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Civilian mail used postage stamps of Middle Congo (Moyen Congo) from 1907. In 1915, Middle Congo stamps were overprinted "OUBANGUI-CHARI-TCHAD" for use in Ubangi-Shari-Chad, and then in 1922 just "OUBANGUI-CHARI" after Chad obtained its stamps. In 1924, stamps were issued with the additional overprint "AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANCAISE". A number ...
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 Ubangi-Shari and Chad as well. [1] [2] As Middle Congo was joined to French Equatorial Africa, stamps were overprinted in 1924 with the inscription "Afrique Equatoriale ...
Ubangi-Shari had a similar concession system as the Congo Free State and similar atrocities were also committed there. French author and Nobel laureate André Gide travelled to Ubangi-Shari and was told by inhabitants about atrocities including mutilations, dismemberments, executions, the burning of children, and villagers being forcibly bound to large beams and made to walk until dropping ...
Postage stamps and postal history of Ubangi-Shari This page was last edited on 1 October 2022, at 14:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
During the colonial era, the country's name was Ubangi-Shari (French: Oubangui-Chari), a name derived from two major rivers and Central African waterways – Ubangi and Chari. Barthélemy Boganda , the country's first prime minister , favored the name "Central African Republic" over Ubangi-Shari, reportedly because he envisioned a larger union ...
The initial issue consisted of 18 values ranging from 1 centime to 5 francs. As with Oubangui-Chari, the administrative situation was clarified from 1924 on by the addition of an additional overprint "AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANCAISE". 32 color and value combinations appeared between 1924 and 1933, along with another 9 surcharged with new values. [1]
1900 stamp of French Congo. The French Congo was a French colony established in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic.It began in 1880 as a protectorate, and its borders with Cabinda, Cameroons, and the Congo Free State were established by treaties over the next decade.
Oubangui-Chari (currently Central African Republic) (1905–1960) Dar al Kuti (protectorate) (1897) (in 1912 its sultanate was suppressed by the French) Sultanate of Bangassou (protectorate) (1894) Present-day The Republic of Congo, then French Congo (1875–1960) Gabon (1839–1960)