right; mint stamp<br><ins>Note</ins>: This stamp marks the change of the form of government for the Antigua island. The former British "Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands" was dissolved and the new British crown colony "Antigua" was formed on <time class="dtstart" datetime="1956-07-01" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">1 July 1956</time>.<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel: No. 101; Yvert et Tellier: No. 103A; Scott: No. 107<br><b>Color</b>: red brown<br><b>Watermark</b>: Antigua No. 5 (St.Edward's crown over convoluted characters "CA")<br><b>Nominal value</b>: ½ Cents (¢)<br></p>
<b>Postage validity</b>: from 3 July 1956 until 31 October 1981 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1956-07-03T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1981-10-31T00:00:00Z/11</div><br><b>Stamp picture size</b> (printed area): 28.0 x 23.5 mm
Royal Mail of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
scan of original