Antigua was one of the presidencies of the former Leeward Islands colony until becoming a Crown Colony in 1956. It became an Associated State of the United Kingdom in 1967 and an independent nation on November 1, 1981, taking the name of Antigua and Barbuda.

Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles; on January 1, 1986, Aruba achieved a separate status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

British Crown Colony, formerly a dependency of Jamaica

While stamps inscribed "Leeward Islands" were in use, 1890-1956, the colony consisted of the presidencies (now colonies) of Antiqua, Montserrat, St. Christopher (St. Kitts) with Nevis and Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and Dominica (which became a separate colony in 1940). Each presidency issued its own stamps, using them along with the Leeward Islands general issues.

Formerly a French colony; became an integral part of the Republic, acquiring the same status as the departments in metropolitan France, under a law effective January 1, 1947.

Formerly a colony, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles became an integral part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands under the Constitution of 1954. On January 1, 1986, the island of Aruba achieved separate status within the Kingdom and began issuing its own stamps.

In a 2000 referendum, the citizens of Sint Maarten voted to become a self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The change in status became effective in October of 2010 with the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.

British colony; a dependency of Jamaica until 1959.

Together with the Caicos group, in 1848 the Turks Islands were made a British colony. In 1873 the Colony became a dependency under the government of Jamaica, although separate stamp issues were continued. Postage stamps inscribed Turks and Caicos Islands have been used since 1900.