Djibouti

The French territory of Afars and Issas became an independent republic in June 1977 as the Republic of Djibouti, or Republique de Djibouti. This was a callback to the name used back when the region was called the Somali Coast/French Somaliland.

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 * In 1977, various Afars and Issas stamps were overprinted "REPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTI" with the old name blocked out.
 * Also in 1977, an independence set was issued, inscribed as above.
 * About 1980, inscriptions became bilingual.
 * Beginning in December 1996, currency was abbreviated as "FD"
 * Beginning in 2004, currency was expressed as "Fdj"

Postage due

 * In 1977, four old Afars and Issas dues were overprinted for Djibouti.
 * In 1988, a 60f new design was issued, inscribed "REPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTI".



In 2004, a large number of bogus sheetlets and souvenir sheets in topical subjects began appearing. Genuine stamps are not generally issued in those formats. See: the Golowes site on these fakes 

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