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Stamps from Upper Volta catalogue

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Upper Volta, officially the Republic of Upper Volta, is the old name of present-day Burkina Faso.  More

Stamps from Upper Volta

Opper-Volta

Upper Volta , officially the Republic of Upper Volta, is the former name of present-day Burkina Faso.

Until the end of the 19th century, the area was dominated by the Mossi. The Mossi people had tried to create a great empire of Northwest Africa since the 11th century. After the arrival of the French in 1896, the area became a French colony and was added to French West Africa under the name "Haute-Volta".

On August 5, 1960, Upper Volta gained independence from France. In 1984, the country was renamed Burkina Faso by then-President Thomas Sankara, meaning "the land of honest people."

The Republic of Upper Volta is sometimes referred to as "Republic of Upper Volta." We find this term on postmarks and on the back of reply coupons and franking machine overprints.

During the period of autonomy, stamps were issued of a political nature (President Coulibaly and Yaméogo, Conseil de l'Entente). A definitive series of stamps with African masks and cancellations were introduced for the 10th anniversary of the CCTA.

Franking machines have been in use since 1960 with the title "REPUBLIC / Upper Volta".

New reply coupons bore the inscription "REPUBLIC OF UPPER VOLTA". Those of the French Union with the title "UPPER VOLTA" will continue to be sold and used until 1963.
International reply coupons with the legend "Republic of Upper Volta" were issued after independence.

The old stamps were not updated and remained in service, without any noticeable changes, until 1984.

Old mechanical stamps from the FWA Savings Bank remained in service until the end of 1960.

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F – A delicate tone used for the timbres of the Haute-Volta:
E – One watermark was used for the stamps of Upper Volta:

NL CARTOR (multiple)
E CARTOR (multiple)
F CARTOR (multiple)
D CARTOR (more)

F - Introduit à partir de 30 december 1983.
E - Introduced from 30th of December 1983.

F – Filigree normal (droit).
E – Watermark normal (upright).

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Opper-Volta, officieel de Republiek Opper-Volta, is de oude naam van het huidige Burkina Faso.

Tot het einde van de 19e eeuw werd het gebied gedomineerd door de Mossi. Het Mossi-volk probeerde sinds de 11e eeuw een groot imperium van Noordwest-Afrika te maken. Na de komst van de Fransen in 1896 werd het gebied een Franse kolonie en onder de naam "Haute-Volta" toegevoegd aan Frans-West-Afrika.

Op 5 augustus 1960 werd Opper-Volta onafhankelijk van Frankrijk. In 1984 werd het land door de toenmalige president Thomas Sankara hernoemd tot Burkina Faso, wat "het land van de eerlijke mensen" betekent.

De Republiek van Opper-Volta wordt soms aangeduid met "Republiek van Opper-Volta." We vinden deze term op afstempelingen en op de keerzijde van antwoordcoupons en frankeermachine-opdrukken.

Gedurende de periode van autonomie werden postzegels uitgegeven van een politieke natuur (Voorzitter Coulibaly en Yameogo, Conseil de l'Entente). Een definitieve serie postzegels met Afrikaanse maskers en afstempelingen werden ingevoerd voor de 10e verjaardag van de CCTA.

Frankeermachines zijn vanaf 1960 in gebruik met de titel "REPUBLIEK / Opper-Volta".

Nieuwe antwoordcoupons droegen het opschrift "REPUBLIEK Opper-Volta". Deze van de Franse Unie met titel "Opper-Volta" zullen verkocht en gebruikt blijven tot 1963.

Internationale antwoordcoupons met legende "Republiek van Opper-Volta" werden uitgegeven na de onafhankelijkheid.

De oude postzegels werden niet bijgewerkt en bleven in dienst, zonder enige merkbare veranderingen, tot 1984.

Oude mechanische afstempelingen van de Spaarbank van FWA blijven in dienst tot het einde van 1960.

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Watermarks

Filigranes

Wasserzeichen

F – Un filigrane fut utilisé pour les timbres-poste de la Haute-Volta:

E – One watermark was used for the stamps of Upper Volta:

NL CARTOR (meervoudig)

E CARTOR (multiple)

F CARTOR (multiple)

D CARTOR (mehrfach)

F - Introduit à partir de 30 décembre 1983.

E - Introduced from 30th of December 1983.

F – Filigrane normal (droit).

E – Watermark normal (upright).


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