Bird stamps from Central African Republic.

The Central African Republic  is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the northeast, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west.

The CAR covers a land area of about 240,000 square miles (620,000 km2), and has an estimated population of about 4.4 million as of 2008. Bangui is the country's capital city.

Most of the CAR consists of Sudano-Guinean savannas but it also includes a Sahelo-Sudanian zone in the north and an equatorial forest zone in the south.

Two thirds of the country lies in the basins of the Ubangi River, which flows south into the Congo River, while the remaining third lies in the basin of the Chari River, which flows north into Lake Chad.

Since most of the territory is located in the Ubangi and Chari river basins, France called the colony it carved out in this region Ubangi-Chari, or Oubangui-Chari in French. It became a semi-autonomous territory of the French Community in 1958 and then an independent nation on 13 August 1960. For over three decades after independence, the CAR was ruled by presidents, and an emperor, who either were not freely elected or took power by force. 

Local discontent with this system was eventually reinforced by international pressure, following the end of the Cold War.

The first multi-party democratic elections were held in 1993 with resources provided by the country's donors and help from the UN Office for Electoral Affairs, and brought Ange-Félix Patassé to power. He lost popular support during his presidency and was overthrown in 2003 by French-backed General François Bozizé, who went on to win a democratic election in May 2005.

Inability to pay workers in the public sector led to strikes in 2007, leading Bozizé to appoint a new government headed by Faustin-Archange Touadéra on 22 January 2008. In February 2010, 

Bozizé signed a presidential decree setting the date for the next presidential election as 25 April 2010. Although initially postponed, elections were held in January and March 2011. Bozizé and his party both won in the elections.

Despite its significant mineral and other resources (uranium reserves in Bakouma, crude oil, gold, diamonds, lumber, hydropower) and its arable land, the Central African Republic remains one of the poorest countries in the world and among the ten poorest countries in Africa. The Human Development Index for the Central African Republic is 0.343, which gives the country a rank of 179 out of 187 countries with data.

 

Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name

1960.01
  03.09.1960
  Definitives

100f
    90
    Abyssinian Roller    Coracias abyssinicus

200f
    75
    Guinea Turaco    Tauraco persa

500f
    37
    African Fish Eagle    Haliaeetus vocifer

1960.02
  15.12.1960
  Overprint XVIIe OLYMPIADE... on French Eq Afr 1953.01

250f
    33
    African Darter    Anhinga rufa

1962.01
  15.11.1962
  Definitives

50f
    75
    Great Blue Turaco    Corythaeola cristata

1963.01
  11.03.1963
  Definitives

250f
    73
    Red-headed Lovebird    Agapornis pullarius

1971.01
  09.02.1971
  African tales
  5v set

5f
    11
    Scaly Francolin    Pternistis squamatus

and
    9
    Helmeted Guineafowl    Numida meleagris

30f
    76
    Senegal Coucal    Centropus senegalensis

1972.01
  31.07.1972
  Horcen
  5v set

20f
    66
    African Skimmer    Rynchops flavirostris

1978.01
  01.11.1978
  Philexafrique
  1960.01

100f
    37
    African Fish Eagle    Haliaeetus vocifer

100f
    229
    Red Crossbill    Loxia curvirostra

1980.01
  08.04.1980
  Apollo 11

500f
    37
    Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    MS

1981.01
  17.11.1981
  Birds

50f
    9
    Plumed Guineafowl    Guttera plumifera

90f
    11
    Schlegel's Francolin    Peliperdix schlegelii

140f
    234
    Black-headed Bunting    Emberiza melanocephala

and
    234
    Ortolan Bunting    Emberiza hortulana

1982.01
  22.01.1982
  Animals and Rotary

1500f
    35
    Secretarybird    Sagittarius serpentarius
    MS

1983.01
  14.11.1983
  WWF
  4v set

40f
    26
    Western Cattle Egret    Bubulcus ibis

180f
    214
    Yellow-billed Oxpecker    Buphagus africanus

1983.02
  14.11.1983
  Scouts and Rotary

400f
    73
    Cuban Macaw    Ara tricolor †

500f
    73
    Grey Parrot    Psittacus erithacus

1985.01
  25.01.1985
  Audubon

60f
    78
    Eastern Screech Owl    Megascops asio

110f
    76
    Mangrove Cuckoo    Coccyzus minor

200f
    70
    Mourning Dove    Zenaida macroura

500f
    14
    Wood Duck    Aix sponsa

1985.02
  25.03.1985
  Audubon

40f
    162
    Blue Jay    Cyanocitta cristata

80f
    82
    Chuck-will's-widow    Antrostomus carolinensis

130f
    108
    Ivory-billed Woodpecker    Campephilus principalis

250f
    162
    Black-throated Magpie-Jay    Calocitta colliei

300f
    76
    Mangrove Cuckoo    Coccyzus minor

500f
    183
    Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica

1985.03
  25.03.1985
  Audubon

600f
    108
    Pileated Woodpecker    Dryocopus pileatus
    MS

1985.04
  31.12.1985
  Christopher Columbus
  6v set

300f
    73
    Red-and-green Macaw    Ara chloropterus

1988.01
  01.07.1988
  Scouts and birds

25f
    95
    Northern Carmine Bee-eater    Merops nubicus

170f
    222
    Black-winged Red Bishop    Euplectes hordeaceus

300f
    92
    Pied Kingfisher    Ceryle rudis

400f
    223
    Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu    Uraeginthus bengalus

450f
    37
    Lizard Buzzard    Kaupifalco monogrammicus

1988.02
  01.07.1988
  Scouts and birds

500f
    213
    Splendid Starling    Lamprotornis splendidus
    MS

1988.03
  07.10.1988
  Surcharge on 1988.01

30f
    222
    Black-winged Red Bishop    Euplectes hordeaceus

70f
    92
    Pied Kingfisher    Ceryle rudis

160f
    223
    Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu    Uraeginthus bengalus

200f
    37
    Lizard Buzzard    Kaupifalco monogrammicus

1990.01
  26.03.1990
  Scouts and butterflies
  7v set

1500f
    161
    African Paradise Flycatcher    Terpsiphone viridis

1990.02
  26.03.1990
  Scouts and butterflies

1500f
    220
    Western Violet-backed Sunbird    Anthreptes longuemarei
    MS

1991.01
  25.01.1991
  Fauna protection
  3v set

15f
    73
    Grey Parrot    Psittacus erithacus

and
    22
    Greater Flamingo    Phoenicopterus roseus

and
    48
    Grey Crowned Crane    Balearica regulorum

60f
    73
    Grey Parrot    Psittacus erithacus
    = 15f

and
    22
    Greater Flamingo    Phoenicopterus roseus

and
    48
    Grey Crowned Crane    Balearica regulorum

1993.01
  20.10.1993
  Biodiversity

100f
    73
    Grey Parrot    Psittacus erithacus

130f
    48
    Black Crowned Crane    Balearica pavonina

1993.02
  03.12.1993
  Prehistoric animals
  16v sheet

25f
    0
    Archaeopteryx    Archaeopteryx lithografica

1997.01
  06.02.1997
  African wildlife

1500f
    35
    Secretarybird    Sagittarius serpentarius
    MS

1997.02
  13.02.1997
  Scouts

175f
    36
    Western Osprey    Pandion haliaetus

350f
    64
    Ruff    Philomachus pugnax

1997.03
  13.02.1997
  Scouts
  1997.02

175f
    36
    Western Osprey    Pandion haliaetus
    MS

350f
    64
    Ruff    Philomachus pugnax
    MS

1997.04
  20.05.1997
  Hiroshige
  Sheet

430f
    78
    Oriental Scops Owl    Otus sunia

430f
    221
    Eurasian Tree Sparrow    Passer montanus

430f
    14
    Greylag Goose    Anser anser

430f
    204
    Asian Fairy-bluebird    Irena puella

430f
    183
    Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica

1997.05
  20.05.1997
  Hiroshige
  5v sheet

500f
    221
    Eurasian Tree Sparrow    Passer montanus

500f
    92
    Common Kingfisher    Alcedo atthis

1997.06
  20.05.1997
  Hiroshige

1500f
    177
    Japanese Tit    Parus minor
    MS

1998.01
  03.04.1998
  Boy scouts' association
  8v sheet

300f
    90
    Lilac-breasted Roller    Coracias caudatus

300f
    37
    Yellow-billed Kite    Milvus aegyptius

and
    29
    Great White Pelican    Pelecanus onocrotalus

300f
    26
    Western Cattle Egret    Bubulcus ibis

1998.02
  03.04.1998
  Boy scouts' association
  Sheet

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350f
    37
    Long-legged Buzzard    Buteo rufinus

350f
    37
    Western Marsh Harrier    Circus aeruginosus

350f
    37
    Verreaux's Eagle    Aquila verreauxii

350f
    37
    Short-toed Snake Eagle    Circaetus gallicus

350f
    37
    Bateleur    Terathopius ecaudatus

350f
    37
    African Fish Eagle    Haliaeetus vocifer

350f
    37
    Red Kite    Milvus milvus

350f
    37
    Shikra    Accipiter badius

1999.01
  08.02.1999
  Birds, scouts
  3v sheet

475f
    110
    Common Sunbird-Asity    Neodrepanis coruscans

1999.02
  10.03.1999
  Birds of Africa

500f
    36
    Western Osprey    Pandion haliaetus

500f
    11
    Common Quail    Coturnix coturnix

500f
    85
    Alpine Swift    Tachymarptis melba

500f
    98
    Trumpeter Hornbill    Bycanistes bucinator

500f
    145
    Crimson-breasted Shrike    Laniarius atrococcineus

500f
    168
    Cape Rockjumper    Chaetops frenatus

1999.03
  10.03.1999
  Birds of Africa
  Sheet

280f
    213
    Superb Starling    Lamprotornis superbus

280f
    73
    Yellow-collared Lovebird    Agapornis personatus

280f
    90
    Racket-tailed Roller    Coracias spatulatus

280f
    222
    Jackson's Widowbird    Euplectes jacksoni

280f
    220
    Orange-breasted Sunbird    Anthobaphes violacea

280f
    234
    Common Reed Bunting    Emberiza schoeniclus

280f
    162
    Eurasian Magpie    Pica pica

280f
    75
    Red-crested Turaco    Tauraco erythrolophus

280f
    209
    Eurasian Nuthatch    Sitta europaea

1999.04
  10.03.1999
  Birds of Africa
  Sheet

490f
    95
    European Bee-eater    Merops apiaster

490f
    90
    European Roller    Coracias garrulus

490f
    76
    Common Cuckoo    Cuculus canorus

490f
    183
    Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica

490f
    227
    Western Yellow Wagtail    Motacilla flava

490f
    26
    Grey Heron    Ardea cinerea

490f
    38
    Common Kestrel    Falco tinnunculus

490f
    77
    Western Barn Owl    Tyto alba

490f
    58
    Common Ringed Plover    Charadrius hiaticula

1999.05
  10.03.1999
  Birds of Africa

1500f
    181
    Horned Lark    Eremophila alpestris
    MS

2000f
    183
    Common House Martin    Delichon urbicum
    MS

1999.06
  12.03.1999
  WWF
  Strip

200f
    28
    Shoebill    Balaeniceps rex

200f
    28
    Shoebill    Balaeniceps rex

200f
    28
    Shoebill    Balaeniceps rex

200f
    28
    Shoebill    Balaeniceps rex

1999.07
  24.03.1999
  Prehistoric animals
  6v sheet

250f
    0
    Archaeopteryx    Archaeopteryx lithografica

1999.08
  24.03.1999
  Birds
  Sheet

350f
    73
    Slaty-headed Parakeet    Psittacula himalayana

350f
    73
    Hyacinth Macaw    Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

350f
    73
    Rainbow Lorikeet    Trichoglossus moluccanus

350f
    120
    Pompadour Cotinga    Xipholena punicea

350f
    223
    Gouldian Finch    Erythrura gouldiae

350f
    104
    White-throated Toucan    Ramphastos tucanus

1999.09
  24.03.1999
  Birds
  Sheet

500f
    38
    American Kestrel    Falco sparverius

500f
    38
    Northern Crested Caracara    Caracara cheriway

500f
    37
    Bateleur    Terathopius ecaudatus

500f
    77
    Western Barn Owl    Tyto alba

500f
    78
    Eurasian Pygmy Owl    Glaucidium passerinum

500f
    78
    Burrowing Owl    Athene cunicularia

2000.01
  25.02.2000
  Birds of Africa

100f
    14
    White-faced Whistling Duck    Dendrocygna viduata

150f
    98
    Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill    Tockus flavirostris

200f
    70
    African Green Pigeon    Treron calvus

300f
    26
    Squacco Heron    Ardeola ralloides

450f
    221
    Cape Sparrow    Passer melanurus

750f
    213
    Purple Starling    Lamprotornis purpureus

2000.02
  25.02.2000
  Birds of Africa
  Sheet

390f
    106
    Crested Barbet    Trachyphonus vaillantii

390f
    38
    Pygmy Falcon    Polihierax semitorquatus

390f
    98
    African Grey Hornbill    Tockus nasutus

390f
    223
    Common Waxbill    Estrilda astrild

390f
    95
    Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater    Merops oreobates

390f
    223
    Orange-breasted Waxbill    Amandava subflava

390f
    9
    Crested Guineafowl    Guttera pucherani

390f
    158
    Eurasian Golden Oriole    Oriolus oriolus

390f
    98
    Silvery-cheeked Hornbill    Bycanistes brevis

2000.03
  25.02.2000
  Birds of Africa
  Sheet

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440f
    26
    Striated Heron    Butorides striata

440f
    46
    Black Crake    Amaurornis flavirostra

440f
    37
    Bateleur    Terathopius ecaudatus

440f
    24
    Yellow-billed Stork    Mycteria ibis

440f
    61
    African Jacana    Actophilornis africanus

440f
    73
    Rüppell's Parrot    Poicephalus rueppellii

440f
    14
    Egyptian Goose    Alopochen aegyptiaca

440f
    31
    Cape Gannet    Morus capensis

440f
    35
    Secretarybird    Sagittarius serpentarius

2000.04
  25.02.2000
  Birds of Africa
  Sheet

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485f
    37
    White-backed Vulture    Gyps africanus

485f
    77
    Western Barn Owl    Tyto alba

485f
    29
    Great White Pelican    Pelecanus onocrotalus

485f
    24
    Saddle-billed Stork    Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

485f
    26
    Goliath Heron    Ardea goliath

485f
    200
    Common Whitethroat    Sylvia communis

485f
    37
    Jackal Buzzard    Buteo rufofuscus

485f
    177
    African Blue Tit    Cyanistes teneriffae

485f
    55
    Crab-plover    Dromas ardeola

2000.05
  25.02.2000
  Birds of Africa

2000f
    214
    Yellow-billed Oxpecker    Buphagus africanus
    MS

2000f
    37
    African Fish Eagle    Haliaeetus vocifer
    MS

2000f
    216
    Karoo Scrub Robin    Erythropygia coryphoeus
    MS

2001.01
  28.05.2001
  Birds
  Sheet

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350f
    224
    Shaft-tailed Whydah    Vidua regia

350f
    222
    Cardinal Quelea    Quelea cardinalis

350f
    145
    Crimson-breasted Shrike    Laniarius atrococcineus

350f
    75
    Schalow's Turaco    Tauraco schalowi

350f
    75
    Red-crested Turaco    Tauraco erythrolophus

350f
    220
    Orange-breasted Sunbird    Anthobaphes violacea

2001.02
  28.05.2001
  Birds
  Sheet

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390f
    37
    Bateleur    Terathopius ecaudatus

390f
    162
    White-necked Raven    Corvus albicollis

390f
    156
    Magpie Shrike    Urolestes melanoleucus

390f
    223
    Violet-eared Waxbill    Uraeginthus granatinus

390f
    200
    Subalpine Warbler    Sylvia cantillans

390f
    185
    Red-faced Crombec    Sylvietta whytii

2001.03
  31.07.2001
  Prehistoric animals
  12v sheet

240f
    0
    Archaeopteryx    Archaeopteryx lithografica

2001.04
  31.07.2001
  Belgica 01
  6v sheet

350f
    0
    Archaeopteryx    Archaeopteryx lithografica

2001.05
  12.07.2001
  Congo Peacock

1500f
    11
    Congo Peacock    Afropavo congensis
    MS

2001.06
  12.07.2001
  Birds

50f
    68
    Horned Puffin    Fratercula corniculata

75f
    78
    Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus

100f
    16
    Emperor Penguin    Aptenodytes forsteri

150f
    31
    Blue-footed Booby    Sula nebouxii

2001.07
  12.07.2001
  Birds
  Sheet

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325f
    75
    Red-crested Turaco    Tauraco erythrolophus

325f
    92
    Blue-breasted Kingfisher    Halcyon malimbica

325f
    38
    Lanner Falcon    Falco biarmicus

325f
    73
    Yellow-collared Lovebird    Agapornis personatus

325f
    73
    Coconut Lorikeet    Trichoglossus haematodus

325f
    73
    Grey Parrot    Psittacus erithacus

325f
    37
    Egyptian Vulture    Neophron percnopterus

325f
    48
    Grey Crowned Crane    Balearica regulorum

325f
    24
    Marabou Stork    Leptoptilos crumenifer

2001.08
  12.07.2001
  Birds
  Sheet

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325f
    73
    Jandaya Parakeet    Aratinga jandaya

325f
    104
    White-throated Toucan    Ramphastos tucanus

325f
    86
    Glittering-bellied Emerald    Chlorostilbon lucidus

325f
    73
    Hyacinth Macaw    Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

325f
    73
    Blue-headed Parrot    Pionus menstruus

325f
    73
    Yellow-chevroned Parakeet    Brotogeris chiriri

325f
    29
    Brown Pelican    Pelecanus occidentalis

325f
    22
    American Flamingo    Phoenicopterus ruber

325f
    104
    Toco Toucan    Ramphastos toco

2001.09
  12.07.2001
  Birds

1500f
    37
    Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    MS

1500f
    14
    Trumpeter Swan    Cygnus buccinator
    MS

2001.10
  19.07.2001
  Birds
  Sheet

350f
    237
    Blue Grosbeak    Passerina caerulea

350f
    230
    Blackburnian Warbler    Setophaga fusca

350f
    108
    Northern Flicker    Colaptes auratus

350f
    237
    Painted Bunting    Passerina ciris

350f
    230
    Hooded Warbler    Setophaga citrina

350f
    233
    Bananaquit    Coereba flaveola

2001.11
  19.07.2001
  Birds
  Sheet

350f
    86
    Cuban Emerald    Chlorostilbon ricordii

350f
    170
    Cedar Waxwing    Bombycilla cedrorum

350f
    86
    Emerald-chinned Hummingbird    Abeillia abeillei

350f
    237
    Indigo Bunting    Passerina cyanea

350f
    70
    Mourning Dove    Zenaida macroura

350f
    46
    Purple Gallinule    Porphyrio martinicus

2001.12
  19.07.2001
  Birds

1500f
    37
    Western Marsh Harrier    Circus aeruginosus
    MS

1500f
    36
    Western Osprey    Pandion haliaetus
    MS

2011.01
  20.12.2011
  Kingfishers
  Sheet

650f
    92
    Pied Kingfisher    Ceryle rudis

650f
    95
    European Bee-eater    Merops apiaster

650f
    92
    Giant Kingfisher    Megaceryle maxima

650f
    92
    Pied Kingfisher    Ceryle rudis

2011.02
  20.12.2011
  Kingfishers

2400f
    92
    Giant Kingfisher    Megaceryle maxima
    MS

2011.03
  20.12.2011
  Peacocks
  Sheet

650f
    11
    Congo Peacock    Afropavo congensis

650f
    11
    Congo Peacock    Afropavo congensis

650f
    11
    Congo Peacock    Afropavo congensis

650f
    11
    Congo Peacock    Afropavo congensis

2011.04
  20.12.2011
  Peacocks

2400f
    11
    Congo Peacock    Afropavo congensis
    MS

2011.05
  20.12.2011
  Raptors
  Sheet

650f
    37
    Tawny Eagle    Aquila rapax

650f
    37
    Bateleur    Terathopius ecaudatus

650f
    37
    Augur Buzzard    Buteo augur

650f
    37
    African Fish Eagle    Haliaeetus vocifer

2011.06
  20.12.2011
  Raptors

2400f
    37
    Tawny Eagle    Aquila rapax
    MS

and
    37
    Steppe Eagle    Aquila nipalensis

2011.07
  20.12.2011
  Owls
  Sheet

650f
    78
    Pel's Fishing Owl    Scotopelia peli

650f
    77
    African Grass Owl    Tyto capensis

and
    78
    Tawny Owl    Strix aluco

650f
    78
    Pel's Fishing Owl    Scotopelia peli

and
    78
    Tawny Owl    Strix aluco

650f
    78
    Ural Owl    Strix uralensis

2011.08
  20.12.2011
  Owls

2400f
    78
    Pel's Fishing Owl    Scotopelia peli
    MS

and
    78
    Tawny Owl    Strix aluco

2011.09
  20.12.2011
  Owls
  Sheet

650f
    78
    Short-eared Owl    Asio flammeus

and
    78
    Madagascar Owl    Asio madagascariensis

650f
    78
    Marsh Owl    Asio capensis

650f
    78
    Spotted Eagle-Owl    Bubo africanus

650f
    78
    Short-eared Owl    Asio flammeus

2011.10
  20.12.2011
  Owls

2400f
    78
    Marsh Owl    Asio capensis
    MS

2011.11
  20.12.2011
  Parrots
  Sheet

650f
    73
    Senegal Parrot    Poicephalus senegalus

650f
    73
    Rüppell's Parrot    Poicephalus rueppellii

650f
    73
    Grey Parrot    Psittacus erithacus

650f
    73
    Senegal Parrot    Poicephalus senegalus

2011.12
  20.12.2011
  Parrots

2400f
    73
    Senegal Parrot    Poicephalus senegalus
    MS

and
    73
    Red-fronted Parrot    Poicephalus gulielmi

2012.01
  25.04.2012
  Owls
  Sheet

750f
    78
    Short-eared Owl    Asio flammeus

750f
    78
    Northern Hawk-Owl    Surnia ulula

750f
    78
    Barred Owl    Strix varia

750f
    78
    Long-eared Owl    Asio otus

2012.02
  25.04.2012
  Owls

2650f
    78
    Short-eared Owl    Asio flammeus
    MS

 

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Philately has been considered as an "auxiliary science of history" because it is based on the general principles of other sciences, which in turn contribute to enrich it. It acquires knowledge of the sciences, of the arts, of languages and opens an immense road of social relations through all countries. This science broadens broad horizons of culture, discovers artistic temperaments and offers the interest of the new and the unknown, while performing a positive therapeutic wor.

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