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French Guinea
Fulah Shepherd Definitive

First French Guinean Issue

One of fifteen values in the Fulah Shepherd definitive issue.

French Guinea's second set of definitive stamps (issued in 1902) depicted a Fulah shepherd. The postage due issue of 1905 depicted a Fulah woman. The pastoral tribes in the Fulah language group are found across much of West Africa.

map of French Guinea

Guinea is located on West Africa's Atlantic coast.

Guinea is located on West Africa's Atlantic coast to the south of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, west of Mali and Ivory Coast and north of Liberia and Sierra Leorne.


Bibliography

"French Guinea." Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. 2005.


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