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Sierra Leone Specimen Stamp Republic of SL George V Era SIERRA LEONE SPECIMEN 5d

$ 6.85

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Quality: Mint Never Hinged/MNH
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Regional Status: Colony
  • Color: Purple & Red
  • Type: Specimen Stamp
  • Modified Item: No
  • Denomination: 5d
  • Era: George V (1910-1936)
  • Topic: Monarch George V
  • Currency: Pre-Decimal
  • Place of Origin: Sierra Leone (1808-1961)
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

    Description

    SIERRA LEONE SPECIMEN STAMP
    REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE
    MINT NEVER HINGED (MNH)
    5d or 5 Pence or 5 Pennies
    Era: George V (1910 - 1936)
    COUNTRY ON THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF WEST AFRICA
    Sierra Leone,
    officially the
    Republic of Sierra Leone
    , informally
    Salone
    ,
    [9]
    is a country on the southwest coast of
    West Africa
    . It is bordered by
    Liberia
    to the southeast and
    Guinea
    to the northeast. Sierra Leone has a
    tropical climate
    with a diverse environment ranging from
    savanna
    to
    rainforests
    , a total area of 71,740 km
    2
    (27,699 sq mi)
    [10]
    and a population of 7,092,113 as of the 2015 census.
    [11]
    The capital and largest city is
    Freetown
    . The country is divided into five administrative regions which are subdivided into
    sixteen districts
    .
    [12]
    [13]
    Sierra Leone is a
    Constitutional Republic
    with a
    unicameral parliament
    , and a
    directly elected
    president. Sierra Leone is a
    Muslim
    majority country at approximately 76%, though with a political influential
    Christian
    minority at about 23%. Muslims and Christians interact very well together and
    religious violence
    is extremely rare in the country
    Sierra Leone achieved independence from the
    United Kingdom
    on 27 April 1961, lead by
    Sir
    Milton Margai
    who became the country's first Prime Minister. Sierra Leone held its first general election as an independent nation on May 27, 1962.
    Siaka Stevens
    was democratically elected Prime Minister in 1967, however, he was shortly ousted by the military, when Stevens assumed power again in 1968, he increasingly became authoritarian during his rule from 1968 to 1985, when critics of his government were suppressed. Many senior military officers that he saw as threat to his presidency were arrested, and were executed after their
    conviction
    of several alleged coup plot. From 1978 to 1985, Stevens’ APC party was the only legal political party in Sierra Leone, and all other political parties in the country were banned.
    The multiparty democratic
    constitution of Sierra Leone
    was again adopted in 1991 by President
    Joseph Saudu Momoh
    , Stevens" hand-picked choice. From March 23, 1991 to 2002, a group of former Sierra Leone soldiers led by former Army
    Corporal
    Foday Sankoh
    , launched a brutal civil war in a fail attempt to overthrow the Sierra Leone Government. On April 29, 1992 a group of junior
    soldiers
    in the country's Army led by a 25-year-old
    Captain
    Valentine Strasser
    overthrew President Momoh and ended the APC's 24-year rule over Sierra Leone. From 1992 to 1996, the Military government, headed by Strasser, ruled Sierra Leone.
    Sierra Leone returned to a democratically elected government when the
    military Junta
    under
    Brigadier
    Julius Maada Bio
    handed the presidency to
    Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
    of the
    Sierra Leone People's Party
    (SLPP) after his victory in the 1996 election. However, the Sierra Leone military overthrew President Kabbah in a coup on May 25, 1997, A coalition of West African
    ECOWAS
    armed forces led by
    Nigeria
    reinstated President Kabbah in February 1998. In January 2002, President Kabbah officially announced the end of the civil war. Sierra Leone has uninterrupted democratic government from 1998 to the present day.
    Sixteen ethnic groups inhabit Sierra Leone, the two largest and most influential being the
    Temne
    and
    Mende
    peoples. About 2% of the country's population are
    Krio
    , descendants of freed
    African American
    and
    West Indian
    slaves. English is the official language used in schools and government administration; however,
    Krio
    is the most widely spoken language across Sierra Leone, spoken by 97% of the country's population. Sierra Leone very rich in natural resources, especially diamond,gold and aluminum. The ciuntry is a member of the
    United Nations
    ,
    African Union
    ,
    Economic Community of West African States
    (ECOWAS),
    Mano River Union
    ,
    Commonwealth of Nations
    ,
    African Development Bank
    , and
    Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
    .
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