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50fr denom (#9714) (Upper Volta usage only)

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  • Colnect-507-601-Hotel-in-Diapaga.jpg
  • Colnect-507-608-UNO-Emblem-Flag.jpg
  • Colnect-507-628-Plumeria-alba.jpg
  • Colnect-5112-855-African-Elephant-Loxodonta-africana.jpg
  • Colnect-414-396-Judo.jpg
  • Colnect-507-635-2nd-Anniversary-of-%E2%80%9EAir-Afrique%E2%80%9C-airline.jpg
  • Colnect-507-636-Foundation-of-EUROPAFRIQUE.jpg
  • Colnect-508-163-Barograph-and-Emblem-of-WMO.jpg
  • Colnect-508-188-Earth-Gyrocompass-Map-of-Africa.jpg
  • Colnect-508-186-100th-anniversary-of-the-death-of-Abraham-Lincoln.jpg
  • Colnect-509-097-Meteorological-satellite.jpg
  • Colnect-509-088-Flapneck-Chameleon-Chamaeleon-dilepis.jpg
  • Colnect-509-096-UNICEF-20th-anniversary.jpg
  • Colnect-509-095-UNESCO-20th-anniversary.jpg
  • Colnect-509-914-7th-World-Day-of-Meteorology.jpg
  • Colnect-509-922-Lamentation-of-Christ-Dirk-Bouts.jpg
  • Colnect-509-911-Les-Deux-Alpes.jpg
  • Colnect-509-935-8th-World-Day-of-Meteorology.jpg
  • Colnect-509-929-20th-anniversary-of-WHO.jpg
  • Colnect-509-940-5-years-EUROPAFRIQUE.jpg
  • Colnect-509-957-Philexafrique-1969.jpg
  • Colnect-509-964-Painting-of-Napoleon-I.jpg
  • Colnect-520-829-EXPO--70-Osaka.jpg
  • Colnect-513-893-Technical-academy.jpg
  • Colnect-555-917-10th-anniversary-of-UNO-declarion-of-decolonization.jpg
  • Colnect-555-922-International-year-against-racial-discrimination.jpg
  • Colnect-555-923-World-Information-Society-Day.jpg
  • Colnect-555-939-Girls-school-enrolment.jpg
  • Colnect-2134-658-Dagari-House.jpg
  • Colnect-3547-911-Talts-USSR.jpg
  • Colnect-3547-928-by-Albrecht-Durer.jpg
  • Colnect-2138-085-Eugene-A-Cernan-and-lunar-module.jpg
  • Colnect-1384-971-Exploration-vehicle-driven.jpg
  • Colnect-797-113-Germany-Switzerland-1954.jpg
  • Colnect-1050-055-Churchill-Hussar-officer.jpg
  • Colnect-5033-491-Locomotive-2199-Ouest.jpg
  • Colnect-894-486-Bicentenary-of-the-independence-of-the-United-States.jpg
  • Colnect-2846-517-Apollo-Sojuz-docking.jpg
  • Colnect-3728-577-Sailing.jpg
  • Colnect-1388-424-Airship-Sachsen.jpg
  • Colnect-2453-258-Hannoa-undulata.jpg
  • Colnect-3160-127-Telephone.jpg
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Desc: 50fr

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

Numerical sorting value: 300000


Equivalent denoms: 50f (12)

Users of this denom: Benin (45 stamps, 1976-2005), Burkina Faso (17 stamps, 1985-2013), Dahomey (27 stamps, 1942-1975), French Guinea (1 stamp, 1942), Ivory Coast (57 stamps, 1942-2013), Mali (97 stamps, 1961-2003), Mauritania (22 stamps, 1942-1970), Niger (139 stamps, 1942-2002), Senegal (71 stamps, 1942-2013), Upper Volta (46 stamps, 1960-1982) Show with all usages

Used by 46 stamps of Upper Volta: (See all uses as list)

4/11/1960 50fr dt=animal masks d=elephant mask
postage due 1/31/1962 50fr red&blk issue=1962 due d=Eudorcas rufifrons
6/30/1962 50fr dt=hunting&tourism
airmail 9/22/1962 50fr issue=2 years admission to United Nations d=UN emblem & flag
1963 50fr issue=1963 dt=flowers (1963 Upper Volta) d=Plumeria alba (1963)
official 2/1/1963 50fr issue=1963 official d=African elephant (1963)
4/11/1963 50fr issue=Friendship Games 1963
airmail 11/19/1963 50fr issue=2nd Anniversary of Air Afrique d=jetliner over map of Africa & Europe oc=blk on=6/24/1963-200fr
airmail 1/6/1964 50fr issue=Europafrica
3/23/1964 50fr carrose&grn&bl issue=World Meteorological Day 1964 d=barograph & WMO emblem
airmail 3/23/1965 50fr issue=World Meteorological Day 1965
11/3/1965 50fr issue=100th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln
3/23/1966 50fr issue=6th World Day of Meteorology d=Meteorological satellite
7/15/1966 50fr issue=1966 dt=animals (1966 Upper Volta) d=Chamaeleo dilepis
12/10/1966 50fr issue=UNICEF 20th anniversary
12/10/1966 50fr issue=UNESCO 20th anniversary
airmail 3/23/1967 50fr issue=World Day of Meteorology 1967
airmail 7/1/1967 50fr issue=Paintings 1968 dt=paintings (1968 Upper Volta) d=Lamentation of Christ - Dirk Bouts
11/28/1967 50fr issue=Winter Olympics 1968 d=Les Deux-Alpes
airmail 3/23/1968 50fr issue=8th World Day of Meteorology
4/8/1968 50fr issue=20th anniversary of WHO
airmail 7/20/1968 50fr issue=Europafrica
airmail 2/14/1969 50fr issue=PHILEXAFRIQUE 1969
airmail 8/18/1969 50fr issue=200th anniversary of Napoleon dt=paintings of Napoleon
airmail 8/7/1970 50fr issue=EXPO 70
12/10/1970 50fr d=professional training center
12/14/1970 50fr d=independence declaration 10th
3/21/1971 50fr issue=International Year Against Racial Discrimination
5/17/1971 50fr issue=World Telecommunications Day
10/14/1971 50fr issue=Women's Access to Education
6/30/1972 50fr dt=buildings (1972 Upper Volta)
airmail 3/15/1973 50fr issue=Gold Medal Winners of Olympic Games d=Talts USSR
airmail 3/22/1973 50fr issue=Christmas 1973 dt=Virgin with Child Paintings d=by Albrecht Durer
airmail 3/29/1973 50fr issue=Apollo 17 d=Eugene A Cernan & Lunar Module
airmail 4/30/1973 50fr issue=Exploration of the Moon d=driving the lunar rover
9/2/1974 50fr issue=World Cup 1974 d=Germany-Switzerland 1954
1/11/1975 50fr issue=Churchill 100th
2/28/1975 50fr dt=locomotives (1975 Upper Volta)
5/6/1975 50fr issue=USA 200th b
7/18/1975 50fr issue=Apollo-Soyuz
3/17/1976 50fr issue=Olympics 1976 d=sailing (1976)
5/11/1976 50fr issue=75th Anniversary of the Zeppelin d=Airship Sachsen
8/8/1977 50fr issue=Flowers 1977 dt=wild fruits (1977) d=Hannoa undulata
5/17/1980 50fr issue=World Telecommunications Day 1980
7/18/1980 50fr issue=Operation Green Sahel
2/18/1982 50fr issue=20th Anniversary of World Food Program