MADAGASCAR

MADAGASCAR (French Colony).

FIDES (Social and Economic Development Fund).
Irrigation channels for rice cultivation.
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 22.10.1956.
Face value: 15 French African CFA francs.
Design and engraving: Claude Hertenberger (1912-2002).
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 434.
- Scott No. 295.
- StampWorld No. 483.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 336.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 330.

Rice is a staple food for the inhabitants of Madagascar, which is why it is grown in many places in the north-central part of the country: on terraces in the highlands or on irrigated land in other areas, especially near the coasts. This led to the construction of canals to facilitate irrigation, especially in the east of the island, from the 1950s, during the French colonization.