b96_2855 - 500 Francs Épreuve KATANGA 1960 P.09pe
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Price : 500.00 €
Face Value : 500 Francs Épreuve
Date: (1960)
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque Nationale du Katanga
Catalogue reference : P.09pe
Grade PMG 65EPQ
Commentary
"Printer's Essay". Épreuve du verso, sans date ni numérotation. Le recto est partiellement imprimé en marron.
\\\"Printer's Essay.\\\" Proof of the reverse side, undated and unnumbered. The front side is partially printed in brown.
\\\"Printer's Essay.\\\" Proof of the reverse side, undated and unnumbered. The front side is partially printed in brown.
Historical background
KATANGA
The province of Katanga is located in the southeast of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. Two weeks after the independence of the Belgian Congo on July 11, 1960, the province seceded. The secessionists were supported by the powerful Union Minière du Haut Katanga and received military assistance from Belgium, a Belgian mining company that exploited the province's mineral resources. Congolese government forces and UN troops responded, forcing Katangese President Moïse Tshombe to negotiate a ceasefire..
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