p04_0336 - 500 Francs DJIBOUTI 1943 P.13Bs
PAPIER MONNAIE 4 (2004)
Starting price : 3 500.00 €
Estimate : 6 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 3 500.00 €
Estimate : 6 000.00 €
unsold lot
Face Value : 500 Francs
Date: 01 janvier 1943
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de l'Indochine
Catalogue reference : P.13Bs
Additional reference : KM.627
Alphabet - series : A.4 n°761
Signatures : Borduge, Baudouin
Commentary
Type 1927, surchargé FC sur billet émis A.4 / 761, transformé en spécimen par inscription manuscrite à l'encre rouge au recto et numéro de caissier "31" à l'encre noire au verso , en bas à droite. D'une insigne rareté, mille billets seulement furent émis.
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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