the Leeward Islands too refers to a British colony within these islands, consisting of Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla and (to 1940) Dominica, from 1671 to 1816 and again from either 1833 to 1960. A colony was referred to as a Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands from either 1871 to 1956 and the Territory of the Leeward Islands from either 1956 to 1960.

A Upwind Islands:

The Virgin Islands Anguilla Saint Martin (Guadeloupe (north a portion) & Netherlands Antilles (south part)) Saba (Netherlands Antilles) Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles) Saint Barthélemy Antigua Barbuda Saint Kitts Nevis Montserrat Guadeloupe Dominica

A flyspeck & remote Isla Aves may perhaps become involved by using this class action for convenience.

Nonetheless, a Netherlands Antilles come divided into a groups in a northeast & the southwest, by having different appellative conventions, watch Netherlands Antilles.

Postage stamps

A British Upwind Islands - Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher (St. Kitts), and the Virgin Islands all used postage stamps inscribed "LEEWARD ISLANDS" between 1890 and 1 July 1956, often concurrently with stamps inscribed with the colony's name.

the issue of 1890 was a key plate design with a common profile of Queen Victoria, eight values ranging from 1/2d to 5 shillings. Inside 1897 they were overprinted with the logotype commemorating Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and inside 1902 the 4, Hexad, & 7d were surcharged with the value of 1d.

A 1890 issue project was as well utilized for stamps of King Edward VII, when well as for King George V and George VI, with many changes of watermark and colors. Within 1928 a large of these-pound stamp was introduced, & updated for a newly monarch while George VI took the potty.

A common design commemorative stamps of the Commonwealth between 1946 and 1949 included stamps inscribed "LEEWARD ISLANDS". Around 1951 the West Indies University issue reflected a transition to cents & dollars, when did the Queen Elizabeth II definitive series of 1954.

Confusing designations
A section between a Windward & Leeward Islands is different around English than it is around a bit of more languages, notably French, Spanish, German and Dutch. Around English, a conventional section is held to become between Dominica & Martinique, patch around Spanish, a islands between a Virgin Islands all the way to the south to, & including, Trinidad and Tobago are called a "Windward Islands", a islands off Venezuela come known as a "Leeward Islands".

To add possibly further to the confusion, in the English spoken locally (e.g. in the U.S. Virgin Islands), a islands of a Leeward Islands from either a Virgin Islands to Dominica come regarded when among the "Windward Islands".