Below you will find articles about Nigeria. Or click here to view stamps on the subject Nigeria in the catalog.
In this column, we discuss a region that issued a number of stamps for only a short time. This time, Biafra. Biafra was a short-lived state in southeastern Nigeria, which existed from May 30, 1967, to January 15, 1970. It...
India 1997 August 20th marks the day in 1897 when the British physician Ronald Ross confirmed that the female anopheles mosquito transmitted malaria to humans. Each year that day August is commemorated as World Mosquito Day. Dr. Ross’s research and discovery...
Chad 1969 A pair of stamps issued by the Republic of Chad in 1969 commemorated the travels of two German explorers of the continent of Africa. The right-hand stamp has a portrait of 19th century German explorer Heinrich Barth (1821-1865)...
The tractor was a very important invention for the development of agricultural production throughout the world and tractors on postage stamps can be an interesting topic for the stamp collector. Maybe some of the following shown here will be of...
One of the biggest frustrations for many stamp collectors is the enormous amount of new issues. The question can then become: “How much of my ready cash do I spend on new stamps and how much should I spend on...
While collecting stamps from Great Britain, and particularly from the Victorian period, I once came across a half-penny stamp with the overprint BRITISH PROTECTORATE OIL RIVERS. I immediately thought of petroleum, but at...
The Summer Olympic Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in Los Angeles in 1984. No other cities had submitted bids to host these Games. It was the second time Los Angeles hosted the Games, after 1932.
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