Whitman Expo
Diagonal red SPECIMEN / # ovpt front/back; two vertical SPECIMEN perfs; 04 04 28; all-zero s/n 1,000 francs / 200 belgas Values
Details
Obverse: French text; ornate frame; King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth in profile; column capital, hammer, artist’s palette, flaming urn, allegorical woman (Peace, Labor, Arts) seated on bale, holding olive branch and cornucopia with fruit (apples and grapes), beehive, hammer, cog
Reverse: Dutch text; coat of arms of East Flanders; floral border; coat of arms of West Flanders; Gravensteen in Ghent; bank monogram; Cloth Hall in Ypres; seated woman making lace; map of the plain of Yser
Basic Information
GSID:
87505
Denomination:
1,000 francs / 200 belgas
Varieties and Classification
Variety:
Diagonal red SPECIMEN / # ovpt front/back; two vertical SPECIMEN perfs; 04 04 28; all-zero s/n
