(Stamps issued for all French colonies)
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General issues for the French colonies, (click here for more details of the 1859-1877 issues or French colonies, general 1881 issue); examples:
(Stamps issued for all French colonies)
(Stamps for the French colonies, similar to French stamps, but
imperforate)
French colonies, general 1881 issue
Besides the general issues for the French colonies (1859 to about 1890), the following French Colonies issued seperate stamps:
AFARS & ISSAS (previously Somali Coast) issued stamps in 1967, falls outside the scope of this catalogue.
AFRIQUE ÉQUATORIALE FRANÇAISE (French Equatorial Africa)
AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE (French West Africa)
ALAOUITES (click here)
ALEXANDRIE (or Alexandria, Egypt)
ALGERIE (or Algeria)
ANJOUAN (click here)
ANNAM ET TONKIN (Annam and Tonkin)
BENIN (click here)
CAMEROUN (or Cameroons)
CANTON (Click here)
CASTELLORIZO (French occupation)
CAVALLE (Click here)
CHINE (French Post in China)
CILICIE (Click here)
COCHINCHINE (or Cochin-China)
COMORES (or Comore Islands)
CONGO (or French Congo)
COTE D'IVOIRE (or Ivory Coast)
COTE FRANCAISE DES SOMALIS (or French Somali Coast)
DAHOMEY (Click here)
DIEGO SUAREZ (Click here)
FEZZAN (issued its first stamps in 1946? Falls outside the scope of this catalogue)
GABON (Click here)
GHADAMES (issued its first stamps in 1949? Falls outside the scope of this catalogue)
GRANDE COMORE (or Great Comoro)
GRAND LIBAN (Lebanon, issued stamps from 1924 onwards. Falls outside the scope of this catalogue)
GUADELOUPE (Click here)
GUINEE (or French Guinea)
GUYANE (or French Guyana)
HAUT SENEGAL ET NIGER (or Upper Senegal - Niger)
HAUTE VOLTA (or Upper Volta)
HOI-HAO (Click here)
INDE (or French India)
INDOCHINE (or French Indo China)
ININI (Click here)
KOUANG-TCHEOU (WAN) (Click here)
LAOS (formerly part of French Indo China)
LEVANT (French Levant)
MADAGASCAR (Click here)
MALI (formerly French Sudan)
MAROC (French Morocco, local issues are listed in Cd 2)
MARTINIQUE (Click here)
MAURITANIE (or Mauritania)
MAYOTTE (Click here)
MOHELI (Click here)
MONG-TZEU (French Indo China)
NIGER (Click here)
NOSSI-BE (Click here)
NOUVELLE CALEDONIE (or New Caledonia)
NOUVELLES HEBRIDES (or New Hebrides)
OBOCK (Click here)
OCEANIE (or French Oceanic Settlements)
OUBANGUI (or Ubangi-Chari-Tchad)
PAKHOI (French Indo China)
POLYNESIE (previously Tahiti and French Oceanic Settlements)
PORT-LAGOS (Click here)
PORT-SAID (Click here)
REUNION (Click here)
SAINTE MARIE DE MADAGASCAR (St Marie de Madagascar)
SAINT PIERRE ET MIQUELON (St Pierre and Miquelon)
SENEGAL (Click here)
SENEGAMBIE ET NIGER (or Senegambia and Niger)
SOUDAN (or French Sudan)
SYRIE (or Syria)
TAHITI (Click here)
TCHAD (Ubangi-Chari-Tchad)
TCHONG-KING (French Indo China)
TOGO (Click here)
TUNISIE (or Tunesia)
VIETNAM (formerly par of French Indo China)
WALLIS ET FUTUNA (or Wallis and Futuna)
YUNNANFOU, YUNNANSEN (French Indo China)
ZANZIBAR (French Post offices in Zanzibar)
Many stamps of the French Colonies were made in the following so called 'Tablet design' or 'Navigation and Commerce', click here for more information:
In 1943 and 1944 some stamps to be used in all French colonies were issued. I haven't seen them in used condition.
1.50 + 98.50 blue and grey
9.00 + 41.00 F lilac
0.50 F + 4.50 F green 1.50 F + 8.50 F lilac 3 F + 12 F blue 5 F + 15 F brown
10 F + 40 F blue
10 F + 40 F grey
Reduced sizes
These stamps were issued for Cameroons, Dahomey, French Guinea, French Guyana, French India, French Indochina, French Oceanic Settlements, French Somalicoast, French Sudan, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Ivory Coast, Martinique, Mauritania, New Caledonia, Niger, Reunion, Senegal, St.Pierre and Miquelon, Tchad, Togo, Ubangi-Chari, Upper Volta, Wallis and Futuna.
Reduced sizes
Six values were issued. Also an imperforate minisheet with inscription above and below the stamp: 'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE ARTS ET TECHNIQUES 1937'. These stamps were issued for Cameroons, Dahomey, French Equatorial Africa, French Guinea, French Guyana, French India, French Indochina, French Oceanic Settlements, French Somalicoast, French Sudan, Guadeloupe, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Martinique, Mauritania, New Caledonia and dependencies, Niger, Reunion, Senegal, St.Pierre and Miquelon, Togo.
This stamp was issued for Cameroons, Dahomey, French Equatorial Africa, French Guinea, French Guyana, French India, French Indochina, French Oceanic Settlements, French Somalicoast, French Soudan, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mauritania, New Caledonia and dependancies, Niger, Reunion, St.Pierre and Miquelon, Togo.
Three stamps were issued for the following colonies: Dahomey, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Senegal, Togo.
Two stamps were issued for the following colonies (one stamp in red, the other in blue): Cameroons, Dahomey, French Equatorial Africa, French Guyana, French Guinea, French India, French Indochina, French Oceanic Settlements, French Somalicoast, French Soudan, Guadeloupe, Inini, Ivory Coast, Kouang-Tcheou, Madagascar, Martinique, Mauritania, New Caledonia, Niger, Reunion, Senegal, St.Pierre and Miquelon, Togo, Wallis and Futuna.
Issued for Cameroons, Dahomey, French Guinea, French Guyana, French India, French Indochina, French Oceanic Settlements, French Somali Coast, French Sudan, Guadeloupe, Inini, Kouang-Tcheou, Madagascar, Mauritania, Niger, Reunion, St.Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna.
The different colonies issued different designs for two of the
three values issued.
This design was used for all the French Colonies listed below
In the above or similar designs the following colonies issued these stamps: Cameroons, Dahomey, French Equatorial Africa, French Guinea, French Guyana, French Soudan, Guadeloupe, Inini, Ivory Coast, Kouang-Tcheou, Mauritania, Martinique, New Caledonia, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Wallis and Futuna. The designs are different for all colonies, except for one value, which is identical for all colonies (see image above). The issue for Reunion was prepared, but not issued.
This stamp was issued for the following colonies: Cameroons, Djibouti, French Equatorial Africa, French Guyana, French India, French Oceanic Settlements (Oceanie), French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Francaise), Guadeloupe, Madagascar, Martinique, New Caledonia, Reunion, St.Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna.
Two stamps were issued for each of the following colonies: Cameroons, French Equatorial Africa, French Guyana, French India, French Oceanic Settlements, French Somalicoast, French West Africa, Madagascar, Martinique, New Caledonia and depenancies, Reunion and St.Pierre and Miquelon. Félix Adolphe Éboué was a leader of the Free French movement.
One stamp was issued for each of the following colonies: Cameroons, French Equatorial Africa, French India, French Somalicoast, French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Francaise), French Oceanic Settlements, Madagascar and dependencies, New Caledonia, St.Pierre and Miquelon and Togo.
One stamp was issued for the following colonies: Cameroons, Comores, French Equatorial Africa, French Oceanic Settlements, French settlements in India, French Somalicoast, French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française), Madagascar, New Caledonia and depenancies, St.Pierre and Miquelon, French Somali Coast, Togo, Wallis & Futuna.
Six values were issued in the above design for Dahomey, French Guinea, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Niger, French Sudan and Togo.
Five values were issued in the first design (50 c, 1 F, 2 F, 3 F and 5 F) and three in the second design (10 F, 20 F and 50 F) for the following colonies: for Dahomey, French Guinea, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, Sudan and Togo.
This design was issued for Cameroons, Djibouti, French Equatorial Africa, French Guyana, French India, French Oceanic Settlements, French West Africa, Guadeloupe, Madagascar, Martinique, New Caledonia, Reunion, St.Pierre and Miquelon.
This design was issued for Cameroons, French Equatorial Africa, French Guyana, French India, French Indochina, French Somalicoast, French West Africa, Guadeloupe, Madagascar, Martinique, New Caledonia, Reunion.
Six values were issued (depicting battles in Tchad, Koufra, Mareth, Normandie, Paris and Strasbourg) for the following colonies: Cameroons, French Equatorial Africa, French Guyana, French India, French Oceanic Settlements, French Somalicoast, French West Africa, Guadeloupe, Indochina, Madagascar, Martinique, New Caledonia, Reunion, St.Pierre and Miquelon, .
One stamp was issued for each of the following colonies: Cameroons, French Equatorial Africa, French India, French Indochina, French Oceanic Settlements, French Somalicoast, French West Africa, Madagascar, New Caledonia, St.Pierre and Miquelon, Togo, Wallis and Futuna. The stamp shows people from Africa, Asia and Oceania with a globe and an aeroplane in the center.