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Chad

28th November 1922

- Changes of Administration

French Colony 41

Chad1
  1922 Sc1 SG1 xxx

perf 14x13½, 13½x14, no wmk

Description   Scott SG Mi Y&T  
Stamps of Middle Congo overprinted
1 centime red and violet   1 1      
other values 2c - 5 francs   2-18 2-18      

Chad is described by Gibbons [1] as becoming part of the French Congo and integrating with Ubangi-Shari in 1906. It used French Congo stamps until 1915 and those of Ubangi-Shari-Chad until 1922, became independent in 1920 and had its own stamps from 1922 until 1936 then used French Equatorial Africa stamps until 1959.


Africa 14

Chad64
Chad Republic
1959 Sc64 SG62

The Chad Republic became an autonomous state in November 1958 and became independent within the French Community in August 1960.