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Need some help with the colonies

Can anyone add to this list of French Colonies?
Am I missing any?


„« Cameroon
„« Comoros Is.
„« French Afars & Issas
„« French Equatorial Africa
„« French Indo China
„« French Oceania
„« French Polynesia
„« French Somaliland
„« French West Africa
„« Saint Pierre & Miquelon
„« Reunion Is.
„« Togo

Comments

  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are you after just "modern" (20th century) ones, or are older ones good too?

    Here's a few more from the 20th century:

    Algeria
    French Oceania (older name for French Polynesia)
    Guadeloupe
    Lebanon
    Madagascar
    Martinique
    New Caledonia
    New Hebrides (jointly ruled with Britain, but the coinage was entirely French colonial style)
    Syria
    Tonkin (northern Vietnam)
    Tunisia
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  • Stephen, thanks for the help.
  • newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭
    If you're doing French protectorates such as Tunisia, you could also add Morocco.

    Also, French Somaliland and French Afars and Issas are different names for the same place, now known as Djibouti.
  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    French Colonies 1839A, 5 centimes- 300,000 mintage.

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  • Hi all thanks for the posts, I think I'll just stay with the colonies for now. After that is done then I can expand to the proctorates.
  • This is how I broke it down with the help of Krause.
    Those French men were quite busy in the last century, grass never grew between there toes.

    „« Comoros Is. ............................Colony
    „« French Afars & Issas................Colony
    „« French Equatorial Africa..........Colony
    „« French Indo China ..................Colony
    „« French Oceania ......................Colony
    „« French Somaliland ..................Colony
    „« French West Africa..................Colony
    „« Martinique...............................Colony
    „« Madagascar............................Colony
    „« Togo.......................................Colony
    „« Guadeloupe.............................Colony
    „« Madagascar............................Colony
    „« French Polynesia.....................Territory
    „« Saint Pierre & Miquelon...........Territory
    „« New Caledonia.......................Territory
    „« Lebanon................................. Protectorate
    „« Morocco...................................Protectorate
    „« Syria ...................................... Protectorate
    „« Tonkin (northern Vietnam).......Protectorate
    „« Annam (Vietnam).....................Protectorate
    „« Tunisia.................................... Protectorate
    „« Cameroon................................French Mandate
    „« Reunion Is...............................French Department
    „« New Hebrides..........................French-British Condominium
    „« Algeria.....................................Occupied
  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    From 1864 to 1887 French Cochin China was separate from the Union of French Indo China.
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    Obscurum per obscurius
  • shiro, thanks, I'm getting my info from the 1901-2000 Krause.

    I've got a world type set collection on the go, but I think I will get more enjoyment from collecting if I specialize in one area. I've been told this before, but my hearing wasn't very good at that time.imageimage
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