Postage stamps and postal history of the British Virgin Islands

1867 stamp

1867 The Missing Virgin is the rarest stamp – only four or five examples are known; the last time a Missing Virgin was at auction was on December 11, 2015 when it fetched GBP120'000.

The colony of the British Virgin Islands has issued its own stamps since 1866.^[1] The first Post Office was opened in Tortola in 1787. At the time postage stamps were not yet invented, and it was not until 1858 that a small supply of adhesive stamps issued by Great Britain depicting Queen Victoria were utilized by the local Post Office. These stamps were cancelled by an A13 postmark and are extremely rare so cancelled.^[2]