1000 francs New Hebrides Type 1941

Reference:

Pick: #14A , The Banknote Book: B210 , Other: #KM705

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Description

New Hebrides. Bank of Indochina. Provisional Issues (1941-1963). A New Caledonia banknote Type (Pick: # 43) is overprinted on the front with the watermark of a red oval with a view of a Polynesian coastline, a Lorraine cross and the words "NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES - FRANCE LIBRE ". Work by Lucien Jonas and engraving by G. Beltrand. Dimensions: 208 x 119 mm. Watermark: native head in profile. The note is undated but was issued in September 1941. Full color front and back printing mainly brown, green, red and yellow. Texts in French. Description of the front: market scene. In the foreground on the right, a young woman with naked breasts is seated next to a stall of fruit and pottery. In the background, other vendors, and in the distance, a caravan of camels, the minaret and the village mosque. At the top border, the value "1000" and the label "BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE (BANK OF INDOCHINA)" are printed in black in yellow cartridges. Below, the value in letters is printed in red. The note is overprinted "NOUMÉA" in black. The numbering and the alphabet are printed in black and repeated at the top and bottom of the composition. A single combination of signatures printed in black with President Marcel Borduge and Director General Paul Baudouin. Description of the back: upper border identical to the front with the value "1000" and the label "BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE" printed in black in yellow cartridges. The drawing is made up of a Polynesian landscape. In the foreground on the left, a young native girl in a floral dress carries a woven basket. On the right a young man holding a spear seems to be looking at her. At the bottom, article 139 of the penal code is printed on four lines in a yellow cartridge. 5000 issued notes. The banknote also meets twice overprinted "CANCELLED" diagonally on the front and back.

Banknotes :Bank of Indochina. Provisional Issues (1941-1963)