Postage stamps and postal history of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands the same day. BRC's Gilbert and Ellice Definitive Stamps Postage stamps and postal history of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands The first mail service to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands was ad hoc, depending on which ships were calling at the various islands. A regular service began in 1911; Edward VII postage stamps of Fiji were overprinted and put on sale on 1 January of that year, followed in March by a set of four stamps depicting a "Pandanus" tree, inscribed . These were followed in 1912 by George V stamps of the common type, inscribed . A new definitive
Telecommunications in the Turks and Caicos Islands 2007 broadcasts from The Bahamas are also received; cable television is established) (1997) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2013) Country code (Top level domain): TC Telecommunications in the Turks and Caicos Islands Communications in the Turks and Caicos Islands Telephones - main lines in use: 3,000 (1994) Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1994) Telephone system: fair cable and radiotelephone services Radio broadcast stations: AM 3 (one inactive), FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998) A partial list of AM/FM/SW stations in the Turks and Caicos Islands is provided below: AM Radio: FM Radio: Shortwave: Defunct: Radios: 8,000 (1997) Television broadcast stations: 2