Kevin J. O'Shaughnessy stamp collection
odd: label: General note
content: Title provided by EEPA staff.
name: label: Names
content: King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)
label: Collector
content: O'Shaughnessy, Kevin J.
label: Names
content: Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978
place: label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists
label: Topic
content: Folk art
label: Topic
content: Art, African
label: Topic
content: Animals -- Africa
label: Topic
content: Plants
label: Topic
content: Statesmen
label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection contains 369 African postage stamps from the post-independence period (circa 1960s-1970s). The stamps depict African leaders, traditional African art and artists, cultural performances, flora and fauna, and prominent visitors to the continent, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope Paul VI. A majority of the stamps come from Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire. Other countries represented include Gabon, Mali, Cameroon, Tunisia, Zambia, Morocco, Dahomey (now Benin), Libya, Gambia, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Upper Volta (now Burkina-Faso), Mauritius, South Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Uganda, Egypt, Sudan and the Comoros.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 369 Postage stamps
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960-1979
container: label: Container
content: Item EEPA.2007-005
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Kevin J. O'Shaughnessy, 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2007-005
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postage stamps
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Arranged in album by country.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Postage stamps