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

100 francs (Suez) type 1956

1956

V.1

002042637

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