p12_0023 - 25 Francs rouge Photo GUADELOUPE 1920 P.08-
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 560.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 560.00 €
Face Value : 25 Francs rouge Photo
Date: (1920)
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de la Guadeloupe
Catalogue reference : P.08-
Additional reference : K.105--
Commentary
Reprographie de projet du verso (commun au 25 Francs et au 100 Francs). Plusieurs variantes par rapport au modèle adopté. Unique. Origine : Trésor des Colonies n°94. Au dos : Tampon du Ministère des Colonies, Commission de Surveillance des Banques Coloniales..
Reproduction of the reverse side project (common to the 25 Francs and the 100 Francs). Several variations from the adopted model. Unique. Origin: Trésor des Colonies n°94. On the back: Stamp of the Ministry of Colonies, Colonial Banks Supervisory Commission.
Reproduction of the reverse side project (common to the 25 Francs and the 100 Francs). Several variations from the adopted model. Unique. Origin: Trésor des Colonies n°94. On the back: Stamp of the Ministry of Colonies, Colonial Banks Supervisory Commission.
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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