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1 Franc - Ville de Colmar [68]

Issuer Ville de Colmar (Municipal Commission)
Year 1918
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Obverse description Blue letterpress on pale green paper, with a guilloche-patterned border enclosing ornamental corner rosettes bearing interlaced initials. At left, a vignette of the monument to General Rapp on its inscribed pedestal; at upper centre, the municipal coat of arms of Colmar. The denomination UN FRANC appears in white letters on a solid dark blue panel at centre right, with the emission date, serial number, series letter, two manuscript signatures, and the printer's imprint below.
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Reverse description Plain cream paper with a faint guilloche underprint border and ghost impressions of the corner rosettes visible in the corners. The entire central field is occupied by a block of letterpress text in French, set in a distinctive upper-and-lower-case display typeface, detailing the legal authority for the issue and the redemption conditions.
Reverse lettering LA CONTRE-VALEUR DE CES BONS, CRÉÉS EN VERTU DE LA DÉCISION DE M. LE CONSEILLER D'ÉTAT, COMMISSAIRE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE À COLMAR, EN DATE DU 14 DÉCEMBRE 1918, EST DÉPOSÉE AU TRÉSOR. LEUR REMBOURSEMENT A LIEU À LA CAISSE MUNICIPALE DE LA VILLE DE COLMAR, AVANT LE 31 DÉCEMBRE 1920, SAUF DÉCISION PROROGEANT CE DÉLAI.
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