Pour la Protection l’Enfance Indigène

(Native Children’s Fund)

22 June 1942
Issued by the French State (État Français, or Vichy) government for use in the French colonies, but only ever sold in Paris.

Cameroon
Doctor examining child. Drawn & engraved by Charles Mazelin (1882–1968)

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

Dahomey (now Republic of Benin)

Maternity Hospital, Dakar. Dispensary, Mopti. Nurse weighing baby.

Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn & engraved by Charles Mazelin
by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris 3 + 9 francs carmine airmail
1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail
 French Equatorial Africa
(now Chad, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon)

Pasteur Institute in Brazzaville Doctor examining patient

Drawn & engraved by R. Dumas Drawn & engraved by Charles Mazelin
1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 3 + 9 francs carmine airmail

Native child. Engraved by Pierre Gandon (1899–1990)

2 + 6 francs brown airmail

French Guiana
Nurse, mother & child. Drawn & engraved by Pierre Munier (1889–1962)

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs carmine airmail

French Guinea (now Republic of Guinea)

Maternity Hospital, Dakar. Dispensary, Mopti. Nurse weighing baby.

Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn & engraved by Charles Mazelin
by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris 3 + 9 francs carmine airmail
1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail
 French India (now part of Republic of India)
Girls School and girls. Drawn by Dassonville, engraved by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris

2 fanam 12 cash + 5 fanam 3 fanam 8 cash + 1 rupee

20 cash green airmail 2 fanam brown airmail

French Oceania (now French Polynesia)

Mother & child. Drawn by Mai Thứ (1906–1980), engraved by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

French Somaliland (now Djibouti)

Work of native children. Drawn & engraved by Henri Cheffer (1880–1957)

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

 French Sudan (now part of Republic of Mali)

Maternity Hospital, Dakar. Dispensary, Mopti. Nurse weighing baby.

Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn & engraved by Charles Mazelin
by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris 3 + 9 francs carmine airmail
1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

Guadeloupe
Nurse, mother & children. Drawn & engraved by Pierre Munier

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

Indochina (now part of Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam)

Large family. Drawn by Lê Thị Lựu The orphans. Drawn by Mai Thứ,
(1911–1988), engraved by H.V. Paris engraved by Antonin Delzer (1875–1943)
15c + 35c green airmail 30c + 90c carmine airmail

Mother protecting child. Drawn by Mai Thứ,

engraved by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris
20c + 60c brown airmail
 Inini (now part of French Guiana)
Nurse, mother & child. Drawn & engraved by Pierre Munier

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

Ivory Coast

Maternity Hospital, Dakar. Dispensary, Mopti. Nurse weighing baby.

Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn & engraved by Charles Mazelin
by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris 3 + 9 francs carmine airmail
1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

Kouang-Tchéou-Wan (now Part of Republic of China)

Indochina issues overprinted “KOUANG-TCHÉOU” in carmine or black

Large family. Drawn by Lê Thị Lựu The orphans. Drawn by Mai Thứ,
(1911–1988), engraved by H.V. Paris engraved by Antonin Delzer (1875–1943)
15c + 35c green airmail 30c + 90c carmine airmail

Mother protecting child. Drawn by Mai Thứ,

engraved by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris
20c + 60c brown airmail
 Madagascar

Manankavaly milk station. Mother & children in Malagasy village.

Engraved by René Cottet (1902–1992) Drawn by Mai Thứ, engraved
2 + 6 francs brown airmail by George Bétemps (1921–1922)
3c francs + 9 francs carmine airmail

"Motherhood" by Anna Quinquaud

(1890-1984) Engraved by
Raoul Serres (1881–1971)
1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail

Martinique
Nurse, mother & children. Drawn & engraved by Pierre Munier

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

Mauritania

Maternity Hospital, Dakar. Dispensary, Mopti. Nurse weighing baby.

Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn & engraved by Charles Mazelin
by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris 3 + 9 francs carmine airmail
1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail
 New Caledonia
Father and child. Engraved by Georges-Léo Degorce (1894–1943)

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

Niger

Maternity Hospital, Dakar. Dispensary, Mopti. Nurse weighing baby.

Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn & engraved by Charles Mazelin
by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris 3 + 9 francs carmine airmail
1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

Réunion
Hospital Félix-Guyon, Saint-Denis. Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

 Saint Pierre & Miquelon Togo
Saint Pierre Hospital. Drawn by Jules Douy. Nursery in Togo. Drawn by Jules Douy.
Engraved by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris Engraved by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail

2 + 6 francs brown airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

Senegal

Maternity Hospital, Dakar. Dispensary, Mopti. Nurse weighing baby.

Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn by Jules Douy. Engraved Drawn & engraved by Charles Mazelin
by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris by Hélio-Vaugirard Paris 3 + 9 francs carmine airmail
1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail

Wallis & Futuna

Islands
Father and child. Engraved by
Georges-Léo Degorce

1.50 + 3.50 francs green airmail 2 + 6 francs brown airmail