Djibouti

The French territory of Afars and Issas became an independent republic in June 1977 as the Republic of Djibouti. This was a return to the name used back when the region was called the Somali Coast otherwise.


 * 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.



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