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500th Anniversary of the Discovery of America issue of Virgin Islands

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Short desc: 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of America

Issuer: Virgin Islands
Dates: 9/20/1991 - 5/26/1992
Occasion: discovery of America
Number/Year: 500


Consists of 9 stamps: (See stamps as list)

12c d=F. de Magallanes
50c d=R. de Lasalle
5/26/1992 70c d=Convent at La Rabida
75c d=J. Cabot
$1 d=ships of Jacques Cartier
5/26/1992 $1.50 d=Santa Maria Replica
1234 d=Minisheet (105 x 76mm)
5/26/1992 1234 d=Minisheet (116 x 86mm)
5/26/1992 1234 d=Minisheet (86 x 116mm)

All are wmk=mult crown & script CA

Issues with this name: Aitutaki (1992), Anguilla (1986), Antigua (1988), Argentina (1992), Bermuda (1992), Bulgaria (1992), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (1992), Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands (1992), Cuba (1992), Equatorial Guinea, Guyana (1987), Italy, Madagascar (1987), Micronesia (1992), Montserrat (1992), Nicaragua (1986), Niger, Niue (1992), Paraguay (1987), Madeira region (1992), Somalia (1992), Spain (1989), Surinam (1992), Tokelau (1992), Niuafo'ou (1992), Tuvalu (1992), Uruguay (1992), Vatican City (1992), Virgin Islands, Yugoslavia (1992)