French East Africa [1851–1977] Africa • Eastern Africa


Timeline of stamp issuing entities of French East Africa and connected areas

Réunion [French colony] 1851–1946
Nossi-bé [French Madagascar dependency] 1889–1894
Madagascar [French Offices] 1889–1895
Diego Suerez [French Madagascar dependency] 1890–1894
Obock [Djibouti, French administration] 1892–1894
Anjouan [French Madagascar dependency] 1892–1900
Mayotte [French colony] 1892–1900
French Somali Coast 1893–1967
Sainte-Marie [French Madagascar dependency] 1894
Madagascar [French protectorate] 1895–1896
Madagascar [French colony] 1896–1957
Great Comores [French Madagascar dependency] 1897–1907
Moheli [French Madagascar dependency] 1906
Réunion 1946–1974
French Comoros 1950–1975
Madagascar 1957–today
French Territory of the Afars and Issas 1967–1977
Comoros 1975–today
Djibouti 1977–today
Mayotte 1997–today
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Stamp issuing entities of French East Africa and connected areas

Name Issued
stamps 		Bird
stamps
1851–1946 Réunion [French colony]

Réunion became a département d’outre-mer (overseas départment) of France on 19 March 1946.

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1889–1894 Nossi-bé [French Madagascar dependency] ≈ 50
1889–1895 Madagascar [French Offices] ≈
1890–1894 Diego Suerez [French Madagascar dependency] ≈ 60
1892–1894 Obock [Djibouti, French administration] ≈ 70
1892–1900 Anjouan [French Madagascar dependency] ≈ 20
1892–1900 Mayotte [French colony] ≈ 20
1893–1967 French Somali Coast ≈ 400 ≈ 6
1894 Sainte-Marie [French Madagascar dependency] ≈ 10
1895–1896 Madagascar [French protectorate] ≈
1896–1957 Madagascar [French colony]

Madagascar became a French colony in mid- 1896.

 ≈ 500
1897–1907 Great Comores [French Madagascar dependency] ≈ 20
1906 Moheli [French Madagascar dependency] ≈ 20
1946–1974 Réunion
→ see under French Overseas Territories 		≈ 600 ≈ 1
1950–1975 French Comoros ≈ 200
1957–today Madagascar
→ see under Madagascar 		≈ 2 Thousand ≈ 62
1967–1977 French Territory of the Afars and Issas ≈ 200 ≈ 20
1975–today Comoros
→ see under Comoros 		≈ 3 Thousand ≈ 258
1977–today Djibouti
→ see under Djibouti 		≈ 600 ≈ 40
1997–today Mayotte
→ see under French Overseas Territories 		≈ 200 ≈ 12

About French East Africa

French possessions and colonies in East Africa.

Bibliography

  • Adrian Keppel, “Added spice,“ Stamp Magazine, November 2016: 55.
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