Ascension Island is located in the South Atlantic at 7.95S,
14.37W.
There have been no historically recorded eruptions.
However as the souvenir sheet depicted below indicates, there
are numerous cinder cones.
The stamps were issued September 4th, 1978.
For more information and another link to Ascension-related
material, go to Volcano
World
Going back in time, the following souvenir sheet is a map
of the island
drawn by Linschoten in 1599.
The ss was accompanied by the following four stamps.
The first two being maps by Maxwell in 1793, the 15p by Eckberg
& Chapman in 1811, and the 40p by Campbell in 1819.
The next four stamps celebrate the Green Mountain Farm
Issued February 15th, 1981
The stamp immediately below and the two horizontal stamps
below it were issued to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Geographical
Society. Issued Nov 17th, 1980
The vertical stamp below celebrates Ascension day and is an
old map of the Island.
The stamp issued May 24th, 1979.
The next four stamps recognize the 160th anniversary of the
occupation of the Island by the British.
Issued October 22nd, 1975.
The stamps below illustrates the vent at Green Mountain, part
of the 1940 definitive issue.
The following is the 1934 version of Green Mountain
The following are 1934 maps of the island.
The next stamp is the 1934 version of the Three Sisters.
The next stamps illustrate the Three Sisters, 1938 version.
The next stamp illustrates the Perfect Crater from the 1956
definitives.
The next stamps illustrate the "Badge of the Colony"
issued in 1924
The following illustrate Wideawake Airfield
The following stamps were issued in 1992
Some "back of the book" stuff, postage dues with
map of island.
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