Postage stamps of Diégo-Suarez
Encyclopedia
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 it was returned to Madagascar in 1896. It was renamed as Antsiranana in 1975.
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
in Antsiranana province
Antsiranana Province
Antsiranana is a former province of Madagascar with an area of 43,406 km2. It had a population of 1,188,425 . Its capital was Antsiranana. Notable is Ankarana Reserve.Antsiranana Province bordered the following provinces:...
. It was a French colony in the late 19th century until it was returned to Madagascar in 1896. It was renamed as Antsiranana in 1975.
Postage Stamps
The colony issued its own postage stamps from 1890 to 1894, managing to produce over 60 types in that short time.Sources
- Stanley Gibbons: various catalogues
- Encyclopaedia of Postal History
- Rossiter, StuartStuart RossiterPercival "Stuart" Bryce Rossiter was a renowned British philatelist and postal historian who wrote extensively about British postal history and postage stamps of British colonies in Africa and was actively involved in numerous philatelic institutions...
& John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.331. ISBN 0356108627
See also
- AntsirananaAntsirananaAntsiranana , named Diego-Suarez prior to 1975, is a city at the northern tip of Madagascar.Antsiranana is the capital of Diana Region.-Transports:...
- Postage stamps and postal history of MadagascarPostage stamps and postal history of MadagascarThis is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Madagascar, briefly also known as Malagasy.Madagascar is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...