South Kasai

South Kasai, or Etat Autonome du Sud-Kasai, is part of the southern central province of Kasai of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Shortly after the latter's independence, South Kasai seceded in August 1960, overprinting old Belgian Congo stamps and soon issuing its own. While not officially recognized as a government by the world at large, mail with South Kasai stamps was accepted/tolerated by other countries. Very few postally used covers exist today. At the same, stamps of the Congo were also being used, accepted by South Kasai postal authorities. A coup in late September 1962 brought down the South Kasai regime and brought a return to the central government and its stamps.  File:South Kasai ovpt.jpg|Overprint on obsolete surcharged stamp of the Belgian Congo. File:South Kasai leopard.jpg|1.50 franc definitive. File:South Kasai semi.jpg|Semipostal surcharge.



See

 * Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Katanga

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