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Tunisia
1st July 1888
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Africa | 6 |  |
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| #1 | xxx |
perf 14x13½, no wmk, typo
Printed at the Govt. Print Works, Paris
| Description | Scott | SG | Mi | Y&T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 centime black / blue | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2c purple-brown / buff | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 5c green / greenish | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 15c blue / greyish | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 25c black / rose | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 40c red / straw | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 75c carmine / rose | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 5 francs grey-violet / greyish | 8 | 8 |
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Sovereign State † |
Republic |
| 1956 Sc271 SG406 | 1957 Sc312 SG453 |
At the Congress of Berlin in 1878, Britain agreed to allow "France a free hand" [1] in Tunisia in exchange for the British administration of Cyprus. Tunisia became a sovereign state in 1956 and a republic in 1957.
† Scott [2] and Gibbons [1] differ on the first stamps of the Sovereign State and of the Republic. Scott's choices are shown.