FRENCH WEST AFRICA (Afrique Occidental Francaise - AOF) issued a thematic series depicting the women of French West Africa between 1946 to 1947.
French West Africa (AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger. The capital of the federation was Dakar. The federation existed from 1895 until 1960.
This vintage postcard commemorated "Stamp Day" (Journée du Timbre) in Dahomey, now Benin, in 1946. The postcard included a stamp featuring a portrait of a Dahomey woman in traditional attire and a stylised illustration of a stilt village in the cachet. The text on the postcard reads "Carte Postale" (Postcard), "Journée du Timbre 1946," and "Cotonou: le village lacustre" (Cotonou: the lake village). It also mentions the "Société Philatélique du Dahomey" (Philatelic Society of Dahomey). The stamp itself is marked "Dahomey" and "Postes 2.50". The postcard was postmarked "Botonor. Dahomey.
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