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| Emittent | Caisse Centrale de la France Libre |
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| Jahr | 1941 |
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| Größe | 155 × 100 mm |
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| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Green intaglio on orange underprint. A central vignette presents the allegorical bust of Marianne, personification of the French Republic, flanked by anchors on either side. The issuer's title and denomination appear in bold letterpress, with the designer's credit EDMUND DULAC DEL. inscribed below the portrait. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | P#13a - issued note P#13s - specimen, punch hole cancelled |
| Anmerkungen |
The Caisse Centrale de la France Libre was established by de Gaulle's Free French administration in 1941 specifically to give the movement a functioning financial instrument — without it, French territories that rallied to London had no legitimate currency authority separate from Vichy or the occupying Germans. This note was among the first issues.
Edmund Dulac, the Franco-British illustrator better known for book illustration and postage stamp design, was brought in by the Free French London circle. Bradbury Wilkinson handled the security printing. The combination was deliberately chosen to produce something that looked authoritative rather than improvised — credibility on paper mattered enormously when the issuing body controlled almost no physical territory.
Pick lists this as P#13 within a series that spans multiple denominations produced under the same 1941 authorization.