Fayette-Dessal: VF41.1, Pick: M16, Schwan-Boling: 851

50 Francs (Suez) Type 1956

1956

O.1

001365888

AU

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. Front: Mercury at left center, value top left and right, reverse blue and multicolored, maiden at center. Watermark with helmeted head profile. Punched hole cancelled on Wmk with red stamp at left. Very rare. Size: 116x75mm. FBOW Collection.