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Obverse Description
Horizontal black Nouvelles-Hébrides overprint; French text; coastal landscape of Marquesas Islands (Polynesia); tropical fish, coral, and sea fans; outrigger canoe sailing boat; Polynesian fisherman
Reverse Description
Horizontal black Nouvelles-Hébrides overprint; French text; beach scene of Hienghene (New Caledonia); Uvean man from Loyalty Islands; mangrove branch; shellfish; harpoons; wooden totem
Catalog Information
GSID:
124271
Variety:
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / NO # ovpt; vertical SPECIMEN perf
BNB #:
B404bs
Pick #:
P19bs
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Request Pricing No date Sig 1: Postel-Vinay/Clappier Series A 1 - C 1 Intro: 1969
Worth: $160 – $1,500
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / NO # ovpt; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
No date Sig 1: Postel-Vinay/Clappier Series A 1 - C 1 Intro: 1969
Worth: $3 – $50
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / NO # ovpt; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
Worth: $400 – $400
No date Sig 1: Postel-Vinay/Clappier Intaglio Series C 1 - E 1 50,999 Intro: 1971
Worth: $3 – $50
Lithograph Series E 1 51,000 - W 1 Intro: 1972
Worth: $2 – $30
Sig 2: Panouillot/Lattre Series G 1 - W 1 Intro: 1975
Worth: $2 – $30
Sig 3: Panouillot/Théron Series H 1 - W 1 Intro: 1977
Worth: $2 – $30
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / NO # ovpt; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
No wmk; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / NO # ovpt; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / NO # ovpt; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / NO # ovpt; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
No date Sig 1: Postel-Vinay/Clappier Series A 1 - B 1 Intro: 1970
Worth: $3 – $40
Sig 3: Panouillot/Théron Series C 1 - M 1 Intro: 1979
Worth: $35 – $35
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