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Spanish Sahara Petroleum Oil Exploration and Tribal Man on Cemal stamp 1963 MLH

Spanish Sahara Petroleum Oil Exploration and Tribal Man on Cemal stamp 1963 MLH

$ 3.16

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Topic: Oil
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Quality: Lightly Hinged
  • Certification: Genuine
  • Grade: VF (Very Fine)
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    Good rare stamps.
    Spanish Sahara
    officially the Overseas Province of the Spanish Sahara, was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was occupied and ruled as a territory by Spain between 1884 and 1975. It had been one of the most recent acquisitions of the Spanish Empire, as well as one of its last remaining holdings, which had once extended from the Americas to the Philippines and East Asia. Spain gave up its Saharan possession following Moroccan demands and international pressure, mainly from United Nations resolutions regarding decolonisation. There was internal pressure from the native Sahrawi population and the claims of Morocco. Mauritania also claimed the territory for a number of years based on its history, and then dropped all claims. In 1975 Morocco occupied much of the territory, but the Polisario Front, promoting sovereignty of an independent Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), fought a guerrilla resistance for 16 years against Morocco. In 1991 the UN negotiated a ceasefire, and has tried to arrange negotiations and a referendum to let the population vote on its future. Morocco controls the entire Atlantic coast and most of the landmass, population, and natural resources of Western Sahara.