1905-06 Upper DSe4negal and Niger in Bud's Big Blue
Bud's Big BlueBud's Observations
From Jim: Bud is well, but has a lot of non philatelic obligations and responsibilities at the moment. With his permission, I will upload country pages in his complete '69 Big Blue that so far has not been shown. He might add his observations later. Enjoy!)
Jim's Observations
Upper Senegal and Niger (Haut Senegal et Niger) was part of French West Africa, and developed from Senegambia and Niger in 1904. Stamps were issued from 1904-1917. The territory from upper Dahomey was added in 1907. Niger was a separate military district after 1911, and a separate colony after 1922. The Upper Volta was removed in 1919 and became a separate colony. The remaining lands had a name change in 1920 to French Sudan, and stamp production continued under that inscription in 1921.
The 2014 Scott Classic Specialized 1840-1940 catalogue has, for Upper Senegal & Niger 1906-1917, 50 major stamp descriptions. Of those, 11 are CV <$1-$1+, or 22%. Raising the bar to CV $3+ adds 14 stamps for a total of 25, or 50%.
The stamp output for Upper Senegal & Niger was relatively short, both in terms of number and years issued.
The general designs and formats should be quite familiar if one is acquainted with French Colony stamps.
The stamp output for Upper Senegal & Niger was relatively short, both in terms of number and years issued.
The general designs and formats should be quite familiar if one is acquainted with French Colony stamps.
Big Blue '69, on two pages, has 40 spaces for the stamps of Upper Senegal & Niger. Coverage is a remarkable 80%.
The coverage includes twelve spaces for the seventeen stamp 1906-07 issue, twelve spaces for the 1914-17 seventeen stamps issue, the 1915 semi-postal, and all of the 1906 (seven stamps) and 1914 (eight stamps) postage due issues.
With the generous coverage, naturally, there are some expensive (CV $10+) stamp spaces. There are six expensive spaces: one (1906 Scott J7 1fr black/pinkish ($40)) is "most expensive", and two others are CV $20+.
For more on Upper Senegal and Niger, and the stamps, click on the link below.
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