page_title: Upper Senegal and Niger
section_title: Stamps
hierarchical_section_title: Upper Senegal and Niger / History / Stamps
caption_attribution_description: English: Upper Senegal and Niger 1c stamp of 1914Français&#160;: Timbre de la colonie française du Haut-Sénégal et Niger (le Soudan français, indépendant sous le nom de Mali), représentant un cavalier Targui et émis en 1914. Scan d'User:Stan Shebs.
context_page_description: Upper Senegal and Niger was a colony in French West Africa, created on 21 October 1904 from colonial Senegambia and Niger by the decree "For the Reorganisation of the general government of French West Africa".
  At its creation, the "Colony of Upper Senegal and Niger" contained the old territories of Upper Senegal, the Middle Niger, and the military Niger territory. Its capital was Bamako.
context_section_description: The colony of Upper Senegal and Niger is perhaps remembered most often by philatelists since it issued a number of postage stamps during its existence.
caption: Camel and rider design on 1-centime stamp from 1914.
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