French West African franc (French West Africa usage only)

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French West African franc (French West Africa usage only)

Name: French West African franc
Defn: 100c=1fr
Symbol: ₣
Code:
Desc:
Units of money:
centime c 1
franc fr 100

Users of this currency: French Sudan (171 stamps, 1894-1944), French West Africa (139 stamps, 1943-1959) Show with all usages

Denominations used by French West Africa in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
10c	3	1945 ind&buff issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers ... 1947 dkbl issue=1947
30c	3	1945 ol&yel issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers ... 1947 brnred issue=1947
40c	2	1945 bl&buff issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers, 1947 grn issue=1947 d=Niger river boat
50c	3	1945 redorg&gray issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers ... 1947 dkred issue=1947 d=Bilma Oasis,Niger
60c	3	1945 olbrn&bl issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers ... 1948 var=no Togo
70c	1	1945 mag&cit issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers
80c	2	1945 issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers, 1947 issue=1947
1fr	5	1945 issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers ... 6/2/1958 issue=1958 official dt=masks (1958)
1.20fr	2	1945 issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers, 1947 issue=1947
1.50fr	4	1943 dkvio issue=1943 d=Diourbei Mosque ovpt=1 fr. 50//bars oc=red on=issuer=Senegal-65c-dkvio ... 1947 issue=1947
2fr	5	1945 issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers ... 2/20/1956 issue=FIDES
2+3fr	1	1945 red
2.40fr	1	1945 issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers
3fr	6	1945 issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers ... 6/2/1958 issue=1958 official dt=masks (1958)
3.50fr	1	1944 grn issue=1944a oc=blk on=issuer=Mauritania-65c-grn
3.60fr	1	1947 issue=1947
4fr	5	1944 dkgrn issue=1944a d=family at tent oc=blk on=issuer=Mauritania-1938-65c ... 2/20/1956 issue=FIDES
4.50fr	2	1944 blk issue=1944b d=Faidherbe Bridge oc=blk on=issuer=Senegal-1935-15c-blk, 1945 issue=1945 d=colonial soldiers
5fr	7	1944 dkgrn issue=1944a d=family at tent oc=blk on=issuer=Mauritania-1938-65c ... 6/2/1958 issue=1958 official dt=masks (1958)
5+20fr	1	12/1/1944 pur issue=Red Cross
5.50fr	3	1943 dkvio issue=1943 d=Diourbei Mosque oc=blk on=issuer=Senegal-65c-dkvio ... 1945 ultra d=airplane (1945)
6fr	1	1947 dkbl issue=1947
8fr	4	5/8/1946 vio d=Victory (1946) ... 5/2/1955 issue=Wildlife Protection Exhibition d=pangolin (1955)
10fr	8	1944 blk issue=1944b d=Faidherbe Bridge oc=blk on=issuer=Senegal-1935-15c-blk ... 7/7/1958 issue=flowers
10+2fr	1	5/15/1950 brnred&dkbrn issue=Tropical Medicine
15fr	14	1944 orgbrn&org issue=1944b oc=blk on=issuer=Mauritania-90c-orgbrn&org ... 3/15/1958 blkbrn&grn&vio issue=Dakar 100th d=Goree Island & native woman
17fr	1	2/20/1956 issue=FIDES
20fr	15	1944 orgbrn&org issue=1944b d=map of West Africa & Rene Caillie oc=blk on=issuer=Senegal-1939-90c-orgbrn&org ... 3/21/1959
25fr	8	1945 prusgrn issue=Eboue d=Eboue ... 1/5/1959 issue=flowers
30fr	3	2/20/1956 issue=FIDES ... 7/7/1958 issue=flowers d=Cyrtosperma
40fr	3	12/1/1952 d=Treich-Laplene & map ... 1/5/1959 issue=flowers
45fr	1	6/2/1958 issue=1958 official dt=masks (1958)
50fr	8	1943 dkvio issue=1943 d=Diourbei Mosque oc=blk on=issuer=Senegal-65c-dkvio ... 6/2/1958 issue=1958 official dt=masks (1958)
65fr	2	6/2/1958 issue=1958 official dt=masks (1958), 7/7/1958 issue=flowers
100fr	5	1945 d=airplane (1945) ... 6/2/1958 issue=1958 official dt=masks (1958)
200fr	3	3/24/1947 slgray issue=1947 air d=ghostly plane over natives ... 6/2/1958 issue=1958 official dt=masks (1958)
500fr	1	11/5/1951 redorg&blgrn&ultra d=Vridi Canal

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