List of postage stamp issues related to the Africa Games

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The list of stamp issues for the Africa Games gives an overview of the stamps issued for the occasion. Most of the time, the postal administrations of the organizing countries have issued postage stamps for the Africa Games , which have been taking place every four years since 1965 , French Jeux Africains , English (All) African Games . Especially in the early days, some host countries, such as Niger , contributed postage stamps to the games four times. The most popular games to date were the first in Brazzaville in 1965, with editions from seven countries.

1965 Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Congo (Brazzaville) 76-80 Also as block 3
Congo (Leopoldville) 221-226 The stamps are labeled Eliminatories Poule y Leopoldville and apparently related to the preliminary round of ball games held in Leopoldville, now Kinshasa . Two of these stamps were also printed on the occasion of the Congolese Games in 1967 (Michel no. 301/302)
Gabon 225/226
Mali 112/113
Niger 104-107
Upper Volta 167-169
Togo 467-471 also cut

1973 Lagos (Nigeria)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Nigeria 269-272
Congo (Brazzaville) 407/408
Mali 372-374
Niger 358-361
Chad 650-652, block 58

1978 Algiers (Algeria)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Algeria 723-727
Benin 144-146, block 6
Libya 647-649 with the state coat of arms printed throughout on the back
Niger 625/626

1987 Nairobi (Kenya)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Kenya 404-408, block 32
Cameroon 1150/1151
Congo (Brazzaville) 1102/1103
Niger 1023-1026

1991 Cairo (Egypt)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Egypt 1715-1721, block 54 The stamps were printed vertically in pairs.
Tanzania 916-920, block 161

1995 Harare (Zimbabwe)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Zimbabwe 558-563

1999 Johannisburg (South Africa)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Algeria 1247/1248

The postal administration of the host South Africa did not consider the games.

2003 Abuja (Nigeria)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Nigeria 756-759 Also as block 26

2007 Algiers (Algeria)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Algeria 1517

2011 Maputo (Mozambique)

no expenses

2015 Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Congo (Brazzaville) 1817

2019 Rabat (Morocco)

Issuing country Michel no. Remarks
Morocco NN Two postage stamps

See also

source

  • Michel catalogs : North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, South Africa

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