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  Bio - Gabon Wikipedia RSS Feed Gabon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new democratic constitution in the early 1990s that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and for reforms of governmental institutions.
Gabon is also noted for efforts to preserve the natural environment with what may be the largest area of nature parks in the world.
During the 1990s, devaluation of the CFA franc left Gabon struggling to pay its overseas debt; France and the IMF have provided further loans and aid in exchange for the implementation of changes to the economy.
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 Gabon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1910, Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa, a federation that survived until 1959.
Gabon is located on the Atlantic coast of central Africa.
Gabon is more prosperous than most nearby countries, with a Per capita income of four times the average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
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 Gabon information - Search.com
Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic, is a country in west central Africa.
Gabon is divided into 9 provinces and 37 departments.
Gabon was a full member of OPEC from 1975 to 1995.
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 Gabon Information Center - map of gabon
Clockwise from the map of gabon northwest, it is bounded by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of Congo.
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 Meteoroloo.com :: Gabon - schweitzer in gabon photos
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Gabon
In 2003 the President amended the Constitution of Gabon to remove any restrictions on the number of terms a president is allowed to serve.
Gabon has a small, professional military of about 5,000 personnel, divided into army, navy, air force, gendarmerie, and national police.
Imported rock and hip hop from the US and UK are popular in Gabon, as are rhumba, makossa and soukous.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Gabon   (1049 words)

  
 STAMPS UNDER GLASS (SUG's REVISITED)
The left stamp shows a boy and girl examining a stamp album; the center SUG stamp shows Iceland #672, 713, under magnification, and others;and the right stamp shows a girl and elderly man looking at a globe.
An unusual SOSUG is the 50 sen value in the souvenir sheet of four diamond-shaped stamps originally issued by Malaysia in 1996 to observe 50 years of organized Malaysian philately and issued in a slightly revised form, #645e, in 1997, with the addition of an inscription to commemorate MALPEX'97, Figure 17.
While the SOS shown on the stamp in Figure 18 is actually a Type SY (pseudo stamp) SUG, the issue has the unique feature of SUG's in the margins of the pane as well.
www.stampsonstamps.org /sugrv.htm   (1486 words)

  
 AskPhil -- Stamp Collecting starts here.
U.K.T.T.: overprint on stamps of Nigeria, Southern Cameroons for Cameroons.
Unofficial stamps: stamps issued by bus, airline, shipping firms, carriers and freights companies to prepay the charges on their services; may be considered as local or cinderella stamps.
Used abroad: stamps used outside the issuing country; usually means a stamp posted and cancelled at an office established by a postal administration in a foreign country.
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 Kroeber, Lisa. 1999. Postal Bats . BATS. Vol 17, No 1:3-6.
That stamp, the ones on these pages, and many more that illustrate subject matter related to bats, are part of a prize-winning philatelic exhibit created by BCI member Thomas Lera.
Despite having employed postage stamps for 152 years, the United States has never produced a bat stamp, although Lera’s research reveals that a bat was slated to be among the animals featured in a recent U.S. series on endangered species.
Stamps from France, Gabon, Senegal, and Niger honor Clement Ader--considered the French father of aviation--who used da Vinci’s bat-wing drawings in constructing his own plane in the 1890s.
www.batcon.org /batsmag/v17n1-2.html   (1651 words)

  
 Sculpted posts: architectural decoration on Gabonese stamps African Arts - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Postal images of the world's most famous medical missionary, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, have introduced legions to the country's stamps more generally.
The long history of evangelization in present-day Gabon began in the seventeenth century when Catholic priests from Silo Tome visited the region and Continued in the 1770s when Italian Capuchins based on Principe traveled to the estuary (Patterson 1975; Hastings 1994; Nguema et al., 1994; Isichei 1995).
Although President El Hadj Omar Bongo converted to Islam in 1973, he nonetheless welcomed Pope John Paul II during his pastoral visit to Gabon in February, 1982, by building a guest residence to house the papal entourage and later commemorated the Pope's historic visit with a stamp (Gabon Scott 502).
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 Stamp House, Boise, Idaho
Stamp Collector, the biweekly journal that is your best guide to the fascinating, colorful world of the stamp hobby, is written by collectors and for collectors.
The topic of stamps on stamps is an interesting one in that it covers many different areas and avenues while still being true to the stamp topic.
Christchurch has had a strong history of stamp collecting going back to the early days of organised philately in the 19th Century and continues to this day to be in the forefront of organised philately in New Zealand.
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 Gabon Calling Cards and Gabon Phone Cards - Calling Card - Calling Gabon from United States - Cheap calling Rate Call ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
These long distance Gabon Calling cards also can be a great gift for family, and for sons or daughters in the military or for friends who are world travelers.
Further information: Departments of Gabon [edit] Geography Main article: Geography of Gabon Map of Gabon Satellite image of Gabon, generated from raster graphics data supplied by The Map Library Chancery building, Libreville Gabon is located on the Atlantic coast of central Africa.
Main article: Economy of Gabon Gabon is more prosperous than most nearby countries, with a per capita income of four times the average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
www.callingcardmax.com /Gabon.asp   (1953 words)

  
 AJ's Encyclopedia of Stamps: 'U' Countries
The "Catalogue of postage stamps of Ukraine" of 1997 is the most complete and systematic issue presented Ukrainian postage stamps, envelopes, cards with original stamp, and first day cancels.
Spinner, sponsored the plan of pasting postage stamps, singly and in multiples, on treasury paper to be used as small currency.
It was merely a means of making postage stamps negotiable and remained in use until 1876 when Congress authorized the minting of fractional silver coins to redeem the outstanding paper fractional currency.
ajward.tripod.com /stamps/u.htm   (4562 words)

  
 Springer Spaniel Stamps
The Soviet government tried to bring these people under their rule but the climatic conditions are very harsh and it was difficult to exploit the natural resources, so much of the country was still undominated when the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991.
If local post stamps are used on envelopes that are to be mailed outside the local area they also must bear official postage stamps in order to be delivered.
This stamp was issued by the Jewish Republic in 2000.
www.animalstamps.com /Springer.htm   (5010 words)

  
 Gabon Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
More information on politics and government of Gabon can be found at Politics of Gabon, the main article in the Politics and government of Gabon series.
Satellite image of Gabon, generated from raster graphics data supplied by The Map Library
Gabon • Gambia • Ghana • Gibraltar • Guernsey • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Ireland • Isle of Man • Jersey • Liberia • Mauritania • Morocco • Nigeria • Portugal • São Tomé and Príncipe • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Spain • Togo • United Kingdom • Western Sahara
www.prescriptiondrug-info.com /drug_information_online.asp?title=Gabon   (1429 words)

  
 Acidophilus Related Terms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gabon Â· The Gambia Â· Ghana Â· Guinea-Bissau Â· Guinea Â· Kenya Â· Lesotho Â· Liberia Â· Libya Â· Madagascar Â· Malawi Â· Mali Â· Mauritania Â· Mauritius Â· Morocco Â· Mozambique Â· Namibia Â· Niger Â· Nigeria Â· Portugal
Gabon â€¢ Gambia â€¢ Guinea â€¢ Guinea-Bissau â€¢ Guyana â€¢ Indonesia â€¢ Iran â€¢ Iraq â€¢ Jordan â€¢ Kuwait â€¢ Kazakhstan â€¢ Kyrgyzstan â€¢ Lebanon â€¢ Libya â€¢ Maldives â€¢ Malaysia â€¢ Mali â€¢ Mauritania â€¢ Morocco â€¢ Mozambique â€¢ Niger â€¢ Nigeria â€¢ Oman â€¢ Pakistan â€¢ Palestine â€¢ Qatar â€¢ Saudi Arabia â€¢ Senegal â€¢ Sierra Leone â€¢ Somalia â€¢ Sudan â€¢ Surinam â€¢ Syria â€¢ Tajikistan â€¢ Turkey â€¢ Tunisia â€¢ Togo â€¢ Turkmenistan â€¢ Uganda â€¢ Uzbekistan â€¢ United Arab Emirates â€¢ Yemen
Gabon Â· The Gambia Â· Ghana Â· Guinea Â· Guinea-Bissau Â· Kenya Â· Lesotho Â· Liberia Â· Libya Â· Madagascar Â· Malawi Â· Mali Â· Mauritania Â· Mauritius Â· Mozambique Â· Namibia Â· Niger Â· Nigeria Â· Rwanda Â· São Tomé and Príncipe Â· Senegal Â· Seychelles Â· Sierra Leone Â· Somalia Â· South Africa Â· Sudan Â· Swaziland Â· Tanzania Â· Togo Â· Tunisia Â· Uganda Â· Western Sahara (SADR) Â· Zambia Â· Zimbabwe
www.acidophiluseffects.com /notes/?title=Gabon   (1486 words)

  
 Space & Astronomy Stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The stamp designs themselves are properties of the respective countries postal agencies.
Scott numbers are from the Scott ® Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.
SC numbers are from the Standard-Collection ® Postal Stationery Catalog.
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 Lulu.com - Self Publishing - Free
This book is the result of a chance encounter with some bird stamps in a thrift shop in January 2002.
The stamps can be downloaded immediately then print on any standard sized paper to use repeatedly in journals, cards, bookmarks, scrapbooks, snail mail, altered books and other projects.
It does not delve into the history of the postal service, which predates the postage stamp, because there are many countries and each has its own peculiar postal history.
www.lulu.com /browse/search.php?fKeywords=postage   (398 words)

  
 International Philately Webring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sites which contain information about postage stamps, revenue stamps, covers, postal history, and other philately-related material are welcome to join.
Postage stamps featuring the works of Piet Mondrian.
Stamp album pages on Scott's quality 8 1/2 x 11, international, or specialized sized paper.
a.webring.com /hub?ring=mildthing   (369 words)

  
 Gabon, Gambia, German Southwest Africa, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar & Gilbert and Ellice Stamps, Philately & ...
Gabon, Gambia, German Southwest Africa, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar and Gilbert and Ellice Stamps, Philately and Philatelic Literature
12 official announcements of 1981 - 1982 stamp issues, with order forms typically on their back.
Numerous illustrated articles--perfins of the German plebiscites, the rarest propaganda stamp, swapping in the DDR, railroad cancels of the inflation period and much much more.
www.judnick.com /LotsOfStamps/Gabon-GilbertAndEllice.htm   (700 words)

  
 Hawaii, Hejaz, Helgoland & Hong Kong Stamps, Philately & Philatelic Literature
"The Charles J. Pietsch III Collection of Important Hawaiian Stamps and Postal History" catalogue of Shreves Philatelic Galleries auction held 27-28 September 1996.
Mostly the emphasis is stamps, but the front material is must knowledge for the postal historian and cover collector.
See also History topical covers and History post cards.
www.judnick.com /LotsOfStamps/Hawaii-HongKong.htm   (420 words)

  
 Gabon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Since its independence from France on August 17, 1960, the Republic has been ruled by only two autocratic Presidents; the incumbent El Hadj Omar Bongo has been in power since 1967 and is currently (2006) Africa's longest-serving Head of State.
Le Gabon : official site of the Gabonese Republic
Angola · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · São Tomé and Príncipe
www.up.ac.za /upwithscience/admin/resources/africa/gabon/Gabon.htm   (1126 words)

  
 Sale 2962: United States & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Sale 2962: United States & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
"Germany and DDR Post WW II Assortment," "mostly premium sets, singles, S/S, covers, etc. in stock cards, a complete list of the better stamps would be very long but a few highlights to whet your appetite include >Used> 577(8), 683 blocks of four and six, B310-13, 9N1-18 signed (mostly Schlegel), 9N21-34 (most incl.
"Great Britain Postage Due Issues Collection," "1914-74 issues complete in mounts on pages, also includes the 1924 1p on thick chalk surfaced paper (SG #D10) and #J23a, better NH issues include #J11, 16, 17, 18-25 (less J23), J23a, J26-33, J38, J39-44, J50, J53-54, J55-91, fresh and F-VF, a lovely collection."
www.hrharmer.com /sales/2962/HTML/2962_67.html   (1121 words)

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