ANTIGUA.
Landscapes.
Nelson's Dockyard and king George VI.
Third stamp in a set of 12, issued in 1943.
Face value: 1,1/2 British penny.
Design: A. W. Morley.
Printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd.
Printing: Recess.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 80a.
- Scott No. 86.
- StampWorld No. 80.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 100a.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 83.
Nelson's
Dockyard is a cultural heritage site and marina in English Harbour,
located in Saint
Paul Parish on the island of Antigua. It is part of Nelson's Dockyard
National Park, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is named after Admiral Horatio
Nelson, who lived in the Royal Navy Dockyard from 1784 through 1787. After
England acquired colonial British Antigua
and Barbuda in 1632, the English Harbour became a focal point for the
establishment of a naval base. Its position on the south side of Antigua island
facilitated the monitoring of the neighbouring French island of Guadeloupe. Construction of
the modern Naval Dockyard began in the 1740s. The Naval Officer's and Clerk's
House was built in 1855 and is now home to the Dockyard Museum. In
1889 the Royal Navy abandoned the dockyard, and it fell into decay. The Society
of the Friends of English Harbour began restoration of the dockyard in 1951,
and a decade later it was opened to the public.