Upper Volta 

Haute-Volta

10th July 1963

Beautiful colourful designs depicting native flowers:
  • Rose marshmallow (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis);
  • Oldenlandia grandiflora;
  • Portulaca grandiflora;
  • Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum);
  • Morning glory (Ipomoea stolonifera);
  • Witchweed (Striga senegalensis);
  • Cowpea (Vigna savi);
  • Heudelot’s Water Willow (Lepidagathis heudelothiana);
  • Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii);
  • Knight's Star (Hippeastrum equestre);
  • Silver morning glory (Argyreia nervosa);
  • Rattleweed (Crotalaria retusa);
  • Edible marshmallow (Hibiscus esculentus).

Catalogue numbers:

Yvert et Tellier 113//128 (n.b. short set, lacking YT 122, 124, 125 & 126