FRENCH GUINEA - 1906: An 4 centimes brown on blue postage stamp depicting portrait of General Louis Faidherb. "Faidherbe" French key-type inscribed "GUINEE" in Red. Louis Leon Cesar Faidherbe was a French general and colonial administrator. He created the Senegalese Tirailleurs when he was governor of Senegal. During the course of his military career Faidherbe was decorated with the five degrees of the Legion of Honor: the Chevalier in 1852, the Officier in 1855, the Commandeur in 1861, the Grand Officier in 1871 and the Grand Croix in 1880

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French Guinea situated on the coast of West Africa, between Portuguese Guinea and Sierra Leone, was a French colony. Capital — Conakry. French Guinea stamps were replaced by those of French West Africa around 1944-45. French Guinea became the Republic of Guinea Oct. 2, 1958. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

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Size: 5300px × 3300px
Location: Conakry, Guinea
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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