Gambia

A concise philatelic handbook presents the postal history of a West African colony and provides collectors with detailed descriptions of each stamp issue from the early cameo embossings through later monarch-head and provisional series; practical conservation advice for preserving embossed examples; technical notes on production, watermark and sheet cutting; summaries of postal rates, ordinances, and the local post office organization; an appendix devoted to postmarks; and a bibliography with a checklist to assist identification and systematic collecting.