b94_4315 - 20 Francs Spécimen GUADELOUPE 1943 P.28s
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Face Value : 20 Francs Spécimen
Date: (1943)
Period/Provinces/Banks Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer
Catalogue reference : P.28s
Additional reference : K.125.sp1
Alphabet - series : Série LL n°000000
Signatures : Postel-Vinay, Leclerc
Detailed grade description : Traces de rouille à l'épinglage, discrète marque de trombone
Commentary
Billet surchargé SPECIMEN en rouge au recto et au verso. Deux perforations dans les signatures.
Historical background
GUADELOUPE
Guadeloupe was discovered by Christopher Columbus during his second voyage in 1493. Occupied by the French from 1636, Colbert acquired it in 1664 and ceded it to the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales. Guadeloupe became a Crown colony in 1674 then was occupied several times by the English between 1756 and 1802. Returned to France by the Peace of Amiens in 1802, it was occupied again in 1810 and remained English until 1813, date it was exchanged to Sweden. Returned to France by the Treaties of Paris in 1814 and 1815, it was not recovered by the royal power until 1816.
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