Postage stamps and postal history of Fernando Poo
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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Fernando Poo, which is now known as Bioko, and is part of Equatorial Guinea.
The first stamps were issued in 1868 by the Spanish colonial authorities in the capital Santa Isabel. Issues continued for a whole century until 1968 when the colony was incorporated into Spanish Guinea. It is now part of Equatorial Guinea.
Currency throughout the issuing period was 100 centimos = 1 peseta.
[edit] Sources
- Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
- Encyclopaedia of Postal History
- Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: The Stamp Atlas
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