An 1892 4c stamp for Côte d'Ivoire of the Navigation Commerce key type series.Côte d'Ivoire , or the Ivory Coast, is a country in West Africa established as a French colony in 1893, and becoming independent in 1960. First posts   The French established trading posts during several time periods, but the first post office, at San Pédro, dates from 1847, with Grand Bassam, Jacqueville, and Assinie getting offices in 1890.Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, pp. 318-319.   First stamps of the colony The colony received its own stamps in November 1892, just a few months prior to formal establishment. As typical for French colonies of the time, these were of the Navigation and Commerce design, with 13 values ranging from 1 centime to 1 franc. Four of the values were reissued with color changes in 1900, and several were surcharged in 1904 and again in 1912.
 Côte d'Ivoire , or the Ivory Coast, is a country in West Africa established as a French colony in 1893, and becoming independent in 1960. First posts An 1892 4c stamp for Côte d'Ivoire of the Navigation Commerce key type series. The French established trading posts during several time periods, but the first post office, at San Pédro, dates from 1847, with Grand Bassam, Jacqueville, and Assinie getting offices in 1890.Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, pp. 318-319. 1936 stamp of Côte d'Ivoire showing of a Baoulé woman coffee branches. First stamps of the colony The colony received its own stamps in November 1892, just a few months prior to formal establishment. As typical for French colonies of the time, these were of the Navigation and Commerce design, with 13 values ranging from 1 centime to 1 franc. Four of the values were reissued with color changes in 1900, and several were surcharged in 1904 and again in URL Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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An 1892 4c stamp for
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of the Navigation
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Commerce key type series.Côte d'Ivoire
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An 1892 4c stamp for Côte d'Ivoire of the Navigation
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Commerce key type series.
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1936 stamp of Côte d'Ivoire showing of a Baoulé woman
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coffee branches.
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