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500fr denom (#6532) (Mauritania 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 3 stamps of Mauritania: (See all uses as list)

9/5/1966 500fr issue=150th Anniversary of Shipwreck of the "Medusa"
4/3/1967 500fr dt=birds (1967 Mauritania) d=Struthio camelus (1967 Mauritania)
8/17/1970 500fr issue=Apollo 13

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