Protection of Indigenous Children - 5 franc

Protection of Indigenous Children - 5 franc

Year
1942
Face Value
5
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
education

Catalogs References

Michel
FR-SO 243
Yvert & Tellier
FR-SO PA8
Stanley Gibbons
FR-SO V153

Technical Details

Colors
Green
Size
54 x 32 mm
Perforation
13½
Printing
Photogravure
Designer
Henri-Lucien Cheffer
Printers
Institut de Gravure et d'Impression de Papiers-Valeurs, Paris
This horizontal semi-postal airmail issue focuses on the introduction of centralized public health and social programs within the territory, bearing the specific inscription "Protection de l'Enfance Indigène", as shown in the file Work-of-Indigenous-Child Protection.jpg. The detailed line-engraved vignette captures local women and a child gathered in a village setting, with a backdrop mapping out traditional dwellings, a standing camel, and the historic minaret architecture of Djibouti City. Historically, this surcharge issue documents the mid-century establishment of localized maternal care initiatives, medical dispensaries, and basic educational infrastructure aimed at reducing infant mortality and modernizing family welfare systems across the nomadic corridors of the colony.