Postage stamps and postal history of Morocco
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The first Moroccan postal stamps were produced in 1891 by companies which managed correspondence between two cities. The system was replaced after a reorganization in the end of 1911. Morocco started producing two series of postal stamps which served the whole of Morocco until 1915 and Tangier until 1919.
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[edit] List correspondences
- Demnate – Marrakech
- Ksar-el-Kebir – Ouezzane
- Fès – Meknes
- Fès – Sefrou
- Mazagan – Azemmour – Marrakech
- Mazagan – Marrakech
- Mogador – Agadir
- Mogador – Marrakech
- Safi – Marrakech
- Tangier – Asilah
- Tangier – Ksar-el-Kebir
- Tangier – Fès
- Tangier – Larache
- Tangier – Tetouan
- Tetouan – Chefchaouen
- Tetouan – Ksar-el-Kebir
[edit] The French offices of the protectorate
Since 1891, the French post offices in Morocco emptied the folds which were entrusted to them with French stamps by over-charging them of their value in Spanish currency. Then, with the first years of French protectorate, as for the other french colonies, stamps bearing the name "MAROC"[1] were produced in Arabic. Tangier, as an international zone, had a French office which used the stamps of French Morocco labeled with the name of the city.
[edit] After independence
After the independence in 1956, the kingdom of Morocco regained its postal autonomy. Series of everyday usage were printed with the effigy of the sovereign king of Morocco.
[edit] Stamps marked Western Sahara
Stamps marked "République Sahraoui" (Saharan Republic), "Sahara Occidental" (Western Sahara) or "Sahara Occ. R.A.S.D." relate to a disputed region to the south of Morocco and the west of Mauritania along the Atlantic coast of Africa. The Morocco Post Office in a Universal Postal Union circular has stated that they do not regard these stamps as legitimate.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References and sources
- References
- ^ "Présentation des timbres poste français utilisés au Maroc en 1911-1917" (in French). 2005. http://www.timbres-de-france.com/collection/colonies_francaise/maroc/maroc-2.php. Retrieved 24 July 2011. "Timbres de type "Blanc, Mouchon et Merson " libéllés MAROC surchargés en centimos ou peseta avec le nom de la monnaie en arabe"
- ^ http://www.pwmo.org/Illegals/illegals-morocco.htm Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- Sources
- Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969
- Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986. ISBN 0356108627
- XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary, Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960
