This week I conclude this thematic series about philatelic items related to Malaria and to the 1962 WHO Campaign, "The World United Against Malaria", where sixty years have elapsed since that event. For the finale I will feature stamps and covers related to the Africa region.
According to WHO data, in 2020 Africa accounted for about 95% of malaria cases and 96% of deaths in the world. Deaths due to malaria among under five children were 80% of the global totals . Four countries in the AFRO region accounted for more than fifty percent of the fatalities; Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Mozambique.
Here we have five stamps issued by Francophone countries which are of similar design all issued for the 1962 WHO Campaign. These include; Republic of Dahomey (Benin), Republic of Malagasy (Madagascar), Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Republic of Niger and the Republic of Senegal. All five stamps are semi-postal issues with the surcharges meant for the national campaigns. The designs are all the standard WHO logo.
Here is another semi-postal stamp from the Central African Republic which is similar to the five above and has the same WHO logo.
From Dahomey here is a First Day Cover (FDC) with the standard stamp indicated above. The two circular post marks indicate it was issued from Cotonou on 7 April 1962, which was World Health Day. The cachet shows the map of Africa covered by a mosquito and the inscription, "Le Monde Uni Contre le Paludisme").
The Kingdom of Burundi issued these two stamps for the WHO Campaign on 10 December 1962, virtually at the end of the campaign year. The stamps show the map of Burundi with the WHO logo over them and the photo of King Mwami Muambutsa IV. They were issued as part of the celebration of the country's independence on 1 July 1962. The post mark is inscribed with "Burundi", and not the city or town from which the stamp was issued (most probably the capital Bujumbura). The cachet shows the map of the world with the WHO logo over it.
This stamp from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania was not issued specifically for the WHO Campaign..but was over-printed with the WHO logo as the country's participation in the WHO Campaign. The air mail stamp is part of a set that showed various fauna of the country, in this case a rose flamingo.
The country with the largest number of malaria cases and deaths in Africa was Nigeria.Here we have a four stamp set issued in 1962 for the WHO Campaign. Each stamp has a different variation of the WHO logo and represents a separate anti-malaria action; the first shows the mosquito eggs as seen under a microscope; the second shows a person spraying insecticides ; the third a technician and a lab beaker with a microscpe; and the fourth an airplane spraying against malaria.
Another four stamp set for the WHO Campaign is from the Republic of Togo. Also issued in 1962 the four stamps all have the same design with a mosquito being "targetted" by five beams and the WHO logo on the side.
The Republic of Congo issued this attractive three stamp set for the 1962 WHO Campaign. The post-marks are faint but appear to show that these stamps were mailed from Leopoldville.The designs are similar on all three and show another variation on the standard WHO logo.
From the Repubic of Guinea we have this Souvenir Sheet isued for the WHO Campaign in 1962. It is an air mail stamp and shows the WHO logo next to a mosquito.The national emblem is printed on top of the sheet.
Another three stamp set was issued by Ethiopia for the 1962 WHO Campaign. The design is an oval with the map of the world and a mosquito on it. The top left shows the WHO logo and the right shows the effigy of the Emperor Haile Selassie.
The final item this week is a stamp issued by the Republic of Rwanda in 1970. This was not for the WHO Campaign but was to commemorate the 150 year anniversary of the discovery of quinine by two French researchers, Pierre Joseph Pelletier and Joseph Bienaime Caventou, as a drug to combat malaria. They first isolated quinine from the bark of a tree in the genus Cinchona (probably Cinchona pubescens) and named the substance.The design is a stylized mosquito painted by J.Van Noten in 1970.
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