Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna, or Iles Wallis et Futuna, are two island groups in the South Pacific, between Fiji and Tokelau, if that has any meaning to you.

Wallis and Futuna became a French protectorate in 1888 and had it administered by New Caledonia.  File:Wallis 2c Kagu.jpg|1920 2c value File:Wallis 5f first ovpt.jpg|1920 5f value File:Wallis 002 surch.jpg|1922 surcharge File:Wallis 2.25f surch.jpg|1926 1.25f on 1f surcharge File:Wallis bay view 2c.jpg|1930 2c value 
 * In 1920-28, then-current New Caledonian stamps were overprinted ILES WALLIS / et / FUTUNA.
 * In 1922, four values were surcharged with new values, as "0,01", etc.
 * In 1924-27, various stamps were surcharged with new values.
 * In 1903-40, contemporary New Caledonian stamps were similarly overprinted.

 File:Wallis Vichy river view.jpg|1941 Vichy File:Wallis Vichy airmail semi.jpg|1942 Vichy Donation Week File:Wallis France Libre 80c.jpg|1941-43 80c France Libre File:Wallis bone tiki.jpg|1944 1.50f bone carving File:Wallis kava bowl surch.jpg|1946 4.50f on 25c surcharge   File:Wallis art print 1983.jpg|1993 28f art print File:Wallis le Nivoise.jpg|2003 325f Le Nivoise File:Wallis Tagaloa 2006.jpg|2006 150f god Tagaloa 
 * In 1931, the colonial exposition set was issued, the first of the French colonial ommnibus sets to follow.
 * Beginning in 1941, Vichy issues were printed for the colony but never placed on sale there. This included:
 * the 1941 New Caledonia set with tiny WALLIS ET FUTUNA overprint.
 * 1941 Defense of the French empire with two values being overprinted New Caledonia and the 1.50f+3f value inscribed for the country.
 * 1942 Children's Fund of New Caledonia again with a tiny overprint
 * 1942 Donation Week airmail semipostal
 * 1944 overprinted New Caledonia definitives without RF
 * 1944 semipostal set with OEUVRES COLONIALES surcharge on the 1941 river view stamps
 * Meanwhile in 1941-43, definitives were further overprinted France Libre.
 * The country's 1944 France Libre issue showed a bone carving.
 * The previous issue was surchged with new values in 1946.
 * In 1957, inscriptions became just WALLIS ET FUTUNA.
 * About 1979, only photolithographed stamps began to have "EDILA" printed in the bottom margins.
 * In 1990, tiny year dates were added behind the word "POSTES".
 * Sometime in 1992, "EDILA" was replaced by "ITVF" in the bottom margin.
 * In mid-2006, "ITVF" was replaced by "Phil@poste" in the bottom margin.

Postage dues
Earlier postage dues from New Caledonia were also overprinted for use in Wallis and Futuna.  File:Wallis 10c first due.jpg|1924 10c value File:Wallis deer due.jpg|1943 50c value File:Wallis Rance Libre due.jpg|1942 4c France Libre File:Wallis fish due.jpg|1963 1f value 
 * In 1920, the canoes design was overprinted ILES WALLIS / et / FUTUNA.
 * In 1927, 2f and 3f surcharges were issued.
 * In 1930, the New Caledonia Sambar deer set was similarly overprinted.
 * In 1943, the previous issue was further overprinted France Libre.
 * In 1963, a set of three showing fish was issued with a very small TIMBRE TAXE inscription.

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