This vintage airmail stamp from Costa Rica, valued at 15 céntimos, highlights the nation’s sugar industry under the Industrias Nacionales (“National Industries”) series. The design features a stylized sugar mill with towering chimneys and harvested sugarcane in the foreground, symbolizing agricultural progress and industrial development. Printed by the Imprenta Nacional de Austria, Viena, the issue combines a monochrome industrial scene with bold orange framing and lettering. It represents Costa Rica’s emphasis on local production and economic self-reliance in the mid-20th century.