From:
John Leach's Encyclopedia of Postal Authorities :

Falkland Islands - Funchal

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* 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

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: 		Vladivostock
Currency: 	100 kopecks = 1 rouble

Album:		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

Album:		Indian Convention States


* Faroe Islands

Dates:		1975 -
Capital: 		Thorshavn
Currency: 	100 ore = 1 krone


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

Dates:		1868 - 1968
Capital: 		Santa Isabel
Currency: 	100 centimos = 1 peseta

Album:		Spanish Guinea


* Fezzan

Dates:		1943 - 1951
Capital: 		Sebha
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


* Finland

Dates:		1856 -
Capital: 		Helsinki
Currency: 	(1856) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
		(1865) 100 penni = 1 markka
		(1963) 100 old marks = 1 new mark
		(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)


* 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 filler = 1 krone
		(1919) 100 centesimi = 1 corona
		(1920) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Album:		Fiume


Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)

Dates:		1945 - 1947
Currency: 	100 centesimi = 1 lira

Album:		Fiume


Fiume & Kupa Zone (Italian Occupation)

Dates:		1941 - 1942
Currency: 	100 paras = 1 dinar

Album:		Italian Occupation Issues


Formosa

Refer:		Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);
		Taiwan


* France

Dates:		1849  -
Capital:		Paris
Currency: 	100 centimes = 1 franc
		(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)


Free French Forces in the Levant

Dates:		1942 - 1946
Currency: 	100 centimes = 1 franc

Album:		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

Album:		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
		(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)

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);
		Dedeagatz (French Post Offices);
		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

Album:		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 & Antarctic Territories

Dates:		1955 -
Capital:		Port-aux-Francais
Currency: 	100 centimes = 1 franc


* 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
Capital:
Currency: 	100 pfennige = 1 mark

Album:		Germany (Allied Occupation)


Friendly Islands

Refer:		Tonga


Fujeira

Dates:		1964 - 1972
Currency: 	(1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
		(1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal

Album:		Trucial States


Funafuti

Refer:		Tuvalu


* Funchal

Dates:		1892 - 1905
Capital: 		Funchal
Currency: 	1000 reis = 1 milreis

See also:		Madeira

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