COMPENDIUM OF NIGERIA POSTAGE STAMPS -1914 -2014

The Compendium of Nigerian postage stamps 1914 -2014 presents a trajectory of Nigerian history and an overview of all postage stamps issued by Nigeria within the first century of her existences as a country.

NIGERIA; a country in West African sub-region and the most populous black nation in the world, has over the years, used postage stamps to project her image and identity at national, regional and global levels.

These cover such areas as; History Environment, Economy, Politics, Diplomacy, Sports, People’s diversities etc.

The book foster a literary expression of inherent values of postage stamps and how Nigeria was a able to utilize those values for Communication, Education and record purpose from the time of her creation in 1914 to year 2014 which marked her centennial anniversary.

 The book is a landmark publication which describes Nigeria’s Historical developments, Heritage and Cultural Values, Artistic, Technological, Economic and Political contributions, her aspirations and challenges as depicted by postage stamps within the years in focus.

This is the first time a book will tell the true story of Nigeria from philatelic angle where historians, researchers, Philatelists, Artists, individual knowledge seekers among others shall find very educative, informative and entertaining stories about Nigeria.