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
North Trinidad cricket team 1970-71, and the best bowling figures were 6 for 17 (10 for 34 in the match) by Pascall Roberts against Tobago in 1978-79. In all, North Trinidad played 33 first-class matches, with seven wins, one loss (to Central Trinidad in the 1973-74 final) and 25 draws. North Trinidad played all their home matches at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain. North Trinidad cricket team The North Trinidad cricket team played first-class cricket from 1959 to 1979, competing in the Beaumont Cup and its successor competition the Texaco Cup. North Trinidad played South Trinidad annually for the Beaumont Cup from 1925-26