The Anthem of St. Kitts and Nevis
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Historically, the British dependency of Anguilla was also a part of thi
s union, which was then known collectively as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. Saint Kitts and Nevis are geographically part of the Leeward Islands. To the north-northwest lie the islands of Saint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, and Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten. To the east and northeast are Antigua and Barbuda, and to the southeast is the small uninhabited island of Redonda, and the island of Montserrat, which currently has an active volcano.and Nevis were amongst the first islands in the Caribbean to be settled by Europeans. Saint Kitts was home to the first British and French colonies in the Caribbean.
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The National anthem of the island is "O Land of Beauty" composed by Kenrick Andersen Georges and adopted in 1983. The royal anthem is "God Save the Queen".
The stamp above features the original score of the island's national anthem which was issued after the country's first Independence Anniversary in 1984.