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West Africa Study Circle
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The West Africa Study Circle, formed in 1950, is the international specialist society for the study of stamps, postal stationery and postal history of West Africa.
British Postal Agencies on Madeira, Tenerife. St Vincent (Cape Verde Islands) and Fernando Po; airmails and sea-mails throughout the region. There is an introductory article to the philatelic history of the Gambia (by Oliver Andrew). Further articles will follow. If you wish to contact the Study Circle for information which does not appear on the site, please use this email address (remove spaces): wasc @ frankwalton. com On the Publications page the tables from the article on "The Triangular Route" which appears in Cameo volume 9 number 4. Details of meetings were updated in October 2009. An index to Cameo, all volumes 1-10 was added in January 2009, with a link from the Publications page. Also added in 2009West Africa Study Circle member John Wilson has made a superb job of transcribing Civil Aviation Authority records of World War Two. This has led to the document attached here which details Empire and Trans-Oceanic airline services during each of the war years. This will be of invaluable help to philatelic researchers, and not simply those of British West Africa. John wishes it to be made available to all readers whether members or not of the Study Circle. It is not to be used for commercial publication without his permission. last updated: |
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