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Background information about Upper Volta Upper Volta (Haute-Volta)

Upper Volta changed its name to Burkina Faso in August, 1984.



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Issue Date / Set Description
Description
17 August 1964 - International Quiet Sun Year
Insignia / Symbols
23 March 1965 - World Meteorological Day
Earth / Sun / Insignia
17 May 1965 - International Telecommunication Union Centennial
Telegraph / Insignia / Telephone
15 September 1965 - Intelsat I (a.k.a. Early Bird)
Satellite / Constellations / Globe
23 March 1966 - World Meteorological Day
Television Infrared Observation Satellite / Weather Map
28 April 1966 - FR-1
FR-1 / Globe / Tracking Station
18 April 1967 - French Space Program
Diamant Launch
FR-1
D1-C
D1-D
circa 1969 - Apollo 8
Earth / Astronaut (gold foil)
25 July 1969 - Apollo 11 Overprints
#C39
7 August 1970 - Expo ’70
Insignia / Monorail
Insignia / Rocket / Satellites
16 October 1970 - Citroën Automobiles
Car / Pegasi
Car 40fr
29 March 1973 - Apollo 17
Gene Cernan / Lunar Module
Ronald Evans / Splashdown
Orbit
Harrison Schmitt / Launch
Lunar Roving Vehicle
Lunar Rover / Spacecraft (souvenir sheet)
30 April 1973 - Lunar Exploration
Lunar Roving Vehicle
Lunokhod 1
Apollo Lunar Module
Lunar Orbit
Spacewalking
Moonwalking (souvenir sheet)
12 September 1973 - UAMPT
Satellite Dish / Globe / Messenger Bird
12 September 1973 - John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy / Saturn V
John F. Kennedy / Friendship 7
John F. Kennedy / Gemini 3
John F. Kennedy / Saturn I
John F. Kennedy / Freedom 7
Countdown (souvenir sheet)
15 December 1973 - Famous Men / Zodiac Signs
Yuri Gagarin / Aries
Vladimir Lenin / Taurus
John F. Kennedy / Gemini
John Glenn / Cancer
Napoleon I / Leo
Goethe / Virgo
Pelé / Libra
Charles de Gaulle / Scorpio
Ludwig van Beethoven / Sagittarius
Konrad Adenauer / Capricorn
Buzz Aldrin / Aquarius
Robert Baden-Powell / Pisces
4 February 1974 - Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Memorial
President
Charles de Gaulle / Concorde
Charles de Gaulle / Rocket Launch
23 July 1974 - Universal Postal Union Centennial
Mail Coach
Steamship
Mailman
Dove
Airliner
Satellite Dish
Satellite (souvenir sheet)
9 October 1974 - Universal Postal Union Centennial Overprints
#332
#333
#334
#C189
#C190
#C191
#C192
18 July 1975 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Docking 40fr
Docking 50fr
Docking 100fr
Alexey Leonov / Valeri Kubasov
Thomas Stafford / Vance Brand / “Deke” Slayton
Insignia / Flags
20 November 1975 - International Women’s Year
Woman / Globe / International Women’s Year Insignia
24 June 1976 - Viking Program
Lander on Mars
Orbiter
Launch
Lander
Approaching Mars
Martian Orbit (souvenir sheet)
30 May 1978 - World Telecommunication Day
Satellite Dish
27 September 1978 - Space Exploration
Yuri Gagarin / Apollo Program
Jules Verne / Neil Armstrong
Montgolfier Brothers’ Balloon / Blériot’s Monoplane
7 October 1982 - African Postal Union
Map / Satellite Dish 70fr
Map / Satellite Dish 90fr
circa June 1983 - Events
Shuttle Challenger
World Cup Soccer 120fr
World Cup Soccer 300fr
Royal Wedding
Prince Charles / Lady Diana (souvenir sheet)
15 July 1994 - Quadranscentennial of Apollo 11
Moonwalker / Flag
Lunar Module / Earth
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