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Paris, 01.03.1909, 5 % Gold Loan über £ 20, Anglo-French (Peking-Hankow Railway) Loan of 1908, #B24693, 37,8 x 28,3 cm, grün, schwarz, beige, zweisprachig: Englisch, Französisch, Rand ungleichmäßig, beschnitten, kleine Randeinrisse, zwei längere Einrisse hinterklebt, rechts Fehlstück, roter Stempel.
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Paris, 1 March 1909, 5 % Gold Loan for £ 20, Anglo-French (Peking-Hankow Railway) Loan of 1908, #B24693, 37.8 x 28.3 cm, green, black, beige, text in two languages: English, French, edge uneven, missing piece of paper at right edge, red stamp, small tears, two longer tears repaired with tape. |
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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. 125,000 pieces of the present paper, which was distributed by the Banque de l'Indo-Chine in Paris, had been issued, but only 6,250 remained in circulation. |