Most French-African countries have continued the pattern
of producing imperforate deluxe sheets for post-independence
issues. These examples are fairly typical (although not
depicted in proper relative sizes). The top one is a sheet
from Gabon that also shows the Port Gentil refinery — it
lacks the "IMPRIMERIE DES TIMBRES-POSTE" imprint
and is printed on heavy, slightly glossy stock. The
second example (below) is heavily embossed
onto stiff, very glossy card stock.

© Peter A. Scholle, 2000

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