IVORY COAST

 IVORY COAST / CÔTE D'IVOIRE.

Wharf of Sassandra.
Stamp issued on 19.04.1975.
Face value: 100 West African CFA francs.
Design and engraving: Claude Durrens (1921-2002).
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 467.
- Scott No. 392.
- StampWorld No. 474.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 454.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 385.

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 (2014), was founded in 1471 by the Portuguese 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. The wharf waas built in 1951 and has been in disuse since 1972, after the construction of the port of San-Pédro, which entered service in 1971. Currently, the wharf is a tourist attraction, although it is not accessible.