#st kitts and nevis
Last September in Trinidad I celebrated having visited my 50th country and wrote a post (find it by clicking here) listing the nations I’d been to and linking to some stories I had shared about them.
This weekend I’ve hit the next interval with Cyprus being my 60th country!
Here are the places I’ve been in the past 8 months that have gotten me from 50 to 60:
50. Trinidad and Tobago
51. Puerto Rico (some people might not count this since it is technically part of the U.S, but as it is not a State and has a very different culture, I do)
52. St. Kitts and Nevis
53. South Africa
54. Namibia
55. Zambia
56. Botswana
57. Saudi Arabia
58. Qatar
59. Egypt
60. Cyprus
I’ve also revisited a few countries in the meantime: Rwanda, Tanzania, and the UAE.
It has been interesting to see the number continuing to increase, especially as I am realizing that more and more I’m feeling inclined to visit familiar places again. I decided to move back to the UAE, want to spend more time in Tanzania, and am thinking of visiting family in Germany and friends in Israel. Of course, there are many new places I want to see- and hope to get to them sometime soon! It will be an interesting balance to see how I spend my future travels. I’ll keep you updated : )
Like much of the West Indies, St. Kitts and Nevis has gone through a number of iterations in its history since being colonized by the Europeans, including historically having Anguilla be part of the federation (until it seceded at the time of independence to remain a British Overseas Territory). Saint Kitts (also known as Saint Christopher) appears to have misnamed on early maps [likely it was supposed to have been Saint James, named by Columbus, but was misprinted as San Cristóbal, which name stuck with early English colonists who, as we know, take delight in nicknames, Kitt being a favorite shortening of Christopher], while Nevis is a mistransliteration of the Spanish Nieves (for Our Lady of the Snows). St. Kitts and Nevis gained Associated State status in 1967, then full independence in 1983, but remains a part of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Stamp details:
Top left:
Issued on: July 19, 1862
From: Charlestown, Nevis
MC #1
Top middle:
Issued on: April 1, 1870
From: Basseterre, Saint Christopher
MC #1
Top right:
Issued in: 1903
From: Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
MC #1
Second row:
Issued on: February 27, 1967
From: Basseterre, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
MC #177
Third row left:
Issued on: September 4, 1980
From: Basseterre, Saint Kitts
MC #39
Third row right:
Issued on: September 4, 1980
From: Charlestown, Nevis
MC #38
Fourth row left:
Issued on: September 19, 1983
From: Basseterre, Saint Kitts
MC #111
Fourth row right:
Issued on: September 19, 1983
From: Charlestown, Nevis
MC #100
Bottom left:
Issued on: April 14, 2016
From: Basseterre, Saint Kitts
MC #1541
Bottom right:
Issued on: April 1, 2016
From: Charlestown, Nevis
MC #3143
Recognized as a sovereign state by the UN: Yes (since September 23, 1983)
Official name: Saint Kitts and Nevis; Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Member of the Universal Postal Union: Yes (since January 11, 1988)
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