Friday, August 18, 2023

French West Africa (AOF Senegal) Air Mail

FRENCH WEST AFRICA (Afrique Occidental Francaise  Senegal) from 1935 until 1943 (?) issued eleven air mail stamps with different colours and values. There were two designs: a single-winged plane over a coastal landscape, and a biplane flying over a camel Caravan.  The printers were Institut de Gravure and d'Impression de Papiers-Valeurs, Paris, using a recess printing method. 

There was also a five stamp "Common Design Type" issued in 1940 for the French West Africa countries that also used the "Plane over Coastal Area" design, but with a white rather than a dark background for the country script tablet.

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