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
Paroa, West Coast commercial tourist attraction. Paroa School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 6 and a roll of 172. The school originally accepted year 1-6 pupils only, but changed to include year 7 and 8 students in 2001. Paroa, West Coast Paroa is a settlement on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, just south of Greymouth. State Highway 6 and the Hokitika Branch railway both run through Paroa. This railway was originally a bush tramway that opened to Paroa from Greymouth in 1867 and was extended to Kumara in 1877. It