Whitman Expo
Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; 20=1=93; normal s/n 100 francs Values
Details
Obverse: Horizontal red BANQUE DE MADAGASCAR overprint; French text; seated allegorical woman (Wisdom), leaning on shield, holding branch and feather; medallion of male head (Industry), with pliers and hammer; seated Mercury (Commerce and Banking) writing; medallion of female head with wheat stalk and sickle; seated allegorical woman (Agriculture), leaning on sheaf of wheat, holding basket of fruit
Reverse: Young male head; caduceus; allegorical woman (Agriculture), sitting on sheaf of wheat; allegorical woman (Fortune), standing on wheel, sowing coins from cornucopia; allegorical man (Industry), sitting on anvil with hammer; caduceus; young female head
