p12_0084 - 500 Francs Pointe à Pitre GUADELOUPE 1946 P.36
PAPIER MONNAIE 12 (2008)
Starting price : 400.00 €
Estimate : 800.00 €
Realised price : 400.00 €
Starting price : 400.00 €
Estimate : 800.00 €
Realised price : 400.00 €
Face Value : 500 Francs Pointe à Pitre
Date: (1946)
Period/Provinces/Banks Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer
Catalogue reference : P.36
Additional reference : K.134
Alphabet - series : O.000 n°00000
Signatures : Postel-Vinay
Commentary
Épreuve du recto sur papier non filigrané, grandes marges. Avec signature et numérotation 00000. A noter les trois chiffres prévus pour l'alphabet..
Recto proof on unwatermarked paper, wide margins. With signature and numbering 00000. Note the three digits provided for the alphabet.
Recto proof on unwatermarked paper, wide margins. With signature and numbering 00000. Note the three digits provided for the alphabet.
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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