IVORY COAST / CÔTE D'IVOIRE.
Landscapes. Comoé River.
Airmail. Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 08.06.1963.
Face value: 200 West Africa CFA francs.
Design and engraving: Jean Pheulpin (1907-1991).
Printing: Recess.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 249.
- Scott No. C 24.
- StampWorld No. 254.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 28.
The Comoé or Komoé River runs from north to south Burkina Faso and the Ivory Coast. Its sources are in the town of Péni, between Banfora and Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), it flows into the Ébrié lagoon, about 40 km (25 mi) east of the city of Abidjan, and its waters end in the Gulf of Guinea. It is 759 km (472 mi) long, and its basin occupies 82,408 km2 (213,438 sq mi).
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