rod222
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Post by rod222 on Dec 30, 2014 3:55:48 GMT
1971 Fish in Natural Colours.  |
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Post by cjd on Dec 30, 2014 19:06:13 GMT
I've shown this elsewhere, but the 3sh aniline bright violet could find a home here:  John Easton gives this issue a thumbs down in his book, British Postage Stamp Design, but I rather like it. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Dec 30, 2014 19:44:01 GMT
I'll have to look that up in Easton's Tome. 2 more of your favourite Monarch (The scroll work is immediately recognisable from GB stamps)   Since moving to Hawid mounts, the decision to wash gum has been eased, but these types of stamps still have me in a dilemma. Do I wash? The Gum is evidence of Improper Storage? Tropical Gum? Normal deterioration ?  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Dec 30, 2014 20:14:02 GMT
1969 Postage Stamp Centenary Pioneer Air Services (Note Air Etiquette Icon on the Zeppelin Stamp) Dornier Wal Commonwealth Games 1970 Majority of cancelled stamps around 1970 with "GAMBIA" evidence full gum, so CTO. (Cancelled to Order)  |
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Post by cjd on Dec 30, 2014 21:11:27 GMT
If I recall correctly, Easton said the lower KGV denominations, posted above by rod, have the look of a beer label. (He was writing in the 1940's.) Can't completely disagree about that one...
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Dec 31, 2014 0:15:20 GMT
If I recall correctly, Easton said the lower KGV denominations, posted above by rod, have the look of a beer label. (He was writing in the 1940's.) Can't completely disagree about that one... ....and yet, I quite like this design (spoilt by a rigid Elephant with square ears) (I do not have Easton's design book, rather Easton's "Postage Stamps in the Making") Others in the negative were William Finlay (Pen name of James Mackay ) (I was never keen on the small format Falklands issues of KGV)  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Dec 31, 2014 0:22:24 GMT
T = Taxe =Postage Due  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 25, 2015 6:03:34 GMT
1966 Birds  Founding of Bathurst International Tourist Year Human Rights Year  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Nov 21, 2021 14:15:02 GMT
SG 171-185,issued between 1953 and 1959.The elephant and palm,from the colony badge which was used on the George VI series of stanps is shown on the £1 value.  |
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Post by REL1948 on Dec 24, 2021 13:52:15 GMT
The Stamps of Gambia 1922-1961
The Gambia Colony and Protectorate became a part of the British Empire during the New Imperialism era. It was administrated from 1821 to 1965.
The Colony was the immediate area surrounding Bathurst (now Banjul). The Protectorate was the inland territory situated around the Gambia river after declaration in 1894.
The colony was founded at Fort James and Bathurst where British presence was established in 1815 and 1816, respectively. For various periods during its existence Gambia was subordinate to the Sierra Leone Colony. By 1888, however; it had become a colony in its own right with a permanently appointed Governor.
As many as three million people may have been taken as slaves from this general region during the three centuries the transatlantic slave trade operated. It's not known how many people were taken either by intertribal wars or Muslim traders before the trade began. Most of those taken were sold by other Africans to Europeans; some were prisoners of intertribal wars; some were victims sold because of unpaid debts, many others were simply victims of kidnapping.
The boundaries of the territory were an issue of contention between the British and French authorities due to the proximity to French Senegal. In addition to this, on numerous occasions, the British government attempted to exchange The Gambia with France for other territories, such as those on the upper Niger River.
In 1899, France and Britain agreed in principle to set the boundary at 10 km north and south of the river and east to Yarbutenda, the furthest navigable point on the river Gambia. This was followed by the dispatch of a joint Anglo-French Boundary Commission to map the actual border. However; in 1891 when they arrived in the area, the Commission was met with resistance by local leaders whose territories they were coming to divide. British naval power then bombed the town of Kansala to force the Gambians to back off.
Colonial rule ended in 1965 when The Gambia became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations.
At present, both names, Gambia and The Gambia are in common use.
Portions From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Recommended Reading: The Scramble for Africa (1991), Thomas Pakenham
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Post by anglobob on Dec 24, 2021 13:58:30 GMT
REL1948Congratulations...another very attractive display.. 
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 23, 2022 23:01:22 GMT
Since it is the season, some Christmas cheer coming from the Gambia, in this set issued in 1998:  Merry Christmas to All! |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 11, 2024 13:17:30 GMT
Gambia 1970  Gambia 1972  |
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