Niger stamps

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Niger; officially the Republic of Niger is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. Its size is almost 1,270,000 km², making it the largest nation in West Africa, with a population of just under 13,300,000, mostly clustered in the far south and west of the nation. The capital city is Niamey.

Niger was Under French control after 1890, Niger underwent several administrative incarnations, finally emerging as the Niger Territory in 1920. The Niger Territory became the Niger Colony two years later. Niger became part of French West Africa in 1944 and used French West African stamps during 1944-59. In 1958, Niger became an autonomous republic and became fully independent in 1960. It has since maintained close ties with France. Since independence, it has been ruled by a series of dictators, except for a brief period of popular-elected government from March 1993 to January 1996.

Niger is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, with over 80% of its territory covered by the Sahara desert, and much of the rest threatened by periodic drought and desertification. The economy is concentrated around subsistence and some export agriculture clustered in the more fertile south, and the export of raw materials, especially uranium ore. Niger remains handicapped by its landlocked position, poor education, infrastructure, health care, and environmental degradation.

Nigerien society reflects a great diversity drawn from the long independent histories of its several ethnic groups and regions and their relatively short period living in a single state. Historically, what is now Niger has been on the fringes of several large states. The vast majority of the population practice Islam. A majority also live in rural areas, and have little access to advanced education.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger

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# C23-C25

Scott: #C23-5O

Issued: 12.6.1963

2nd Anniversary of Admission to UPU

Inside #C23: Stamps on Envelopes


#C27

Scott: #C27 (CD114) O

Issued: 8.9.1963

African Postal Union Issue

Inside #C27: Stamps on Envelopes


#C75

Scott: #C75 (CD124)O

Issue: 9.9.1967

African Postal Union Issue, 1967

Inside #C75: Stamp on Envelope


Scott: #C104O

(Thanks to Eli for the scan)

Issued: 14.2.1969

2nd PHILEXAFRIQUE Issue

#41 Inside #C104: Niger #41O


#C127

Scott: #C127O

Issued: 5.5.1970

10th Europa Philatelic Exhibition

#97 Inside #C127: Niger #97O


%23C154#C155

Scott: #C154-5P

Issued: 23.4.1971

Philatokyo '71

#580 Inside #C154: Japan #580P

#95 Inside #C155: Niger #95O

#170 Inside #C155: Niger #170O


#C292a

Scott: #C291O, #C292P

Scott: #C292aO

Issued: 1.11.1978

Philexafrique II - Essen Issue

#92 Inside #C291: Niger #92P

#7 Inside #C292: Oldenburg #7O

http://www.girafamania.com.br/selos/niger1978variedade.jpg


%23474%23475

%23476#477

Scott: #474-7P

Issued: 6.6.1979

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

#8 Inside #474: France #8O

#P4 Inside #475: Austria #P4O

#122 Inside #476: US #122O

#9 Inside #477: Canada #9O

1979

Scott: #478P

#51 Inside #478: Niger #51O

gt britain 1 S-G Inside #478 (In Margin): G.B. 1 [S-G]


#479-80

Scott: #479-80O

Issued: 8.6.1979

Philexafrique II

#135 Inside #479: Niger #135O


%23484-5

#486-7

Scott: #484-8O

Issued: 6.10.1979

Pre-Olympic Year

Inside #484-8: Pseudo Stamp


#639

Scott: #639O

Issued: 18.10.1983

World Communication Year

Inside #639: Stamps on Envelopes


#C367-70

Scott: #C367-70O

Issued: 21.5.1986

1986 World Cup Soccer Championship

%23228 Inside #C367: Niger #228O

%23229 Inside #C368: Niger #229O

#230 Inside #C369: Niger #230O

Inside #C370: Pseudo Stamp

#C371

Scott: #C371O

Inside #C371: Pseudo Stamp


#C377

Scott: #C377O

Issued: 22.6.1988

125th Birth Anniversary of Pierre de Coubertin

#C48 Inside #C377 (In Margin): Niger #C48O

#C159 Inside #C377 (In Margin): Niger #C159O


%23800#801

Scott: #800-1O

Issued: 1.7.1989

PHILEXFRANCE '89

Inside #801: Pseudo Stamps


1999a

Scott: #1040O

Issued: 07.10.1999

150th Anniversary of the Ceres Stamp

#3 Inside #1040: France #3O (modified – as hologram)


 

Scott: #1175(a-d)O

Issued: 15.04.2013

65th Anniversary, Death of Gandhi

 Inside #1175a: Russia #3639P

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi and to Lou Guadagno


Scott: #1184(a-d)O

Issued: 15.04.2013

70th Birth Anniversary, Bobby Fischer

 Inside #1184a: Iceland #1203O

(Personal issue) changed color

Lou wrote: I don't think Iceland Sc #1203 should be used as an ID # for the Bobby Fischer personal stamp in a data base or on your site. Technically, it was issued by Iceland in 2010 in sheets of 24 self adhesive stamps with a generic design of a soccer player--and is illustrated as such both in Scott's and on the WNS site-- but, there was an option to create your own personal design with the payment of additional costs.  I just checked, and it is being sold on Delcampe with the soccer design. I think someone is liable to order #1203 sight unseen from a dealer thinking he will get the Fischer stamp. Should be: Iceland unlisted personal stamp, 2011.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


niger ss 1 (2)

Scott: #1271O

niger  ss 2

Scott: #1272O

Issued: 01.07.2013

Russian Airship Stamps

sos russia-ussr C24 1931 Inside #1271b: Russia-USSR #C24O

sos russia-ussr C21 1931 Inside #1271c: Russia-USSR #C21O

sos russia-ussr C20 1931 Inside #1271d: Russia-USSR #C20O

sos russia-ussr 6016 1991 Inside #1272: Russia-USSR #6016P

sos russia-ussr C13 1930 Inside #1272 (In margin): Russia-USSR #C12O

sos russia-ussr C14 1930 Inside #1272 (In margin): Russia-USSR #C13O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


Scott: #????O

Issued: 25.06.2014

World Wildlife Fund

Inside #????:

Russia #6178P (Guinea)

Tokelau #389O

Australia (Cocos-Keeling Is) #3563O

Falkland Is #1031O

Russia #7302O

Australia (Australian Antarctic Terr) #3562O

[partially in margin]

Jamaica #1057O

Australia #3561O 

Inside #???? (In margin):

modified: blk/wht not multicolored

Zaire #1169O

Tokelau #387O

 

Inside #????O:

Christmas Is #487aO

Australia(Christmas Is) #3564O

[partially in margin]

Inside #???? (In margin):

Tokelau #387O

Russia #7302O

Sheetlet block

Lou wrote: Australia #3562-3564 were issued in a se-tenant block and all 4 could be used in Australia, Aust.Antarctic Terr, Cocos and Christmas Is., regardless of imprint, so Scott listed them only in Ausrtralia.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


niger    ss 6 25 14

Scott: #????O

Issued: 25.06.2014

120th Anniversary of the Birth of Mei Lanfeng, Chinese Opera star

Inside #???? (in margin):

sos china pr 621 1962

sos china pr 622  1962

 

 

sos pr china 627  1962

P.R. China #621P

P.R. China #622P

P.R. China #627O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


niger        ss 12 28 15 (2)

Scott: #????O

Issued: 26.12.2015

Year of the Monkey 2016

sos china pr 1586   1980 Inside #???? (in stamp and in margin): China PR #1586O

The 1980 Monkey stamp is not rare, but incredibly expensive.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno and Mike Knopfler


Scott: #????P

Issued: 05.12.2016

Stamps on Stamps

niger 4 v ss sos australia 3990  2013 Inside #????a: Australia #3990O

niger 4 v ss     sos mozambique 586 1978 Inside #????b: Mozambique #586O

niger 4 v ss sos gambia 407  1980 Inside #????c: Gambia #407O

niger 4 v ss sos dominica 300  1970 Inside #????d: Dominica #300O

niger 1 v ss  2016

Scott: #????P

niger 1 v ss   sos germany B1007b--from ss--2008 Inside #????: Germany #B1007bO (from SS -2008)

niger 1 v ss margin  hungary 3697 cut out  2000 Inside #???? (in margin): Hungary #3697O (cut out  2000)

niger 1 v ss   margin-- sos papua newguinea 400  1974 Inside #???? (in margin): Papua new guinea #400P

niger 1 v ss margin-- sos burundi 590  1983 Inside #???? (in margin): Burundi #590O

niger 1 v ss  margin sos sweden 1752- from bklt pane- 1989 Inside #???? (in margin): Sweden #1752O (from bklt pane- 1989)

niger 1 v ss  margin-- sos madagascar--malagasy 901 1989 Inside #???? (in margin): Madagascar - Malagasy #901O

niger 1 v ss margin  detail stamp tbi 2I

Inside #???? (in margin): TBI

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


No photo description available.

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: ??.??.2017

Stamps on Stamps

niger ss 4v--sos fiji 592  1998 Inside #????: Fiji #592O

[World Wildlife Foundation, type DC] Inside #????: Estonia #271O

niger ss4v--sos ethiopia 1304  1990 Inside #????: Ethiopia #1304O

niger ss 4v-- sos latvia 708  2008 Inside #????: Latvia #703O

Scott: #????O

niger ss 1v--sos bermuda 1013  2010 (002) Inside #????: Bermuda #1013O

niger ss 1 v-- in margin--sos vanuatu 1056b--from ss 2013 Inside #???? (In margin): Vanuatu #1056bO

niger  ss1 v--in margin-- sos kiribati 582  1991 Inside #???? (In margin): Kiribati #582O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


niger  ss 4v  4 24 18

Scott: #????O

Issued: 24.04.2018

Stamps on Stamps

niger ss 4v-1-- sos kyrgyzstan 481 2014 Inside #????a: Kyrgyzstan #481O

niger ss 4v-2-- sos madagascar-malagasy 322  1961 Inside #????b: Madagascar-Malagasy #322O

niger ss 4v-3-- sos finland B163  1962 Inside #????c: Finland #B163O

niger ss 4v-4-- sos no  vietnam 674  1972 Inside #????d: Viet-Nam #674O

niger ss 1v  4 24 18

Scott: #????O

niger ss 1v--sos sweden 2624b  2009 Inside #????: Sweden #2624bO

niger ss 1v in margin-- sos poland 1138  1963 Inside #???? (in margin): Poland #1138P

niger ss 1v in margin-- sos so  korea 1201  1983 Inside #???? (in margin): Korea (South) #1201O

niger ss 1v in margin-- sos bangladesh 71  1974 Inside #???? (in margin): Bangladesh #71P

niger ss 1v in margin-- sos russia 6181  1993 Inside #???? (in margin): Russia #6181P (Guinea)

niger ss 1v in margin-- sos colombia 859  1977 Inside #???? (in margin): Colombia #859O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


niger      ss 8.24.19

Scott: #????O

Issued: 24.08.2019

The 60th Anniversary of the Launch of Luna

sos russia-ussr 2187   1959 Inside #????: Russia #2187P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


niger       sheetlet G1

niger       sheetlet G2

niger        14 v

Scott: #????O

Issued: 04.11.2019

Stamps on Stamps

Inside #????: TBI

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


[The 180th Anniversary of Penny Black, type ]

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 25.03.2020

The 180th Anniversary of the Penny Black

#1 LJ Inside #???: G.B. #1

[The 180th Anniversary of Penny Black, type ]

Scott: #????O

Thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán


Scott: #????O

Issued: ??.??.2020

Stamps on Stamps WWF (N1)

 Inside #????: TBI

Thanks to Plinio Richelmi


Scott: #????O

Issued: ??.??.2020

Stamps on Stamps WWF (N2)

 Inside #????: TBI

Thanks to Plinio Richelmi


 

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 10.06.2020

COVID-19

 Inside #????-?: G.B. #1

Thanks to Plinio Richelmi


niger         4 v-1niger         4 v-2

niger         4 v-3niger         4 v-4

Scott: #????O

Issued: 25.05.2021

Stamps on Stamps

sos zambia 655  1996 Inside #????: Zambia #655O

sos zaire1466d  1997 Inside #????: Zaire #1466dO

sos zaire 1171  1984Inside #????: Zaire #1171O

sos zambia 430  1987 Inside #????: Zambia #430O

niger          ss 4 v

Scott: #????O

sos zaire 1168 1984 Inside #????: Zaire #1168O

sos zambia 427  1987 Inside #????: Zambia #427O

sos zambia 654  1996 Inside #????: Zambia #654O

sos zaire 1466a 1997 Inside #????: Zaire #1466aO

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


Scott: #????O

Issued: ??.??.2021

310th Anniversary, Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov

[The 275th Birth Anniversary of Ekatherina II, type AML] Inside #????: Russia #6833P

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus and the law of conservation of mass in chemical reactions. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology, optical devices and others. Founder of modern geology. Lomonosov was also a poet and influenced the formation of the modern Russian literary language.

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi


Scott: #????O

Issued: ??.??.2021

85th Anniversary, Mikhail Tal

[The 30th Soviet Chess Championship, type CJW] Inside #???? (In margin): Russia #2676P (Guinee Bissau)

Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal was a Soviet Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and one of the best players of all time. Tal played in attacking and daring combinatorial style. His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability. It has been said that "Every game for him was as inimitable and invaluable as a poem". He was often called "Misha", a diminutive for Mikhail, and he earned the nickname "The Magician from Riga". Both The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games and Modern Chess Brilliancies include more games by Tal than any other player. He also previously held the record for the longest unbeaten streak in competitive chess history with 95 games (46 wins, 49 draws) between 23 October 1973 and 16 October 1974, until Ding Liren's streak of 100 games (29 wins, 71 draws) between 9 August 2017 and 11 November 2018. In addition, Tal was a highly regarded chess writer.

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi


Scott: #????O

Issued: 15.03.2022

Stamps on Stamps

sos swaziland 405c from strip  1982 Inside #????: Swaziland #405cO

sos belize 689  1983 (1) Inside #????: Belize #689O

sos kyrgyzstan 32  1994 Inside #????:  Kyrgyzstan #32O

sos vanuatu 673  1996 Inside #????: Vanuatu #673O

 Inside #???? (in margin): Sierra Leone #583O

sos saint lucia 904  1987 Inside #???? (in margin): Saint Lucia #904O

[Worlwide Nature Protection, Rotary International, and Scouting, type AFG] Inside #???? (in margin): Upper Volta #655O 

sos tanzania 82  1977 Inside #???? (in margin): Tanzania #82O 

niger      ss 1 v  3.15.22

Scott: #????O

sos malaysia 540  1995 Inside #????: Malaysia #540O

Inside #????: TBI

Inside #????: TBI

sos cameroon 845  1988 Inside #???? (in margin): Cameroon #845O

sos bulgaria 3400  1989 Inside #???? (in margin): Bulgaria #3400P 

sos india 1768  1999 Inside #???? (in margin): India #1768O

sos belize 691  1983 Inside #????:  Belize #691O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


niger    ss 4 v  3.15.22

SP #NIG220131aO

Issued: ??.??.2022

Stamps on Stamps

sos monaco 2914  2018 Inside # SP #NIG220131a: Monaco #2914O

sos nicaragua 1322   1984 Inside # SP #NIG220131a: Nicaragua #1322O

sos u. s. 2612  1992 Inside # SP #NIG220131a: USA #2612O

sos china pr 4769 1019 Inside # SP #NIG220131a: China PR #4769O

sos russia-ussr 2302 1960 Inside # SP #NIG220131a (in margin): Russia #2302P

sos armenia 1143  2018 Inside # SP #NIG220131a (in margin): Armenia #1143O

sos czecoslovakia 965  1960 Inside # SP #NIG220131a (in margin): Czechoslovakia #965P

sos liechtenstein 1469  2010 Inside # SP #NIG220131a (in margin): Liechtenstein #1469O

niger    ss 1 v   3.15.22

SP #NIG220131bO

sos china pr 4767 2019 Inside SP #NIG220131b: China PR #4767O

Inside SP #NIG220131b: TBI

Inside SP #NIG220131b : TBI

sos us 4436  2010 Inside SP #NIG220131b (in margin): USA #4436O

[Olympic Winter Games - Turin, Italy, type CKC] Inside SP #NIG220131b (in margin): Canada #2144O

sos german democratic republic  980  1968 Inside SP #NIG220131b (in margin): DDR #980O

sos mongolia 1100  1980 Inside SP #NIG220131b (in margin): Mongolia #1100P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


niger 1

Scott: #????O

niger 2

Scott: #????O

niger 3

Scott: #????O

niger 4

Scott: #????O

niger 5

Scott: #????O

niger 6

Scott: #????O

Issued: 20.08.2022

Chinese History on Stamps

 Inside #????: China (PR) unlisted (large “All China Is Red”)

 Inside #????: China (PR) #999A (vertical “All China Is Red”)

Withdrawn, issued in error 1968

 Inside #????: China (PR) Yang #M3 Navy Military Post 1953

Scan not available Inside #????: Chinese Stamp TBI

Scan not available Inside #????: Chinese Stamp TBI

 Inside #????: China (PR) Yang #S106 Unissued variety 1953

Lou wrote: Stamperija has outdone itself in proving it is bad for stamp collecting, and has little regard for the collector, On their site last night (06.01.2023), they announced a Niger issue on "August 20, 2022" of 6 sheetlets of 20 stamps with the theme of Chinese History on Stamps, all showing SoS of rare Chinese  stamps (I think all have been on SoS previously), with a notice that they are sold out and not available for purchase from them!  So, even before they were officially put on sale, privileged wholesalers were allowed to snap up the supposedly 6000 stamps in each issue, perf'ed and imperf. Only the perf'ed sheetlets were priced, at €19.80 each, so I can imagine that even a set of 6 singles will have an extravagant price when they are finally offered.

Zoltán Komlóssy wrote: The stamps on the arches are very interesting and special. Among them, the back four are especially SOS in my opinion. It is depicted on the third and sixth Chinese stamps (from 1953 "war stamp" marked M3 and from 1956 marked MV). It depicts stamps issued by the Fourth and Fifth Chinese Empires (from 1941, the version of the M166 stamp, in which the inner part was printed in reverse, and from 1913, the version of the M166 stamp marked IIK). However, the image of the first two Niger stamps causes a problem. The image that appears first is not a postage stamp, but an image with a Chinese inscription, only a part of which is depicted on a Chinese stamp (marked MA1027 from 1968). I don't think it's SOS! The figure appearing on the second, however, is very similar to MA1027, but neither the name of the publisher nor the nominal value is visible. I don't think it's SOS either!

Lou respond: Zoltan is correct that the two reproduced stamps have their inscriptions and values omitted, but taking a second look, they seemed strangely familiar. The "designer" virtually copied Guinea Bissau Mi 6330 from 2012 and Guinea Bissau Mi 6515 from 2013 and just changed the country/value panels. See scans. In my databases for these issues, I listed them:  Guinea Bissau ... Design Component: inscription, value omitted.

China PR #999A was issued, but then withdrawn because Taiwan was not colored in red in the map portion (the omitted inscription reads "The Whole Country Is Red"). The other stamp was part of a two stamp set prepared in 1996, that was never issued because a political figure depicted on one had fallen out of favor with Mao, and on the other, very similar in design to #996A, Taiwan is also not red. In both cases a number of stamps of each reached the philatelic market, and now command very high prices. See scans.

To stay consistent with those previous listings, I would keep both in the lists with notations as to the design omissions-- if you buy this set, you get them in your collection anyway.

guinea bissau Mi 6330

Guinea Bissau Mi #6330

guinea bissau Mi 6515

Guinea Bissau Mi #6515

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


SP: #NIG230155aO

SP: #NIG230155bO

Issued: 20.04.2023

75th Anniversary of the XIV Olympic Games held in 1948

  Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Maldives #643-4O

 Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Rwanda #480O 

 Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Rwanda #478O

 Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Mali #64O

 Inside ST: #NIG230155a: Mali #62O

  Inside ST: #NIG230155a: USA #C105-6P

 Inside ST: #NIG230155a (In margin): Niger #756O

 Inside ST: #NIG230155a (In margin): USA #718P (Haiti, Kyrgyzstan)

 Inside ST: #NIG230155a (In margin): Canada #624P

 Inside ST: #NIG230155b: Niger #755O

 Inside ST: #NIG230155b: Niger #757O

 Inside ST: #NIG230155b (In margin): Netherlands #B27O

 Inside ST: #NIG230155b (In margin): Bermuda #226O (1968)

 Inside ST: #NIG230155b (In margin): Bahamas #277O

 Inside ST: #NIG230155b (In margin): Greece #118P (Greece)

 Inside ST: #NIG230155b (In margin): USA #719O

Lou wrote: The "designer" outdid himself this time, by not even showing one stamp issued for those games! He did choose a wide range of Olympic stamps from 1896 thru1987, with just a few "seen befores", and threw in a non-SoS Olympic fund label on one and an Olympic publicity poster on the other. 

All in all, a better issue than most Stamperijas.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


ST: #NIG230238aO

Issued: 20.04.2023

The 210th Anniversary of the Birth of Richard Wagner

 Inside ST: # NIG230238a (In margin): Germany - DDR #650P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno


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Scott: #479-80

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Scott: #484-8

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Scott: #639

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Scott: #C367-70

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Scott: #C371O

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Scott: #C377O

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Niger #756

Niger #757

%23800#801

Scott: #800-1O

1999a

Scott: #1040O

 

Scott: #1175(a-d)O

Scott: #1184(a-d)

Scott: #???? (2014)

Inside #????O:

niger    ss 6 25 14

Scott: #????O

niger        ss 12 28 15 (2)

Scott: #????O

No photo description available.

Scott: #????-?O

Scott: #????O

niger  ss 4v  4 24 18

Scott: #????O

niger ss 1v  4 24 18

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

niger      ss 1 v  3.15.22

Scott: #????O

niger    ss 4 v  3.15.22

ST #NIG220131aO

niger    ss 1 v   3.15.22

ST #NIG220131bO

ST: #NIG230155aO

ST: #NIG230155b

ST: #NIG230238a