International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Morocco

Morocco * The first meter was used in 1929 during period of French control. The stamps are grouped according to political inscription and use: A – French Protectorate, inscribed “PROTECTORAT DU MAROC” B – French administered territory, inscribed “MAROC” C – Independent Morocco, first inscription: “MAROC” and 80px (or variation 80px) D – Independent Morocco, second inscription: “MAROC” and 80px (or variation 80px, 80px, or 80px) PO – Franks generated only from Post Office machines GROUP A: Stamps of the French Protectorate, inscribed PROTECTORAT DU MAROC left|520px A1. Havas “Tiranty” (FV-1), 1929. M# with “A” prefix. TM: SL Values: 4 50¢, 65¢, 90¢, 1F, 1F50, 2F, 4F50, 6F, 10F, 15F 4 [Very scarce] Value: 5 3F 4 [Very rare] a: Post Office stamp: meters A003 and A015 were used in post offices. Other numbers also were possibly used in post offices. 4 [Rare] NOTE: Proof impressions of Type A1 (and also Type BA1) appear to be relatively common. They are worth less than examples on full cover that went through the post. GROUP B: Stamps of the French administered territory, inscribed MAROC SUB-GROUP BA : “MAROC” at top, “POSTES” above M# at bottom left|525px BA0.1. Havas "Tiranty" (FV-1), 1952. 4 [Very rare] M# with "A" prefix. Meter number A.0006 seen. TM: SL Value seen: 4 15F NOTE: This stamp turned up in later 2018. Two covers are known. left|550px right|580px BA1. Havas “Grandjean” (FV-5), 1929. M# with “B” prefix. TM: SL Values: 4 25¢, 40¢, 50¢, 1F00, 1F20, 1F50, 2F, 3F, 5F, 6F, 10F, 15F, 20F, 25F, 30F4 [Uncommon] Values: 4 65¢, 75¢, 80¢, 90¢, 1F4 [Scarce] a. Post Office stamps: Meters B0001 through B0005 were used in post offices. B0001, B0004 and B0005 were used in Casablanca. B0002 was used in Rabat, and B0003 was used in Oudjda. Meter B0004 was used with a slogan (in French), "For your correspondence, use airmail". Meter B0005 was used with a town mark until at least 1937 and without a town mark starting in 1944 or earlier. Examples of B0002 and B0005 are more often found than the other numbers. 4 [Scarce to Rare] left|570px right|570px BA2. Havas “C” (MV). “MAROC” variable in size. TM: SL A. M# with "C" prefix. 4 B. M# with "CW" prefix. 4 [Scarce] C. M# with "CG" prefix. 4 V/F: 4 ★00F 4 ★0oo 4 ★000F a. 1953, frank blank at top, without “MAROC” (CG1073 and 4238 known) 4 [Very scarce] b. Post Office stamp: Meter C0004 was used in a post office. Other low meter numbers may also have been used in post offices. 4 [Scarce] left|400px BA3. Havas "G" (MV). 4 M# with "G" prefix. TM: SL V/F: 4 ★00 F 4 ★000 4 ★0.oo 4 ★00.oo left|560px BA4. Havas "K" (MV). A. M# with "K" prefix 4 B. M# with "KG" prefix 4 C. M# with "M" prefix (error) 4 [Very scarce] TM: SL stacked at left V/F: 4 4 ★00 4 ★00. 4 ★0.oo left|520px BA5. Havas "M" (MV). 4 Wide frank. “MAROC” variable in size and style. A. M# with "M" prefix B. M# with "MG" prefix TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000 4 ★000F left|550px BA6. Satas "SC" (MV). TM: SL A. M# with "SC" prefix 4 [Uncommon] B. M# with "SCW" prefix 4 [Scarce] V/F: 4 ★000F 4 ★0.oo 4 ★00.oo NOTE: For a stamp that is nearly identical to Type BA6 but has meter number prefix "SB", see PO1. left|560px BA7. Satas "SD" (MV). 4 [Uncommon] M# SD 0101 seen. TM: SL V/F: 4 ★00.oo 4 ★000F left|550px BA8. Satas "E" (MV). 4 [Very scarce] M# with “SE” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000F a. Date only without town name SUB-GROUP BB: Winged letter design left|420px BB1. Havas "G" (MV), 1953. 4 [Rare] Meters “G 3486" and "G 3492” known. V/F: 4 ★0.oo GROUP C: Stamps of Independent Morocco inscribed “MAROC” and 80px (or variation 80px) left|550px C1. Havas “C” (MV), 1957. A. M# with "C" prefix 4 [Uncommon] B. M# with "CW" prefix 4 [Very scarce] C. M# with "CG" prefix 4 TM: SL V/F: 4 ★00F 4 ★000F left|550px C2. Havas “K” (MV). 4 M# with “K” prefix. TM: SL stacked at left V/F: 4 ★00.500.oo left|530px C3. Havas “M” (MV). Wide frank. A. M# with "M" prefix B. M# with "MG" prefix TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000 4 ★000F left|550px C4. Satas “SC” (MV). M# with “SC” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 4 ★0004 [Very scarce] V/F: 4 ★000F4 [Uncommon] left|550px C5. Satas “SD” (MV). M# with “SD” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000F 4 ★0.oo left|550px C6. Satas “SE” (MV). 4 [Very scarce] M# with “SE” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000 4 ★000F left|350px C7. Satas “Rotary” (MV). 4 [Rare] M# “S.001” and S.002” known. TM: SC V/F: 4 ★000 GROUP D: Stamps of Independent Morocco inscribed “MAROC” and 80px (or variation 80px, 80px, or 80px) left|500px D1. Havas “M” (MV), 1959. Wide frank. A. M# with "M" prefix 4 B. M# with "MW" prefix 4 [Scarce] C. M# with "H" prefix 4 TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000 4 ★000F 4 ★0.00 right|530px a. Post Office stamp, M# with “R” suffix 4 [Very scarce] b. Town above date, slogan between town/date and frank c. V/F: ★o.00 4 (M# H-275 only) 4 [Uncommon] left|530px D2. Havas “M” (MV). Similar to Type D1 but frank larger and with single line simulated-perforation border. M# with “H” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000 4 ★0.00 left|540px D2.1. Havas "C" (MV), 1962. As Type C1A but with revised inscription. A. M# with "C" prefix B. M# with "CG" prefix TM: SL V/F: 4 ★00F left|360px D3. Havas “K” (MV). A. M# with "K" prefix 4 [Very scarce] B. M# with "KG" prefix 4 [Uncommon] C. M# with "H" prefix TM: SL stacked at left V/F: 4 ★00 4 ★00. 4 ★0.oo right|530px a. With wide wavy line field left of the town mark left|350px left|335px D4. Satas “R” (MV). Very tall frank with large “perforation holes” in frame. A. Bottom line with “POSTES” left of the meter number with “S” prefix 4 [Scarce] B. Bottom line contains meter number only, with “SR” prefix 4 [Uncommon] TM: SC V/F: 4 ★0.00 4 ★0.oo 4 ★000 left|330px D5. Satas “J” (MV). Small frank with large simulated perforations. Date figures tall. M# with “S” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 000 4 0,00 4 00,00 left|340px left|340px right|340px D6. Havas “P” ? (MV). Frank similar to Type D3 but with Arabic text above "POSTES" and meter number at bottom. M# with "H" prefix. A. Thick value figures B. Thinner value figures with cents figures smaller TM: SC: V/F: 4 ★000 4 ★0.00 a. Large meter number displacing the lower frame line left|350px D7. Hasler? (MV). Upright frank with simulated perforation outer border and straight line inner border. “POSTES” above the meter number in lower left corner. M# with “J” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ✳0,oo left|380px D8. Secap? (MV). Frank as Type D3 but Arabic text above “POSTES J” at bottom left. TM: SC V/F: 4 00,00 left|350px D9. Postalia (MV). Upright frank with single straight-line outer border. Value figures with “DH” at left. M# with “P” or “PO” prefix at bottom center. TM: DC V/F: 4 000 left|335px D10. Postalia (MV). Frank similar to Type D7 with simulated perforation outer border and straight line inner border but larger. Frame lines broken at centers of sides. “POSTES” centered at bottom above M# with “P” prefix. A. Meter number is above the bottom frame line (as shown) B. Meter number breaks the bottom frame lines TM: DC V/F: 4 00,00 left|350px D10.1. Postalia (MV). As Type D10 but with inner box added around the value figures. M# with "P" prefix breaks bottom frame line. TM: DC V/F: 4 00.00 left|340px D10.2. Francotyp-Postalia "EFS3000/NEF300" (MV). As Type D10 but smaller frank with inscriptions in wider letters. At bottom "POSTES" is above the Arabic inscription. M# with "PO" prefix. TM: DC V/F: 4 0000 left|370px D11. Frama (MV), 1980. As Type D10 but “POSTES” and M# at lower left. Frame lines complete. M# with “F” prefix. TM: DC, SC V/F: 4 0,00 (thick figures) left|350px D12. Hasler “F88” (MV). As Type D11 but “POSTES” and Arabic text on same line above M# at bottom. M# with “R” prefix. TM: DC V/F: 4 0,oo 4 ✳0,oo left|395px D13. Hasler “Mailmaster” (MV). As Type D12 but frank is wider than tall. “MAROC” is left of Arabic inscription. M# with “R” prefix at lower right. TM: DC V/F: 4 00.00 left|380px D14. Frama "M/E4" (MV). Upright frank very similar to Type D12. M# with "V" prefix at bottom. TM: DC V/F: 4 00,00 left|410px D15. Pitney Bowes "Paragon" (MV). Similar to Type D13 but taller. M# with "PBP" prefix low between TM and frank, with prefix above the meter number. TM: DC V/F: 4 ≋00,00 left|360px D16. Neopost (digital). Frank is similar to Type D15 but not as large. The value figures are much larger and raised above the level of the date. The date figures are smaller and lower than the value figures. M# with "NP" prefix is below "POSTES". TM: DC V/F: 4 000.00 left|340px D17. Pitney Bowes-GB "A/B900" series (MV). Very similar to Type D13 but slightly smaller and with value figures that are more widely spaced. M# with "T" prefix. TM: DC V/F: 4 00000 4 ≋00.00 left|380px D18. Secap "Vega" (MV). Upright frank very similar to Types D12 and D14. M# with "J" prefix at bottom. TM: SC V/F: 4 0000 left|375px D19. Secap, model unidentified (MV). This stamp is a Post Office stamp. Very similar to Type D18 but with a solid block instead of a meter number below "POSTES". TM: SC V/F: 4 00,00 left|350px D20. Hasler "Mailmaster" (MV). Similar to Type D12 but slightly larger. Meter number with "V" prefix centered at bottom. TM: DC V/F: 4 00.00 left|500px D21. unidentified, possibly Neopost (digital), 2020. Similar to Type D16 but with identification number at bottom right rather than bottom center. Three examples reported with identification number prefixes "IM03", "IB02", and "1001". Each stamp has a 12-digit number above a large “N” at left of the town mark. It is possible this is a Post Office meter stamp design. TM: DC V/F: 4 ≋0.00 GROUP PO: Stamps generated only by Post Office machines NOTE: For other Post Office stamps see Types A1a, BA1a, BA2b, and D19. left|550px PO1.1. Satas "SB" (FV-1). 4 [Very rare] Very similar to Type BA6 but meter number with "SB" prefix. TM: SL Value seen: 4 15.oo left|550px PO1.2. Havas "C" (MV), 1965 or earlier. Very similar to Type D2.1 but meter number with "H" prefix and "R" suffix. Meter number H_006R seen. TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000F left|330px right|325px PO2. Camp “PR” (MV). Small upright frank with very narrow spacing. The hour figure is located in the narrow spacing between the TM and frank. M# with “PR” prefix. Printed in red or in black. TM: SC V/F: 4 12px 0 0 0 left|345px PO3.0. Sercem “MIVA” (digital), 1993. 4 [Rare] Small rectangular frank, taller than wide with simulated perforation border open at the sides. “ROYAUME / DU MAROC” at upper left, the same in Arabic letters at upper right. At bottom of the frank are "POSTE" in Western and Arabic letters above the identification number. Square town mark at left also open at the sides. In a single line running through the centers of the town mark and frank are the date, time in hours, and value figures. One example seen with town mark "RABAT NATIONS UNIES" and identification number 00000000764. V/F: 4 0000,00 left|363px PO3.1. Guichet “Micro Ordinateur” (digital). Small square frank with simulated perforation border printed on plain white self-adhesive label. “ROYAUME / DU MAROC” at upper left. M# without prefix above “POSTE” at bottom. Date and value figures centered. Square TM with town and PO branch name in French at left and Arabic at right. Date as DD-M(MM)-YYYY over time as H:MM. 1V/F: 4 00,00 4 00.00 a. With registration data at left left|363px left|350px right|363px PO3.2. Guichet “Micro Ordinateur” (digital). Nearly identical to Type PO3.1 but the value figures and meter number are right justified, and date and time are left justified. Date as DD/MM/YYYY over time as HH:MM:SS A. Town mark with Arabic text at top in small characters B. Town mark with Arabic text at top in large characters V/F: 4 00,00 4 00.00 a. With registration data at left b. Without frank and town mark frames left|363px PO3.3. Guichet “Micro Ordinateur” (digital). As Types PO3.1 and PO3.2 but the value figures are very large. The font used for the date and time shows the numbers with variably thick lines. Date as DD-MM-YYYY V/F: 4 0.00 a. With registration data at left left|363px PO3.4. Guichet “Micro Ordinateur” (digital). Very similar to Type PO3.3 but the postal code is centered below the value figures. Date with slashes rather than dashes as separators: DD/MM/YYYY V/F: 4 00.00 a. With registration data at left left|363px PO4.1. Unidentified (digital). Similar to PO3 types but "ROYAUME DU MOROC" is larger and "POSTE" appears above the identification number. The date and time figures are also larger, and the value figures are large and thin. Date as DD-MM-YY over time as ##H## V/F: 4 00,00 a. With registration data at left left|363px PO4.2. Unidentified (digital). Very similar to Type PO4.1 but the value figures are much thicker. The date and time figures are tall, narrow and thick and on the same line rather than in two lines. “POSTE” is above an 11-digit identification number. Date and time as DD-MM-YY ##H V/F: 4 0000,00 left|360px PO5. Unidentified (digital). This stamp is different from the previous digital Post Office stamps due to its wider frank and thick, straight-line frame lines. The country name in French appears twice in the frank, both at top and after "Poste" at bottom. The illustration shows a full label with off-centered impression missing the bottom and identification number. Date and time high in town mark rather than centered. V/F: 4 (000)0.00 Return to main catalog ⇒ ../ Return to top ⇒ Morocco