b29_0280 - 20 Francs Spécimen DJIBOUTI 1947 P.07Bs
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Face Value : 20 Francs Spécimen
Date: (1947)
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de l'Indochine
Catalogue reference : P.07Bs
Additional reference : KM.612
Signatures : Paul Baudouin, Jean Laurent
Commentary
Le billet "à disque rouge", connu uniquement en spécimen, celui-ci par quatre perforations, numérotation 0.000/000 et sans numéro de caissier. La datation 1947 est incertaine mais probable.
The \\\"red disc\\\" note, known only as a specimen, this one with four perforations, numbered 0.000/000 and without cashier's number. The 1947 date is uncertain but probable.
The \\\"red disc\\\" note, known only as a specimen, this one with four perforations, numbered 0.000/000 and without cashier's number. The 1947 date is uncertain but probable.
Historical background
DJIBOUTI
The opening of the Suez Canal gave the Gulf of Aden an unequaled strategic importance at the exit from the Red Sea. The English controlled Aden, the French bought Obock in 1862 while Marseille shipowners settled in Tadjoura. In 1884, a French protectorate was passed with the local potentates. The same was done with the Somali chiefs. Colonel Lagarde founded Djibouti in 1888. The capital was transferred in 1891 from Obock to Djibouti. Having colony status in 1894, the region took the name of Côte Française des Somalis in 1896.
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