Navigation & Commerce Series
France began issuing stamps printed with the territory name in 1892 as part of the Navigation and Commerce issue.
A series of common postage due stamps was issued beginning in 1884, with a last one appearing in 1906. Thereafter each colony used only its own stamps.
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