Senegambia and Niger

Senegambia and Niger was a short-lived administrative unit of the colonial French West Africa possessions, in the region of present-day Niger, Mali and Senegal.

Senegambia and Niger

Sénégambie et Niger
1902–1904
Flag
StatusFrench colony
Common languagesFrench
History 
 Established
1902
 Disestablished
1904
CurrencyFrench West African franc
Preceded by
Succeeded by
French Sudan
Upper Senegal and Niger

It was formed in 1902, and reorganized in 1904 into Upper Senegal and Niger.

Stamps

Despite its brief existence, the French government still managed to issue postage stamps for the administrative unit, in the form of a version of its Navigation and Commerce series, inscribed "SENEGAMBIE / ET NIGER".

See also


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