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The French post offices in Crete were among a collection of post offices maintained by foreign countries during the 1900s in Crete, after Crete had broken away from the Ottoman Empire and before it united with Greece, in 1913.

France issued postage stamps for its offices in Crete in 1902 and 1903. The first set included 15 values, from one centime to five francs, consisting of the design of the French stamps of 1900, modified to be inscribed "CRETE". This was only a partial solution, since the local currency was still in piastres, and so in 1903 the post offices issued five of the larger values surcharged with values from one to twenty piastres.

Sources

Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
Encyclopaedia of Postal History
Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: The Stamp Atlas

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 [[Image:Stamp French PO Crete 3c.jpg|right|120px|thumb|3-centime [[Type Blanc]], used in May 1908]]
-The '''French post offices in Crete''' were among a collection of [[post office]]s maintained by foreign countries during the [[1900s]] in [[Crete]], after Crete had broken away from the [[Ottoman Empire]] and before it united with [[Greece]], in [[1913]].
+The '''French post offices in Crete''' were among a collection of [[post office]]s maintained by foreign countries during the 1900s in [[Crete]], after Crete had broken away from the [[Ottoman Empire]] and before it united with [[Greece]], in 1913.
-[[France]] issued [[postage stamp]]s for its offices in Crete in [[1902]] and [[1903]]. The first set included 15 values, from one [[centime]] to five [[franc]]s, consisting of the design of the French stamps of 1900, modified to be inscribed "CRETE". This was only a partial solution, since the local currency was still in [[piastre]]s, and so in 1903 the post offices issued five of the larger values [[surcharged]] with values from one to twenty piastres.
+[[France]] issued [[postage stamp]]s for its offices in Crete in 1902 and 1903. The first set included 15 values, from one [[centime]] to five [[franc]]s, consisting of the design of the French stamps of 1900, modified to be inscribed "CRETE". This was only a partial solution, since the local currency was still in [[piastre]]s, and so in 1903 the post offices issued five of the larger values [[surcharged]] with values from one to twenty piastres.
 == Sources ==
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 * [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/home.html Encyclopaedia of Postal History]
 * Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: ''The Stamp Atlas''
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 [[Category:Postal history by country]]
 [[Category:Communications in France]]
 [[Category:History of Crete]]
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 [[br:Timbroù Kreta - Burevioù gall]]
 [[fr:Bureaux de poste français en Crète]]
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