Martinique

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Martinique is an island in the Caribbean, somewhere in the middle of the Antilles chain. It was a French colony since 1635, briefly under British control during Napoleonic times but returning to being a French colony afterwards.

Prior to issuing its own stamps, French colonies general issues were used. Usages can be identified by CDSs or diamond-shaped killers/obliterators with MQE.

 File:Martinique forerunner.jpg|Forerunner usage of French stamps File:Martinique small 5c on 20c.jpg|1886 small 5c on 20c surcharge File:Martinique 15 on 25 surch.jpg|1890 15c on 25c value File:Mart 15c on 20c postage due.jpg|1891 15c on 20c postage due File:Mart 10c Groupe.jpg|1899 10c type Groupe File:Martinique 1904 surch.jpg|1904 "0f10" on 5f surcharge 

 File:Mart 10c pict.jpg|1922 10c woman File:Martinique 30c pictorial.jpg|1924 30c bay view File:Mart 65 on 45.jpg|1925 65c on 45c surcharge File:Mart 10c building.jpg|1933 village File:Mart 3f on 2c.jpg|1945 3f on 2c surcharge File:Mart scheolcher.jpg|1945 80c Schoelcher File:Mart engr pict 194x.jpg|1947 30c woman 





Parcel post
 File:Martinique parcel post.jpg 
 * In 1903, one 5f surcharge on 60c French colonies postage due was issued, inscribed TIMBRE POSTE / 5 F. / MARTINIQUE / COLIS POSTAUX.

Postage due
 File:Martinique 5f diag ovpt due.jpg|5f from the 1887 unauthorized/bogus series. File:Mart 45c ovptd due.jpg|1927 45c value 
 * In 1887, a bogus series of diagonal overprints on French colonial dues reading "MARTINIQUE" was created.
 * In 1927, French postage dues were overprinted MARTINIQUE.
 * In 1933, a series depicting tropical fruit was issued.
 * In 1944, four values in the above the designs but without "RF" were issued by the Vichy government in France. These were never released in the colony.
 * In 1947, a new series showing a map of the island was issued.

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