50 Centimes `35+15` emergency postage WWI

€388,284.00
IssuerNew Caledonia
Year1920-1923
TypeStandard banknote
Value50 Centimes (0.50)
CurrencyFranc (1873-1945)
CompositionPaper
Size52 × 39 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)Henri Émile Vollet
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#24
Obverse descriptionBlack and yellow (35c. stamp) and purple (15c. stamp) Two adhesive postal stamps affixed to cardboard. In 35c stamp, Kanaka village at center; in 15c stamp, Kagu bird at center.
Reverse descriptionTwo round hand-stamped: Treasury and Secretary.
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Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering35c. POSTES RF NOUVELLE CALEDONIE ET DEPENDANCES REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE POSTES NOUVELLE CALEDONIE 15c ET DEPENDANCES
(Translation: 35c. Postage RF (French Republic) New Caledonia and Dependences  French Republic Postage New Caledonia 15c and dependences)
Reverse letteringTRESORIER PAYEUR DE LA NOUVELLE CÁLEDONIE SECRETARIAT GENERAL
(Translation: Paying Treasurer of New Caledonia General Secretary)
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Catalog ID2265447050
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