French Sudan

French Sudan, or Soudan Français, was a French colony in western Africa.

 File:Fr Sudan 15c type Groupe.jpg|1894 15c type Groupe File:Fr Sudan came rider.jpg|25c 1921 camel and rider definitive File:Fr Sudan woman.jpg|1931 20c seated woman File:Fr Sudan 60c gate.jpg|1931 60c Djenné gate File:Fr Sudan pict 1.50.jpg|1931 1.50f boatman 
 * In 1894, two French Colonies stamps (type Alphée Dubois) were surcharged SOUDAN Fais.
 * In 1894-1900, type Groupe stamps were issued for the colony, inscribed SOUDAN FRANÇAIS.
 * In 1921-30, Upper Senegal and Niger camel and rider definitives were overprinted SOUDAN / FRANÇAIS.
 * In 1922 through 1927, various surcharges were issued on the previous definitives.
 * In 1931-40, pictorials in 3 different designs were released.
 * In 1931, the Colonial Exposition issue was released, the first of the colonial omnibus issues that would follow. It and several following issues was inscribed SOUDAN FRANÇAIS.

 File:Fr Sudan Curie.A.webp|1938 Curie semipostal File:Fr Sudan Caille.jpg|1939 2f Caillé File:Fr Su 39 Worlds Fair.webp|2.25f New York World's Fair File:Fr Sudan 4.90 air.jpg|1940 4.90f airmail File:Fr Sudan Vichy gate.jpg|1941 2.50f Vichy Djenné gate File:Fr Sudan 50c air Vichy.jpg|1942 50c airmail, probably unissued 
 * In 1937, the Paris Exposition issue was released, the first to be inscribed SOUDAN only.
 * In 1940, colonial design airmails were issued.
 * In 1941-44, various Vichy government issues were issued for the colony but were never used in French Sudan.
 * Following World War II, French Sudan became part of French West Africa and used that supercolony's stamps from that point.





Postage due
 File:Frech Sudan num due.jpg|1921 10c value File:Fr Sudan due II.jpg|1931 15c value 
 * In 1921, postage dues of Upper Senegal and Niger were overprinted SOUDAN / FRANÇAIS.
 * In 1927, two values of the previous issue were surcharged in francs.
 * In 1931, the basic stamp design of 1921 was modified with SOUDAN / FRANÇAIS at top and AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAIS at bottom.

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