Quinzaine Impériale

(Imperial Fortnight)
22 June 1942
Issued by the French State (État Français, or Vichy) government for use in the French colonies, but only ever sold in Paris.
Drawn by Jules Douy, engraved by Jules Piel (1882-1978)

Fr. Equatorial Africa

Dahomey (now Chad, the Central African
Cameroon (Now Benin) Rep., Rep. of the Congo, & Gabon)

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French Guinea French India

French Guiana (Now Guinea) (now part of India)

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 French State
Under the État Français, an “Imperial Fortnight”
was organized in May 1942 by the government
of Marshal Pétain, with the aim of promoting the
colonies and strengthening the links between
the overseas territories and regions of France,
and supported by the Ligue Maritime et Colonial
(LMC, Maritime and Colonial League).

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French Oceania French Somaliland French Sudan

(now French Polynesia) (now part of Djibouti) (now part of Mali)

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Indochina Inini
Guadeloupe (Now part of Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam) (now part of French Guiana)

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 Famous Names on the Stamps

Hubert Lyautey Joseph Gallieni Jean Ango Jacques Cartier Pierre André De Suffren
(1854-1934), (1849-1916), (1480-1551), (1491-1557), (1729-1788),
general general ship owner explorer admiral

Kouang-Tchéou-Wan
Ivory Coast (now part of Republic of China) Madagascar

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Martinique Mauritania New Caledonia

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 St. Pierre &
Niger Réunion Miquelon

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Wallis & Futuna

Senegal Togo Islands

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