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Obverse Description
Red MARTINIQUE overprints in three margins; French text; caravel at anchor along tree-lined shore with mountains in background; navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Reverse Description
Red MARTINIQUE overprints in three margins; French text; palm trees; native woman wearing headscarf, with basket of fruits; plantation house (home of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais) and corn field
Catalog Information
GSID:
121355
Variety:
Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; two vertical black SPECIMEN ovpts front/back; all-zero s/n
BNB #:
B405as1
Pick #:
P27as1
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Request Pricing2.2.1944 2 FEV 1944 Sig 1 s/n GA 000,001 - 1,000,000 Intro: 15 07 1944
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; s/n range
Horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
2.2.1944 2 FEV 1944 Sig 1 s/n LN 500,001 - LP 500,000 Intro: 15 07 1944
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; s/n range
Horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
2 FÉV 1944 Sig 1 s/n PP 050,001 - 550,000, PU 300,001 - 570,000 Intro: 15 07 1944
Two horizontal black SPECIMEN ovpts front; diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt back; all-zero s/n
Blue SPECIMEN stamps in margins; normal s/n
2.2.1944 2 Fev 1944 Sig 1 s/n TD 465,001 - 565,000 Intro: 15 07 1944
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; s/n range
No date Sig 2 s/n 48,300,001 - 52,500,000 Intro: 1946
Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
No date Sig 2 s/n 26,000,001 - 28,000,000 Intro: 1946
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