Description: This historic 5c (5 centimes) definitive postage stamp was issued by the Free French Forces under General Charles de Gaulle for use in French Equatorial Africa (Afrique Équatoriale Française). The central design is printed in a sepia-brown monochrome ink, featuring a highly symbolic phoenix with outspread wings rising triumphantly from a blazing bonfire. The upper left corner displays the Cross of Lorraine, the official emblem of the Free French resistance, enclosed in a small diamond frame, while a matching diamond frame on the right houses the traditional initials "RF" (République Française). The top margin bears the bold title "FRANCE LIBRE" (Free France), and the bottom section names the colonial territory. Triangular, sawtooth border patterns run vertically down the left and right margins, completing a highly structured, propaganda-driven wartime aesthetic.
Circa: 1941
Condition: Unused - Hinged
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