Blue, similar to P#18. Statues from Angkor temple in Cambodia at left. Overprint on P#78 (100 Piastres) from French Indochina.
Reverse description
Blue. Men carrying baskets at center.
Signature(s)
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Obverse lettering
BANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE
PAPEETE
Emission 1954
L`article 139 du Code Pénal punit des travaux
forcés ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié
les billets de banques autorisées par la loi.
MILLE FRANCS
TAHITI
1000 (Translation: Bank of Indochina Papeete 1954 Issue Article 139 of the Penal Code punished by forced labor perpetuity of those who have counterfeit or falsified these vouchers as well as those who have made use of these vouchers counterfeit or falsified. Thousand Francs Tahiti)
Reverse lettering
PAPEETE
FRANCS MILLE
TAHITI (Translation: Papeete Thousand Francs Tahiti)