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0,50 Franc
| Uitgever | Government of Madagascar and Dependencies |
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| Jaar | 1916 |
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| Valuta | Franc (1795-2001) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The obverse reproduces the design of the Madagascar et Dépendances 50 centime postage stamp, printed in olive-green and purple. A central vignette shows agricultural workers in a field with a town visible in the background, framed by a decorative border with geometric ornaments. The inscriptions "POSTES" at top and "MADAGASCAR ET DÉPENDANCES" at bottom frame the central composition, with the denomination "50 c." in a cartouche at lower center. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is printed on plain cream paper and bears a central intaglio vignette of a standing pointer dog in profile, signed "TURLOY" below. The vertical inscription "Lasiroa" appears along the left edge, and the denomination "0.50" is printed vertically along the right margin. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Madagascar had no functioning paper currency infrastructure of its own in 1916 — this fractional note was a wartime emergency measure, issued because the shipping disruption caused by World War I made it nearly impossible to replenish the coin supply from France. Small change had effectively vanished from circulation across the island.
The engraver credit to Turloy is one of the few specific production details that survives for this series. Pick 13 is among the scarcer fractional colonial issues of the period; the small format and low face value meant these were used hard and discarded without thought.