Ubangi-Shari
First Definitive Overprints
In 1915 stamps of Middle Congo were overprinted "OUBANGUI-CHARI-TCHAD".
In 1897 the first stamps used in Ubangi-Shari were the general issues for French Colonies. It became a colony in 1904 but it remained a part of the Middle Congo postal administration until 1915 when the overprints depicted above were issued. Chad became a separate colony in 1920 but it did not get its own stamps until 1922. At that time a new set of definitives overprinted "OUBANGUI-SHARI" were issued for Ubangi-Shari. Stamps for French Equatorial Africa were used from 1936-1960.
Founded in 1868 at the Abbey of Aiguebelle by the Trappist monks, the Chocolatrie
d'Aiguebelle issued this French Colonies trading card for Ubangi-Shari around 1910.
The Black Lion Chemical Company in Montrouge distributed a series
of trading cards for French colonies including this one for Ubangi-Shari.
Bibliography
Rossiter, Stuart and John Flower. The Stamp Atlas
Agincourt, Ontario: Methuen, 1986.
"Ubangi-Shari." Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. 2008.
"Ubangi-Shari." Wikipedia. 27 Jul. 2015. Wikimedia Foundation.
Web. 7 Jan. 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubangi-Shari.
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