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5fr denom (#12298) (Upper Volta usage only)

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Desc: 5fr

Currency: West African CFA franc (100c=1fr=1fcfa=1f)

Numerical sorting value: 30000


Equivalent denoms: 5f (6)

Users of this denom: Benin (7 stamps, 1976-1983), Burkina Faso (11 stamps, 1985-2013), Dahomey (19 stamps, 1904-1974), French Guinea (9 stamps, 1904-1942), Ivory Coast (33 stamps, 1906-2000), Mali Federation (1 stamp, 1960), Mali (35 stamps, 1961-2010), Mauritania (19 stamps, 1906-1970), Niger (14 stamps, 1921-1997), Senegal (35 stamps, 1906-2002), Upper Senegal & Niger (2 stamps, 1906-1914), Upper Volta (20 stamps, 1920-1981) Show with all usages

Used by 20 stamps of Upper Volta: (See all uses as list)

1920 5fr vio&blk issue=1920 d=camel with rider ovpt=HAUTE-VOLTA oc=blk on=issuer=Upper Senegal & Niger-5fr-vio&blk
1928 5fr issue=1928 d=Hausa warrior
4/11/1960 5fr dt=animal masks d=monkey mask
postage due 1/31/1962 5fr viobl&blk issue=1962 due d=Eudorcas rufifrons
6/30/1962 5fr dt=hunting&tourism
1963 5fr issue=1963 dt=flowers (1963 Upper Volta) d=Striga senegalensis
official 2/1/1963 5fr yelgrn&sep issue=1963 official d=African elephant (1963)
4/15/1965 5fr dt=waterfalls (1965) d=Comoe waterfall
1/15/1966 5fr issue=1966 dt=animals (1966 Upper Volta) d=Phacochoerus aethiopicus (1966)
airmail 4/18/1967 5fr issue=French space reasearch program d=Diamant rocket
6/8/1967 5fr issue=12th Boy Scout World Jamboree d=Scout holding hat & Jamboree emblem
4/3/1969 5fr issue=Native arts and crafts d=Ornamental iron smith
5/7/1970 5fr dt=dances (1970) d=mask
3/1/1971 5fr dt=musical instruments (1971 Upper Volta) d=Beingolo hunting horn
6/30/1971 5fr dt=butterflies (1971 Upper Volta) d=Danaus chrysippus (1971)
1/24/1973 5fr issue=Upper Volta Hair Styles d=Mossi woman in front of village
5/25/1975 5fr issue=Albert Schweitzer 100th
10/26/1979 5fr dt=protected birds (1979) d=Sarcorhamphus papa (1979)
3/10/1981 5fr dt=insects (1981 Upper Volta) d=Ateuchus sacer
10/21/1981 5fr issue=Wildlife Protection d=Damaliscus lunatus (1981)