SENEGAL

SENEGAL / SÉNÉGAL - SENEGAAL (French colony).

Definitive stamps.
Faidherbe Bridge over the Senegal River.
Firsy stamp in a set of 12, issued on 15.12.1935.
Face value: 1 cent of French franc.
Printed by Institut de Gravure, Paris.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 40 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 118.
- Scott No. 142.
- StampWorld No. 124.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 139.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 114.

The Faidherbe Bridge over the Senegal River connects the island of the city of Saint-Louis with the African continent. The metal bridge, opened on July 14, 1897, is 507.35 m (1,664.5 ft) long and 10.5 m (34 ft) wide. It has eight spans, of which the five longest are 78.26 m (256.8 ft). Until the 19th century, access to the island was through boats. After the introduction of a ferry that could carry 150 passengers, the French colonial administrator Louis Faidherbe considered that the system was insufficient and proposed the construction of this road bridge.

MALI

MALI (Mali Federaton).

Establishment of Mali Federation.
Western African map with location of the Mali Federation (Mali and Senegal). 
Stamp issued on 07.11.1959.
Face value: 25 French Africa CFA francs.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 52 x 32 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1.
- Scott No. 1.
- StampWorld No. 1.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1.

Mali Republic (in Bambara language, ߡߊߟߌ ߞߊ ߝߊߛߏߖߊߡߊߣߊ, romanized: Mali ka Fasojamana; in Fula language, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, romanized: Renndaandi Maali) is a landlocked country in West Africa, with an area of ​​1,240,192 km² (478,841 sq mi) and a population of 19,329,841 inhabitants according to the estimated 2018 census. The current territory of Mali is part of three former empires of West Africa that controlled trans-Saharan trade: the Ghana Empire (after which Ghana is named), the Mali Empire (after which Mali is named) and the Songhai Empire. At the end of the 19th century, France took control of Mali, making it part of the so-called French Sudan. In January 1959, Mali and Senegal joined to become the Mali Federation, which gained independence from France on June 20, 1960. Senegal withdrew from the federation in August 1960 and the Republic of Mali was officially proclaimed independent on September 22 of the same year.