Upper Senegal and Niger
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Upper Senegal and Niger was a colony in French West Africa, created on 21 October 1904 from colonial Senegambia and Niger by the decree "For the Reorganisation of the general government of French West
Camel and rider design on 1-centime stamp from 1914.
French Upper Volta
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Upper Volta was a colony of French West Africa established in 1919 in the territory occupied by present-day Burkina Faso. It was formed from territories that had been part of the colonies of Upper Sen
Upper Senegal and Niger
…October 1904 from colonial Senegambia and Niger by the decree "For the Reorganisation of the general government of French West Africa". It was split into French Upper Volta and French Sudan in 1920 and 1921. At its creation, the "Colony of Upper Senegal and Niger" contained the old territories of Upper Senegal, the Middle…
Upper Volta stamp of 1931, marking the Paris Colonial Exhibition
Threshing African rice in Banfora Department, 1931
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa at a dispensary in Toma, 1920s