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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Kevin J. O'Shaughnessy stamp collection, EEPA 2007-005, circa 1960-1979
Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2007-005
- Dates:
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circa 1960-1979
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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369 Postage stamps
- Repository:
- Container:
- EEPA.2007-005
This collection contains 369 African postage stamps from the post-independence period (circa 1960s-1970s). The stamps depict African leaders, traditional African art and artists, cultural performances, flora and fauna, and prominent visitors to the continent, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope Paul VI. A majority of the stamps come from Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire. Other countries represented include Gabon, Mali, Cameroon, Tunisia, Zambia, Morocco, Dahomey (now Benin), Libya, Gambia, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Upper Volta (now Burkina-Faso), Mauritius, South Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Uganda, Egypt, Sudan and the Comoros.
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Arranged in album by country.
Administration
Author
cgehrer
Custodial History note
Donated by Kevin J. O'Shaughnessy, 2007.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
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Conditions Governing Use note
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Preferred Citation note
Kevin J. O'Shaughnessy Stamp Collection, EEPA 2007-0005, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
More Information
General note
General note
Title provided by EEPA staff.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Folk art | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Art, African | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Africa | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Animals -- Africa | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Plants | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Artists | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Postage stamps | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Statesmen | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
O'Shaughnessy, Kevin J. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
National Museum of African Art
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 708
Washington, DC 20013-7012
elisofonarchives@si.edu