Postage stamps and postal history of the Central African Republic

The Central African Republic has been issuing stamps since 1959. Before this, it was called Ubangi-Shari.[1][2]

The first Central African Republic stamp issued in 1959 depicting Boganda.

Ubangi-Shari became an autonomous state within the French Community and was renamed the Central African Republic on 1 December 1958. The Republic became fully independent on 13 August 1960.

From December 4, 1976 to 1979, the country was renamed the Central African Empire when President Bokassa crowned himself emperor. It issued stamps labelled Empire Centrafricaine in 1977.[1]

In 1979 the name of the country was restored to the Central African Republic.

  • Bangui-Douala Railway Project, 1963.
  • Cathedral of Bangui, 1964.
  • Pan-African Congress on Prehistory, 1967.

See also

References
  1. Stamps of the World. Stanley Gibbons. 2004. p. 603.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805000732/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/africa/central-african-republic/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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