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Western Africa

Saint Helena

Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory, in Western Africa. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Mythic, for fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

Saint Helena’s stamp in Globestamp
Mythic · fewer than 50,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Mythicplaced by estimate
Area
367 km² (142 sq mi)
Population
4,534Natural Earth estimate
Regions
3in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
2with scheduled flights

Does Saint Helena count as a country?

It depends on the list. Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “St. Helena”.

ListCounts Saint Helena?
UN member states (193)No
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes: St. Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

Saint Helena belongs to the United Kingdom, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Guernsey.

The Saint Helena stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Saint Helena’s is Mythic: a living finish taken from the place itself, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Saint Helena, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to Saint Helena

The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Saint Helena when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Airports

Saint Helena has 2 airports with scheduled flights. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).

3 regions to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Saint Helena into 3 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 3

Ascension · Saint Helena · Tristan da Cunha

Questions people ask

Is Saint Helena a country?

It depends on the list. Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “St. Helena”.

How many tourists visit Saint Helena?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Saint Helena. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Mythic: fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a Saint Helena stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Mythic, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Saint Helena count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists St. Helena, and counts Ascension, Tristan da Cunha as separate destinations. The club’s list has 330 destinations.

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