Compendium of postage stamp issuers (F)

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Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.

Falkland Islands

Dates: 1878 –
Capital: Port Stanley
Currency: (1878) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

See also: British Antarctic Territory;; Falkland Islands Dependencies;; South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

Falkland Islands Dependencies

Dates: 1946 –
Currency: (1946) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands Dependencies

Includes: Graham Land (Falkland Island Dependencies);; South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies);; South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies);; South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

See also: British Antarctic Territory;; Falkland Islands;; South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

Far Eastern Republic

Dates: 1920 – 1922
Capital: Vladivostok
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

Refer: Russian Civil War Issues

Faridkot

Dates: 1879 – 1887
Currency: (1879) 1 folus = 1 paisa = 1/4 anna; (1886) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Faridkot in Indian Convention states

Faroe Islands

Dates: 1976 –
Capital: Thorshavn
Currency: 100 ore = 1 krone
Main article: Postage stamps and postal history of the Faroe Islands

Farquhar

Refer: Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia

Refer: Yugoslavia

Federated Malay States

Dates: 1900 – 1935
Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article

See also: Malaysia

Fernando Poo

Now called Bioko (also spelled Bioco), Fernando Poo is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. Formerly part of Spanish Guinea, it is now part of Equatorial Guinea.

Dates: 1868 – 1968
Capital: Santa Isabel
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta

Refer: Spanish Guinea

Fezzan

Dates: 1943 – 1951
Capital: Sabha
Currency: French (100 centimes = 1 franc)

Main Article

Includes: Ghadames

See also: Algeria;; Cyrenaica;; French Occupation Issues;; Libya;; Tripolitania

Fezzan (French Occupation)

Refer: Fezzan

Fiji

Dates: 1870 –
Capital: Suva
Currency: (1870) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Fiji

Finland

Dates: 1856 –
Capital: Helsinki
Currency: (1856) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble; (1865) 100 penni = 1 markka; (1963) 100 old marks = 1 new mark; (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Finland

Finnish Occupation Issues

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Includes: Aunus (Finnish Occupation);; Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation)

Fiume

Includes: Arbe;; Fiume (Free State);; Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation);; Veglia

Fiume (Free State)

Dates: 1918 – 1924
Capital: Fiume
Currency: (1918) 100 Fillér = 1 krone; (1919) 100 centesimi = 1 corona; (1920) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Fiume

Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)

Dates: 1945 – 1947
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Fiume

Fiume & Kupa Zone (Italian Occupation)

Dates: 1941 – 1942
Currency: 100 paras = 1 dinar

Refer: Italian Occupation Issues

Formosa

Refer: Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);; Taiwan

France

Dates: 1849 –
Capital: Paris
Currency: (1849) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of France

Free French Forces in the Levant

Dates: 1942 – 1946
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: French Occupation Issues

French Colonies

Dates: 1859 – 1886
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Includes: French Committee of National Liberation

French Committee of National Liberation

Dates: 1943 – 1945
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: French Colonies

French Community

Refer: French Colonies

French Congo

Dates: 1891 – 1906
Capital: Brazzaville
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article

See also: Congo Republic;; French Equatorial Africa;; Middle Congo

French Equatorial Africa (AEF)

Dates: 1936 – 1958
Capital: Brazzaville
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article

See also: Central African Republic;; Chad;; Congo Republic;; French Congo;; Gabon;; Middle Congo;; Oubangui–Chari

French Guiana

Dates: 1886 – 1947
Capital: Cayenne
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article

Includes: Inini

French Guinea

Dates: 1892 – 1944
Capital: Conakry
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article

See also: French West Africa;; Guinea

French Indian Settlements

Dates: 1892 – 1954
Currency: (1892) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (1923) 24 caches = 1 fanon; 8 fanons = 1 rupee

Main Article

French Levant

Refer: French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

French Morocco

Dates: 1914 – 1956
Capital: Rabat
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Includes: French Protectorate, Morocco

See also: Morocco (French Post Offices)

French Occupation Issues

Main Article

Includes: Arad (French Occupation);; Castelrosso (French Occupation);; Cilicia (French Occupation);; Free French Forces in the Levant;; Korce (Koritza);; Memel (French Administration);; Syria (French Occupation)

See also: Fezzan

French Oceanic Settlements

Dates: 1892 – 1956
Capital: Papeete (Tahiti)
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article

Includes: Tahiti

See also: French Polynesia

French Polynesia

Dates: 1958 –
Capital: Papeete (Tahiti)
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

See also: French Oceanic Settlements;; Tahiti

French Post Offices Abroad

Main Article

Includes: China (French Post Offices);; Ethiopia (French Post Offices);; Japan (French Post Offices);; Madagascar (French Post Offices);; Majunga (French Post Office);; Morocco (French Post Offices);; Tangier (French Post Office);; Tientsin (French Post Office);; Zanzibar (French Post Office)

See also: Crete (French Post Offices);; Egypt (French Post Offices);; French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates: 1885 – 1923
Currency: French and Turkish both used

Main Article

Includes: Beirut (French Post Office);; Dedêagatz (French Post Office);; Kavalla (French Post Office);; Port Lagos (French Post Office);; Vathy (French Post Office)

See also: French Post Offices Abroad;; Crete (French Post Offices);; Egypt (French Post Offices)

French Protectorate, Morocco

Dates: 1914 – 1915
Capital: Rabat
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: French Morocco

French Somali Coast

Dates: 1902 – 1967
Capital: Djibouti
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article

See also: Djibouti;; French Territory of Afars & Issas

French Soudan

Dates: 1894 – 1944
Capital: Bamako
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article

Includes: Senegambia & Niger;; Upper Senegal & Niger

See also: French West Africa;; Mali Federation;; Mali Republic

French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Dates: 1955 –
Capital: Port-aux-Francais
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories

French Territory of Afars & Issas

Dates: 1967 – 1977
Capital: Djibouti
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article

See also: Djibouti;; French Somali Coast

French West Africa

Dates: 1944 – 1959
Capital: Dakar
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article

Includes: Dakar–Abidjan

See also: Dahomey;; French Guinea;; French Soudan;; Ivory Coast;; Mauritania;; Niger;; Senegal;; Upper Volta

French Zone (General Issues)

Dates: 1945 – 1946
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: Germany (Allied Occupation)

Friendly Islands

Refer: Tonga

Fujeira

Dates: 1964 – 1972
Currency: (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee; (1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal

Refer: Trucial States

Funafuti

Refer: Tuvalu

Funchal

Dates: 1892 – 1905
Capital: Funchal
Currency: 1000 reis = 1 milreis

Main Article

See also: Madeira

References

Bibliography

Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969
Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various catalogues
Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, The Stamp Atlas, W H Smith, 1989
XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary, Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960

External links

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