Togo
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Occasion: 1972 Winter Olympics,1972,Sapporo,Japan
Width: 224 mm
Height: 128 mm
Perforation: Simulate perforation
Printing method: Lithographed
Catalog number:
Scott C165a
Location: Ice Hockey Volume XC
Stamp ID = 3578
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
Togo (1897-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 4,735,610 (1997 estimate). A republic in West Africa, bordering on the Gulf of Guinea. Togo was a German protectorate until 1914, when it was occupied by Anglo-French forces. After World War I, the territory was divided between Britain and France, under League of Nations mandate. The British portion subsequently became part of Ghana, while the French zone became the present republic (1958). Togo became fully independent in 1960. Its stamp issues since that time have been voluminous, including a host of colorful stamps and souvenir sheets on every conceivable topic.