50 Centimes encapsulated postage WWI
Features
| Issuer |
New Caledonia
(Overseas France)  |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Bank of Indochina |
| Period |
French Dependency (1853-1946)
|
| Type | Coins |
| Year | 1921 |
| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
| Currency | Franc (1873-1945) |
| Composition | (Stamp encapsulated in aluminium.) |
| Diameter | 39 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Inlaid |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 389542 |
| References | P# 29 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). Pierre Broustine; 1988. Catalogue des timbres-monnaies de France et des Colonies. Self-published, Bellerive-sur-Allier, France. |
Series: 1922 ND Encapsulated Postage Stamp
Obverse
Aluminum capsule.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE
NOUMÉA
FYP
Translation:
Bank of Indochina
Noumea
Reverse
Red on red background.
Postal stamp encapsulated in aluminium embossing BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE, NOUMÉA.
Kanaka village on stamp.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
50c. POSTES
RF
NOUVELLE CALEDONIE
ET DEPENDANCES
Translation:
50c. Postage
RF (French Republic)
New Caledonia and Dependences
Designer: Henri Émile Vollet
Mint
| FYP | FYP (Fallait Y Penser), Paris, France (1920-1924) |
Comments
The second issue from 1922 consisted of 25 and 50 centime stamps encapsulated in aluminum. The legend around the aluminum case is: “THE BANK OF INDO-CHINA” and the capital city of New Caledonia, “NOUMEA” in the centre. These itens are listed in Krause Standard World Paper Money Catalog General Issues 1368 – 1960 as Pick 28 and 29.
See more info in: https://northshorenumismaticsociety.org/new-caledonia-emergency-postage-stamp-money/
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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