French Colonies

The organisation and contents of this list is courtesy of - an excellent source of pre-independence French Colonials.

            French Africa
1967   Afars and Issas
1899    Alexandria PO
1924    Algeria
1892    Anjouan
1892    Benin
            Cameroun
1922    Chad
1950    Comoro Is
1899    Dahomey
1890    Diego Suarez
            Ethiopia PO
1946    Fezzan
1891    French Congo
1936    French Equatorial Africa
1892    French Guinea
1891    French Morocco
1914    French Morocco
1894   French Sudan
1944   French West Africa
1886   Gabon
1949   Ghadames
1897   Grand Comoro
1892   Ivory Coast
           Madagascar PO
1889    Madagascar
1895    Majunga
1906    Mauritania
1892    Mayotte
1907    Middle Congo
1906    Mohéli
           Morocco (Sherifian Post)
1921    Niger
1889    Nossi-Bé
1892    Obock
1899    Port Said PO
1852    Reunion
1894   Ste Marie de Madagascar
1887   Senegal
1903   Senegambia and Niger
1902   Somali Coast
1918    Tangier PO
1921    Togo
1888    Tunisia
1922    Ubangi-Shari
1915    Ubangi-Shari-Chad
1906    Upper Senegal and Niger
1920    Upper Volta
1894    Zanzibar PO

        French Americas
1886     French Guiana
1884     Guadeloupe
1932     Inini
1886     Martinique
1885     St Pierre and Miquelon

        French Asia
1888    Annam and Tonkin
1951     Cambodia
1901    Canton, PO
1894    China, PO
1902    China, Indo-Chinese PO
1893    Chunking
1886    Cochin China
1892    French Indian Settlements
1901    Hoi-Hao
1889    Indo-China
1906    Kouang Tcheou
1951    Laos
           Mengtsz
           Pakhoi
1903    Yunnan-Fu

        French Europe
1931    Andorra French Administration
1947    French Occupied Baden
1945    French Zone of Germany (general)
1919    French Occupied Hungary
           Memel
1947    French Occupied Rhineland Palatinate
1947    Saar (French Occupation)
1947    French Occupied Württemberg

        French Middle East
1925    Alaouites
1938    Alexandretta
1920    Castelrosso
1893    Cavalla
1919    Cilicia
1902    POs in Crete
1893    Dedeagatz (Dedeagh)
1942    Free French Forces, Levant
           Jerusalem
1931    Latakia
1924    Lebanon
1885    French Levant (POs in Turkish Empire)
1893    Port Lagos
1916    Rouad Island
1919    Syria
1893    Vathy

Note: My Guinness listings do not entirely coincide with Phil-Index's and so some further work is required on this page.

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