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2 Francs emergency postage WWI
| Issuer | Trésorerie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie |
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| Year | 1920-1923 |
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| Currency | Franc (1873-1945) |
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| Obverse description | Red adhesive postal stamp affixed to cardboard, bearing a central vignette of a sailing ship. The stamp is inscribed with the face value and territorial identification in letterpress. This emergency wartime necessity issue utilised an existing postage stamp as the basis for emergency currency. |
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| Reverse description | Green cardboard reverse bearing two applied hand-stamped circular cachets in purple ink: one from the Secrétariat Général with a Bureau des Finances sub-legend at centre, and a partially visible second cachet of the Trésorier Payeur to the right. The octagonal-cut corners of the cardboard are visible. |
| Reverse lettering | TRESORIER PAYEUR DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE SECRETARIAT GENERAL BUREAU DES FINANCES DU GOUVERNEMENT (Translation: Paying Treasurer of New Caledonia General Secretariat Bureau of Government Finances) |
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