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Obverse Description
French text; caravelle at anchor along tree-lined shore with mountains in background; navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Reverse Description
French text; palm trees; native woman wearing headscarf, with basket of fruits; plantation house and corn field
Catalog Information
GSID:
131905
Variety:
Paper (white) Series A 81 - B 81
BNB #:
B508b
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Paper (white) Series A 81 - B 81
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Paper (white) Series A 81 - B 81
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2.2.1944 2 FEV 1944 Sig 1: Duval/LeClerc s/n AM 000,001 - 020,000 Intro: 03 10 1945
Worth: $175 – $175
2.2.1944 2 FEV 1944 Sig 1: Duval/LeClerc s/n 2,500,001 - 2,533,120 Intro: 04 02 1946
2.2.1944 2 FEV 1944 Sig 1: Duval/LeClerc s/n 2,509,001 - 2,509,279 Intro: 22 10 1945 s/n 2,510,001 - 2,531,200 Intro: 04 02 1946
2.2.1944 2 FEV 1944 Sig 1: Duval/LeClerc s/n TD 021,001 - 046,000 Intro: 05 09 1945 s/n TD 235,001 - 255,000 Intro: 17 06 1946
Worth: $4,500 – $4,500
No date Sig 3: Postel-Vinay Printer: (Desfossés, Paris) s/n 2520001 - 2550000 Intro: 1947
Worth: $100 – $875
Printer: (Banque de France) s/n 19100001 - 19200000
No date Sig 3: Postel-Vinay s/n 002509001 - 002509279, 002510001 - 002531200 (per SCWPM); s/n 060956001 - 061145000 (per Kolsky) Correct s/n range is in dispute Intro: 1947
No date Sig 3: Postel-Vinay s/n 8,600,001 - 8,700,000 Intro: 1947
Worth: $200 – $200
No date Sig 3: Postel-Vinay Paper (parchment) Series S 27 - U 28 234,012 unredeemed (B508a/b) Intro: 1950
Worth: $2 – $30
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
No date Sig 3: Postel-Vinay Series C 41 - F 41 123,943 unredeemed Intro: 1950
Worth: $3 – $50
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
No date Sig 3: Postel-Vinay Series K 25 - M 25, A 81 - C 81 96,438 unredeemed Intro: 1950
Worth: $5 – $80
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