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BRITISH COLONIES – Antigua

BRITISH COLONIES – Antigua

The tropical islands of Antigua and Barbuda are located in the heart of the Caribbean about a thousand miles to the east of Jamaica and half that distance from Trinidad on the coast of South America. Antigua was visited in 1493 by Christopher Columbus, who named it...
BUTTERFLIES ON STAMPS

BUTTERFLIES ON STAMPS

Todays stamp from Antigua shows the beautiful butterfly Danaus plexippus. It is also called the monarch butterfly or simply monarch. It is a milkweed butterfly from the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger,...