Gabon first had its own stamps as a French colony in 1886. During this person the only identified people to appear on Gabonese stamps were Count Savorgnan de Brazza who first appeared on a postage due stamp of 1930, then on a regular issue stamp in 1932, and his aide Chief Makoko of the Bateke who also appeared on the 1930 postage dues.
The people listed below have featured on Gabonese stamps since independence. The number following the name shows the year in which that person was first featured.
Interior peoples sent undesirables from their own societies and captives from warfare down the waterways to the coast where they were collected in barracoons (temporary enclosures) to await the arrival of European ships.
The left stamp was in 2000 and the puppy in the middle was issued in 1999.
Stamp (left) is a lovely portrayal of a proud mother and her offspring issued by Touva in 1999.
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