Ascension

Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, a dependency of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena. Like other British territories, it issues its own postage stamps.

Originally mail was carried on an irregular basis as ships called. A datestamp was in use from February 1858, and in 1863 the Union Steamship Co. began regular carriage of mail, continuing until 1977. On 3 March, 1867 British postage stamps became valid for Ascension mail, and continued in use until 1922, when Ascension became a dependency of Saint Helena.

On 2 November 1922, nine stamps of St. Helena overprinted "ASCENSION" replaced British stamps. These were followed up in 1924 by a series of 12 using the St. Helena design, but inscribed for Ascension. In 1934 a pictorial series of ten engraved stamps depicted various views of the island.

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Ascension 1924 1d Grey-Black & Deep Blue-Green SG11b 'Torn Flag' V.F.U in Pair with Normal
£195.00
Ascension 1924 4d Grey-Black & Black-Yellow SG14c 'Cleft Rock' Fine MM
£275.00
Ascension 1913 GB 1s Bistre Used in Ascension SGZ51 Fine Used on Small Piece
£135.00
Ascension 1924 1/2d Grey-Black & Black SG10c 'Cleft Rock' Fine Used
£155.00
Ascension 1924 1d Grey-Black & Deep Blue-Green SG11b 'Torn Flag' Fine & Fresh LMM
£90.00
Ascension 1924 2d Grey SG13a 'Broken Main Mast' Good MM
£130.00
Ascension 1924 2d Grey SG13a 'Broken Main Mast' Good Used
£150.00
Ascension 1924 6d Grey-Black & Bright Purple SG16b 'Torn Flag' Good MM
£215.00
Ascension 1938-53 Set of 16 SG38b-47b Fine MM
£100.00
Ascension 1981 Flowers Set of 15 SG282a-296a V.F MNH
£11.00
Ascension 1934 1s Black & Carmine SG28 Fine Mounted Mint
£13.00
Ascension 1934 5s Black & Brown SG30 Fine Used
£65.00
Ascension 1944 2s6d Black & Deep-Carmine SG45c P.13 Fine MM
£13.00
Ascension 1913 GB 1/2d Green SGZ39 V.F.U on Small Piece 'Ascension C 8 JU 30' CDS
£50.00
Ascension 1938 1/2d Black & Violet SG38 Fine LMM
£4.00
Ascension 1938 3d Black & Ultramarine SG42 Fine Very LMM
£42.00
Ascension 1935 Jubilee Set of 4 SG31-34 Superb Used
£67.00
Ascension 1963 Birds Set of 14 SG70-83 V.F Very Lightly Mtd Mint
£25.00
Ascension 1924 1/2d Grey & Black SG10B Torn Flag Fine VLMM in Pair with Normal
£80.00
Ascension 1938 1d Black & Green SG39 Fine Lightly Mtd Mint
£17.00
Ascension 1940 3d Black & Grey SG42a V.F Very Lightly Mtd Mint
£8.00
Ascension 1924 1s Grey-Black & Brown SG18a Broken Mainmast V.F Very Lightly Mtd Mint
£245.00
Ascension 1971 Space Travel set of 14 SG135-148 in Superb MNH Blocks of 4
£84.00