Capital: Paris
Population: n/a
Languages: French
Currency: French Franc
FRENCH EQUATORIAL
AFRICA

now CHAD, CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE,
EQUATORIAL AFRICA & GABON

1947

DEFINITIVES
(SG 235-240)

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
10c
none
Python sebae
Central African rock python
30c
none
Python sebae
Central African rock python
40c
none
Python sebae
Central African rock python
50c
none
Python sebae
Central African rock python
60c
none
Python sebae
Central African rock python
80c
none
Python sebae
Central African rock python

 

The definitive series contains 22 stamps with the first six illustrated by a Black rhinoceros with an African rock python (Python sebae) in the foreground.

1955

NATURE PROTECTION
(SG 208)

8f Varan

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
20f
Varanus griseus
Varanus griseus
Desert monitor lizard

A single stamp of the attractive pastel style common across French colonies at the time, featuring a Nile monitor lizard (Varanus griseus).