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Senegal
Dinosaurs on stamps and postmarks of Senegal
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Contents
- Country overview
- Philately at Senegal
- Official stamps of Senegal related to Paleontology
- Commemorative postmarks of Senegal related to Paleontology
- References
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. It is the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia, and owes its name to the Senegal River, which borders it to the east and north. The name "Senegal" comes from the Wolof "Sunuu Gaal", which means "Our Boat". Senegal covers a land area of almost 197,000 square kilometres and has an estimated population of about 13 million. The climate is Sahelian, but there is a rainy season.
Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century - all grown with African plantation slave labor, a form of which lingered into the 20th century. While independence was achieved in 1975, democratic reforms were not instituted until the late 1980s. The country held its first free elections in 1991, but frequent internal wrangling between the various political parties precipitated repeated changes in leadership and two failed coup attempts in 1995 and 2003. In 2012, three opposition parties combined in a no confidence vote to bring down the majority government of former Prime Minister Patrice TROVOADA. The new government of Prime Minister Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira DA COSTA is entirely composed of opposition party members with limited experience in governance. The recent discovery of oil in the Gulf of Guinea promises to attract increased attention to the small island nation. [R1]
The first stamps of Senegal were issued in 1887. Before that general issues for the French Colonies were used. Stamps for the Republic of Senegal were first issued in 1960. To date (2020) there are only one stamps set of Senegal that related to Paleontology - dinosaur stamps from 1995 [R2]
Official stamps of Senegal related to Paleontology: dinosaurs
| 27.01.1994 "Dinosaurs" | ||
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Commemorative postmarks of Senegal related to Paleontology: dinosaurs
| 27.01.1994 "Dinosaurs" [FDC] | ||
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Legend:
[DU] - exact Date of first introduction and/or last usage is unknown. Clarifications and comments are welcome.
[FDC] - Post Marks used on FDC of official stamp
[PM] - Permanent postmark: available for a long period of time , some small design changes possible.
[Sp] - Special postmark: issued for special event and was available for short period of time
[N] - new design of early introduced postmarks
References:
[R1] More information about Senegal are on Wikipedia, Wikitravel or FlagCounte[R2] Some information about postal history of Senegal on Wikipedia
Links to Senegal post authority and stamps catalog websites are here
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