What a surprise to note we had visitors to this site during the past two weeks
from places seldom heard of.
However I can remember well having some items from those places in my philatelic collection very many years ago!
São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and
Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of
Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central
Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands: São Tomé and Príncipe,
located about 140 kilometres (87 miles) apart and about 250 and 225 kilometres
(155 and 140 miles), respectively, off the northwestern coast of Gabon.
With a population of 192,993 (2013 Census), São Tomé and
Príncipe is the second-smallest African country after Seychelles,
as well as the smallest Portuguese-speaking country. Its people are
predominantly of African and mestiço descent, with most practising Roman
Catholicism. The legacy of Portuguese rule is also visible in the
country's culture, customs, and music, which fuse European and African
influences.
The Federation
of Saint Kitts and Nevis, also
known as the Federation of
Saint Christopher and Nevis, is a
two-island country in the West Indies.
Located in the Leeward
Islands chain of the Lesser
Antilles, it is the smallest sovereign state in the Western
Hemisphere, in both area and population. The country is
a Commonwealth realm, with the British monarch,
who is currently Queen Elizabeth II, as head of state.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
were among the first islands in the Caribbean to be settled by Europeans.
(Above info from WIKIPEDIA)
(Although working correctly originally, the text here has now gone 'haywire'.
Will have to re-type it when I get the chance!).
