Friday, 2 November 2012
Gold Coast Stamps.....
Posted on 16:09 by kumar
1891 Scott 15 2 1/2p blue & orange "Queen Victoria"
Quick HistoryWith
the defeat of the Ashanti in 1874, the British proclaimed the former
coastal protectorate a crown colony, the Gold Coast Colony, on July
24,1874.The Ashanti people were and are the major ethnic group
of the Gold Coast (now Ghana), and established an empire in west Africa
lasting from 1700-1896.
Ashanti Empire
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