In 1984 werd het land door de toenmalige president Thomas Sankara hernoemd tot Burkina Faso, wat "het land van de eerlijke mensen" betekent.ĭe Republiek van Opper-Volta wordt soms aangeduid met "Republiek van Opper-Volta." We vinden deze term op afstempelingen en op de keerzijde van antwoordcoupons en frankeermachine-opdrukken. Op 5 augustus 1960 werd Opper-Volta onafhankelijk van Frankrijk. Na de komst van de Fransen in 1896 werd het gebied een Franse kolonie en onder de naam "Haute-Volta" toegevoegd aan Frans-West-Afrika. Het Mossi-volk probeerde sinds de 11e eeuw een groot imperium van Noordwest-Afrika te maken. Tot het einde van de 19e eeuw werd het gebied gedomineerd door de Mossi. Opper-Volta, officieel de Republiek Opper-Volta, is de oude naam van het huidige Burkina Faso. Old mechanical cancels from the Savings Bank of FWA remain in service until the end of 1960. The old stamps were not updated and remained in service, without any noticeable changes, until 1984. International reply coupons with legend "Republic of Upper Volta" were issued after independence. These of the French Union with the title "Upper Volta" will be sold and used until 1963.
New reply coupons bore the inscription "REPUBLIC OF Upper Volta".
A definitive set of stamps featuring African masks and cancels were introduced for the CCTA's 10th anniversary.įranking machines are in use from 1960 with the title "REPUBLIC / Upper Volta". The Republic of Upper Volta is sometimes referred to as "Republic of Upper Volta." We find this term on postmarks and on the reverse of reply coupons and franking machine overprints.ĭuring the period of autonomy, stamps of a political nature were issued (Chairman Coulibaly and Yameogo, Conseil de l'Entente). In 1984, the country was renamed Burkina Faso, meaning "the land of the honest people" by then-President Thomas Sankara. On August 5, 1960, Upper Volta became independent from France. After the arrival of the French in 1896, the area became a French colony and added to French West Africa under the name "Haute-Volta". The Mossi people tried to make a great empire of Northwest Africa since the 11th century. Until the end of the 19th century, the area was dominated by the Mossi. Upper Volta, officially the Republic of Upper Volta, is the old name of present-day Burkina Faso. Model trains / Railway modelling (11,856).
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