Stamps from Oubangui-Chari catalogue

115 items

Oubangui-Chari (Ubangi-Shari), now the Central African Republic, was a French colony from 1903 to 1960 More

Oubangui-Chari (Ubangi-Shari), now the Central African Republic, was a French colony from 1903 to 1960, located between Cameroon, Chad, Sudan and Congo. From 1910 the area was part of the French West African Community, and from 1946 an overseas territory of France. In 1960 the Central African Republic became independent. Both the Ubangi and the Chari are regional rivers (respectively 1100 km and 949 km long).

In 1906 the colony of Oubangi-Chari was merged with French settlements around Lake Chad and thus Oubangi-Chari-Tchad was formed. The first issue of stamps took place in 1915, with postage stamps of French Central Congo with the overprint "Oubangui-Chari-Tchad". From 1910 there was another merger, now with French Central Congo and Gabon, together forming 'French Equatorial Africa'. In 1916 there was another separation as a separate colony 'Oubangi-Chari', after which a new issue of stamps followed in 1922, now with the overprint 'Oubangi-Chari'.

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115

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Leopard (1915)