French West Africa

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In 1895 the Federation of French West Africa was formed with Dakar as its capital.

French West Africa was a territory in North-West Africa. It comprised Senegal, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Dahomey, French Soudan, Mauritania, Niger and Upper Volta.

 

French West Africa 1947

French West Africa 1944

 The Federation of French West Africa was dissolved in 1958, when French Soudan and Senegal became the Mali federation and the rest independent republics.

Stamps were issued from 1944 untill the break up in 1958.

 

 

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