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.

IVORY COAST

IVORY COAST / CÔTE D'IVOIRE.

15th Anniversary of Independence.
Railroad Bridge on N'zi River.
Face value: 60 West African CFA francs.
Design: Pierrette Lambert (b. 1928).
Printed by Imprimerie A. Delrieu, Paris.
Printing: Photogravure.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 478.
- Scott No. 402.
- StampWorld No. 485.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 464.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 394.

The Railroad Bridge on N'zi River (French: Pont de chemin de fer sur le N’zi or viaduc du N'zi) over the N'zi River is located in the city of Dimbokro, capital of the N'zi-Comoé region. It is 250 m (820 ft) long, was built by the Régie des chemins de fer Abidjan-Niger and was inaugurated on September 11, 1910. The railway line from Abidjan to Burkina Faso passes through it. On September 6, 2016, bridge collapsed partially.

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IVORY COAST / CÔTE D'IVOIRE (French West Africa).

Ébrié Lagoon and effigy of Marshal Pétain.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued in 1941.
Face value: 2.50 French francs.
Engraving: Gaston Gandon (1872-1941) and Georges-Léo Degorce (1894-1943).
Printed by Institut de Gravure, Paris.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 185.
- Scott No. 166.
- StampWorld No. 190.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 178e.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 170.

The Ébrié (or Ahizi) lagoon is a complex of long and narrow brackish water lagoons located in the south of the Ivory Coast, separated for almost its entire length from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow coastal strip. Its area is approximately 560 km² (216 sq mi), with a length (east-west direction) of 130 km (80 mi), a maximum width of 7 km (4 mi), an average depth of 5 m (16 ft), a maximum depth of 20 m (66 ft). On its shores are cities such as Abidjan, Attécoubé,  Bingerville, Grand Bassam, Jacqueville, and Tiagba. At its eastern end it is connected by a canal to the Aghien and Potou lagoons, into which the river Mé flows. At the western end it is linked by the Asagni Canal to the Tagba lagoon and the Bandama river. The rivers Komoé and Agnéby flow into it, among others. The lagoon is connected to the Gulf of Guinea, in the Atlantic, by the Vridi Canal, navigable since 1950.

Marshal Philippe Pétain (1856-1951) had a very prominent role during WWI and later held important public positions. He was a puppet head of state of the Vichy regime (1940-1944), in France occupied by Nazi Germany, and maintained a collaborative policy with the Nazis, which at the end of the WWII led to his degradation and death sentence, which was later commuted for life imprisonment.

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.

IVORY COAST

IVORY COAST / CÔTE D'IVOIRE.

Coastal landscapes. Rocky coast of Grand-Béréby.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 30.08.1986.
Face value: 125 West African CFA francs.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Engraved and printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd, High Wycombe (England).

Catalogues
- Michel No. 934.
- Scott No. 820.
- StampWorld No. 977.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 930.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 777.

Grand-Béréby is a coastal town in south-western Ivory Coast in San-Pédro Region, near Liberian border. In 2014 its population was about 98,600 inhabitants.

IVORY COAST

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).