Common Terms and Abbreviations
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Algeria 372 1957
Angola 697 1970
Belgian Congo 21 1894
Belgian Congo 292 1948
Benin xxx-xxx 1998
Burkina Faso 809-815 1985
Central African Republic 47-50 1963
Chad 411 1974 UPU centenary
Congo 149 1968
Congo 222-223 1970
Congo 670-673 1979
Dahomey 402 1970
Dahomey D313 1967 postage due
Djibouti 749-752 1979 752 missing
Djibouti 779 1980
Egypt 189-192 1933
Egypt 521-1957
Egypt 595 1959
Egypt 794 1964
Egypt 1327 1977
Equatorial Guinea not listed
Equatorial Guinea 1972 set of 7 not listed Japanese centenary
Ethiopia 304 1931
French Equatorial Africa 35 1937 set of seven 34-38
French Somali Coast 361-374 1943
Gabon 903 1984
Gambia MSxxx xxxx
Gambia MSxxx-xxx xxxx
Ghana 175 1957
Ghana 324-327 1963 60 years of railways
Ghana 869 1978 set of four 75th railway anniversary
Gold Coast 140 1948
Gold Coast 158 1952
Guinea-Bissau 904-910 1984
Guinea-Bissau MSxxx 1989
Ivory Coast 272 1966
Ivory Coast 594-598 1979
Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika 292-295 1971
Kenya Uganda Tanzania 360 1974
Liberia 1149-1154 1973
Liberia 1191 1974 100 years UPU
Liberia 1383 1979
Madagascar xx xx xx xx xx 1993
Malagasy Republic 35 1962
Malagasy Republic 725 727 728 1989
Malawi 763-766 1987
Mauritania 157 1962
Mauritania 679-684 1980
Mauritius xxx 1998
Middle Congo 69 70 71 72 1933 set of 9 69-77
Mozambique 779-784 1979
Mozambique 998-1003 1983
Mozambique 1028 1983
Mozambique Company 211 1918
Mozambique Company 302 1937
Namibia 1994 FDC locomotives
Namibia 1995 FDC centenary
Namibia xxx-xxx 1994
Namibia xxx-xxx 1995
Niger 496-499 1973
Niger 767 1979
Niger 809-813 1980
Nigeria 73 1953
Rhodesia 24a 1959
Sahara OCC RASD xx 1993 bogus
South Africa (RSA) 183 1960
South Africa (RSA) 541-544 1983
South Africa (RSA) 1983 FDC locomotives
South West Africa 96 1937 mail train
South West Africa 1985 FDC narrow gauge locomotives (447-450)
Southern Rhodesia 36-39 1937
Southern Rhodesia 75 1953
St. Thomas & Prince Islands not listed xxxx
St. Thomas and Prince Islands not listed xxxx
Swaziland 109-112 1964 opening of the railway
Tanzania 433 1985. Set of 4, 430 to 433. Salute to Tanzanian Railways
Tanzania 445 1985. Set of 3 445 to 447.
Tanzania xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx 1991
Togo 961 1973
Togo xxx-xxx 1999
Uganda 173-176 1976
Zambia 472-475 1986
Zimbabwe 653-656 1985
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