Zebu and Herdsman: 65-Centime Postage Stamp with 50-Centime Surcharge

A brown and purple definitive stamp depicting a herdsman in a hat next to a pair of zebu cattle attached to a yoke; overprinted with the words 'France Libre'. It was issued in 1942 and has a face value of 65 centimes cancelled with a surcharge of 50 centimes. The stamp is cancelled with a postmark that is from Antsirabe, dated May in an undecipherable year.

• Michel catalogue code: MG 286
• Yvert et Tellier catalogue code: MG 239

• Philately > Stamps > Madagascar > Colonial Period
• Agriculture > Madagascar > Livestock > Zebu
• Philately > Malagasy Stamp Sets & Series > Tribes of Madagascar > 1942-1944 Issue