Equatorial Guinea stamps

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The Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country in the Gulf of Guinea, in West Middle Africa, one of the smallest in continental Africa. It is bordered by Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the south and east, and the Gulf of Guinea on the west, where the islands of Saint Tomé and Príncipe lie to its southwest. Formerly the Spanish colony of Spanish Guinea, the country's territory (continentally known as Río Muni) includes a number of islands, including the sizable island of Bioko (formerly Fernando Pó).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea

Equatorial Guinea became independent Oct. 12, 1968. In 1972, Masie Ngeuma Biyogo became president for life. He ruled by terror, reviving slavery, killing some 50,000 people and driving tens of thousands more into exile. The United States suspended relations with the Biyogo government in 1976. The Soviet Union, China and North Korea maintained close relations, and Cuba maintained a military advisory mission in the country. On Aug. 5, 1979, Masie was overthrown, and a junta assumed power. http://www.linns.com/

See: Fernando Pó

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#MK574P

Issued: 28.1.1972

Apollo 15 Moon Flight

Inside #MK574: US #1435aP

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MI #B110P

Issued: 9.10.1974

Centenary, UPU and ESPANA '75

Inside MI #B110-1 (In Margin): German States Thurn & Taxis stamps

#51O (15k lilac)	#14O (10sg org)
#52O (30k org)	#30O (1sg rose)
#32O (3sg bist)	#31O (2sg blue)

Inside MI #B110-2 (In Margin): German States Thurn & Taxis stamps

#13O (5sg lilac)	#61O (3k rose)
#55O (9k bister)	#54O (6k blue)
#60O (1k green)	#29O (1/2sg yell)

Note:  Lou identified the stamps as #29-32 instead of #23-26 and as #60-61 instead of #54-55 because when you look closely at these stamps, you can see portions of the colored roulette lines printed to aid separation, and these are from the later printings/higher #s.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Thurn and Taxis - Postage stamps and postal history

In 1497, on behalf of Emperor Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire, Franz von Taxis established a postal service that replaced the ad-hoc courier for official mail. A horse relay system was created that shortened the transit time for mail and made its arrival predictable. Thereafter, the house of Thurn and Taxis using the imperial yellow and black livery maintained the postal privilege for many centuries. Thurn and Taxis employed the first horse-drawn mail coaches in Europe since Roman times in 1650, - they started in the town of Kocs giving rise to the term "coach".

Thurn and Taxis lost its monopoly when Napoleon granted the Rhine Confederation the right to conduct postal services. The agency continued to operate and even issued some stamps, but when Prussia created the North German Confederancy, Thurn and Taxis had to sell its privileges in 1867.

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Scott: #MK963O (Michel Bl. 109)

Issued: 30.5.1974

Centenary, UPU

Inside #MK963: US #1435aP

Inside #MK963: US #C76P

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 30.4.1975

Bi-Centenary of the United States (2nd issue)

Inside #????:

US #1353P	US #1354P	US #1352O
US #1347O	US #1351O	US #1348O
US #1349O	US #1345O	US #1350O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????P

Issued: 25.12.1975

World Events 1976/Bi-Centenary of U.S.

Inside #????: U.S. #703P

modified: 100 ek stamp, Soccer games emblem and Concorde drawing superimposed over vignettes, inscriptons added to "perfed margins".  

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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#Mi 1452-9P

Issued: ??.??.1979

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

Inside #Mi 1453: G.B. #1

#Mi 1452-9BP

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#Mi 1452-9AO

Issued: ??.??.1979

London 1980, Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

#Mi 1452-9 Overprinted “London 1980”

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#Mi 1478-82P

Issued: 0.0.1979

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

Inside #Mi 1478: Switzerland #3L1O

Inside #Mi 1479: Equatorial Guinea Mi#386O

Inside #Mi 1480: Spain #5O

Inside #Mi 1481, #Mi 1483: G.B. #1

Inside #Mi 1482: Equatorial Guinea Mi#384O

#Mi 1482P

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scan

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#Mi Bl B-C311O

Issued: 0.0.1979

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

Inside #Mi Blk C311: G.B. #1

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Scott: #114-5O

Issued: 5.10.1987

Stamp Day

Inside #114-5: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #212a-cO

Issued: 0.12.1995

Various Anniversaries

Bicentenary, Birth of Sir Rowland Hill

Inside #212c: Switzerland: Basel #3L1O

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Scott: #256O

Issued: 9.10.2001

Dialogue among Civilizations

Inside #256b: Pseudo Stamp on Envelope

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

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Scott: #MK963O (Michel Bl. 109)

Scott: #????O

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Scott: #114-5O

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