1 Franc - Chambres de commerce d'Alençon et de Flers [61]

The Chambres de Commerce d'Alençon et de Flers issued these small-denomination emergency notes in 1915 because the wartime hoarding of coins had effectively stripped Normandy's market towns of usable small change. The joint issuance by two chambers — Alençon in the Orne and Flers in what was then also Orne — was itself a practical arrangement, allowing shared production costs and broader local acceptance across both commercial territories.

The JP#6 series covers the considerable proliferation of French chambre de commerce emergency issues from this period; individual varieties within the 44/48 range are distinguished primarily by signature combinations and date sub-types.