Ravenala Design: 5-Centime Postage Stamp with 60-Centime Surcharge

A grey definitive stamp depicting a stylised ravenala tree (traveller's palm) with a geometric design. It was issued in 1945 and has a face value of 5 centimes cancelled with a surcharge of 60 centimes. The stamp is cancelled with a postmark that is from Tananarive (Antananarivo).

• Michel catalogue code: MG 374
• Yvert et Tellier catalogue code: MG 291

• Philately > Stamps > Madagascar > Colonial Period
• Flora > Madagascar > Ravenala madagascariensis
• Philately > Malagasy Stamp Sets & Series > London Series Traveller's Palm > 1943-1945 Issue