Sierra Leone SPECIMEN Stamp Republic of SL Victoria Era SIERRA LEONE SPECIMEN 5s

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SIERRA LEONE SPECIMEN STAMP
REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE
MINT NEVER HINGED (MNH)
5s or 5 Shillings
Era: Victoria (1837 - 1901)
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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