Previous                 Philately Goes Bananas                 Next Portugal (Madeira) The first report of the presence of banana cultivation on Madeira was made by a British traveller, Thomas Nichols, when he visited the islands in 1552. The size of banana plantations is, for the most part, limited by the small size of most farms with their terraced with stone walls. Nonetheless, banana farms totaling 700 hectares, represent a considerable part of all of the cultivated land in Madeira. Date of Issue: September 17, 1980 Series: World Tourism Conference, Manilla Date of Issue: June 5, 1990 Series: Subropical Fruits and Plants Date of Issue: April 27, 2009 Series: Fruits Date of Issue: January 15, 2018 Series: Self-adhesives Previous                                                Next Return to the Banana Stamps from Around the World Index Page.