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 the colony's administration was subsumed into that of Madagascar in 1896. It was renamed as Antsiranana in 1975.
Postage Stamps
[edit]The colony issued its own postage stamps from 1890 to 1894, producing over 60 types.[1]
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Stanley Gibbons: various catalogues
- Encyclopaedia of Postal Authorities
- Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, p. 331. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
References
[edit]- ^ "Diego-Suarez". stampworldhistory.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
