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Djibouti Query
Thanks Gentlemen,
so its off to the bath for the lower value. Pierre, from my 1948 Atlas Jibuti (Djibouti) Seaport and Capital French Somaliland East Africa Situated on the Gulf of Tajura Coaling station...population 1948 approx 22,000 -- pookiethai at iprimus.com.au |
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Djibouti Query
On Mon, 1 May 2006 08:29:48 +0800, "Rodney"
wrote: Thanks Gentlemen, so its off to the bath for the lower value. Pierre, from my 1948 Atlas Jibuti (Djibouti) Seaport and Capital French Somaliland East Africa Situated on the Gulf of Tajura Coaling station...population 1948 approx 22,000 What about Obock? The first port the French used, if not mistaken. They have a lot of the same type of stamps. BTW, I may have a spare Somali with better gum on the back. I'd have to look. the gum on those issues is almost dangerous. Reminds me of hat the acidic gum on the Germany Hitler S/S must be like. ======================= Tracy Barber ----------------------- adirondack-pc ----------------------- "Freebie Stamp Project" ======================= |
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Djibouti Query
I hadn't noticed that Tracy,
Obok is some distance away across the channel as shown on my map, Jibuti may have just been for coaling at that time, and not for freight / enterprise. http://cjoint.com/data/fbogZTnWBe.htm (The partition of Egypt and Nile Valley as at 1914) To be frank, I have never seen an "Obok" stamp as yet. What about Obock? The first port the French used, if not mistaken. They have a lot of the same type of stamps. BTW, I may have a spare Somali with better gum on the back. I'd have to look. the gum on those issues is almost dangerous. Reminds me of hat the acidic gum on the Germany Hitler S/S must be like. ======================= Tracy Barber ----------------------- adirondack-pc ----------------------- "Freebie Stamp Project" ======================= |
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Djibouti Query
On Mon, 1 May 2006 20:14:03 +0800, "Rod"
wrote: I hadn't noticed that Tracy, Obok is some distance away across the channel as shown on my map, Jibuti may have just been for coaling at that time, and not for freight / enterprise. http://cjoint.com/data/fbogZTnWBe.htm (The partition of Egypt and Nile Valley as at 1914) To be frank, I have never seen an "Obok" stamp as yet. The stamps from Obock and Somali Coast - to me - are classic representations of Africa at that point. The pictorials are great, albeit a bit difficult to make out details in the pictures sometimes. Some of them are quite expensive, which is a shame. I really like these stamps a lot. ======================= Tracy Barber ----------------------- adirondack-pc ----------------------- "Freebie Stamp Project" ======================= |
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Djibouti Query
Thankyou very much Mr.Buchheit, places everything in context for us. Just to draw on your knowledge, any idea where the coal would have been mined? s-buch-fr wrote: Rodney, Obock became a french colony in 1862. Obock was a coaling station for steamers. population : 30 in 1862 800 in 1885 2000 in 1888 |
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Djibouti Query
From an 'ole in de ground? 8*) (Monty Python)
Obock was originally significant as the site of the first French colony in the region, established by treaty with the local Afar rulers - March 11, 1862. The French interest was to have a coaling station for steamships, particularly those of the French navy, which would become especially important upon the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Up to that time French ships had to buy coal at the British port of Aden across the gulf. This was a slight to French national pride and an unwise dependency in case of war. The British had coal mines on Perim Island. I expect that the French coal was shipped in. There is no known coal mine in the country of Djibouti, but deposits of coal known to exist in Ethiopia. Lignite coal resources from three different areas in Ethiopia are estimated to be 61 Million tonnes. Additional deposits have been discovered in the western part of that country. Virtually all of Africa's coal reserves are in the south. They are 90% in South Africa, with reserves of 49,520 million tonnes in 1999. Most of the remaining reserves are shared between South Africa's neighbours, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland None of the African coal producers north of the equator (Algeria, Egypt and Morocco) ever produced over 200 thousand tonnes and with the exception of minor quantities in Tanzania, no coal production was recorded in east Africa. Blair |
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Djibouti Query
Marvelous Blair, (how do you do it So much easier to remember when there is a story behind the stamp. Obock was originally significant as the site of the first French colony in the region, established by treaty with the local Afar rulers - March 11, 1862. |
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Djibouti Query
I have a question for you all - I have a cover (exploded) which was
sent by air mail from Kokopo, New Guinea, in 1949, bearing a 2/- undated birds stamp of 1932. This in itself is unusual as the stamps used after WWII are generally unoverprinted Australian ones. The envelope is addressed to New Jersey in the USA and has various backstamps for Rabaul, Sydney, San Francisco and New Jersey. On arrival the letter was re-addressed to Khor Angor on the coast of French Somalia some way north of Djibouti. The 2/- rate was correct to New Jersey and on arrival in Djibouti a 5 FR postage due stamp has been affixed to deal with the additional postage. The envelope made its way to Khor Angor (to an agent as there was no post office). I believe the addressee was a missionary - can anyone help me as to what happened at Khor Angor - it seems unbelievably remote. Interestingly although the letter was sent in 1949 the Djibouti cds has the year stamp of 1938! I have attempted to put a C JOINT image up but am having difficulty with the size of the cover. Any ideas? |
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Djibouti Query
I have a question for you all - I have a cover (exploded) which was
sent by air mail from Kokopo, New Guinea, in 1949, bearing a 2/- undated birds stamp of 1932. This in itself is unusual as the stamps used after WWII are generally unoverprinted Australian ones. The envelope is addressed to New Jersey in the USA and has various backstamps for Rabaul, Sydney, San Francisco and New Jersey. On arrival the letter was re-addressed to Khor Angor on the coast of French Somalia some way north of Djibouti. The 2/- rate was correct to New Jersey and on arrival in Djibouti a 5 FR postage due stamp has been affixed to deal with the additional postage. The envelope made its way to Khor Angor (to an agent as there was no post office). I believe the addressee was a missionary - can anyone help me as to what happened at Khor Angor - it seems unbelievably remote. Interestingly although the letter was sent in 1949 the Djibouti cds has the year stamp of 1938! I have attempted to put a C JOINT image up but am having difficulty with the size of the cover. Any ideas? |
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