Gambia

4d. deep brown. 4d. brown. 4d. pale brown. Double embossing. Yellow gum. Watermark inverted. " reversed. " inverted and reversed. " bars (division lines of the panes). " portion...

The British West African possession known as the Colony and Protectorate of the Gambia occupies a narrow strip of territory (averaging 12 miles in width) on both sides of the Ga...

Together with a number of other colonial possessions, Gambia was admitted to the Universal Postal Union on January 1st, 1879, and in June of the following year (1880) a more com...

"We are proud to announce the preparation of stamps for this African settlement. In a central circle is Queen Victoria's coroneted head in white relief; in straight bands above...

In 1886 a number of the stamps began to appear on the paper watermarked Crown C.A., the initials of "Crown Agents." The colours were changed, and a new value inscribed "2 1/2 PE...

The next and only remaining issue we have to describe are in the nature of Provisionals issued during a temporary shortage of halfpenny and penny stamps. The Bathurst correspond...

The introduction of watermarked paper for these stamps occurred in 1874, the paper being that familiar to collectors of British Colonial stamps as watermarked "Crown C.C." The p...

"On the 1st May, 1898, the present issue, if not previously exhausted, of all denominations of Postage Stamps in the Gambia that are then in the hands of the Government will be...

The change from the Queen's Head type to the King's Head type of design came in 1902, the new general Colonial key plate being used. It is numbered 1 in a similar manner to the...

2 A.J.P.--American Journal of Philately, 2nd series. E.W.S.N.--Ewen's Weekly Stamp News. G.S.W.--Gibbons Stamp Weekly. M.W.S.N.--Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News. P.J.G.B.--Philatelic...