p04_0348 - 500 Francs Palestine Fauté DJIBOUTI 1945 P.17s
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Face Value : 500 Francs Palestine Fauté
Date: (1945)
Period/Provinces/Banks Impression en Palestine
Catalogue reference : P.17s
Additional reference : KM.632
Alphabet - series : A.1 n°0002
Signatures : Borduge, Baudouin
Detailed grade description : Trois épinglages, deux plis
Commentary
Billet spécimen par mention SPECIMEN manuscrite à l'encre rouge, perforation à droite, numérotation en A.1/0002 et numéro de caissier 1 (caché dans le centre du bouclier du revers) à l'encre noire. Ce billet présente aussi une correction au crayon de la faute d'orthographe dans la valeur faciale et illustre le type dans le KM Indochine.
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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