Eritrea

Eritrea is a country in northeastern Africa. In the 19th century, Egypt had post offices in the region. Italy opened post offices in Assab (1883-93) and Massawa (1885-93) using general colonial issues.  File:Eritrea ovpt.jpg|1892 2c value. File:Eritrea elephant.jpg|1922 2c surcharge on Italian Somaliland stamp. File:Eritrea camel.jpg|1934 2c pictorial. 
 * In 1889, it was made an Italian colony. Its first stamps were issued in 1892, overprinted Colonia Eritrea. Italian definitives that followed were similarly oveprinted.
 * In 1910, its first country-specific stamps were issued, inscribed REGNO D'ITALIA / COLONIA ERITREA.
 * Beginning in 1921, it used Italian stamps overprinted ERITREA, including commemoratives, airmails, semipostals, special deliveries, parcel post stamps and postage dues.
 * In 1930, a series of pictorials was released inscribed ERITREA.
 * More Italian overprinted sets and country-specific issues continued until 1934.
 * In 1936, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland were united into Italian East Africa. See: Italian East Africa.

Post World War II
 File:Eritrea 1978.jpg|1978 File:Eritrea indep.jpg File:Eritrea silver jub.jpg|2016 7Nfa silver jubilee. 
 * After British occupation until 1952, Eritrea was attached to Ethiopia.
 * Liberation movements rose in Eritrea. Two provisional sets were issued in 1978 for use in rebel-occupied areas.
 * In the 1980s, many bogus issues in popular topics appeared.
 * After a 30-year war for independence, Eritrean forces joined rebels in Ethiopia to overthrow its government. After a referendum, Eritrea gained independence in 1993. Its first stamps were issued in April with bilingual inscriptions with "Ethiopia" in Latin and Amharic scripts.
 * Since then, Eritrea's genuine stamp issuing program has been quite limited. Meanwhile since about 2000, more bogus issues were being offered, inscribed POSTE ERITREA, or ERITREA with no Amharic inscription.