Editing French Equatorial Africa (section)

==Postage stamps==
[[File:Timbre Paul Crampel.jpg|right|thumb|A 1937 stamp of French Equatorial Africa depicting [[Paul Crampel]]]]
The [[postal administration]]s of the four territories were separate until 1936, each issuing its own stamps. In that year, stamps of Gabon and Middle Congo were overprinted <small>'''AFRIQUE / ÉQUATORIALE / FRANÇAISE'''</small>. A [[definitive series]] for the colony followed in 1937, featuring local scenes and key French figures in the formation of the colony, with various color and value changes each year through 1940.

The 1937 series was overprinted <small>'''AFRIQUE FRANÇAISE / LIBRE'''</small> or just <small>'''LIBRE'''</small> in 1940 by the Free French, and in 1941 they issued a series depicting a [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] rising from the flames.

A new definitive series, featuring local scenery and people, was issued in 1946, and another twenty-odd stamps came out during the 1950s, with the last being the omnibus Human Rights issue on 10 December 1958.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180713205458/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/africa/french-equatorial-africa/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.]</ref>