NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

    COMMONWEALTH  OF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Northern Mariana Islands is a U.S. Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean quite near Guam. It is a collectively of 22 islets with Saipan as its capital which boasts some of the best dive sites in the world. There is a admixture of languages in the islands ranging from English to Chamorro.

The northern islets are volcanic whereas the southern ones comprise coral reefs. They were ruled successively by Spain, Germany, and Japan before they became a UN Trusteeship (administered by the U.S.) after World War II. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) became part of the United States in Nov. 1986. Spanish cultural traditions remain strong.

The card from Northern Mariana islands in my collection has a pretty nice postmark of Saipan

Postmarked at Saipan on 21/11/2019