Common Terms and Abbreviations
Alphabetically
Algeria 372 1957
Angola 697 1970
Angola XXX 2000
Belgian Congo 21 1894
Belgian Congo 292 1948
Benin xxx-xxx 1998
Burkina Faso 809-815 1985
Central African Republic 47-50 1963
Chad 411 1974 UPU centenary
Congo 149 1968
Congo 222-223 1970
Congo 670-673 1979
Dahomey 402 1970
Dahomey D313 1967 postage due
Djibouti 749-752 1979 752 missing
Djibouti 779 1980
Egypt 189-192 1933
Egypt 521-1957
Egypt 595 1959
Egypt 794 1964
Egypt 1327 1977
Equatorial Guinea not listed
Equatorial Guinea 1972 set of 7 not listed Japanese centenary
Ethiopia 304 1931
French Equatorial Africa 35 1937 set of seven 34-38
French Somali Coast 361-374 1943
Gabon 903 1984
Gambia MSxxx xxxx
Gambia MSxxx-xxx xxxx
Ghana 175 1957
Ghana 324-327 1963 60 years of railways
Ghana 869 1978 set of four 75th railway anniversary
Gold Coast 140 1948
Gold Coast 158 1952
Guinea-Bissau 904-910 1984
Guinea-Bissau MSxxx 1989
Ivory Coast 272 1966
Ivory Coast 594-598 1979
Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika 292-295 1971
Kenya Uganda Tanzania 360 1974
Liberia 1149-1154 1973
Liberia 1191 1974 100 years UPU
Liberia 1383 1979
Madagascar xx xx xx xx xx 1993
Malagasy Republic 35 1962
Malagasy Republic 725 727 728 1989
Malawi 763-766 1987
Mauritania 157 1962
Mauritania 679-684 1980
Mauritius xxx 1998
Middle Congo 69 70 71 72 1933 set of 9 69-77
Mozambique 779-784 1979
Mozambique 998-1003 1983
Mozambique 1028 1983
Mozambique Company 211 1918
Mozambique Company 302 1937
Namibia 1994 FDC locomotives
Namibia 1995 FDC centenary
Namibia xxx-xxx 1994
Namibia xxx-xxx 1995
Niger 496-499 1973
Niger 767 1979
Niger 809-813 1980
Nigeria 73 1953
Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger
Rhodesia 24a 1959
Sahara OCC RASD xx 1993 bogus
South Africa (RSA) 183 1960
South Africa (RSA) 541-544 1983
South Africa (RSA) 1983 FDC locomotives
South West Africa 96 1937 mail train
South West Africa 1985 FDC narrow gauge locomotives (447-450)
Southern Rhodesia 36-39 1937
Southern Rhodesia 75 1953
St. Thomas & Prince Islands not listed xxxx
St. Thomas and Prince Islands not listed xxxx
Swaziland 109-112 1964 opening of the railway
Tanzania 433 1985. Set of 4, 430 to 433. Salute to Tanzanian Railways
Tanzania 445 1985. Set of 3 445 to 447.
Tanzania xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx 1991
Togo 961 1973
Togo xxx-xxx 1999
Uganda 173-176 1976
Zambia 472-475 1986
Zimbabwe 653-656 1985