FRENCH OCCUPATION ZONE IN GERMANY

At the Potsdam Conference in August 1945, after Germany's unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945, the Allies divided Germany into four military occupation zones – French in the southwest, British in the northwest, United States in the south, and Soviet in the east. According to the agreement, the occupiers would "possess supreme authority with respect to Germany."
The French zone consisted of the present state of Rheinland-Pfalz and the southern areas of Baden-Württemberg. The headquarter of the French Military Government was in Baden-Baden.
In December 1945 France issued a set of 16 stamps for general use throughout its occupation zone.

VERY NICE SET OF 9 MINT NEVER HINGED STAMPS 

YEAR OF ISSUE: 1945