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WASC resources: Ghana and the Gold Coast

 

An introduction to the postal history of the area

This link will take you to pages which describe the stamps and postal history of the Gold Coast, renamed Ghana after independence.

Documents relevant to the area

Gold Coast monographs

From the 1950s onwards, Study Editors compiled documents on various aspects of WASC philately for circulation amongst interested members. In some cases the information therein was published in Cameo, or incorporated into books. However, not all such is already in the public domain, and we have added links below from which you can view and download copies of monographs relating to the Gold Coast.

Gold Coast - the rare 20s stamp by Higlett.pdf !WASC members only
Gold Coast cancellations 1901 to 1957 by Cameron.pdf !WASC members only
Gold Coast cancellations checklist by Cameron.pdf !WASC members only
Gold Coast GB-overprinted postal stationery by Kiddle.pdf !WASC members only
Gold Coast manuscript and straight line cancellations by Newroth and Ensor.pdf !WASC members only
Gold Coast notes on the 1876-79 issue by McCaig - 1967.pdf !WASC members only
Gold Coast notes on the handstruck stamps by Cameron Nov 1965.pdf !WASC members only
Gold Coast provisional issue of 1889 by Cameron - 1965.pdf !WASC members only
Gold Coast Travelling Post Offices by McCaig.pdf !WASC members only
Gold Coast. The postage stamps of the Gold Coast by Macrae.pdf !WASC members only
Gold Coast Mail Service Timetables 1950 by Duggan.pdf !WASC members only
Handstruck stamps and cancellations of the Gold Coast (ed. Macrae 1971)  !WASC members only
Gold Coast King Edward VII 1901 - 1913 (ed. Ensor 1988)  !WASC members only The stamps, postal stationery and postal rates.

Gold Coast memories
Peter Duggan FRPSL served as an artillery officer in the Gold Coast in 1951. This 20 page memoir !WASC members only describes some of his experiences there.

Ghana Postal Markings supplement
This 43 page document !WASC members only gives a few corrections and a substantial update (October 2021) to the book "Ghana Postal Markings from 1957" by Ian Anderson and Philip Quirk

Plate varieties on Queen Victoria issue
A letter from Robert Nelson !WASC members only in response to an article on this topic in Cameo (July 1988). Includes correspondence and scans of stamps and covers