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French Territory of Afars and
Issas
FIRST STAMPS Obock,
Djibouti and Cote Francaise des Somalis.
FIRST STAMPS ISSUED 21
August 1967.
CURRENCY
1967, as
France.
A
referendum was held in the Cote Francaise des Somalis in March 1967 and 60 per
cent of the population voted to continue association with France rather than
for independence. The name was changed by decree on 5 July 1967. The territory
attained independence as the Republic of Djibouti on 27 June 1977. |
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