IVORY COAST

IVORY COAST / CÔTE D'IVOIRE.

Landscapes. Sassandra Bay and Town.
Airmail. First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 08.06.1963.
Face value: 100 West Africa CFA francs.
Design and engraving: Jean Pheulpin (1907-1991).
Printing: Recess.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 248.
- Scott No. C23.
- StampWorld No. 253.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 224.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 27.

Sassandra town and his bay are in Gbôklé Region, southern Ivory Coast, on the banks of the Gulf of Guinea, at the mouth of the Sassandra River. The town, with a population of some 72,200 inhabitants (data from 2014), was founded in 1471 by the Portuguese João de Santarém and Pêro Escobar as Santo André, a name that due to linguistic deformation became Sassandra. Later the place was controlled by Dutch, Danish, British and French as a seaport for timber traffic. A decree of December 12, 1891 gave the region, which encompassed the coastal settlements controlled by France, the name Côte d'Ivoire.