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500fr denom (#6532) (Dahomey usage only)

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Desc: 500fr

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

Numerical sorting value: 3000000


Equivalent denoms: 500f (76), 500fcfa (871)

Users of this denom: Benin (23 stamps, 1978-2011), Burkina Faso (36 stamps, 1985-2012), Dahomey (6 stamps, 1960-1975), Ivory Coast (64 stamps, 1959-2015), Mali Federation (1 stamp, 1960), Mali (108 stamps, 1960-2022), Mauritania (3 stamps, 1966-1970), Niger (151 stamps, 1959-2017), Senegal (56 stamps, 1960-2016), Upper Volta (13 stamps, 1961-1982) Show with all usages

Used by 6 stamps of Dahomey: (See all uses as list)

4/1/1960 500fr d=Abomey court
10/25/1963 500fr issue=Cotonou Aiport d=plane
1966 500fr issue=Birds 1966 d=Emerald starling
3/15/1971 500fr issue=de Gaulle memorial d=de Gaulle as old man & Notre Dame Cathedral
7/16/1975 500fr issue=Russo-American cooperation d=Apollo-Soyuz link-up
11/18/1975 500fr issue=American bicentennial d=cavalry

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