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
Casilda (Trinidad) Casilda (Trinidad) Casilda is a Cuban village and "consejo popular" ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus Province. Casilda is a seaside resort, due to the presence of tourist beaches such as Playa Ancón. The village was founded in 1808 by Andrés Valdés Pino, in the vicinity of a farm named Peralta. Casilda's population in 1943 was 1,986. Casilda is located south of Trinidad (5 km ) by the Gulf of Ana María, on the Caribbean coast. It lies on the Casilda Bay, enclosed by the Ancón Peninsula, on which are located several hotels of Playa