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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( June 2024 ) This is a (minimal) list of people on postage stamps of the Central African Republic .
1937 stamps of South Africa. The first stamp of the Union of South Africa was a 2 d stamp issued on 4 November 1910. [ 2][ 3] It portrayed the Monarch King George V and the arms of the four British colonies which formed the Union: Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony and Transvaal. Most South African stamps issued between 1926 and 1951 were ...
This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since stamps were introduced in 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity or officially approved organisation that has issued distinctive types of stamp for postal purposes. These include post offices in foreign countries and postal services organised by ...
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Senegal.. Senegal is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa.It is externally bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south; internally it almost completely surrounds the Gambia, namely on the north, east and south, exempting Gambia's ...
A 1907 stamp of Middle Congo. A stamp of Middle Congo overprinted "Afrique Equatoriale Française" in 1925. The first stamps used in the area were those of French Congo in 1891. The stamps of French Congo were also used in Gabon, and later in Ubangi-Shari in 1893. From 1907, stamps were inscribed "Moyen Congo" (Middle Congo) which were used in ...
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Mali . Mali is a landlocked country in Western Africa bordering Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with a population more than ...
A Penny Black British postage stamp. Since 1840, when the Penny Black featured a profile of Queen Victoria, [1] it has been a tradition worldwide for nations to honor individuals on their postage stamps. [2] Typical choices include monarchs, important figures of history, politicians, cultural leaders, and (more recently) celebrities.
Postage stamps and postal history of Botswana. A used 1985 stamp for the centenary of the first Bechuanaland stamps, depicting a George V stamp for the Bechuanaland Protectorate. A 1975 meter stamp from Botswana. Botswana has produced postage stamps for national use since becoming independent on 30 September 1966.