Showing posts with label Dahomey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dahomey. Show all posts

Monday, August 15, 2011

To be or not to be : CTO - The very obvious ones 03 b

The African continent is as much affected by CTO cancels as any other part of the world.
African countries are not commonly collected countrywise, but thematic, it's a beloved source for animals, landscapes, artefacts or local culture.
However, also here, most mint stamps are unfindable and most used stamps are CTO cancelled.

Some extra african issues :

Burundi

Upper Volta - now Burkina Faso
Upper-Volta - now Burkina Faso
Dahomey - now Benin

Niger

Tchad

Mali
Mauretania

Mauretania

Senegal

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Odd stamps : 08 Stamps with special cuts - 02 c

After previous topics on triangular stamps of South and Latin America, I take you to the African continent.
Triangular stamps are as popular there as in the rest of the world.

As it's impossible to show all triangular stamps of all african countries, I'll just give you a peek preview of what is out there.






And there are plenty more ....

Finally, some triangular stamps from Northern Africa, including the Middle-East