Postage stamps and postal history of Niger

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Niger.

Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. Niger covers a land area of almost 1,270,000 km², over 80 percent of which is covered by the Sahara desert. The capital city is Niamey.

First stamps

The first stamps of Niger as an autonomous republic were issued in 1959. Before that, Niger used the stamps of French West Africa and French Sudan.^[1]

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of French West Africa
• Postage stamps and postal history of Upper Senegal and Niger

References

External links