Niger stamps

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Niger; officially the Republic of Niger is a landlocked country in Western 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. Its size is almost 1,270,000 km², making it the largest nation in West Africa, with a population of just under 13,300,000, mostly clustered in the far south and west of the nation. The capital city is Niamey.

Niger was Under French control after 1890, Niger underwent several administrative incarnations, finally emerging as the Niger Territory in 1920. The Niger Territory became the Niger Colony two years later. Niger became part of French West Africa in 1944 and used French West African stamps during 1944-59. In 1958, Niger became an autonomous republic and became fully independent in 1960. It has since maintained close ties with France. Since independence, it has been ruled by a series of dictators, except for a brief period of popular-elected government from March 1993 to January 1996.

Niger is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, with over 80% of its territory covered by the Sahara desert, and much of the rest threatened by periodic drought and desertification. The economy is concentrated around subsistence and some export agriculture clustered in the more fertile south, and the export of raw materials, especially uranium ore. Niger remains handicapped by its landlocked position, poor education, infrastructure, health care, and environmental degradation.

Nigerien society reflects a great diversity drawn from the long independent histories of its several ethnic groups and regions and their relatively short period living in a single state. Historically, what is now Niger has been on the fringes of several large states. The vast majority of the population practice Islam. A majority also live in rural areas, and have little access to advanced education.

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

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Scott: #C23-5O

Issued: 12.6.1963

2nd Anniversary of Admission to UPU

Inside #C23: Stamps on Envelopes

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Scott: #C27 (CD114) O

Issued: 8.9.1963

African Postal Union Issue

Inside #C27: Stamps on Envelopes

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Scott: #C75 (CD124)O

Issue: 9.9.1967

African Postal Union Issue, 1967

Inside #C75: Stamp on Envelope

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Scott: #C104O

(Thanks to Eli for the scan)

Issued: 14.2.1969

2nd PHILEXAFRIQUE Issue

Inside #C104: Niger #41O

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Scott: #C127O

Issued: 5.5.1970

10th Europa Philatelic Exhibition

Inside #C127: Niger #97O

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Scott: #C154-5P

Issued: 23.4.1971

Philatokyo '71

Inside #C154: Japan #580P

Inside #C155: Niger #95O

Inside #C155: Niger #170O

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Scott: #C291O, #C292P

Scott: #C292aO

Issued: 1.11.1978

Philexafrique II - Essen Issue

Inside #C291: Niger #92P

Inside #C292: Oldenburg #7O

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Scott: #474-7P

Issued: 6.6.1979

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

Inside #474: France #8O

Inside #475: Austria #P4O

Inside #476: US #122O

Inside #477: Canada #9O

Scott: #478P

Inside #478: Niger #51O

Inside #478 (In Margin): G.B. 1 [S-G]

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Scott: #479-80O

Issued: 8.6.1979

Philexafrique II

Inside #479: Niger #135O

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Scott: #484-8O

Issued: 6.10.1979

Pre-Olympic Year

Inside #484-8: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #639O

Issued: 18.10.1983

World Communication Year

Inside #639: Stamps on Envelopes

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Scott: #C367-70P

Issued: 21.5.1986

1986 World Cup Soccer Championship

Inside #C367: Niger #228O

Inside #C368: Niger #229O

Inside #C369: Niger #230O

Inside #C370: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #C371P

Inside #C371: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #C377O

Issued: 22.6.1988

125th Birth Anniversary of Pierre de Coubertin

Inside #C377 (In Margin): Niger #C48P

Inside #C377 (In Margin): Niger #C159O

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Scott: #800-1P

Issued: 1.7.1989

PHILEXFRANCE '89

Inside #801: Pseudo Stamps

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Scott: #1040O

Issued: 07.10.1999

150^th Anniversary of the Ceres Stamp

Inside #1040: France #3O (modified – as hologram)

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Scott: #1175(a-d)P

Issued: 15.04.2013

65th Anniversary, Death of Gandhi

Inside #1175a: Russia #3639P

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi and to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #1184(a-d)P

Issued: 15.04.2013

70th Birth Anniversary, Bobby Fischer

Inside #1184a: Iceland #1203O

(Personal issue) changed color

Lou wrote: I don't think Iceland Sc #1203 should be used as an ID # for the Bobby Fischer personal stamp in a data base or on your site. Technically, it was issued by Iceland in 2010 in sheets of 24 self adhesive stamps with a generic design of a soccer player--and is illustrated as such both in Scott's and on the WNS site-- but, there was an option to create your own personal design with the payment of additional costs.  I just checked, and it is being sold on Delcampe with the soccer design. I think someone is liable to order #1203 sight unseen from a dealer thinking he will get the Fischer stamp. Should be: Iceland unlisted personal stamp, 2011.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #1271P

Scott: #1272P

Issued: 01.07.2013

Russian Airship Stamps

Inside #1271b: Russia-USSR #C24O

Inside #1271c: Russia-USSR #C21O

Inside #1271d: Russia-USSR #C20O

Inside #1272: Russia-USSR #6016P

Inside #1272 (In margin): Russia-USSR #C12O

Inside #1272 (In margin): Russia-USSR #C13O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #1439O

Issued: 25.06.2014

World Wildlife Fund

Inside #1439:

Russia #6178P (Guinea)	Tokelau #389O
Australia (Cocos-Keeling Is) #3563O	Falkland Is #1031O
Russia #7302P (Chad)	Australia (Australian Antarctic Terr) #3562O [partially in margin]
Jamaica #1057O	Australia #3561O

Inside #???? (In margin):

modified: blk/wht not multicolored

Zaire #1169O	Tokelau #387O

Scott: #1432O

Inside #1432:

Christmas Is #487aO	Australia(Christmas Is) #3564O [partially in margin]

Inside #1432 (In margin):

Tokelau #387O	Russia #7302P (Chad) Sheetlet block

Lou wrote: Australia #3562-3564 were issued in a se-tenant block and all 4 could be used in Australia, Aust.Antarctic Terr, Cocos and Christmas Is., regardless of imprint, so Scott listed them only in Ausrtralia.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #1475O

Issued: 25.06.2014

120th Anniversary of the Birth of Mei Lanfeng, Chinese Opera star

Inside #1475 (in margin):

P.R. China #621P	P.R. China #622P	P.R. China #627O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 26.12.2015

Year of the Monkey 2016

Inside #???? (in stamp and in margin): China PR #1586O

The 1980 Monkey stamp is not rare, but incredibly expensive.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno and Mike Knopfler

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Scott: #????P

Issued: 05.12.2016

Stamps on Stamps

Inside #????a: Australia #3990O

Inside #????b: Mozambique #586O

Inside #????c: Gambia #407O

Inside #????d: Dominica #300O

Scott: #????P

Inside #????: Germany #B1007bO (from SS -2008)

Inside #???? (in margin): Hungary #3697O (cut out 2000)

Inside #???? (in margin): Papua new guinea #400P

Inside #???? (in margin): Burundi #590O

Inside #???? (in margin): Sweden #1752O (from bklt pane- 1989)

Inside #???? (in margin): Madagascar - Malagasy #901O

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Inside #???? (in margin): TBI

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????P

Issued: ??.??.2017

Stamps on Stamps

Inside #????: Fiji #592O

Inside #????: Estonia #271P (Central Africa)

Inside #????: Ethiopia #1304O

Inside #????: Latvia #703O

Scott: #????P

Inside #????: Bermuda #1013O

Inside #???? (In margin): Vanuatu #1056bO

Inside #???? (In margin): Kiribati #562O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????P

Issued: 24.04.2018

Stamps on Stamps

Inside #????a: Kyrgyzstan #481O

Inside #????b: Madagascar-Malagasy #322O

Inside #????c: Finland #B163P

Inside #????d: Viet-Nam #674O

Scott: #????P

Inside #????: Sweden #2624bO

Inside #???? (in margin): Poland #1138P

Inside #???? (in margin): Korea (South) #1201P

Inside #???? (in margin): Bangladesh #71P

Inside #???? (in margin): Russia #6181P (Guinea)

Inside #???? (in margin): Colombia #859O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 24.08.2019

The 60th Anniversary of the Launch of Luna

Inside #????: Russia #2187P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 04.11.2019

Stamps on Stamps

Inside #????: TBI

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 25.03.2020

The 180th Anniversary of the Penny Black

Inside #???: G.B. #1

Scott: #????O

Thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán

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Scott: #????O

Issued: ??.??.2020

Stamps on Stamps WWF (N1)

Inside #????: TBI

Thanks to Plinio Richelmi

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Scott: #????O

Issued: ??.??.2020

Stamps on Stamps WWF (N2)

Inside #????: TBI

Thanks to Plinio Richelmi

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Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 10.06.2020

COVID-19

Inside #????-?: G.B. #1

Thanks to Plinio Richelmi

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 25.05.2021

Stamps on Stamps

Inside #????: Zambia #655O

Inside #????: Zaire #1466dO

Inside #????: Zaire #1171O

Inside #????: Zambia #430O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Zaire #1168O

Inside #????: Zambia #427O

Inside #????: Zambia #654O

Inside #????: Zaire #1466aO

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????O

Issued: ??.??.2021

310th Anniversary, Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov

Inside #????: Russia #6833P

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus and the law of conservation of mass in chemical reactions. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology, optical devices and others. Founder of modern geology. Lomonosov was also a poet and influenced the formation of the modern Russian literary language.

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi

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Scott: #????O

Issued: ??.??.2021

85th Anniversary, Mikhail Tal

Inside #???? (In margin): Russia #2676P (Guinee Bissau)

Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal was a Soviet Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and one of the best players of all time. Tal played in attacking and daring combinatorial style. His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability. It has been said that "Every game for him was as inimitable and invaluable as a poem". He was often called "Misha", a diminutive for Mikhail, and he earned the nickname "The Magician from Riga". Both The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games and Modern Chess Brilliancies include more games by Tal than any other player. He also previously held the record for the longest unbeaten streak in competitive chess history with 95 games (46 wins, 49 draws) between 23 October 1973 and 16 October 1974, until Ding Liren's streak of 100 games (29 wins, 71 draws) between 9 August 2017 and 11 November 2018. In addition, Tal was a highly regarded chess writer.

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 15.03.2022

Stamps on Stamps

Inside #????: Swaziland #405cO

Inside #????: Belize #689O

Inside #????:  Kyrgyzstan #32P

Inside #????: Vanuatu #673O

Inside #???? (in margin): Sierra Leone #583O

Inside #???? (in margin): Saint Lucia #904O

Inside #???? (in margin): Upper Volta #655O

Inside #???? (in margin): Tanzania #82O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Malaysia #540O

Inside #????: TBI

Inside #????: TBI

Inside #???? (in margin): Cameroon #845O

Inside #???? (in margin): Bulgaria #3400P

Inside #???? (in margin): India #1768O

Inside #????:  Belize #691O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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SP #NIG220131aO

Issued: ??.??.2022

Stamps on Stamps

Inside # SP #NIG220131a: Monaco #2914O

Inside # SP #NIG220131a: Nicaragua #1322O

Inside # SP #NIG220131a: USA #2612O

Inside # SP #NIG220131a: China PR #4769O

Inside # SP #NIG220131a (in margin): Russia #2302P

Inside # SP #NIG220131a (in margin): Armenia #1143O

Inside # SP #NIG220131a (in margin): Czechoslovakia #965P

Inside # SP #NIG220131a (in margin): Liechtenstein #1469O

SP #NIG220131bO

Inside SP #NIG220131b: China PR #4767O

Inside SP #NIG220131b: TBI

Inside SP #NIG220131b : TBI

Inside SP #NIG220131b (in margin): USA #4436O

Inside SP #NIG220131b (in margin): Canada #2144O

Inside SP #NIG220131b (in margin): DDR #980P (Guinea Bissau)

Inside SP #NIG220131b (in margin): Mongolia #1100P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Issued: 20.08.2022

Chinese History on Stamps

Inside #????: China (PR) unlisted (large “All China Is Red”)

Inside #????: China (PR) #999A (vertical “All China Is Red”)

Withdrawn, issued in error 1968

Inside #????: China (PR) Yang #M3 Navy Military Post 1953

Inside #????: Chinese Stamp TBI

Inside #????: Chinese Stamp TBI

Inside #????: China (PR) Yang #S106 Unissued variety 1953

Lou wrote: Stamperija has outdone itself in proving it is bad for stamp collecting, and has little regard for the collector, On their site last night (06.01.2023), they announced a Niger issue on "August 20, 2022" of 6 sheetlets of 20 stamps with the theme of Chinese History on Stamps, all showing SoS of rare Chinese  stamps (I think all have been on SoS previously), with a notice that they are sold out and not available for purchase from them!  So, even before they were officially put on sale, privileged wholesalers were allowed to snap up the supposedly 6000 stamps in each issue, perf'ed and imperf. Only the perf'ed sheetlets were priced, at €19.80 each, so I can imagine that even a set of 6 singles will have an extravagant price when they are finally offered.

Zoltán Komlóssy wrote: The stamps on the arches are very interesting and special. Among them, the back four are especially SOS in my opinion. It is depicted on the third and sixth Chinese stamps (from 1953 "war stamp" marked M3 and from 1956 marked MV). It depicts stamps issued by the Fourth and Fifth Chinese Empires (from 1941, the version of the M166 stamp, in which the inner part was printed in reverse, and from 1913, the version of the M166 stamp marked IIK). However, the image of the first two Niger stamps causes a problem. The image that appears first is not a postage stamp, but an image with a Chinese inscription, only a part of which is depicted on a Chinese stamp (marked MA1027 from 1968). I don't think it's SOS! The figure appearing on the second, however, is very similar to MA1027, but neither the name of the publisher nor the nominal value is visible. I don't think it's SOS either!

Lou respond: Zoltan is correct that the two reproduced stamps have their inscriptions and values omitted, but taking a second look, they seemed strangely familiar. The "designer" virtually copied Guinea Bissau Mi 6330 from 2012 and Guinea Bissau Mi 6515 from 2013 and just changed the country/value panels. See scans. In my databases for these issues, I listed them:  Guinea Bissau ... Design Component: inscription, value omitted.

China PR #999A was issued, but then withdrawn because Taiwan was not colored in red in the map portion (the omitted inscription reads "The Whole Country Is Red"). The other stamp was part of a two stamp set prepared in 1996, that was never issued because a political figure depicted on one had fallen out of favor with Mao, and on the other, very similar in design to #996A, Taiwan is also not red. In both cases a number of stamps of each reached the philatelic market, and now command very high prices. See scans.

To stay consistent with those previous listings, I would keep both in the lists with notations as to the design omissions-- if you buy this set, you get them in your collection anyway.

Guinea Bissau Mi #6330

Guinea Bissau Mi #6515

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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SP: #NIG230155aO

SP: #NIG230155bO

Issued: 20.04.2023

75th Anniversary of the XIV Olympic Games held in 1948

Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Maldives #643O

Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Maldives #644P

Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Rwanda #480P

Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Rwanda #478O

Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Mali #64O

Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Mali #62O

Inside ST: #NIG230155a: USA #C105-6P

Inside ST: #NIG230155a (In margin): Niger #756O

Inside ST: #NIG230155a (In margin): USA #718P (Haiti, Kyrgyzstan)

Inside ST: #NIG230155a (In margin): Canada #624P

Inside ST: #NIG230155b: Niger #755O

Inside ST: #NIG230155b: Niger #757O

Inside ST: #NIG230155b (In margin): Netherlands #B27O

Inside ST: #NIG230155b (In margin): Bermuda #226O (1968)

Inside ST: #NIG230155b (In margin): Bahamas #277O

Inside ST: #NIG230155b (In margin): Greece #118P (Greece)

Inside ST: #NIG230155b (In margin): USA #719O

Lou wrote: The "designer" outdid himself this time, by not even showing one stamp issued for those games! He did choose a wide range of Olympic stamps from 1896 thru1987, with just a few "seen befores", and threw in a non-SoS Olympic fund label on one and an Olympic publicity poster on the other. 

All in all, a better issue than most Stamperijas.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #NIG230238aO

Issued: 20.04.2023

The 210th Anniversary of the Birth of Richard Wagner

Inside ST: # NIG230238a (In margin): Germany - DDR #650P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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St: #NIG230304aO

Issued: 09.10.2023

Stamp on Stamp - World Wildlife Fund

 Inside #NIG230304a: Niger #447O

Inside #NIG230304a: Jamaica #591O

Inside #NIG230304a: Bulgaria #3399P (Chad)

Inside #NIG230304a: Bulgaria #3398P

Inside #NIG230304a: Israel #1876cP (Chad)

There is a group of what appear to be stamps in the central margin with no country names or values –TBI

St: #NIG230304bO

Inside #NIG230304b: Czechoslovakia #2748P

Inside #NIG230304b: Czechoslovakia #2749P

Inside #NIG230304b (in margin): Sierra Leone #588O

Inside #NIG230304b (in margin): Turkmenistan #39O

Inside #NIG230304b (in margin): Gambia #384O

Inside #NIG230304b (in margin): Romania #3954O

Inside #NIG230304b (in margin): Falkland Is #541O

Inside #NIG230304b (in margin): St. Lucia #902O

Inside #NIG230304b (in margin): St. Lucia #904O

Inside #NIG230304b (in margin): Tajikistan #94P (Guinea Bissau)

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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St: #NIG230361fO

Issued: 09.10.2023

105th Anniversary of the death of composer, Claude Debussy

Inside #NIG230361f (In margin): France #B87O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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St: #NIG230377b1O

St: #NIG230377b2O

St: #NIG230377f2O

Issued: 09.10.2023

195th Anniversary of the birth of Henri Dunant

(Henri Dunant was co-founder of the International Red Cross)

Inside #NIG230377b: Belgium #B646O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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St: #NIG230431aO

St: #NIG230431bO

Issued: 22.12.2023

100th Anniversary of the First Winter Olympic Games

Inside #NIG230431a: Russia #6057P

Inside #NIG230431a: Ukraine #1334O

Inside #NIG230431a: Ajman Mi#762O

Inside #NIG230431a: Russia #3367P

Inside #NIG230431a: Romania #2931O

Inside #NIG230431a: Moldova #114P

Inside #NIG230431b: Lithuania #710O

Inside #NIG230431b: Belarus #429O

Inside #NIG230431b (In margin): Russia #3947P

Inside #NIG230431b (In margin): Romania #1598O

Inside #NIG230431b (In margin): Others TBI

Lou wrote: Stamperija announced that Niger issued two s/s on December 22, 2023 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the First Winter Olympic Games (which happened in 2024).  These are probably among the best for the year from Stamperija's designers, both artistically and for SoS content. 

There were no stamps issued for the Winter Olympics in 1924, but I'm impressed that the designer actually searched for and found an Ajman stamp from 1971 that reproduced a photo taken at those games. All the other SoS are appearing for the first time and some rarely seen countries are represented. Possibly to show the friendly competition between nations in the Olympics, one value shows Russian and Ukrainian stamps together, and another pairs Romanian and Moldovan stamps. And for me, there was one stamp that had its country name hidden, so a little research was needed to find it. In the backgrounds, are the only minus for the issue; portions of non-stamps with gibberish inscriptions were added instead of actual stamps.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Online Stamp Collections Page (old Stamps)
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Niger #1 for Guyana

Niger #41

Niger #51

Niger #95

Niger #97

Niger #101 for Congo

Niger #C23-5

Niger #135

Niger #170

Niger #C27

Niger #C44 for Guinea

Niger #C75

Niger #228

Niger #229

Niger #230

Scott: #C104O

Scott: #C127O

Niger #348 for Guinea

Niger #366 for Malawi

Niger #411 for North Korea

Niger #C159

Niger #C227 for Sierra Leone

Niger #447

Niger #458 for Malawi

Scott: #479-80

Scott: #484-8

Scott: #639

Niger #C353 for Guinea

Niger #C355 for Guinea

Scott: #C377O

Niger #755

Niger #756

Niger #757

Scott: #1040O

Scott: #1439 (2014)

Inside #1432O

Scott: #1475O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

ST #NIG220131aO

ST #NIG220131bO

ST: #NIG230155aO

ST: #NIG230155b

ST: #NIG230238a

St: #NIG230304a

St: #NIG230304bO

St: #NIG230361fO

St: #NIG230377b1O

St: #NIG230377b2O

St: #NIG230377f2O

St: #NIG230431aO

St: #NIG230431bO