#69: Second postcard from Guinea

Map and people of Guinea

Tycho Brahe stamp

Received from Madeleine from Conakry.

Guinea was the first African French colony to gain it's independence.

#185: Second postcard from Nigeria

An Efik lady

Monkey stamps

Received from Abbas from Lagos.

Nigeria has the world's largest butterfly diversity.

#159: Fifth postcard and first cover from Saint Helena

Fish and jubilee stamps

A picture DVD

A picture DVD

Received from Kenneth from Saint Pauls.

João da Nova, sailing at the service of Portugal, discovered Saint Helena in 1502.

#186: First postcard from Liberia

Monrovia

Sadly no stamp

Received from Morgana from Monrovia.

Liberia is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east.

#185: First postcard from Nigeria

National Assembly, Abuja

Argungu Fishing Festival stamp

Received from Oliver from Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

Nigeria borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

#159: Fourth postcard from Saint Helena

Napoleon's tomb

Maggie stamp

Received from Kenneth from Saint Pauls.

Saint Helena is home to at least 40 endemic species of fauna.

#159: Third postcard from Saint Helena

Gun at Ladder Hill

Maggie Thatcher stamp

Received from Kenneth from Saint Pauls.

Saint Helena is named after Saint Helena of Constantinople.

#172: First postcard from Cape Verde

Praia, Island of Santiago

Padre Campos stamp

Received from John from Manchester, United Kingdom. Please check out his blog here.

Cape Verde is a group of islands off the coast of Senegal and Mauritania.

#159: Second postcard from Saint Helena

Scrubwood, Saint Helena Ebony, Spiky Yellow Woodlouse and Golden Sail Spider

Rock Bullseye

Received from Eleanor from Saint Helena.

Saint Helena is home to very large earwigs.

#159: First postcard from Saint Helena

Fairy Tern

Maggie Thatcher stamp

Received from Eleanor from Saint Helena.

Saint Helena is between Angola, Ascension Island, Brazil and Tristan da Cunha.

#158: First postcard from Burkina Faso

The place of film-makers

The riches of the forest and village life stamps

Received from Rasmane from Ouagadougou.

Burkina Faso is neighboured Mali to the north; Niger to the east; Benin to the southeast; Togo and Ghana to the south; and Ivory Coast to the southwest.

#66: First cover from Ghana

Money transfer, pawpaw and carrot stamps

Back

Received from Christopher from Asuoyeboa.

Ghana is a little bit smaller than both Oregon and the United Kingdom.

#115: Second postcard from Togo

People by the river

Commemorative stamp

Received from Issaka from Lomé through the Globalbility project.

A typical Togolese breakfast comprises of aklui zogbon, which is eaten with a doughnut-like ball called botoquoin. Lunch consists of chicken/fish with rice balls and tomato sauce, known as akoemhe.

#155: First postcard from Mali

Wells in the Sahara

Cave painting and other stamps

Received from Alex from Bamako.

Mali is bordered by Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west.

#66: Second postcard from Ghana

Enye Nyame Den

Art, bird, flower, fruit, commemorative, tapestry, monkey and crocodile stamps

Received from Merjim from Agona Swedru.

Ghana is home to Lake Volta, the world’s largest artificial water body.

#147: First postcard from Gabon

Father and children of Woleu

Conservation, Musa cultivar and PhilexGabon 1973 stamps

Received from Matt from Virginia, United States. Please check out his blog here.

Gabon is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.

#1: Third postcard from Cameroon

Bamenda

Stamp commemorating the visit of the Pope

Received from Rolf from Kumbo.

Cameroon comes from the Portuguese word meaning "River of Prawn".

#115: First postcard from Togo

Baobab tree

1906-2006 Senghor stamp

Received from Clarissa from Lomé.

Togo is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.

#69: First postcard from Guinea

Chevalier Garden

Building and football stamps

Received from Madeleine from Conakry.

Guinea has a western border on the Atlantic Ocean. It shares its northern border with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mali, and its southern border with Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire.

#66: First postcard from Ghana

Map and views of Ghana

Orange and people stamps

Received from Christopher from Asuoyeboa.

Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean to the south.