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Stamps, postmarks, postal stationery and postal history

The West Africa Study Circle, formed in 1950, is the international specialist society for the study of stamps, postal stationery and postal history of West Africa. It originated from small specialist groups which already existed and has undergone several expansions of scope.

The following philatelic areas are the ones covered in the most depth. The map shows where they are. From there, or from these links, you will find brief introductions to each area:

Ascension / Tristan da Cunha / Gough Is. Cameroons Gambia Gold Coast / Ghana
Nigeria St Helena Sierra Leone Togo
Additionally, several other areas are also included: British Postal Agencies on Madeira, Tenerife. St Vincent (Cape Verde Islands) and Fernando Po. Study dates from the earliest times and includes military campaigns, maritime, censorship and airmails.

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LATEST!

SL postmark book

Frank Walton made a fortuitous discovery recently of samples of Sierra Leone postmarks. He has put them together to create this 92 page booklet. He and the Study Circle are making this freely available to all readers from a link on our books page.

2018 subscription - the year's electronic Cameo, WASC newsletters and auction lists for £10 annually. The membership page is here.

NOTE: next relevant auctions of our Advertisers:
Cavendish 26th/27th September 2018 including Gold Coast
Grosvenor 19th/20th September 2018 including Gambia

Paul Redhead has made substantial updates to his listing of Nigerian postmarks at this link.

Early issues of Cameo (1975-1984) are now freely available for download or reading on the screen. See the link on the Cameo page, which also lists the contents of the latest edition of Cameo.

A document giving postage rates of Nigeria during the George VI period has been added to the Additional Documents page. It was gathered from Nigeria Gazettes by the late Nigel Lutwyche.

A 2017 presentation on Ghana postmarks can be found on the Gold Coast/Ghana page.

British Intervention in War-torn Sierra Leone, 1997-2015
Background information prepared by Michael Dobbs of the Forces Postal History Society, for collectors of military and other postal history of this period. A monograph is available on our website.

Some other documents produced by members (RAF West Africa-Rabat, Shipping, Civil Aviation, Nigerian postmarks) are reached by links from the "Additional Documents" page.

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last updated: September 12, 2018

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