50 Centimes "35+15" emergency postage WWI
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Features
| Issuer |
New Caledonia
(Overseas France)  |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Trésorerie de Nouméa |
| Period |
French Dependency (1853-1946)
|
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Years | 1920-1923 |
| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
| Currency | Franc (1873-1945) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 52 × 39 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 388284 |
| References |
P# 24,  Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money = Standard Catalog of World Paper Money
Modern Issues . 1961-Present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. And 2 more volumes.  Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises (2nd edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco. |
Series: 1914 ND Emergency Postage Stamp Card Issues
Obverse
Black and yellow (35c. stamp) and purple (15c. stamp)
Two adhesive postal stamps affixed to cardboard.
In 35c stamp, Kanaka village at center; in 15c stamp, Kagu bird at center.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
35c. POSTES
RF
NOUVELLE CALEDONIE
ET DEPENDANCES
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
POSTES
NOUVELLE CALEDONIE
15c
ET DEPENDANCES
Translation:
35c. Postage
RF (French Republic)
New Caledonia and Dependences
French Republic
Postage
New Caledonia
15c
and dependences
Designer: Henri Émile Vollet
Reverse
Two round hand-stamped: Treasury and Secretary.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TRESORIER PAYEUR DE LA NOUVELLE CÁLEDONIE
SECRETARIAT GENERAL
Translation:
Paying Treasurer of New Caledonia
General Secretary
Comments
Between 1914 and 1923, New Caledonia postage stamps were used to make emergency issue currency. The first issues were pieces of cardboard to which stamps were affixed in denominations of 25 and 50 centimes, 1 and 2 francs, with the 50 centime denominations made from either a single 50 centime stamp or a 15 and a 35 centime stamp. The reverse of the cardboard is handstamped with “TRESORIER PAYEUR DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE”, roughly translated as: “PAYABLE BY THE TREASURER OF NEW CALEDONIA”.
See more info in: https://northshorenumismaticsociety.org/new-caledonia-emergency-postage-stamp-money/
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1920-1923) | ||||||||||||||
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