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Postage stamps and postal history of Biafra

Okay kiddo, so you know how you sometimes write letters to your friends and family, right? Well, before people could send emails, they had to send letters through something called a post office.

And when they sent these letters, they had to pay for something called postage. Postage is like a fee you pay to send something through the mail.

To pay for postage, people would buy something called a postage stamp. This is a little piece of paper that you stick on the envelope to show that you paid for the letter to be delivered.

Now, Biafra is a place in Africa that used to be its own country in the 1960s. And during that time, they had their own stamps too. Postal history of Biafra refers to the study of all the stamps and letters that were sent from Biafra during that time.

People who collect these stamps and study Biafra's postal history can learn a lot about the country during that time period. It's like a little puzzle they put together by looking at all the stamps and letters.

It's a really interesting hobby, and it can help us learn more about different places and times in history.