Thomas A. Anderson ("Tim")

location:	Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
contact:	PO Box 3103, Gaithersburg, MD 20885-3103, USA
specialisations:	Stampless entire letters Antigua, Tobago, St. Kitts, Dominica, Grenada Village cancels
other interests:	I Have Become an Historian to Increase the Enjoment of My Stamp Collection . I have published 2 articles in the British Caribbean Philatelic Journal including one on correspondence from Tobago in the 1840s. The Sugar Islands are the colonies which opted for a sugar economy in the 18th and 19th centuries. Mostly in the Caribbean (my focus), these islands also include Indian Ocean islands such as Mauritius. Major economic events during the the 19th century drastically reduced the profitability of the economies -- resulting in the bankruptcy of some of the colonies.