Multicolor. Market scene in background and at left; native woman sitting at right. Overprint: red `NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES` at bottom center on New Caledonia P#43c. Hand-stamped `ANNULE` at upper left.
Reverse description
Multicolor. Native woman at left; hunter native man at right. Overprint: red `NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES` at top center on New Caledonia P#43c.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
BANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE
MILLE FRANCS
NOUMÉA
NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES
L. JONAS FEC.
G. BELTRAND SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina Thousand Francs Noumea New Hebrides)
Reverse lettering
BANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE
NOUVELLE HÉBRIDES
1000
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL
PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES
DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI
L. JONAS FEC.
G. BELTRAND SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina New Hebrides Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced labor for life killed those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.)