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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago lies northeast of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Trinidad and Tobago was a Spanish colony from the times of Christopher Columbus to 1802, when it was ceded to Britain. The country obtained independence in 1962.
First stamps
The first stamps of Trinidad and Tobago were the famous Lady McLeod stamps of 1847. Stamps of Tobago were not issued until 1879.
References
Postage stamps and postal history of Trinidad and Tobago Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA