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French activity in Morocco began during the 19th Century ; in 1904 France and Spain secretly partitioned the territory of the sultanate, with Spain later creating Spanish Morocco from its portion. The French minted coinage for use in the Protectorate from 1921 until 1956, which continued to circulate until a new currency was introduced. The French minted coins with the denomination of Franc , which contained 100 centimes. This was replaced in 1974 with the reintroduction of the Dirham , Morocco's current currency. POSTAL HISTORY A French postal agency had sent Mail from Tangier as early as 1854 , but the formal beginning of the system was in 1891 , when French Post Office s were established throughout the sultanate. The offices issued Postage Stamp s of France Surcharge d with values in Peseta s and Centimo s, at a 1-1 ratio with the denominations in French Currency , using both the Type Sage issues, and after 1902 , Mouflon Issue inscribed "MAROC" (which were never officially issued without the surcharge). In 1911 , the Mouflon designs were overprinted in Arabic ; in the same year, the Sherifian Post was created to handle local mail, using special stamps. The first stamps of the protectorate appeared 1 August 1914 , and were just the existing stamps with the additional overprint reading "PROTECTORAT FRANCAIS". The first new designs were in an issue of 1917 , consisting of 17 stamps in six designs, denominated in Centime s and Franc s, and inscribed "MAROC". |
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