Subject: Re: British External Terrritories and French ones!<br/>
Date: Apr 15, 2005 @ 02:36<br/>
Author: L. A. Nadybal (&quot;L. A. Nadybal&quot; &lt;lnadybal@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-104276844">Interesting list - We could find the definitive lists for all these<br/>
countries in the UPU guides to world post offices, but they charge a<br/>
lot of money for it.<br/>
<br/>
The list of what belongs to metropolitan France changes with every<br/>
government shift - St. Pierre et Miquelon were temporarily<br/>
metropolitan France for awhile not too long ago, as were Guadeloupe<br/>
and Martinique.  These status changes ar ereflected in their stamps -<br/>
 Guadeloupe was inscribed as the country name when it wasn&#39;t<br/>
metropolitan France, French stamps from the mother country were used<br/>
when it was metro.  St. P & M used French motherland stamps in the 70s<br/>
or thereabouts, and in the 80s, they started to use French motherland<br/>
stamps overprinted with the territory&#39;s ID.  <br/>
<br/>
So, lists of French overseas dependencies is going to be different<br/>
from time to time, depending on the policital winds.  <br/>
<br/>
Also, the French-Spanish condominium near the Atlantic coast shouldn&#39;t<br/>
  be forgotten when making such lists.<br/>
<br/>
Regards <br/>
Len Nadybal <br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Kevin Meynell &lt;knm@m...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt;And what about the French External territories? there is a complete<br/>
list?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; With respect to the French External territories, there are more or less <br/>
&gt; three types - Overseas Departments (Départements d&#39;outre-mer),<br/>
Territorial <br/>
&gt; Collectives (Collectivités territoriales) and Overseas Territories <br/>
&gt; (Territoires d&#39;outre mer), although it seems there have recently been <br/>
&gt; changes to the latter.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; The DOMs are French Guiana, Guadeloupe (including St Martin and St <br/>
&gt; Bartelemy), Martinique and Réunion and are considered integral parts of <br/>
&gt; France and therefore the EU. However, I believe they are outside of<br/>
the VAT <br/>
&gt; union.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; The Collectivités territoriales are/were St Pierre et Miquelon and<br/>
Mayotte.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; The TOMs are/were French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna<br/>
and <br/>
&gt; the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Unfortunately, I&#39;m not certain of the exact distinction between a <br/>
&gt; Territorial Collective and Overseas Territory, and in any case there<br/>
now <br/>
&gt; seem to be additional distinctions. Furthermore, I believe that<br/>
Corsica is <br/>
&gt; also considered a Territorial Collective, although still within <br/>
&gt; Metropolitan France.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Finally, there are also the &#39;Îles Éparses&#39; of Bassas da India, Europa, <br/>
&gt; Glorioso, Juan de Nova, and Tromelin which are administered from<br/>
Réunion, <br/>
&gt; plus Clipperton which is administered from French Polynesia.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Regards,<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Kevin Meynell </span></blockquote></div>