p04_0331 - 500 Francs DJIBOUTI 1927 P.13Cs
PAPIER MONNAIE 4 (2004)
Starting price : 1 000.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 1 000.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
unsold lot
Face Value : 500 Francs
Date: (1927)
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de l'Indochine
Catalogue reference : P.13Cs
Additional reference : KM.622
Alphabet - series : X.3 n°179
Signatures : Borduge, Baudouin
Detailed grade description : Petits manques
Commentary
Type 1927, surchargé BIC sur billet émis, X.3 / 179, puis annulé pour servir de spécimen par quatre tampons au recto et deux au verso, numéro de caissier en bas à droite au verso, "25". 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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