Senegal : Stamps On Steiner Pages.

SENEGAL
Currently dealing with Coastal erosion due to rising sea levels and Climate Change.

The country famed for its MUCILAGE
Its sticky sap from the Acacia tree (SENEGAL GUM) Has attached BILLIONS of postage stamps to envelopes worldwide.
(Gum Arabic)

Guilty of producing the famous "Stamp thin"
Also, apparently tasty, and a good source to eat for an upset tummy.


See how it is harvested here, at 16 minutes.........


Senegal Stamps belonging in FRENCH WEST AFRICA collection / pages.

1892 Steiner Page 2.

1906 Steiner Page 3.
Postmark : TIVAOUANE Pronounced TIVAY WAN

1912 Steiner Page 4.

Senegalese Fashion
Stationery sibling to Sc# 370 1972
Has this mutilated fragment been Surcharged
Postmark : DAKAR 2001

A cut-out from an aerogramme ?

You have done it again
Thanks Vayolene !
Being as the Aerogramme, is pmkd 20 years hence, perhaps the
possible scripted surcharge may be relevant.

1912 Steiner Page 4.

1912 Steiner Page 5.

Postmark : Boxed VISTEZ AFRIQUE NOIR...etc
IFAN (I.F.A.N., Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire or Fundamental Institute of Black Africa) is a cultural and scientific institute in the nations of the former French West Africa. Founded in Dakar, Senegal in 1938 as the Institut français d'Afrique noire (French Institute of Black Africa), the name was changed only in 1966. It was headquartered in what is now the building of the IFAN Museum of African Arts. Since its founding, its charge was to study the language, history, and culture of the peoples ruled by French colonialism in Africa.

Aerogramme 1979 Surcharged (Not mine)
100f on 70f Surcharge.

Those with swaps, inclination and time to fritter may identify the various types of the market series. Lots of large gaps in my selection.

Ambitious! I never tried to collect the different types, but did put together a nice mint basic set of the market series. A lovely design, as with so many of the French African issues.

~Greg

Very good! Chasing varieties isn't usually me, but, having a heap of them at one point, I thought I'd give it a go. Oddly, I don't think the similar series from other colonies have the different types - or the catalogues don't differentiate them.

Always interesting Rod

Noticed that a couple of Senegambia & Niger sneaked onto your Nav & Com page.
Been there done that!

Crikey!
Heaps of new information, thanks all!
Have to re-inspect all my stamps due for "swaps"




Well! knock me over with a feather !
Amazing!
Thanks a bunch, D stamps, I had just re mounted from an older sheet to Steiner.
Totally missed

Already found some varieties.

Have one stamp postmarked MARSEILLES-BOUCHES Du RHONE.
How do we explain that?

Geoff's Vignette has issues as "Market Scene"
Scott has it as "Senegalese preparing food"

Sundry later stamps.

1914 Steiner Page 6.

1922 Steiner Page 7.

1931 Steiner Page 8.

Scott doesn't know its arse from its elbow, mon ami.

Marseilles? Probably not cancelled in Dakar, and given a cancellation when it got to France. Less likely, a collector wanting a used cooy and adding to a French envelope.

For the record, and,
How may we describe the deckled edge Pmk?
and, as I understand it, are these all TPO / RPO Postmarks?
I do not come across many at all.
Thanks.

I was under the impression all those French Colonies issues were available in France from the PO for quite some time, and could be used for postage...