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a) Paris, 01.03.1909, 5 % Gold Loan über £ 20, Anglo-French (Peking-Hankow Railway) Loan of 1908, #B54404, 37,9 x 28,4 cm, grün, rot, schwarz, beige, zweisprachig: Englisch, Französisch, Rand ungleichmäßig, roter Stempel; b) London, 01.03.1909, 5 % Gold Loan über £ 100, Anglo-French (Peking-Hankow Railway) Loan of 1908, #A20086, 37,7 x 28,5 cm, violett, schwarz, beige, zweisprachig: Englisch, Französisch, Knickfalten, unten beschnitten, Randeinrisse, roter Stempel.
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a) Paris, 1 March 1909, 5 % Gold Loan of £ 20, Anglo-French (Peking-Hankow Railway) Loan of 1908, #B54404, 37.9 x 28.4 cm, green, red, beige, black, bilingual: English, French, edge uneven, red stamp; b) London, 1 March 1909, 5 % Gold Loan of £ 100, Anglo-French (Peking-Hankow Railway) Loan of 1908, #A20086, 37.7 x 28.5 cm, purple, black, beige, bilingual: English, French, paper missing at left edge, trimmed, folds, tears, red stamp. |
Storia (Inglese) |
The Peking-Hankow Railway was inaugurated in December 1905. It consisted of a main line with a length of 755 and 62 miles of secondary lines. Connections to several other railways were in place. 24,000 pieces of the present paper, which was distributed by the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp. in London, had been issued, but only 1,200 remained in circulation. |