p04_0332 - 1000 Francs DJIBOUTI 1938 P.13Es
PAPIER MONNAIE 4 (2004)
Starting price : 1 000.00 €
Estimate : 2 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 1 000.00 €
Estimate : 2 200.00 €
unsold lot
Face Value : 1000 Francs
Date: (1938)
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de l'Indochine
Catalogue reference : P.13Es
Additional reference : KM.623
Alphabet - series : A.3 n° ??
Signatures : Borduge, Baudouin
Commentary
Type 1938, surchargé BIC Côte Française des Somalis sur billet émis série A.3, transformé en spécimen par annulation en quatre tampons au recto et deux au verso, de nombreuses perforations et un numéro de caissier à l'encre noire (1) au bas du verso. De toute rareté.
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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