Postage stamps and postal history of Trinidad and Tobago Postage stamps and postal history of Trinidad and Tobago 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. The first stamps of Trinidad were the famous Lady McLeod, a private local post, stamps of 1847. The first definitives for Trinidad were issued in 1851. Tobago used stamps of Trinidad from 1860. Stamps
Trinidad and Tobago at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Trinidad and Tobago at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. Track and field athlete Michelle-Lee Ahye was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. Trinidad and Tobago participated with 24 athletes (13 men and 11 women). <nowiki>*</nowiki> Competed in heats only. Trinidad and Tobago participated with two athletes (two men) Trinidad and Tobago qualified a men's and women's beach volleyball team for a total of