Stamps of Benin (formerly Dahomey) – Philatelic Country Profile
Benin is a country in West Africa bordered Togo to the West, Nigeria to the East, Burkino Faso to the North East, Niger to the North, and the Bight of Benin (a type of Bay stretching for 400 miles on the coast) to the South. Benin was known as Dahomey during the Colonial period until it was renamed as Benin in 1975 well after Independence (1960). Benin has a total land area of about 44,000 square
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