Morocco

incl. French and Spanish Morocco

and offices in Morocco

1914

↓ - Offices - Independence

Spanish colony

9, 9a

French colony


Spanish Morocco	French Morocco
22nd July 1914	1st August 1914
Sc26a SG42 FI#444	Sc38 SG40 FI#448	xxx

Description	Scott	SG
Spanish Morocco overprint of 1873 Spain Sc190 SG186a (divisible)
¼ centimo green †	26	42
block of 4	26a
French Morocco overprint of 1911 French Offices in Morocco Sc26 SG28
1c on 1c grey ‡	38	40
other values 2c to 5p	39-54	41-56

† Both Scott [1] and Gibbons [4] begin Spanish Offices in 1903 with overprints of Spanish stamps and continue with sequential numbering for Spanish Morocco in 1914.
‡ Similarly, both catalogues number French Offices and French Morocco sequentially.

Spain invaded Morocco in 1859 and in 1904 the territory was divided between Spain and France. Germany had also had an interest in the area but agreen to give this up in exchange for part of French Congo. The French Protectorate accounted for most of the territory except for an area in the north and Tangier which went to Spain.

France recognised Moroccan independence in March 1956 and Spain in April.

Overseas Offices in Morocco

British Offices - French Offices - German Offices - Spanish Offices


French Offices in Morocco ‡	British Offices in Morocco	German Offices in Morocco	Spanish Offices in Morocco †
1st January 1891	1st June 1898	20th December 1899	1903
Sc1 SG1 FI#268	Sc1 SG1 FI#334	Sc1 SG1 FI#350	Sc1 SG1


French Offices in Tangier	British issues for Tangier	Spanish Offices in Tangier
1st April 1918	1927	1929
Sc72 SG1 FI#469	Sc501 SG231	Sc-L1 SG27

French ‡ Both catalogues number French Offices and French Morocco sequentially. Scott lists French Offices in Tangier within the protectorate, Gibbons [3] as a separate entity.

British - Britain ran a postal service between Morocco and Gibraltar from 1886, using stamps of Gibraltar with specific cancellations. When Gibraltar changed its currency to sterling in 1898, new stamps were needed for use in Morocco, the Morocco Agencies overprints of first Gibraltarian and then British. Both Scott and Gibbons [2] divide the stamps into the same groups:

Gibraltar overprints, Spanish currency SG1-30, Sc1-33
GB overprints, British currency SG31-100, Sc201-280
GB overprints, Spanish currency SG112-182, Sc46-108
GB overprints, French currency SG191-230, Sc401-440
GB overprints, Tangier International Zone SG231-288, Sc501-611

Tetuan

1908 Sc1 SG15 FICC#399

German - Offices were opened from1899 and closed during or shortly after WW1.

Spanish † Both Scott and Gibbons [4] begin Spanish Offices in 1903 with overprints of Spanish stamps and continue with sequential numbering for Spanish Morocco in 1914, again overprints and, in fact of the same stamp as in 1903. For Spanish Offices in Tangier, Scott begins in 1929 with the stamp above, Gibbons in 1921 and lists three sets of overprints before that of 1929.
The French and Spanish Offices in Tangier were amalgamated after Spain occupied the area in 1940.

Tetuan Scott has a separate section at the end of Spanish Morocco for the Tetuan handstamps. Gibbons includes them in the listing of Spanish Offices in Morocco.

Morocco

20th April 1958

Africa


Sherifian Post	Northern Zone	Southern Zone	Morocco
1912 Sc-A1 SG1	17th August 1956 Sc1 SG1	19th May1956 Sc1 SG30	1958 Sc25 SG54

Before dealing with the stamps issued after independence, it should be noted that Morocco ran a Sherifian (Imperial) post from 1892 using octagonal cachets and using stamps from 1912 until 1919.

France recognised Moroccan independence in March 1956 and Spain in April. Because of the different currencies used, separate issues were made at first for the Northern and Southern Zones with country-wide stamps starting in 1958.