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Stamps, postmarks, postal stationery and postal history

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. It originated from small specialist groups which already existed and has undergone several expansions of scope.

The following philatelic areas are the ones covered in the most depth. The map shows where they are. From there, or from these links, you will find brief introductions to each area:

Ascension / Tristan da Cunha / Gough Is. Cameroons
Gambia Gold Coast / Ghana
Nigeria St Helena
Sierra Leone Togo
Additionally, several other areas are also included: British Postal Agencies on Madeira, Tenerife. St Vincent (Cape Verde Islands) and Fernando Po; airmails and sea-mails throughout the region.

Study dates from the earliest times and includes military campaigns, maritime, censorship and airmails.

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): wasctreasurer @ aol. com

The booklist was updated in March 2012. Two new publications this year are listed.
The first is the 3rd edition of "Gold Coast Postmarks", an update of a volume last produced in 1990. The author, Ian Anderson, has gathered a significant amount of new information. Entirely new postmarks, examples of known but unrecorded villages, interesting variations and extended date ranges have all been added. The number of illustrations has been increased greatly and the appendices extended in their scope.

Second is "Gold Coast Mail Service Timetables" written by Peter Duggan and based on timetables taken from a postmark collection he acquired.

Also available now is the updated index to Cameo for Volumes 1 to 12. You can also obtain the spreadsheet for volume 12 alone.

Congratulations on awards gained by Keith Hanman: National Gold and Best in Class for Sierra Leone Postal Stationery at ABPS Sheffield in May 2011 and International Gold at Philanippon in August. Frank Walton was UK Commissioner at Philanippon.

Details of meetings were updated in March 2012.

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last updated: May 17, 2012

 

 
   
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