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East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar - Two and four annas, 1874-78

East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar - Two and fo...

East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar, 1874-1878. From description in the source: "officials, value 2 annas orange and 4 annas blue green (SG Z20, Z41a)"

Universal postal union British India post card used in Zanzibar with blue one and a half anna Queen Victoria stamp, 1891

Universal postal union British India post card used in Zanzibar with b...

Universal postal union British India post card with blue one and a half anna stamp. Description in source: ZANZIBAR - 1891 1 1/2a blue 'Indian' PSC to Germany used at ZANZIBAR via French ship. 1891 (DE.4.) use ... More

12 stamps from Zanzibar, 1892 - 1894

12 stamps from Zanzibar, 1892 - 1894

Nederlands: Twaalf postzegels van Zanzibar, 1892-1894 English: Twelve stamps from Zanzibar, refer to the explanation on the source website by Revenue Reverend. The stamps are described in the source as “b) On S... More

16 Queen Victoria stamps used at Zanzibar with Zanzibar datestamps, 1865-1890

16 Queen Victoria stamps used at Zanzibar with Zanzibar datestamps, 18...

Nederlands: Zestien postzegels uit Brits-India met de kop van Koningin Victoria. "1865-1890: Group of 16 Indian QV stamps used at ZANZIBAR with clear/identifiable Zanzibar datestamps, including good stamps lik... More

Alger bib et Ecole et rue l'Etat-Major

Alger bib et Ecole et rue l'Etat-Major

Français : "Alger Bibliothècque Nationale et rue de l'État-Major" 7287 العربية: المكتبة الوطنية الجزائرية English: Door of the National Library of Algeria at Rue l'Etat-Major (street) in Algiers. Historical pos... More

Balme Library Ghana postcard

Balme Library Ghana postcard

Balme Library, University of Ghana, Legon Public domain scan of the vintage African postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bellville South Africa postcard

Bellville South Africa postcard

Library Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa Public domain scan of the vintage African postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

British Residency of Zanzibar

British Residency of Zanzibar

British Residency of Zanzibar

CentralLibraryAccra postcard

CentralLibraryAccra postcard

Central Library Accra. Architects: Nickson & Borys Public domain scan of the vintage African postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

East India postage Queen Victoria postal stamp used in Zanzibar - Half anna blue and green, 1875-1895

East India postage Queen Victoria postal stamp used in Zanzibar - Half...

East India postage Queen Victoria postal stamp used in Zanzibar (1875-1895). Value a half anna.

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar - One anna brown, 1865

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar - One anna br...

East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar, 1865 SGZ11, var Cancellation. From description in the source: 1865 India Value 1 anna deep brown, two examples, respectively with very fine part and la... More

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar - Twelve annas orange, before 1900

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar - Twelve anna...

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar. Twelve annas orange

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar - Two and four annas, 1865, 1882-1885

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar - Two and fou...

East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar, 1882-1885. From description in the source: "1865 2 annas brown-orange and 1882-85 1 anna brown-purple, hinged together and used with two strikes (one v... More

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar - Two annas brown, 1867-1872

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar - Two annas b...

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar, 1867-72. Value 2 annas. From description in the source: Official stamp with SG Z2 cancellation

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar- Two annas orange, 1865

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar- Two annas or...

East India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar 1865 SGZ26, var. Cancellation. From description in the source: "1865 India 2 annas, two examples in contrasting orange and brown-orange shades, respectiv... More

East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar - Four annas green, 1866

East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar - Four annas...

East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar, 1866 SGZ26a. From description in the source: Cancellation 1866-1878 value 4 annas green (die I), with very fine part strike of type Z3 '(ZA)NZIBAR' cds... More

East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar - Two blue half anna and a green four anna Queen Victoria stamp, before 1900

East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar - Two blue h...

East India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar. Two blue half anna and a green four anna stamp.

Gondar PL Ethiopia postcard

Gondar PL Ethiopia postcard

Gondar Public Library (Ethiopia) Public domain scan of the vintage African postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

India postage Queen Victoria stamp on envelope used in Zanzibar - Orange three annas, before 1900

India postage Queen Victoria stamp on envelope used in Zanzibar - Oran...

India postage Queen Victoria stamp on envelope used in Zanzibar. Orange three annas

India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar - Orange three annas, before 1900

India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar - Orange three ann...

India postage Queen Victoria stamp used in Zanzibar. Orange three annas

India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar - Blue three annas, before 1900

India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar - Blue three anna...

India postage Queen Victoria stamps used in Zanzibar. Blue three annas

Itumba - Public domain copyright free geographic map

Itumba - Public domain copyright free geographic map

Tanzania (Rungwe); Itumba village; the distribution of river plots

Johannesburg, New Library postcard

Johannesburg, New Library postcard

Public Library, Johannesburg, South Africa by architect John Perry. Inscription in Latin over the entrance steps: Libri thesaurus animi, books are the treasury of the soul.

Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan, Ibadan

Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan, Ibadan

Kenneth Onwuka Dike University Library, Ibadan. Design Maxwell Fry & Jane Drew

National Library of South Africa, 1900

National Library of South Africa, 1900

South African Library, Capetown, South Africa Public domain scan of the vintage African postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nigeria postcard - A picture of a large building in a field

Nigeria postcard - A picture of a large building in a field

Kenneth Onwuka Dike University Library, Ibadan (2), design Maxwell Fry & Jane Drew

Emrik Binger - NZASMFrontispiece1895

Emrik Binger - NZASMFrontispiece1895

Nederlands: Titelblad van (Berlage, Hendrik Petrus.) Gedenkboek uitgegeven ter gelegenheid der feestelijke opening van den Delagoabaaispoorweg 1895. Amsterdam, Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche spoorwegmaatschapp... More

Plan der Stadt Sansibar - Map of Zanzibar - Oscar Baumann

Plan der Stadt Sansibar - Map of Zanzibar - Oscar Baumann

Deutsch: Plan der Stadt Sansibar entworfen von Dr Oscar Baumann mit Benutzung der Aufnahmen von Imam Sherif (1892) Nederlands: Plattegrond van Zanzibar (Plan der Stadt Sansibar). Schaal 1:10000 English: Map of ... More

Potchefstroomse Univers. postcard

Potchefstroomse Univers. postcard

Afrikaans: Biblioteek Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoer Onderwys English: Library Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education

Pub Lib Mowbray postcard. South Africa

Pub Lib Mowbray postcard. South Africa

Public Library and Town Hall in Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa This media shows a South African Protected Site with SAHRA file reference 9/2/018/0081. Afrikaans: Biblioteek & stadhuis, Mowbray, Kaapstad, Suid-Afrika

Public Library Port Elizabeth postcard

Public Library Port Elizabeth postcard

Public Library Port Elizabeth Public domain scan of the vintage African postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ruanda Urundi 1 - Public domain geographic map

Ruanda Urundi 1 - Public domain geographic map

Français : Territoires du Ruanda-Urundi 1929-1938

Ruanda Urundi - Public domain geographic map

Ruanda Urundi - Public domain geographic map

Français : Territoires du Ruanda-Urundi

SierraLeoneP001 - A group of people standing around a boat

SierraLeoneP001 - A group of people standing around a boat

Dyeing Native Threads for making Cloths, Sierra Leone Protectorate. Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SierraLeoneP002 - A black and white photo of a group of people

SierraLeoneP002 - A black and white photo of a group of people

Weaving Cotton for Making Native Cloth, Sierra Leone Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SierraLeoneP003 - A black and white photo of a train on a track

SierraLeoneP003 - A black and white photo of a train on a track

Congo Bridge, Mountain Railway. (=Congo Town bridge, Sierra Leone.)

SierraLeoneP004 - A group of people sitting on the ground

SierraLeoneP004 - A group of people sitting on the ground

Many hands make light work. Meal Time, Sierra Leone

SierraLeoneP005 - A black and white photo of a man carrying a water jug
SierraLeoneP006 - A black and white photo of a group of people
SierraLeoneP007 - A group of people standing in front of a hut

SierraLeoneP007 - A group of people standing in front of a hut

Dancing Girls, Sierra Leone Protectorate. Initiation mask Sande society. Public domain image of 19th-century Africa, historical photograph, ethnography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SierraLeoneP008 - A black and white photo of a group of people

SierraLeoneP008 - A black and white photo of a group of people

MAKING NATIVE CLOTH, SIERRA LEONE PROTECTORATE. Umbilical hernia. Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SierraLeoneP009 - A group of people standing in front of a hut

SierraLeoneP009 - A group of people standing in front of a hut

Bush Huts, Sierra Leone Public domain image of 19th-century Africa, historical photograph, ethnography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SierraLeoneP010 - A group of people standing in front of a hut

SierraLeoneP010 - A group of people standing in front of a hut

THRESHING RICE, SIERRA LEONE Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SierraLeoneP011 - A black and white photo of a group of people

SierraLeoneP011 - A black and white photo of a group of people

PREPARATION OF PALM OIL, SIERRA LEONE. Boy with umbilical hernia. Public domain photograph of native people, European colonies, colonialism, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image -... More

SierraLeoneP012 - A black and white photo of a man climbing a tree

SierraLeoneP012 - A black and white photo of a man climbing a tree

PICKING PALM KERNELS, SIERRA LEONE. Climbing palm trees.

SierraLeoneP013 - A group of people standing around a well

SierraLeoneP013 - A group of people standing around a well

Kennema, Sierra Leone, now Kenema, Sierra Leone Public domain image of 19th-century Africa, historical photograph, ethnography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SierraLeoneP014 - A black and white photo of a group of people in a field

SierraLeoneP014 - A black and white photo of a group of people in a fi...

REAPING RICE,SIERRA LEONE PROTECTORATE Public domain photograph of native people, European colonies, colonialism, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SierraLeoneP015 - A black and white photo of people on a bridge

SierraLeoneP015 - A black and white photo of people on a bridge

Hammock Bridge, Sierra Leone. Man smoking pipe. Public domain photograph of people with a small paddle boat, or canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SierraLeoneP016

SierraLeoneP016

MOA RIVER BRIDGE, SIERRA LEONE.

Stevenson-Hamilton-Gedenkbibliotheek, Skukuza

Stevenson-Hamilton-Gedenkbibliotheek, Skukuza

Afrikaans: Die Stevenson-Hamilton-Gedenkbiblioteek in Skukuza, Nasionale Krugerwildtuin, Mpumalanga, Suid-Afrika English: The Stevenson-Hamilton Memorial Library in Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Tanganyika F13 - Public domain geographic map

Tanganyika F13 - Public domain geographic map

Tanganyika Territory F13 by Survey division, dept. lands and mines Tanganyika territory (year: 1926 or 1936, not visible on original map). NOTE: This is the 1936 revision of the 1933/1934 1:2m production, sent ... More

Tanganyika1934 - Public domain geographic map

Tanganyika1934 - Public domain geographic map

Map of Tanganyika Territory from 1934 by Survey department Tanganyika

The French Post Office in Malindi (Road), Zanzibar Stone Town, 19th century

The French Post Office in Malindi (Road), Zanzibar Stone Town, 19th ce...

Nederlands: "Poste française". Frans postkantoor in Malindi (Road), Zanzibar Stone Town, zie onder. English: "Poste française". The French Post Office in Malindi (Road), Zanzibar Stone Town. According to the ma... More

Tribal Linguistic map Zambia - Public domain map

Tribal Linguistic map Zambia - Public domain map

Tribal and linguistic map of Zambia - date unknown

Universal postal union British India post card with blue one and a half anna Queen Victoria stamp and one anna cancellation, before 1900

Universal postal union British India post card with blue one and a hal...

Universal postal union British India post card with blue one and a half anna Queen stamp and one anna cancellation

Wits university library postcard

Wits university library postcard

William Cullen Library, University of the Witwatersrand Public domain scan of the vintage African postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zambia Urbanization - Public domain geographic map
ASC Leiden - van de Bruinhorst Collection - Somaliland 2019 - 4726 - Somali National television. A screen with a bespectacled speaker and microphones addressing the public at another book fair, July 2019

ASC Leiden - van de Bruinhorst Collection - Somaliland 2019 - 4726 - S...

Somali National television. A screen with a bespectacled speaker and microphones addressing the public at another book fair, July 2019. Nederlands: Somalische nationale televisie. Een scherm met een bebrilde ... More

Alger - Bibliotheque Nationale, front

Alger - Bibliotheque Nationale, front

Français : 336. Alger. Bibliothèque Nationale. Un Coin de la Galerie English: National Library of Algeria. Text on flip side: Collection Idéale P.S. Post stamp: 28 Oct. 1935

Hitlerjugend sings a serenade - Hitlerjugend bringt ein Ständchen - Windhoek - around 1936

Hitlerjugend sings a serenade - Hitlerjugend bringt ein Ständchen - Wi...

Nederlands: Hitlerjugend zingt een lied, Windhoek rond 1936 English: The local Hitlerjugend sings a serenade in Windhoek around 1936 Copyright in Namibia holds up to 50 years after publication Commons:Copyrig... More

Mission Church and building - Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft - Swakopmund - 1938

Mission Church and building - Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft - Swakop...

Nederlands: Kerk en missiepost van de Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft, Swakopmund, 1938 met hakenkruisvlag English: Church and mission building of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft, Swakopmund, 1938 with na... More

Alger - Bibliotheque Nationale, front 2

Alger - Bibliotheque Nationale, front 2

National Library of Algeria. Text on flip side: Collection Idéale P.S. Post stamp: Jan 1913

Alger - Bibliotheque Nationale, front 3

Alger - Bibliotheque Nationale, front 3

National Library of Algeria. A palm tree inside a building. A large palm tree in a building. Public domain postcard scan.

Africa 1707 Lobo

Africa 1707 Lobo

Map of North-East Africa and Arabia. Opper-Ethiopien of 't Ryk der Abyssinen. By Jeronimo Lobo and Manuel de Almeida ("Hieronumus Lobo, M. Almeida"). Published in Leyden by Pieter Vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa)... More