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Colonies: A to I - J to R - S to Z - Offices Abroad - Occupation
| A - I | ||||
| Colony | ID | First Issue | Sequence # | Notes / became |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afars & Issas | 692 | 21st August 1967 | 23c |
Djibouti |
| Alaouites | 548 | 1st January 1925 | 34b |
Syria |
| Alexandretta | 580 | 14th April 1938 | 34d |
Syria |
| Algeria | 545 | 8th May 1924 | 43 |
Comoro |
| Alsace & Lorraine | 162 | 10th September 1870 | n/a | German occupation |
| Anjouan | 282 | 1st November 1892 | 17 |
Comoro |
| Annam & Tonkin | 252 | 21st January 1888 | 12 |
Vietnam |
| Benin | 281 | September 1892 | 16 |
Dahomey |
| Cameroun | 518 | 1921 | 39 |
|
| Castellorizo | 511 | 20th June 1920 | 36 |
Greece |
| Chad | 529 | 28th November 1922 | 41 |
|
| Cilicia | 488 | 4th March 1919 | 33 |
Turkey |
| Cochin China | 243 | 16th May 1886 | 7 |
Indo China |
| Comoro Islands | 634 | 15th May 1950 | 46 |
|
| Dahomey | 341 | 1st January 1899 | 16a |
|
| Diego Suarez | 262 | 25th January 1890 | 25b |
Malagasy Republic |
| Djibouti (Somali Coast) | - | December 1893 | 23b |
Djibouti |
| French Colonies | 80 | 1st June 1859 | 2 |
general issue |
| French Congo | 269 | 24th March 1891 | 15 |
|
| French Equitorial Africa | 576 | 16th March 1936 | 44 |
|
| French Guiana | 246 | December 1886 | 10 |
|
| French Guinea | 283 | 1st November 1892 | 18 |
|
| French India | 284 | 1st November 1892 | 19 |
|
| French Morocco | 448 | 1st August 1914 | 30 |
|
| French Southern and Antartic Territories | 644 | 2nd November 1955 | 47 |
|
| French Sudan | 305 | 12th April 1894 | 24 | Mali |
| French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française) |
603 | 1st December 1944 | 45 |
|
| Gabon | 245 | 31st July 1886 | 9 |
|
| Grand Comoro | 330 | 1st November 1897 | 26 |
|
| Guadeloupe | 218 | 28th February 1884 | 5 |
|
| Indo-China | 258 | 8th January 1889 | 14 |
|
| Inini | 564 | 7th April 1932 | 10a |
French Guiana |
| Ivory Coast | 286 | 1st November 1892 | 21 |
|
| J - R | ||||
| Colony | ID | First Issue | Sequence # | Notes / became |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latakia | 563 | 1st July 1931 | 34c |
Syria |
| Lebanon | 543 | 1st January 1924 | 42 |
|
| Madagascar | 319 | 1896 | 25 |
Malagasy Republic |
| Martinique | 244 | 18th July 1886 | 8 |
|
| Mauritania | 391 | 1st January 1906 | 27 |
|
| Mayotte | 287 | 1st November 1892 | 22 |
|
| Memel | 513 | 1st August 1920 | 37 |
Lithuania |
| Middle Congo | 397 | 1907 | 15a |
|
| Moheli | 392 | 1st January 1906 | 28 |
Comoro |
| New Caledonia | 83 | 4th August 1859 | 3 |
|
| New Hebrides | 405 | 21st November 1908 | 29 |
Vanuatu |
| Niger Territory | 523 | 1st December 1921 | 40 |
|
| Nossi-Be | 260 | 1st June 1889 | 25a |
Malagasy Republic |
| Obock | 275 | 1st February 1892 | 23a |
Djibouti |
| Oceania (French Polynesia) | 285 | 1st November 1892 | 20 |
French Polynesia |
| Réunion | 37 | 16th January 1852 | 1 |
|
| Rouad, Ile | 460 | 12th January 1916 | 34a |
Syria |
| S - Z | ||||
| Colony | ID | First Issue | Sequence # | Notes / became |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ste-Marie de Madagascar | 304 | 1st April 1894 | 25c |
Malagasy Republic |
| St Pierre & Miquelon | 226 | 5th January 1885 | 6 |
|
| Senegal | 249 | 1st January 1887 | 11 |
|
| Senegambia & Niger | 384 | July 1903 | 24a |
|
| Somali Coast | 299 | August 1902 | 23 |
Djibouti |
| Syria | 499 | 21st November 1919 | 34 |
|
| Tahiti | 212 | 9th June 1882 | 4 |
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| Togo | 449 | 17th September 1914 | 31 |
|
| Tunisia | 254 | 1st July 1888 | 13 |
|
| Ubangi-Shari (-Chad) | 455 | 1st January 1915 | 32 | Central African Republic |
| Upper Senegal & Niger | 393 | 1st January 1906 | 24b |
|
| Upper Volta | 517 | December 1920 | 38 |
Burkina Faso |
| Wallis & Futuna Is. | 508 | 1st May 1920 | 35 |
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| French Offices Abroad | ||||
| Country | ID | First Issue | Sequence # | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 302 | 1st January 1894 | 4 | |
| Crete | 371 | October 1902 | 8 | |
| Egypt | 342, 343 | 1st January 1899 | 6, 7 | |
| Ethiopia | 390a | 1906 | 9 | |
| Madagascar | 259 | 1st March 1889 | 2 | |
| Morocco | 268 | 1st January 1891 | 3 | |
| Tangier | 469 | 1st April 1918 | 10 | |
| Turkish Empire | 233 etc. | 5th August 1885 | 1 | |
| Zanzibar | 303 | 1894 | 5 | |
| French Occupation Issues | ||||
| Country | ID | First Issue | Sequence # | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castellorizo | see Fr Colonies above | |||
| German Cameroun | 458 | 1915 | 1 | |
| Hungary, Arad | - | 1919 | 2 | |
| Memel | see Fr Colonies above | |||
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