Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Fa - Fz)

Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

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= Falkland Islands =

;Dates : 1878 -;Capital : Port Stanley;Currency : (1878) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

;See also : British Antarctic Territory;: Falkland Islands Dependencies;: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

Falkland Islands Dependencies

;Dates : 1946 -;Currency : (1946) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Graham Land (Falkland Island Dependencies);: South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies);: South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies);: South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

;See also : British Antarctic Territory;: Falkland Islands;: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

Far Eastern Republic

;Dates : 1920 - 1922;Capital : Vladivostock;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

;Refer : Russian Civil War Issues

Faridkot

;Dates : 1879 - 1887;Currency : (1879) 1 folus = 1 paisa = 1/4 anna: (1886) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Convention States

= Faroe Islands =

;Dates : 1975 -;Capital : Thorshavn;Currency : 100 ore = 1 krone

Farquhar

;Refer : Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia

;Refer : Yugoslavia

Federated Malay States

;Dates : 1900 - 1935;Capital : Kuala Lumpur;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Malaysia

Fernando Poo

Now called Bioko (also spelled Bioco), Fernando Poo is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. Formerly part of Spanish Guinea, it is now part of Equatorial Guinea.

;Dates : 1868 - 1968;Capital : Santa Isabel;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta

;Refer : Spanish Guinea

Fezzan

;Dates : 1943 - 1951;Capital : Sebha;Currency : French (100 centimes = 1 franc)

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Ghadames

;See also : Algeria;: Cyrenaica;: French Occupation Issues;: Libya;: Tripolitania

Fezzan (French Occupation)

;Refer : Fezzan

Fiji

;Dates : 1870 -;Capital : Suva;Currency : (1870) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

Finland

;Dates : 1856 -;Capital : Helsinki;Currency : (1856) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble: (1865) 100 penni = 1 markka: (1963) 100 old marks = 1 new mark: (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

;Main Article Needed :

Finnish Occupation Issues

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Aunus (Finnish Occupation);: Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation)

= Fiume =

;Includes : Arbe;: Fiume (Free State);: Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation);: Veglia

Fiume (Free State)

;Dates : 1918 - 1924;Capital : Fiume;Currency : (1918) 100 filler = 1 krone: (1919) 100 centesimi = 1 corona: (1920) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Fiume

Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)

;Dates : 1945 - 1947;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Fiume

Fiume & Kupa Zone (Italian Occupation)

;Dates : 1941 - 1942;Currency : 100 paras = 1 dinar

;Refer : Italian Occupation Issues

Formosa

;Refer : Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);: Taiwan

France

;Dates : 1849 -;Capital : Paris;Currency : (1849) 100 centimes = 1 franc: (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

;Main Article Needed :

Free French Forces in the Levant

;Dates : 1942 - 1946;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : French Occupation Issues

= French Colonies =

;Dates : 1859 - 1886;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Includes : French Committee of National Liberation

French Committee of National Liberation

;Dates : 1943 - 1945;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : French Colonies

French Community

;Refer : French Colonies

French Congo

;Dates : 1891 - 1906;Capital : Brazzaville;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Congo Republic;: French Equatorial Africa;: Middle Congo

French Equatorial Africa (AEF)

;Dates : 1936 - 1958;Capital : Brazzaville;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Central African Republic;: Chad;: Congo Republic;: French Congo;: Gabon;: Middle Congo;: Oubangui-Chari

French Guiana

;Dates : 1886 - 1947;Capital : Cayenne;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Inini

French Guinea

;Dates : 1892 - 1944;Capital : Conakry;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : French West Africa;: Guinea

French Indian Settlements

;Dates : 1892 - 1954;Currency : (1892) 100 centimes = 1 franc: (1923) 24 caches = 1 fanon; 8 fanons = 1 rupee

;Main Article Needed :

French Levant

;Refer : French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

French Morocco

;Dates : 1914 - 1956;Capital : Rabat;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Includes : French Protectorate, Morocco

;See also : Morocco (French Post Offices)

French Occupation Issues

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Arad (French Occupation);: Castelrosso (French Occupation);: Cilicia (French Occupation);: Free French Forces in the Levant;: Korce (Koritza);: Memel (French Administration);: Syria (French Occupation)

;See also : Fezzan

French Oceanic Settlements

;Dates : 1892 - 1956;Capital : Papeete (Tahiti);Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Tahiti

;See also : French Polynesia

= French Polynesia =

;Dates : 1958 -;Capital : Papeete (Tahiti);Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;See also : French Oceanic Settlements;: Tahiti

= French Post Offices Abroad =

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : China (French Post Offices);: Ethiopia (French Post Offices);: Japan (French Post Offices);: Madagascar (French Post Offices);: Majunga (French Post Office);: Morocco (French Post Offices);: Tangier (French Post Office);: Tientsin (French Post Office);: Zanzibar (French Post Office)

;See also : Crete (French Post Offices);: Egypt (French Post Offices);: French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

;Dates : 1885 - 1923;Currency : French and Turkish both used

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Beirut (French Post Office);: Dedeagatz (French Post Offices);: Kavalla (French Post Office);: Port Lagos (French Post Office);: Vathy (French Post Office)

;See also : French Post Offices Abroad;: Crete (French Post Offices);: Egypt (French Post Offices)

French Protectorate, Morocco

;Dates : 1914 - 1915;Capital : Rabat;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : French Morocco

French Somali Coast

;Dates : 1902 - 1967;Capital : Djibouti;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Djibouti;: French Territory of Afars & Issas

French Soudan

;Dates : 1894 - 1944;Capital : Bamako;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Senegambia & Niger;: Upper Senegal & Niger

;See also : French West Africa;: Mali Federation;: Mali Republic

French Southern & Antarctic Territories

;Dates : 1955 -;Capital : Port-aux-Francais;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

French Territory of Afars & Issas

;Dates : 1967 - 1977;Capital : Djibouti;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Djibouti;: French Somali Coast

French West Africa

;Dates : 1944 - 1959;Capital : Dakar;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Dakar-Abidjan

;See also : Dahomey;: French Guinea;: French Soudan;: Ivory Coast;: Mauritania;: Niger;: Senegal;: Upper Volta

French Zone (General Issues)

;Dates : 1945 - 1946;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)

Friendly Islands

;Refer : Tonga

Fujeira

;Dates : 1964 - 1972;Currency : (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee: (1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal

;Refer : Trucial States

Funafuti

;Refer : Tuvalu

Funchal

;Dates : 1892 - 1905;Capital : Funchal;Currency : 1000 reis = 1 milreis

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Madeira

Sources

* Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/home.html Encyclopaedia of Postal History]
* Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: "The Stamp Atlas"