61. Congo
Republic of the Congo, a former French colony known as
Middle Congo or
French Congo, and now often know simply as
The Congo. The Republic of the Congo is a country in central Africa bordered by
Gabon,
Cameroon, the
Central African Republic, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo(formerly known as
Zaire), the
Angolan exclave province of
Cabinda, and the
Gulf of Guinea.
62. Curacao
Curaçao (
/ˈkʊərəsaʊ/; Dutch: Curaçao, [kyrɑˈsɔu̯];[2] Papiamentu: Kòrsou) is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. TheCountry of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao,[3] Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou[4]), which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"), is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its capital is Willemstad.
63. Cyprus
The country's postal history is intricately linked to the island's political past. Postal services existed during the Venetian and Ottoman periods of occupation however the first printed postage stamps appeared after the start of the British occupation in 1878. The first postage stamps issued were identical to the same stmaps issued in Britain but overprinted with CYPRUS. Later issues of stamps included local themes with the British monarch's depiction in the upper corners.
64. Cyreineca
Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya and also an ex-province or state ("muhafazah" or "wilayah") of the country (alongside Tripolitania andFezzan) in the pre-1963 administrative system. What used to be Cyrenaica in the old system is now divided up into several "shabiyat" (see administrative divisions in Libya). In addition to the coastal region, i.e. historical Cyrenaica, the former province, during the Kingdom and the Italian era extended to the south to include the entire eastern section of the country.
65. Ceska Republik
The first stamps of the Czech Republic were issued on 20 January 1993 after the former Czechoslovakia was split into the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic from 1 January 1993. Before then, stamps of the Czechoslovak Republic were in use and were still valid until 30 September 1993. Stamps of the Czech Republic are marked Česká republika.[1]
66. Ceskolovensko
Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992. From 1939 to 1945 the state did not have de facto existence, due to its forced division and partial incorporation into Nazi Germany, but theCzechoslovak government-in-exile nevertheless continued to exist during this time period. On 1 January 1993 Czechoslovakia peacefully split into theCzech Republic and Slovakia.
67. Cote d'ivore
Cota d'ivore or the Ivory Coast, is a country in
West Africa established as a French colony in 1893, and becoming independent in 1960.The French established trading posts during several time periods, but the first post office,
San Pédro, dates from 1847, with
Grand Bassam,
Jacqueville, and
Assinie getting offices in 1890.
[1] The first use of
postage stamps was at Assinie from 1862, where the
French Colonies general issues were available. The
cancellation was an "ASI" in a lozenge of dots. The colony received its own stamps in November 1892, just a few months prior to formal establishment.
68. Dahomey
Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independentRepublic of Dahomey existed from 1960 to 1975. In 1975, the country was re-named "The People's Republic of Benin" after the Bight of Benin (not the unrelated historical Kingdom of Benin) since "Benin," unlike "Dahomey," was deemed politically neutral for all ethnic groups in the state.[2]
69. Djibouti
70/.Dominica
71. Republica Dominicana
The Dominican Republic became independent from Spain in 1865 and produced its own stamps from that date. [1]
72. Dubai
Dubai (Arabic: دبيّ Dubeii; IPA: [du'beii]; English pronunciation: /duːˈbaɪ/ doo-by) is a city which is the seat of one of seven emirates, also sharing the name, of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi.[4] Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's legislature.[5] Dubai City is located on the emirate's northern coastline.
73. Ecuador
cuador (
i/ˈɛkwədɔr/), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador; pronounced [reˈpuβlika ðel ekwaˈðor], which literally translates to the Republic of the Equator) is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border withBrazil. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland.
74. Egypt
Carlo Meratti, an Italian, set up the first postal system in Egypt in 1821. This was a private enterprise which in 1842 was named
"POSTA EUROPEA". The Egyptian Government, in 1857, sanctioned it to carry on all inland postal services. This concession was purchased by the Egyptian Government and on 1 January 1865 it took control of this service. This service was renamed to
"POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIAN".
[2][3] First Egyptian stamps were issued on 1 January 1866. Egypt joined the
UPU in 1875.
75. El Salvador
El Salvador became independent from Spain in 1838. It has produced its own stamps since 1867. [1]
76. Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, formerly known as Spanish Guinea. The first stamps of Spanish Guinea were issued in 1902.[1]
77. Eritrea
Eritrea is a country in the North East of Africa. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The east and northeast of the country have an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea. Its size is just under 118,000 km2 (45,560 sq mi) with an estimated population of 5 million.
78. Estonia
79. Ethiopia
As part of the 1867-8 invasion that culminated in the Battle of Magdala, the British established a field post office at Massawa (then a port of Ethiopia) in November 1867, using stamps of British India. The territory of Harar was taken by Egypt in 1875, and in the following year a post office was established; letters from there used Egyptian stamps canceled with a maltese cross.
80. Falkland Islands
Early mail service depended on occasional calls by ships connecting to the Brazil packet via Montevideo; the earliest recorded letter dates from 28 January 1827. From 1852 to 1880 a schooner (either a government boat or a contractor) called about every two months. In October 1877, the Secretary of State of the Colonial Office, the Earl of Carnarvon began the process of application for the Falkland Islands to join theGeneral Postal Union (renamed Universal Postal Union in 1879).
81. Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation (CAF), was a semi-independent state in southern
Africa that existed from 1953 to the end of 1963.The state comprised the former self-governing (since 1923) Colony of
Southern Rhodesia and the
British protectorates of
Northern Rhodesia, and
Nyasaland. The Federation officially ended on 31 December 1963, when Northern Rhodesia gained independence from the United Kingdom as the new nation of
Zambia and Nyasaland gained independence as the new nation of
Malawi. Southern Rhodesia then became known as
Rhodesia and is now
Zimbabwe.
82. Fezzan and Ghadames
Fezzan and Ghadames, both now part of Libya. Fezzan is a south-western region of modern Libya. It is largely
desert but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys (
wadis) in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise inhospitable
Sahara.
83. Fiji
Fiji is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about 2,000km northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is a former british colony.
84. Finland
In the war of 1808-1809, Russian troops conquered Finland. The country had formerly belonged to Sweden and was annexed to the Russian empire at the Peace Treaty of Hamina on September 17th, 1809. Finland became an autonomous Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire. The Russian Tsar Alexander I(1801-1825) promised that Finland could uphold the existing religion, the basic laws and privileges of the social order.
85. Fiume
86. France
The first stamps of France were issued on 1 January 1849[1]87. French Indo-Chine
French Indochina (French: Indochine française; Vietnamese: Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, pronounced [ɗoŋm zɰəŋ tʰuə̀k fǎp], frequently abbreviated to Đông Pháp) was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin (North), Annam(Central), and Cochinchina (South), as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887.
88. Congo
French Congo was the original French colony established in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic. It began in 1880 as a protectorate, and its borders with Cabinda, Cameroons, and the Congo Free State were established by treaties over the next decade.
89. African Equatorial Francaise
French Equatorial Africa (French: Afrique équatoriale française) or the AEF was the federation of French colonial possessions in Middle Africa, extending northwards from the Congo River to the Sahara Desert.
90. Guyane Francaise
French Guiana (French: Guyane française, IPA: [ɡɥijan fʁɑ̃sɛz]; officially just Guyane) is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department (French: département d'outre-mer, or DOM) located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazilto the east and south, and Suriname to the west.
91. African Occidentale Francaise
92. Polynese Francaise
Polynese Francaise formerly known as the French Oceanic Settlements.[1]
93. St. Pierre Mcquelon
94.
Afrique Occidentale Francaise - Senegal
95. Fujeira
Fujairah (Arabic: الفجيرة Al Fuǧaira) is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, and the only one on the Gulf of Oman in the country's east instead of Persian Gulf (the other six emirates).
96. Nouvelle Caledonie
New Caledonia[4] (French: officially: Nouvelle-Calédonie; colloquially: (la) Calédonie; popular nickname: (le) Caillou), is a special collectivity of France. It is located in the subregion of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific.
97. Soudan Francaise
(Soudan Francais) was established in the late nineteenth century and occupied roughly the same territory as modern Mali.[1] Later, various constituent parts were separated by the French colonial authorities and subsequently rejoined again and the territory became known as French West Africawith stamps marked Afrique Occidentale Française.
98. Francaise India
French India is a general name for the former French possessions in India (French: établissements français de l'Inde.) These included Pondichéry(now Puducherry), Karikal and Yanaon (now Yañam) on the Coromandel Coast, Mahé on the Malabar coast, and Chandannagar in Bengal. In addition there were lodges (loges) located at Machilipatnam, Kozhikode and Surat, but they were merely nominal remnants of French factories.
99. Francaise Togo
French Togoland (French: Le Togoland français) was a France Mandate territory in West Africa, which later became the Togolese Republic.
100. Afrique Occidentale Francaise - Niger
French West Africa (French: Afrique occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania,Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (nowBenin) and Niger. The federation was formed of individual coastal colonies the French had first seized as trading posts in the 17th and 18th centuries.
