Breadfruit Voyage
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West Indian Stamp
Recalls Bligh's
A postage stamp of South Seas interest was issued by the West Indian island of St. Vincent recently to mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of that island's famous botanical gardens.
The stamp, valued at 4 cents, com memorates Captain Bligh's voyage from Tahiti to St. Vincent in HMS "Providence" in 1793 with a cargo of breadfruit trees for the gardens.
This voyage followed Bligh's mutiny marred attempt to transplant bread fruit in the "Bounty" in 1789.
The new stamp depicts HAAS "Providence" in the lower left cor ner, breadfruit leaves and fruit in the centre, and a portrait of the Queen in the top right corner.—A. J. SHEAT.