Queen Elizabeth II
A set of four stamps on 1 May 1960 commemorated the 60th anniversary of the discovery of phosphate at Ocean Island. The definitive series of 1965 depicted daily activities of the natives, but a decimal currency conversion necessitated surcharges in 1966 and a reissue of the stamps in 1968. The colony issued about 10-15 stamps per year thereafter, usually as sets of four, until the end of 1975.
In 1976, the islands became two separate colonies and later independent as Kiribati and Tuvalu.
Read more about this topic: Postage Stamps And Postal History Of The Gilbert And Ellice Islands
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