p04_0344 - 20 Francs Palestine DJIBOUTI 1945 P.15s
PAPIER MONNAIE 4 (2004)
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
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Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
unsold lot
Face Value : 20 Francs Palestine
Date: (1945)
Period/Provinces/Banks Impression en Palestine
Catalogue reference : P.15s
Additional reference : KM.630
Alphabet - series : A.1 n°0055
Signatures : Borduge, Baudouin
Commentary
Billet émis, A.1 / 0055, transformé en spécimen par inscription manuscrite à l'encre rouge recto et verso, perforation centrale PAYE et numéro de caissier au recto, en bas à droite, 11.
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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