The Island of St Helena is situated in the south Atlantic Ocean about 2000 km west of southern Angola. It is a British Overseas Territory, named after St. Helena of Constantinople. Until 1502 it was uninhabited. Napoleon was imprisoned on the island by the British and he died there. It was also used to imprison about 6000 boer soldiers between 1900 and 1901. At this time the population of the island reached an all time high of 9850. In 1922 the island of Ascension was made a dependency and in 1938 the island of Tristan da Cunha also became a dependency of St. Helena. Under a new constitution in 2009, this territory was renamed “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.
The first stamp of St Helena had a portrait of Queen Victoria and was issued in 1856. The main theme of the stamps until the second half of the 20th century is British Monarchs, sometimes with scenery of the island.
1902
King Edward VII Series
SG # 54
Used (Hinged)
1912
Stamps of 1903 with a medallion of King George V
SG # 73
Used (Hinged)
1922
Badge of St Helena Series
SG # 100
Used (Hinged)
1934
Centenary of British Colonisation Series
SG # 114
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 115
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 116
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 117
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 118
Unused (Hinged)
1937
Coronation Series
SG # 128
Unused (Hinged)
1938
Badge of St Helena Series with a portrait of King George VI
SG # 131
Used (Hinged)
SG # 132a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 135a
Used (Hinged)
1946
Victory Series
SG # 141
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 142
Unused (Hinged)
1953
Various Scenes Series featuring Queen Elizabeth II
SG#153
Unused (Hinged)
SG#154
Unused (Hinged)
SG#155
Unused (Hinged)
SG#156
Unused (Hinged)
SG#158
Used (Hinged)
SG#161
Used (Hinged)