Lebanon Banknotes HSB Collection, 1925 to date
50 Livres 1939 Provisional Issue P30b

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Set Details
Note Description: Lebanon, Banque de Syrie et du Liban
50 Livres PCLB 60e 1939 - Printer: BWC
Grade: VF 25
Country: LEB
Note Number: LEB30b
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 - Olive Ovpt. Type E
Certification #: 2002664-003  
Owner: Hassan S. Bazzi
Sets Competing: Lebanon Banknotes HSB Collection, 1925 to date  Score: 1647
Date Added: 4/3/2023
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

Pick 30, 50 Livres with a rhombus overprint. The 50 Livres was the highest denomination of the 1939-dated series, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company. These 50 Livres were 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 showing Via Recta street in Damascus, back showing boats sailing near Sarafand south of Saida, Lebanon.

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