Postage stamps and postal history of the Republic of the Congo

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This is a survey of the

The first stamps used in the area were those of

Middle Congo became an autonomous state within the French Community on 28 November 1958 and was renamed the Republic of the Congo The first stamp of the Republic of the Congo was issued on 28 November 1959.^[1][4] Congo gained full independence on 15 August 1960.

People's republic

Between 1970 and 1991, the country was known as The People's Republic of the Congo.

See also

• Congolese Posts and Savings Company
• Postage stamps and postal history of Ubangi-Shari
• Postage stamps and postal history of Chad
• Postage stamps of French Equatorial Africa

References

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20160110223012/http://congostamps.com/
• AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms
• Encyclopaedia of Postal History

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