Blue Statues from Angkor temple in Cambodia at left. Overprint: red `NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES` at left on New Caledonia P-47b.
Reverse description
Blue. Men carrying baskets at center. Overprint: red `NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES` at left.
Signature(s)
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Protection description
Obverse lettering
BANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE
NOUMÉA
EMISSION 1944
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 1000
NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES
LE DIRECTEUR DE LA SUCURSALE.
UN FONDÉ DE POUVOIRS. (Translation: Bank of Indochina Noumea 1944 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 New Hebrides The Director of the Branch. A Foundation of Powers.)
Reverse lettering
NOUMÉA
1000
Mille Francs
NOUVELLE HÉBRIDES (Translation: Noumea Thousand Francs New Hebrides)