title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (F)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (F)
  
  Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.
  
  See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.
  
  ## Falkland Islands
  
  ### Dates
  
      1878 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Port Stanley
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1878) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
  
  ### See also
  
      British Antarctic Territory;
      Falkland Islands Dependencies;
      South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
  
  ## Falkland Islands Dependencies
  
  ### Dates
  
      1946 –
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1946) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands Dependencies
  
  ### Includes
  
      Graham Land (Falkland Island Dependencies);
      South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies);
      South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies);
      South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies)
  
  ### See also
  
      British Antarctic Territory;
      Falkland Islands;
      South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
  
  ## Far Eastern Republic
  
  ### Dates
  
      1920 – 1922
  
  ### Capital
  
      Vladivostok
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
  
  ### Refer
  
      Russian Civil War Issues
  
  ## Faridkot
  
  ### Dates
  
      1879 – 1887
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1879) 1 folus = 1 paisa = 1/4 anna
      (1886) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Faridkot in Indian Convention states
  
  ## Faroe Islands
  
  ### Dates
  
      1976 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Thorshavn
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 ore = 1 krone
  
  ### Main article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of the Faroe Islands
  
  ## Farquhar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Zil Elwannyen Sesel
  
  ## Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
  
  ### Refer
  
      Yugoslavia
  
  ## Federated Malay States
  
  ### Dates
  
      1900 – 1935
  
  ### Capital
  
      Kuala Lumpur
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### See also
  
      Malaysia
  
  ## Fernando Poo
  
  Now called Bioko (also spelled Bioco), Fernando Poo is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. Formerly part of Spanish Guinea, it is now part of Equatorial Guinea.
  
  ### Dates
  
      1868 – 1968
  
  ### Capital
  
      Santa Isabel
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimos = 1 peseta
  
  ### Refer
  
      Spanish Guinea
  
  ## Fezzan
  
  ### Dates
  
      1943 – 1951
  
  ### Capital
  
      Sabha
  
  ### Currency
  
      French (100 centimes = 1 franc)
  
  ### Includes
  
      Ghadames
  
  ### See also
  
      Algeria;
      Cyrenaica;
      French Occupation Issues;
      Libya;
      Tripolitania
  
  ## Fezzan (French Occupation)
  
  ### Refer
  
      Fezzan
  
  ## Fiji
  
  ### Dates
  
      1870 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Suva
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1870) 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Fiji
  
  ## Finland
  
  ### Dates
  
      1856 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Helsinki
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1856) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
      (1865) 100 penni = 1 markka
      (1963) 100 old marks = 1 new mark
      (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Finland
  
  ## Finnish Occupation Issues
  
  ### Includes
  
      Aunus (Finnish Occupation);
      Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation)
  
  ## Fiume
  
  ### Includes
  
      Arbe;
      Fiume (Free State);
      Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation);
      Veglia
  
  ## Fiume (Free State)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1918 – 1924
  
  ### Capital
  
      Fiume
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1918) 100 Fillér = 1 krone
      (1919) 100 centesimi = 1 corona
      (1920) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
  
  ### Refer
  
      Fiume
  
  ## Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1945 – 1947
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centesimi = 1 lira
  
  ### Refer
  
      Fiume
  
  ## Fiume & Kupa Zone (Italian Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1941 – 1942
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 paras = 1 dinar
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian Occupation Issues
  
  ## Formosa
  
  ### Refer
  
      Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);
      Taiwan
  
  ## France
  
  ### Dates
  
      1849 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Paris
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1849) 100 centimes = 1 franc
      (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of France
  
  ## Free French Forces in the Levant
  
  ### Dates
  
      1942 – 1946
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Occupation Issues
  
  ## French Colonies
  
  ### Dates
  
      1859 – 1886
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Includes
  
      French Committee of National Liberation
  
  ## French Committee of National Liberation
  
  ### Dates
  
      1943 – 1945
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Colonies
  
  ## French Community
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Colonies
  
  ## French Congo
  
  ### Dates
  
      1891 – 1906
  
  ### Capital
  
      Brazzaville
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### See also
  
      Congo Republic;
      French Equatorial Africa;
      Middle Congo
  
  ## French Equatorial Africa (AEF)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1936 – 1958
  
  ### Capital
  
      Brazzaville
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### See also
  
      Central African Republic;
      Chad;
      Congo Republic;
      French Congo;
      Gabon;
      Middle Congo;
      Oubangui–Chari
  
  ## French Guiana
  
  ### Dates
  
      1886 – 1947
  
  ### Capital
  
      Cayenne
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Includes
  
      Inini
  
  ## French Guinea
  
  ### Dates
  
      1892 – 1944
  
  ### Capital
  
      Conakry
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### See also
  
      French West Africa;
      Guinea
  
  ## French Indian Settlements
  
  ### Dates
  
      1892 – 1954
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1892) 100 centimes = 1 franc
      (1923) 24 caches = 1 fanon; 8 fanons = 1 rupee
  
  ## French Levant
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ## French Morocco
  
  ### Dates
  
      1914 – 1956
  
  ### Capital
  
      Rabat
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Includes
  
      French Protectorate, Morocco
  
  ### See also
  
      Morocco (French Post Offices)
  
  ## French Occupation Issues
  
  ### Includes
  
      Arad (French Occupation);
      Castelrosso (French Occupation);
      Cilicia (French Occupation);
      Free French Forces in the Levant;
      Korce (Koritza);
      Memel (French Administration);
      Syria (French Occupation)
  
  ### See also
  
      Fezzan
  
  ## French Oceanic Settlements
  
  ### Dates
  
      1892 – 1956
  
  ### Capital
  
      Papeete (Tahiti)
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Includes
  
      Tahiti
  
  ### See also
  
      French Polynesia
  
  ## French Polynesia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1958 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Papeete (Tahiti)
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### See also
  
      French Oceanic Settlements;
      Tahiti
  
  ## French Post Offices Abroad
  
  ### Includes
  
      China (French Post Offices);
      Ethiopia (French Post Offices);
      Japan (French Post Offices);
      Madagascar (French Post Offices);
      Majunga (French Post Office);
      Morocco (French Post Offices);
      Tangier (French Post Office);
      Tientsin (French Post Office);
      Zanzibar (French Post Office)
  
  ### See also
  
      Crete (French Post Offices);
      Egypt (French Post Offices);
      French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ## French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ### Dates
  
      1885 – 1923
  
  ### Currency
  
      French and Turkish both used
  
  ### Includes
  
      Beirut (French Post Office);
      Dedêagatz (French Post Office);
      Kavalla (French Post Office);
      Port Lagos (French Post Office);
      Vathy (French Post Office)
  
  ### See also
  
      French Post Offices Abroad;
      Crete (French Post Offices);
      Egypt (French Post Offices)
  
  ## French Protectorate, Morocco
  
  ### Dates
  
      1914 – 1915
  
  ### Capital
  
      Rabat
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      French Morocco
  
  ## French Somali Coast
  
  ### Dates
  
      1902 – 1967
  
  ### Capital
  
      Djibouti
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### See also
  
      Djibouti;
      French Territory of Afars & Issas
  
  ## French Soudan
  
  ### Dates
  
      1894 – 1944
  
  ### Capital
  
      Bamako
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Includes
  
      Senegambia & Niger;
      Upper Senegal & Niger
  
  ### See also
  
      French West Africa;
      Mali Federation;
      Mali Republic
  
  ## French Southern and Antarctic Territories
  
  ### Dates
  
      1955 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Port-aux-Francais
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories
  
  ## French Territory of Afars & Issas
  
  ### Dates
  
      1967 – 1977
  
  ### Capital
  
      Djibouti
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### See also
  
      Djibouti;
      French Somali Coast
  
  ## French West Africa
  
  ### Dates
  
      1944 – 1959
  
  ### Capital
  
      Dakar
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Includes
  
      Dakar–Abidjan
  
  ### See also
  
      Dahomey;
      French Guinea;
      French Soudan;
      Ivory Coast;
      Mauritania;
      Niger;
      Senegal;
      Upper Volta
  
  ## French Zone (General Issues)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1945 – 1946
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      Germany (Allied Occupation)
  
  ## Friendly Islands
  
  ### Refer
  
      Tonga
  
  ## Fujeira
  
  ### Dates
  
      1964 – 1972
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
      (1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
  
  ### Refer
  
      Trucial States
  
  ## Funafuti
  
  ### Refer
  
      Tuvalu
  
  ## Funchal
  
  ### Dates
  
      1892 – 1905
  
  ### Capital
  
      Funchal
  
  ### Currency
  
      1000 reis = 1 milreis
  
  ### See also
  
      Madeira
  