Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea is a country on the west coast of Africa on (you guessed it) the Gulf of Guinea. Rio Muni and Fernando Po, provinces of Spain at the time, merged and became Equatorial Guinea in October 1968.

 File:Eq Guinea first.jpg|1968 1 peseta independence File:Eq Guinea indep anniv.jpg|1970 0.50p Nguema File:Eq Guinea 1973 ship.jpg|From the non-postal 1973 sailing ships set File:Eq Guinea train.jpg|From the 2005 trains se-tenant set 
 * In October 1968, its first issue was naturally commemorating independence. It was inscribed REPUBLICA DE / GUINEA / EQUATORIAL.
 * By 1971, there wasn't much of a governmental apparatus and that included a post office. The main post office was closed from 1972 to 1979. Still, this did not prevent its postal agents from printing all kinds of topicals. They exist imperf and the majority of stamps found are CTO.
 * With the reopening of the post office in 1979, legitimately postal issues resumed. Years dates began to be added to stamps.
 * In March 1981, the currency abbreviation was changed to "BK".
 * In early 1985, the currency was changed to CFA francs, appearing on stamps as "FCFA".

Special delivery

 * In 1971, two special delivery stamps were issued.



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