Postage stamps and postal history of Reunion

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Réunion.

A French stamp overprinted for use in Reunion, 1891.
1907 stamp showing map of Reunion.
The 1933 definitive issue.

Réunion Island, formerly known as Île Bourbon, is a French island of about 800,000 population located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) south west of Mauritius, the nearest island. It is an overseas department of France and an integral part of the French Republic.

First stamps

The first stamps of Reunion were issued on 1 January 1852.[1][2] From 1885 French colonies stamps were overprinted for use in Reunion.

Later issues

The first set of definitives was issued in 1892. Reunion used stamps of France surcharged in CFA franc from 1949 to 1974. Since 1975 stamps of France have been used without surcharge.

See also
  • Postage stamps of the French Colonies

References
  1. Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.326. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20180303052742/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/africa/reunion/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.

Further reading
  • "Isle Bourbon and Isle de France" by Robson Lowe in The Philatelist, September 1974.


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