page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Ascension Island
section_title: Queen Elizabeth
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Ascension Island / Queen Elizabeth
context_page_description: Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, part of the wider British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Like other British Overseas Territories, it issues its own postage stamps, which provide a source of income for the island from sales to overseas collectors, as well as being used for domestic and international postage.
context_section_description: A new definitive series of 13 in 1956 resembled the previous stamps, but was a little taller, and used maps and pictures of native animals in addition to local scenes. No further stamps were issued until 1963 when there was a series of 14 featuring birds.
  From 1963 on, commemorative and special issues started to appear more frequently. In the 1990s the typical policy was to issue 5-6 sets per year, each consisting of 4–5 designs.
caption: A cover mailed during the visit by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1957.
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