Benin is an African country located on the coast of the Gulf of Benin, bordering Togo, Nigeria, Niger and Burkina Faso. Modern history dates from 1960, when the French colony became the Republic of Dahomey, which was renamed the Republic of Benin
in 1975.From the colonial period you can get stamps of the French colony of Haute Nova, Dahomey. Later, the first stamps of the independent Republic of Dahomey.