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Wallis & Futuna Is.
1st May 1920
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| #1 | xxx |
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| SG1-17 |
| Description | Scott † | SG | Mi | Y&T | ||
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| New Caledonia overprints | ||||||
| 1 centime black, green | 1 | 1 | ||||
| other values 2c to 75c | 2-24 | 2-17 | ||||
† Scott's initial listing covers 1920-28, while Gibbons is restricted just to 1920.
The Wallis and Futuna Islands, north-east of Fiji, were discovered by Captain Wallis in HMS Dolphin in 1767. They became a French protectorate in 1888 and were administered by New Caledonia, but issued their own stamps from 1920 and continue to do so. In 1961 the islands became a French Overseas Territory.