Postage stamps and postal history of Diego-Suárez
Diego-Suárez is a city at the northern tip of Madagascar in Antsiranana province. It was a French colony in the late 19th century until the colony's administration was subsumed into that of Madagascar in 1896. It was renamed as Antsiranana in 1975.
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An 1890 stamp of Diego-Suarez.
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French colonial general issues overprinted for Diego-Suarez in 1892.
Postage Stamps
The colony issued its own postage stamps from 1890 to 1894, managing to produce over 60 types in that short time.[1]
Sources
- Stanley Gibbons: various catalogues
- Encyclopaedia of Postal Authorities
- Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.331. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
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