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ISSUE 187 - July 3, 2026 - Stamp News Online Magazine

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The Gem-Studded Divide

by J. Van Kird Wells

The Gem-Studded Divide . . . CaribbeanDown where the Atlantic and the Caribbean meet, a barrier lies; a gem studded divide between the waters of the two great deeps. Stretched in an arc these many islands, some great and some tiny, a few larger ones both inhabited and well-known, the greater number without name or human inhabitant; yet around these islands, known as The Lesser Antilles, the waters gray and blue mingle. St. Thomas, of our Virgin Islands, is the most northern and smallest of those with name and fame; lying just east of Puerto Rico. The largest and most southern is . . .

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