Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / NO # ovpt; vertical SPECIMEN perf 5,000 francs Values
Details
Obverse: Horizontal black RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE overprint; French text; navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville; three-masted schooners, fishing net; sextant, stern of ship; Polynesian fabric pattern
Reverse: Horizontal blue PAPEETE overprint; French text; Caledonian native flowers; canoe; Cook pine trees; Admiral Auguste Febvrier-Despointes; carved motifs