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Postage stamps and postal history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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seceded from the Republic of the Congo and, during its three years of independence, produced its own stamps and issues overprinted on earlier stamps of the Belgian Congo and the Republic of the Congo.
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was a secessionist region in the south central area of the country that issued overprinted Belgian Congo stamps.
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Histoire du service postal au Congo Belge = De geschiedenis van de postdienst in Belgisch Kongo: 1886-1960
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Donegan's Katanga philatelist: a specialized catalogue of the "Etat du Katanga" postal issues
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Congo Belge et Ruanda-Urundi: Septante-sept ans d'histoire postale en Afrique centrale
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Le Congo Belge et ses marques postales, evaluation des cachets du Congo Belge
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In 1997 the country's name reverted to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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A Philatelic Bibliography of Belgian Congo & Ruanda Urundi
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Postage stamps and postal history of the Republic of the Congo
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Belgian Congo: Postal History of the Lado Enclave, 1897-1910
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History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by topic
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The Stamps of the Belgian Congo and Belgian East Africa
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Communications in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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In 1960, the Belgian Congo became independent as the
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was established in 1885 as a personal initiative of
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Index

Postage stamps and postal history of Zaire
Postage stamps and postal history of the Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville
postage stamps
postal history
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zaire
Belgian Congo
Congo Free State
Leopold II of Belgium
Belgian Congo
An 1894 stamp of the Congo Free State
Congo Free State
A 1915 stamp of the Belgian Congo
Belgian Congo

Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zaire
State of Katanga
South Kasai
Katanga 50c stamp of 1961
Katanga
South Kasai created stamps by overprinting old Belgian Congo stamps.
South Kasai
Belgian Congo
Postage stamps and postal history of Belgium
"Belgian Congo | Stamps and postal history | StampWorldHistory"
the original

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