Catalog
0,10 Franc
| Issuer | Government of Madagascar and Dependencies |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Value | 0,10 Franc |
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| Obverse description | Obverse reproduces the Madagascar et Dépendances 10 centimes postage stamp in magenta and black, with a central intaglio vignette of Malagasy workers in a rice field with a town visible in the background. The stamp border carries the legend 'POSTES' at top and 'MADAGASCAR ET DÉPENDANCES' at the base, with the denomination '10c.' in a framed cartouche at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse printed on plain cardboard stock in black, centered on a standing dog in a naturalistic engraved vignette signed 'TURLO' at lower right. The word 'Ilavoamena' appears vertically along the left margin, and the denomination '0,10' is printed vertically in large numerals at the right edge. |
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Madagascar's smallest wartime emergency issue, this 10-centime cardboard piece dates from 1916 — part of a series of low-denomination subsidiary notes produced because the metal coinage needed for everyday small transactions had effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded or diverted as Europe's war consumed base metals. Similar cardboard emergency currency appeared across French colonial territories in the same period for identical reasons.
The engraver credit to Turlo is notable: his name appears on several French colonial issues of the period, though pinning down his full biography remains difficult in the secondary literature.