Fayette-Dessal: VF42.1, Pick: M17, Schwan-Boling: 852

100 francs (Suez) type 1956

1956

N.3

006213270

VF/XF

French army occupation issues for "Suez Crisis" with Black overprint "FORCES FRANÇAISES EN MÉDITERRANÉE ORIENTALE" along with two black rectangles. Issue of November 1956. Without signature. Description: Brown and multicolored design. Front: Mercury at left center, value top left and right. Reverse: Brown and multicolored, maiden at center. Watermark with helmeted head profile. Very rare. Size: 116x75mm. FBOW Collection.