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Upper Volta
December 1920
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| Description | Scott | SG | Mi | Y&T | ||
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| Stamps of Upper Senegal and Niger overprinted in black or red | ||||||
| 1 centime violet and grey-purple | 1 | 1 | ||||
| other values 2c to 5 francs | 2-28 | 2-26 † | ||||
† Scott [1] runs the issues from 1920 until 1928 in one listing ordered by denomination. Gibbons [2] lists the 1920-21 issues first and then 1922-28. Thus, the catalogue numbers match for only the first 4 stamps.
The summary in Scott [1] is admirably concise,
“In 1919 the French territory of Upper Volta was detached from the southern section of Upper Senegal and Niger and made a separate colony. In 1933 the colony was divided among its neighbors: French Sudan, Ivory Coast, and Niger Territory. The Republic of Upper Volta was proclaimed December 11, 1958; the name was changed to Burkina Faso on August 4, 1984.”
Gibbons [2] adds that the stamps of French West Africa were used from 1947 until 1959.
