page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Morocco
section_title: French protectorate
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Morocco / Morocco under European rule / French protectorate
caption_attribution_description: English: French Post Office In Morocco 10 centimes overprinted "PROTECTORAT FRANCAIS"
context_page_description: The postal history of Morocco is complex due to the country's political development in the 20th century. Mails were sent via post offices operated by the Sherifan post created by the Sultan, and by the European powers. After the partition of Morocco into French and Spanish protectorate and the international zone of Tangier in 1912, France and Spain established postal services in their respective zones.
context_section_description: The first stamps of the protectorate appeared 1 August 1914, and were just the existing stamps with the additional overprint reading "PROTECTORAT FRANCAIS". The first new designs were in an issue of 1917, consisting of 17 stamps in six designs, denominated in centimes and francs, and inscribed "MAROC" in French and Arabic.
caption: Stamp overprinted "PROTECTORAT FRANCAIS" in 1914.
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