Bird stamps from French Equatorial Africa: dates of emission and complete statistics.

French Equatorial Africa or the AEF, was the federation of French colonial possessions in Equatorial Africa, extending northwards from the Congo River into the Sahel, and comprising what are today the countries of Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.

The postal administrations of the four territories were separate until 1936, each issuing its own stamps.

In that year, stamps of Gabon and Middle Congo were overprinted AFRIQUE / ÉQUATORIALE / FRANÇAISE.

A definitive series for the colony followed in 1937, featuring local scenes and key French figures in the formation of the colony, with various color and value changes each year through 1940.

The 1937 series was overprinted AFRIQUE FRANÇAISE / LIBRE or just LIBRE in 1940 by the Free French, and in 1941 they issued a series depicting a phoenix rising from the flames.

A new definitive series, featuring local scenery and people, was issued in 1946, and another twenty-odd stamps came out during the 1950s, with the last being the omnibus Human Rights issue on 10 December 1958.
The African darter (Anhinga rufa), sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name

1953.01
  16.02.1953
  Air
African Darter Anhinga rufa
500f
    32
    African Darter    Anhinga rufa

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15 August 2019 at 15:36 ×

Excellent post about birds in the philately.

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Thank you @Giampaolo Rossi for commenting and participating in the contents of the blog.

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