p04_0309 - 100 Francs Spécimen DJIBOUTI 1931 P.08s
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Price : 300.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 300.00 €
Face Value : 100 Francs Spécimen
Date: (1931)
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de l'Indochine
Catalogue reference : P.08s
Additional reference : KM.613
Alphabet - series : 0.00 n°000
Signatures : Borduge, Baudouin
Commentary
Type 1931, Specimen par perforation SPECIMEN verticale à gauche, numérotation 0.00/000, sans numéro de caissier.
Historical background
DJIBOUTI
The opening of the Suez Canal gave the Gulf of Aden an unequaled strategic importance at the exit from the Red Sea. The English controlled Aden, the French bought Obock in 1862 while Marseille shipowners settled in Tadjoura. In 1884, a French protectorate was passed with the local potentates. The same was done with the Somali chiefs. Colonel Lagarde founded Djibouti in 1888. The capital was transferred in 1891 from Obock to Djibouti. Having colony status in 1894, the region took the name of Côte Française des Somalis in 1896.
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