My brother spent 22 yrs in the Fleet Air Arm on board many of WWII aircraft carriers and on several wartime land bases. One of these was Ceylon which is now Sri Lanka.
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| Ceylon - 1951 |
Not exactly an aircraft carrier is it?
Czechoslovakia as the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was under Russian control from 1948 - 1990. In 1993 the country was split into the Czechoslovakia Republic and Slovakia.
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| Czechoslovakia - 25 September 1967 |
I have no stamps from Slovakia but some from the Czech Republic.
A Belgian Colony in Africa, the Belgian Congo adopted its present name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1964.
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| Belgian Congo - 1952/1953 |
For other countries whose names now do not exist start with Southern Rhodesia at Crowns on Sunday Stamps
3 comments:
Beautiful stamps as usual. I always associate "Ceylon" with "tea".
The boat ride looks idyllic but perhaps a aircraft carrier would have more of the home comforts. Nice name changing stamps.
Countries in Africa always comes first to mind when thinking of name changes. Ceylon to Sri Lanka sounds to me the least cumbersome name change.
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