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West African CFA franc (Dahomey usage only)


Name: West African CFA franc
Defn: 100c=1fr=1fcfa=1f
Symbol: ₣
Code: XOF
Desc: new
Units of money:
centime c 1
franc fr 100

Users of this currency: Benin (1730 stamps, 1976-2016), Burkina Faso (991 stamps, 1984-2018), Dahomey (669 stamps, 1899-1975), French Guinea (250 stamps, 1892-1944), GuineaBissau (8470 stamps, 1998-2018), Ivory Coast (1507 stamps, 1892-2018), Mali Federation (13 stamps, 1959-1960), Mali (2785 stamps, 1960-2023), Mauritania (430 stamps, 1906-1973), Niger (7485 stamps, 1921-2020), Senegal (2173 stamps, 1887-2023), Upper Senegal & Niger (56 stamps, 1906-1915), Upper Volta (904 stamps, 1920-1984) Show with all usages

Denominations used by Dahomey in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1c 3   1901 blk pc=blgray issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1913 vio&blk issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm
2c 4   1904 brn pc=buff issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1941 scar issue=1941 d=man in canoe
3c 1   1941 bl issue=1941 d=man in canoe
4c 3   1904 cl pc=lav issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1913 blk&brn issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm
5c 14   1904 yelgrn issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1941 blk d=mask
10c 13   1901 red issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1941 lilrose d=mask
10c+5c 1   1915 orgred&dlrose d=man climbing oil palm ovpt=+5c oc=car on=1913-10c
15c 6   1901 gray issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1941 dkbl d=mask
20c 10   1904 red pc=grn issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1941 yelgrn d=mask
25c 6   1899 blk pc=rose issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1924 yelorg&choc issue=1922 provisional d=man climbing oil palm ovpt=25c//bars bars oc=blk on=1913-2fr
30c 11   1904 brn pc=bis issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1941 org d=mask
35c 3   1906 blk pc=yel issue=1906 d=oil palm ... 1938 blgrn&grn issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm
40c 5   1904 red pc=straw issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1941 scar issue=1941 d=pile house
45c 2   1906 choc issue=1906 d=oil palm, 1913 gray&ultra issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm
45+25c 1   1939 issue=French Revolution 150th d=storming of the Bastille
50c 14   1901 brn pc=bl issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 4/11/1963 grn&blk issue=Friendship Games d=boxers
50c+1fr 1   1941 issue=1941 semi
50c+1.50fr 1   1944 bl issue=Colonial Development Fund
55c 1   1938 grn&choc issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm
60c 6   1906 d=harbor & native heads ... 1941 blk issue=1941 d=pile house
65c 2   1925 brnorg&dkvio issue=1922 provisional d=man climbing oil palm oc=blk on=1917-15c-brnorg&dkvio, 1926 yelbrn&dlgrn issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm
70c 1   1941 brtredvio issue=1941 d=pile house
70+30c 1   1939 issue=French Revolution 150th d=storming of the Bastille
75c 4   1904 dpvio pc=org issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 1913 bl&lil issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm vio d=man climbing oil palm unissued
80c 2   1938 brn&ultra issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm, 1941 brnblk issue=1941 d=sailboat
80c+2fr 1   1941 issue=1941 semi
85c 2   1925 brnorg&dkvio issue=1922 provisional d=man climbing oil palm oc=blk on=1917-15c, 1926 dkbl&ver issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm
90c 6   1927 cer&brnred issue=1922 provisional oc=blk on=75c-cer&brnred-unissued ... 4/5/1939 issue=Caillie d=map of West Africa & Rene Caillie
90+35c 1   1939 issue=French Revolution 150th d=storming of the Bastille
1fr 18   1904 brnzgrn pc=straw issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 8/24/1970 dt=Bariba horsemen
1+1fr 1   1941 issue=National Defense
1fr+2.50fr 1   1944 grn issue=Colonial Development Fund d=++on=1fr
1.10fr 1   1928 vio&bis issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm
1.20+1.80fr 1   1942
1.25fr 3   1926 dkbl&ultra issue=1922 provisional d=man climbing oil palm oc=blk on=1926-1fr-dkbl&ultra ... 5/10/1939 issue=New York World's Fair d=people of the colonies
1.25+1fr 1   1939 issue=French Revolution 150th d=storming of the Bastille
1.30fr 1   1941 brnvio issue=1941 d=sailboat
1.40fr 1   1941 dkgrn issue=1941 d=sailboat
1.50fr 5   1927 dkbl&grnbl issue=1922 provisional oc=blk on=1fr-dkbl&grnbl-unissued ... 1941 brtrose issue=1941 d=sailboat
1.50fr+2fr 1   1941 issue=1941 semi
1.50+3fr 1   1941 issue=National Defense
1.50+3.50fr 1   1942 grn issue=native children's welfare
1.75fr 2   1933 brn&yelbrn issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm, 1938 ind&ultra issue=1913 d=man climbing oil palm
1.75fr+50c 1   1938 brtultra issue=Curie d=Pierre & Marie Curie
1.90fr 1   1940 ultra issue=1940 air
2fr 14   1904 vio issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 8/24/1970 dt=Bariba horsemen
2fr+3fr 1   1941 issue=1941 semi
2+6fr 1   1942 brn issue=native children's welfare
2.25fr 2   4/5/1939 dkbl issue=Caillie d=map of West Africa & Rene Caillie, 5/10/1939 issue=New York World's Fair d=people of the colonies
2.25+2fr 1   1939 issue=French Revolution 150th d=storming of the Bastille
2.50fr 2   1941 bl d=pile house & Petain
2.50+1fr 1   1941 issue=National Defense
2.90fr 1   1940 car issue=1940 air
3fr 10   1927 ol&dporg issue=1922 provisional oc=blk on=5fr-ol&dporg-unissued ... 2/20/1967 dt=flowers (1967 Dahomey) d=Hewittia sublobata
3+9fr 1   1942 car issue=native children's welfare
4fr 2   2/17/1961 ol&mar dt=occupations (1961) d=potter (1961), 12/10/1963 d=human rights
4.50fr 1   1940 issue=1940 air
4.90fr 1   1940 issue=1940 air
5fr 19   1904 redlil issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce ... 2/14/1974 dt=folktales (1974) d=The elephant the chicken & the dog
6fr 2   2/17/1961 dt=occupations (1961), 12/10/1963 d=human rights
6.90fr 1   1940 issue=1940 air
10fr 16   1927 blvio&redbrn issue=1922 provisional oc=blk on=5fr-blvio&redbrn-unissued ... 12/8/1975 issue=Flowers 1975 dt=flowers (1975 Dahomey) d=Allamanda cathartica (1975 Dahomey)
15fr 12   2/17/1961 dt=occupations (1961) ... 9/18/1973 issue=Fish 1973 d=Dreapane africana
20fr 14   1927 ver&dlgrn issue=1922 provisional oc=blk on=5fr-ver&dlgrn-unissued ... 1973 issue=1973 air
25fr 23   3/1/1960 dkbl&brn&red d=Village Ganvie ... 8/4/1975 dt=folk dances (1975 Dahomey) d=Fetish Dance
25+5fr 2   4/7/1962 orgbrn, 3/21/1963
30fr 44   7/31/1962 issue=Fort Ouidah evacuation 1st ... 6/29/1972 issue=75th Anniversary of the Death of Johannes Brahms
35fr 28   6/24/1971 issue=Emblems of the Kings of Abomey dt=Emblems of the Kings of Abomey ... 12/8/1975 issue=Flowers 1975 dt=flowers (1975 Dahomey) d=Ixora coccinea (1975)
40fr 39   2/18/1963 dt=peoples ... 12/19/1975 issue=Christmas 1975 d=Nativity - A. Van Leyden
45fr 14   11/4/1966 issue=UNESCO 20th ... 12/8/1975 issue=Flowers 1975 dt=flowers (1975 Dahomey) d=Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (1975 Dahomey)
50fr 27   1942 issue=1942 air ... 10/20/1975 issue=International Women's Year
55fr 1   10/7/1968 issue=1968 air
60fr 7   9/20/1961 d=UN ... 12/8/1975 issue=Flowers 1975 dt=flowers (1975 Dahomey) d=Phaemeria magnifica
65fr 7   2/18/1963 dt=peoples ... 8/11/1975 issue=Dahomey-Nigeria cooperation d=spears with flags
70fr 23   4/1/1966 dt=cathedrals (1966) d=Cotonou Cathedral ... 11/22/1971 issue=Christmas 1971 d=Adoration of the Kings by Holbein Elder
75fr 4   3/18/1968 issue=Pendjari Game Reserve ... 11/18/1975 issue=American bicentennial d=Infantry & Stars
80fr 1   1967 issue=windjammers d=Marie Alice
85fr 9   8/1/1960 dpcl&blk d=Hubert Maga ... 12/19/1975 issue=Christmas 1975 d=Adoration des Mages PP Rubens
90fr 2   1969 dt=wild animals (1969), 1970 issue=200th Anniversary of the Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven
100fr 79   4/1/1960 d=Somba house ... 8/22/1975 issue=Arphila 75 d=ARPHILA Emblem
110fr 4   12/20/1969 issue=Christmas 1969 ... 1970 issue=Christmas 1970
120fr 1   6/15/1970 dt=EXPO 70 d=Japanese scene
125fr 10   1967 issue=50th birthday of JFK d=++on=100fr ... 10/31/1974 issue=World Cup 1974 winners d=Paul Breitner
135fr 2   7/17/1972 issue=Emblems of the Kings of Abomey 1972, 11/18/1975 issue=American bicentennial d=drummers & fifer
140fr 4   3/8/1971 issue=Emblems of the Kings of Abomey dt=Emblems of the Kings of Abomey ... 12/19/1975 issue=Christmas 1975 d=Adoration of the Shepherds
150fr 20   1967 d=++on=200fr ... 10/20/1975 issue=International Women's Year
200fr 27   9/20/1961 ... 9/22/1975 issue=Albert Schweitzer 100th
250fr 9   7/27/1963 issue=Heads of states meeting d=Palace of the African & Malgache Union ... 11/24/1975 issue=Olympics 1976 in 1975 d=Soccer & Olympic rings
300fr 7   10/25/1963 issue=Cotonou Aiport d=plane ... 12/19/1975 issue=Christmas 1975 d=La Vierge Au Diademe Bleu - Raphael
500fr 6   4/1/1960 d=Abomey court ... 11/18/1975 issue=American bicentennial d=cavalry
1000fr 1   1969

Used by 669 stamps of Dahomey: (See all uses as list)
1899 25c blk pc=rose issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1901 1c blk pc=blgray issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1901 10c red issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1901 15c gray issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1901 25c bl issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1901 50c brn pc=bl issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1904 2c brn pc=buff issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1904 5fr redlil issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1904 2fr vio issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1904 1fr brnzgrn pc=straw issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1904 75c dpvio pc=org issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1904 40c red pc=straw issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1904 30c brn pc=bis issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1904 20c red pc=grn issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1904 5c yelgrn issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1904 4c cl pc=lav issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce
1905 50c brn issue=Navigation & Commerce d=Navigation & Commerce var=name in bl
1906 1c slbl&red issue=1906 d=Louis Faidherbe
1906 2c choc issue=1906 d=Louis Faidherbe
1906 4c choc&red pc=graybl issue=1906 d=Louis Faidherbe
1906 5c grn issue=1906 d=Louis Faidherbe
1906 10c car&bl issue=1906 d=Louis Faidherbe
1906 20c blk pc=az issue=1906 d=oil palm
1906 25c bl issue=1906 d=oil palm
1906 30c choc issue=1906 d=oil palm
... skipping 619 ...
8/11/1975 65fr issue=Dahomey-Nigeria cooperation d=spears with flags
8/11/1975 100fr issue=Dahomey-Nigeria cooperation d=Arrows connecting maps
8/18/1975 40fr issue=Benin Electric Community d=Pylons
8/18/1975 150fr issue=Benin Electric Community
airmail 8/22/1975 100fr issue=Arphila 75 d=ARPHILA Emblem
8/25/1975 35fr d=map & rising sun
9/22/1975 200fr issue=Albert Schweitzer 100th
airmail 9/29/1975 300fr issue=Holy Family
10/20/1975 50fr issue=International Women's Year
10/20/1975 150fr issue=International Women's Year
airmail 11/18/1975 75fr issue=American bicentennial d=Infantry & Stars
airmail 11/18/1975 135fr issue=American bicentennial d=drummers & fifer
airmail 11/18/1975 300fr issue=American bicentennial d=Artillery with cannon
airmail 11/18/1975 500fr issue=American bicentennial d=cavalry
airmail 11/24/1975 40fr issue=Olympics 1976 in 1975 d=diving & Olympic rings
airmail 11/24/1975 250fr issue=Olympics 1976 in 1975 d=Soccer & Olympic rings
12/8/1975 10fr issue=Flowers 1975 dt=flowers (1975 Dahomey) d=Allamanda cathartica (1975 Dahomey)
12/8/1975 35fr issue=Flowers 1975 dt=flowers (1975 Dahomey) d=Ixora coccinea (1975)
12/8/1975 45fr issue=Flowers 1975 dt=flowers (1975 Dahomey) d=Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (1975 Dahomey)
12/8/1975 60fr issue=Flowers 1975 dt=flowers (1975 Dahomey) d=Phaemeria magnifica
airmail 12/19/1975 40fr issue=Christmas 1975 d=Nativity - A. Van Leyden
airmail 12/19/1975 140fr issue=Christmas 1975 d=Adoration of the Shepherds
airmail 12/19/1975 85fr issue=Christmas 1975 d=Adoration des Mages PP Rubens
airmail 12/19/1975 300fr issue=Christmas 1975 d=La Vierge Au Diademe Bleu - Raphael
75c vio d=man climbing oil palm unissued

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