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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3506379, member: 76194&quot;]Ok folks, these are the 3 stamps I&#039;ve gotten so far. I have around 12 more different types of 1899 stamps from the First American Occupation of Cuba that will be arriving in the mail in the next few days. Some are common, others are very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: Notice I said &quot;First American Occupation,&quot; because as we all know, no self-respecting Caribbean country would do without at least 2 or 3 American occupations. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]929958[/ATTACH]</p><p>1 Centavo Cuba overstamp on 1 Cent US Green (1899)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]929959[/ATTACH]</p><p>5 Centavos Cuba overstamp on 5 Cent US Blue (1899)</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a better photo of the Cuba 3 Centavos, which was one of several types that replaced the overstamps with official Cuban postage stamps...designed by and printed by <strike>Cubans </strike> Americans. Well, with America&#039;s shinny and powerful fleet anchored off of Havana, I don&#039;t think anyone was going to argue over who gets to make the stamp.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]929968[/ATTACH]</p><p>3 Centavos stamp (US Occupation 1899-1902).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m loving this journey, because as an American&nbsp; I get to experience this part of history, when our nation first flexed it&#039;s muscles on the world stage....and as someone born in Cuba I get the added bonus of having stamps commemorating the occupation by my country of my other country...LOL.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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