Postage stamps and postal history of Martinique Postage stamps and postal history of Martinique This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Martinique. Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados. It is an overseas region of France. Stamps of France were used in Martinique from 1851, and the French colonies general issues from 1859. The first stamp of Martinique was issued on 18 July 1886, overpriniting "Martinique" on the French colonies general issues. In 1892, the first definitive set, the French colonial series, was issued. A series
Martinique macaw Martinique macaw The Martinique macaw or orange-bellied macaw ("Ara martinicus") is a hypothetical extinct species of macaw which may have been endemic to the Lesser Antillean island of Martinique, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was scientifically named by Walter Rothschild in 1905, based on a 1630s description of "blue and orange-yellow" macaws by Père Jacques Bouton. No other evidence of its existence is known, but it may have been identified in contemporary artwork. Some writers have suggested that the birds observed were actually blue-and-yellow macaws ("Ara ararauna"). The "red-tailed blue-and-yellow macaw" ("Ara erythrura"), another species described by Rothschild in