Lebanon Banknotes HSB Collection, 1925 to date
10 Livres 1939 Provisional Issue P28b

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Note Description: Lebanon, Banque de Syrie et du Liban
10 Livres PCLB 58b 1939 - Printer: BWC
Grade: VF 30 EPQ
Country: LEB
Note Number: LEB28b
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 - Green Ovpt. Type B
Certification #: 2164216-001  
Owner: Hassan S. Bazzi
Sets Competing: Lebanon Banknotes HSB Collection, 1925 to date  Score: 539
Date Added: 6/21/2022
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

A triplet of the 1939 10 livres, pick 28, printed during WWII in London, and marked with different geometric shapes to allow authorities to cancel them if the enemy got hold of the notes. The banknotes are dated 1 September 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland. They were put in circulation (with overprints) in 1942 and 1943. Front: Hamidiyyeh tower clock near the Grand Serail in Beirut. Back: fishermen in the city of Tyre in Southern Lebanon.

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