b26_0041 - 20 Piastres Essai FRENCH INDOCHINA Haïphong 1907 P.017a
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Face Value : 20 Piastres Essai
Date: 31 septembre 1907
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de l'Indochine
French City Haïphong
Catalogue reference : P.017a
Additional reference : KM.135a
Signatures : Baron Hely d'Oissel, Simon, caissier
Commentary
Nous sommes en présence du type rarissime avec le couple de signatures Administrateur / Directeur au lieu du classique Administrateur / Administrateur-Directeur. Ce billet sur papier non filigrané porte en dessin à l'encre de Chine rouge la silhouette du filigrane, ce qui montre que celui-ci avait déjà été choisi mais que la fabrication n'avait pas encore commencé. On peut d'ailleurs rapprocher cet exemplaire des N°1487 et N°1480 de la vente Thomas qui portent le même dessin du filigrane à l'encre de Chine rouge et la même numérotation en A.1 / 000. mais aucune des autres mentions qui rendent notre exemplaire unique. En effet, notre billet porte la mention manuscrite à l'encre de Chine "Bon à tirer", un tampon en deux lignes "BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE / Un Administrateur - Le Directeur" et les deux signatures autographes à l'encre de Chine "B. Hely d'Oissel", "Stanislas Simon" . Il est extraordinairement émouvant d'avoir entre les mains le Bon à Tirer original d'un billet centenaire..
We are in the presence of the extremely rare type with the pair of signatures Administrator / Director instead of the classic Administrator / Administrator-Director. This note on unwatermarked paper bears a drawing in red Indian ink of the silhouette of the watermark, which shows that it had already been chosen but that the production had not yet begun. We can also compare this example with No. 1487 and No. 1480 of the Thomas sale which bear the same drawing of the watermark in red Indian ink and the same numbering in A.1 / 000. but none of the other mentions which make our example unique. Indeed, our note bears the handwritten mention in Indian ink \\\"Bon à tirage\\\", a two-line stamp \\\"BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE / Un Administrateur - Le Directeur\\\" and the two autograph signatures in Indian ink \\\"B. Hely d'Oissel\\\", \\\"Stanislas Simon\\\". It is extraordinarily moving to have in one's hands the original proof of a century-old banknote.
We are in the presence of the extremely rare type with the pair of signatures Administrator / Director instead of the classic Administrator / Administrator-Director. This note on unwatermarked paper bears a drawing in red Indian ink of the silhouette of the watermark, which shows that it had already been chosen but that the production had not yet begun. We can also compare this example with No. 1487 and No. 1480 of the Thomas sale which bear the same drawing of the watermark in red Indian ink and the same numbering in A.1 / 000. but none of the other mentions which make our example unique. Indeed, our note bears the handwritten mention in Indian ink \\\"Bon à tirage\\\", a two-line stamp \\\"BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE / Un Administrateur - Le Directeur\\\" and the two autograph signatures in Indian ink \\\"B. Hely d'Oissel\\\", \\\"Stanislas Simon\\\". It is extraordinarily moving to have in one's hands the original proof of a century-old banknote.
Historical background
FRENCH INDOCHINA
French Indochina is part of the former French colonial empire, creation of the colonial administration, bringing together several territories: the protectorates of Tonkin and Annam and the colony of Cochinchina, grouped together from 1949 within the State of Vietnam, the French Protectorate of Laos and the French Protectorate of Cambodia. The Indochinese Union is created by the union of different territories of Southeast Asia colonized or passed under French protectorate during the 19th century. In the 20th century, the various Vietnamese independence movements gained in power: during the Second World War, the weakening of the metropolis and the occupation of Indochina by the Empire of Japan, put an end to the French colonial administration. March 9, 1945 (in July 1945 in Cochinchina). The power vacuum at the end of the war allows the Việt Minh, the Vietnamese independence movement led by the Indochinese Communist Party, to take over the north of the country. Attempts to reconcile and reform the status of Indochina failed and resulted in the Indochina War in 1946.. Faced with the political and military stalemate, France had to resolve to abandon Indochina, whose Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian components saw their independence recognized by the Geneva Accords of 1954, which also formalized the partition of Vietnam, like the wanted the Americans and the Chinese.
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