TANGIER (Spanish P. O.)

TANGIER (Spanish Post Office).

Definitive stamps.
Map of the city.
Seventh stamp in a set of 14, issued on 16.02.1948.
Face value: 30 cents of Spanish peseta.
Printed by Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 200,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Edifil No. 157.
- Michel No. 132.
- Scott No. L18 (Morocco).
- StampWorld No. 166.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 132.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 371 (Morocco).

Between 1923 and 1956, by virtue of a Protocol signed by France, Spain and Great Britain, the city of Tangier (Arabic: طنجة; Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵏ ⵉⴳⴳⵉ) and its interland were, formally, an International Zone, with three postal administrations, and it remained that way until the independence of the Kingdom of Morocco (1956), although the new State did not regain sovereignty of the city until April 11, 1960. During the Second World War (1940-1945) that status was suspended, and the territory was exclusively under the sovereignty of Spain, which integrated it into its Moroccan protectorate. Tangier was characterized by the international diplomatic representations in Morocco being established there since the end of the 19th century. International administration officially began on June 1, 1925, and in subsequent years Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy joined the city government, although until 1940 France imposed its administrative dominance.