Continuing on with the Congo, next door to the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the Republic of Congo, which, as opposed to Belgian King Leopold II’s private fiefdom, was a French colony (part of French Equatorial Africa) after the Europeans arrived in Africa....so after declaring independence from France in the late 1950s, and with the French eventually agreeing that yes, the Republic of the Congo was independent, and after a foray into Marxism-Leninism (the People’s Republic of the Congo) from 1969-1992, the Republic of the Congo has otherwise kept its name.
Stamp details:
Issued on: November 28, 1959
From: Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
MC #1
Issued on: December 10, 1970
From: Brazzaville, People’s Republic of the Congo
MC #BL9
Issued on: August 17, 1991
From: Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
MC #1273
Issued in: 2010
From: Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
MC #1801
Recognized as a sovereign state by the UN: Yes (since September 20, 1960)
Official name: Republic of the Congo; République du Congo; Repubilika ya Kôngo; Republíki ya Kongó
Member of the Universal Postal Union: Yes (since May 23, 1961)