Stamp issue: Bicentenary of the British Garrison 1816 - 2016
Issue date: 14th August 2016 | |||||||||||||
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These stamps commemorate the bicentenary of Britain taking possession of Tristan, with the landing of a garrison from HMS Falmouth on the 14th August 1816. Corporal William Glass and his family stayed on to become the founders of the colony. | |||||||||||||
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