Tangier

Tangier is a city in northern Africa near the Straits of Gibraltar.

French and British postal agencies were established in the 1850s. In 1923, it was declared an international zone, administered by France, Great Britain and Spain. Nobody asked what the people of Tangier thought.

French post office

 * Beginning in 1918, French Morocco types Blanc/Mouchon/Merson definitives were overprinted TANGER.
 * In 1928, French Morocco airmail semipostals were overprinted Tanger.

 File:Fr Morocco TANGEr ovpt.jpg|1918 1c value File:Fr Tang 2fr Merson.jpg|1918 2f type Merson File:Fr Tang air semi 3f.jpg|1928 3f air semipostal 

Postage due
 File:Fr Tangier 1c ttpe Duval.jpg|1c type Duval File:Fr Tangier 1f RECOV due.jpg|1f RECOUVREMENTS 
 * In 1918, several French type Duval dues were overprinted TANGER.
 * In 1918, four then-current french dues were similarly overprinted.

German post office
From 1912 to 1919, a post office was opened in Tangier using the stamps of the German offices in Morocco. No specific issues were created by Germany for Tangier. See: Germany – offices in Morocco. 



British post office
A British postal agency was opened in Tangier in 1857, using stamps of Gibraltar, from the Bermuda overprints to the sterling issues and later Spanish currency issues. They were replaced by Morocco Agencies stamps issued in 1898.

Morocco Agencies stamps in sterling were used until the end of 1948. Morocco Agencies stamps in Spanish currency were used until 1927. Beginning that year, British stamps were overprinted for use in Tangier, typically only with a few values of each issue.  File:Br Tang 1d KGV typo.jpg|1927 1d George V File:Br Tang 1.5d KGV photog.jpg|1934 1½d George V File:Br Tangier KEVIII.A.webp|1936 1d Edward VIII definitive File:Brit Tangier coron.A.webp|1937 1½d George V coronation File:Brit Tangier QEII coron.jpg|1953 1/3 Elizabeth II coronation
 * In 1927, several typographed/surface printed George V definitives oveprinted TANGIER were released.
 * In 1934-35, photogravure George V definitives were similarly overprinted.
 * Beginning in 1935, the Silver Jubilee issue was issued as the first of the omnibus issues. It was overprinted twice, reading up and then down. Later omnibus issues would just have single TANGIER overprint.
 * In 1936, Edward VIII stamps were issued with overprint.
 * In 1937, George VI definitives were overprinted. Two values in revised paler colors were issued in 1944 with the rest of the values to 10/- released in 1949.
 * In 1950-51, George VI stamps in new colors were issued.



 File:Brit Tang 2.5d QEII.jpg|1952 2½d Elizabeth II File:Br Tang 10sh castle.jpg|1955 10/- value File:Brit Tang 1957 8d.jpg|1957 8d centenary 
 * In 1952-54, overprinted Elizabeth II Tudor crown watermark definitives were issued.
 * In 1955, overprinted Castle shilling values with St. Edward's crown watermark were issued. These were followed by the low values with the same watermark in 1956
 * In 1957, definitives were overprinted with 1857-1957 / TANGIER for the centennial of the British post office in Tangier.
 * At then end of April 1957, British Tangier stamps were withdrawn.

Spanish post office
 File:Sp Tangier red cross.jpg|1923 2c Red Cross semipostal File:Sp Tangier 30c ovpt.jpg|30c Jovellanos; a fancier type of overprint File:Sp Tang 50c defin.jpg|1948 50c value 
 * In 1923, Red Cross semipostals of Spain were overprinted CORREO ESPAÑOL / TANGER.
 * In 1929, the Seville-Barcelona issue of Spain was overprinted TANGER in tiny letters.
 * In 1937-39, various stamps of Spain were overprinted TANGER vertically, Correo Español Tanger and Correo Aero Tanger, Tanger, Via Aerea Tanger plus Correo Tanger overprinted on consular stamps.
 * In 1948-51, engraved pictorials inscribed TANGER were issued. This included airmails.

Special delivery
 File:Sp Tang red Cross spdel.jpg|1926 20c Red Cross 
 * In 1926, a 20c semipostal special delivery stamp showing the royal family was released.
 * In 1949, a 25c value showing a horse and rider was issued.

Telegraph
 File:Sp Tangier 1938 telegr.jpg|1938 10c value 

Telegraph tax
Pictorial telegraph tax stamps were issued, including sets with designs of animals and plants and city views.  File:Sp Tang 1946 tel tax view.jpg|50c street view File:Sp Tang flower tel tax.jpg|5c flower File:Sp Tangier telg tax.jpg|1p elephant </Gallery>

In 1956, Tangier became independent and joined the independent Morocco.