Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso 10F

• The stamp doesn’t say "Burkina Faso". It shows the old name of the country – Republique de Haute Volta.
• The old name was derived from the higher (haute) part of the river Volta. The river then flows south to another country – can you tell which one? (Look at the stamps from the other African countries..
• Elephants used to roam freely in Burkina Faso long ago, but you probably wouldn’t see one if you went there today.

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Burkina Faso 50F 1985
Burkina Faso’s railway runs from the capital city, Ouagadougou, all the way to the coast, the Côte d’Ivoire. But this is not a Burkina Faso train – this stamp is celebrating world railways. How do we know this? Have a guess, then look at the answer.

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Burkina Faso’s railway is not electrified, so this train could not run there. Also, that’s not the river Volta in the background – it looks much more like a part of Europe.