Postage stamps and postal history of Burkina Faso Postage stamps and postal history of Burkina Faso This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Burkina Faso, known as Upper Volta until July 1984. The story of the posts in Burkina Faso begins in the 1890s, with French penetration into the area and the establishment of military posts. Prior to the creation of French Upper Volta in 1919, postal service in the area was administered by Senegambia and Niger and then Upper Senegal and Niger. Upper Volta's first stamps were issues of Upper Senegal and Niger overprinted "HAUTE-VOLTE", appearing in 1920. Overprints and surcharges continued
Conan: Hall of Volta Conan: Hall of Volta Conan: Hall of Volta is a 1984 action-platform computer game, designed by Eric Robinson and Eric Parker, and published by Datasoft. It is based on the character Conan created by Robert E. Howard. Released in 1984, the game's launch coincided with the debut of the sequel to the 1984 feature film "Conan the Destroyer". The game's box featured a painting of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the muscle-bound warrior with his new costume for "Destroyer". Despite this attempted tie-in, the game has little to do with the movie series except that it features the Cimmerian in the title