Postage stamps and postal history of Diego-Suárez

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An 1890 stamp of Diego-Suarez.
French colonial general issues overprinted for Diego-Suarez in 1892.

Diego-Suárez is a city at the northern tip of

Antsiranana province. It was a French colony in the late 19th century until the colony's administration was subsumed into that of Madagascar in 1896. It was renamed as Antsiranana
in 1975.

Postage Stamps

The colony issued its own postage stamps from 1890 to 1894, producing over 60 types.[1]

See also

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Diego-Suarez". stampworldhistory.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 12 August 2018.