Watch List notes:

500 Francs ND(1945) PROOF of P. 17p, a highly rare and rarely offered pair of proof prints (front and back seperatly printed on banknote paper) without signatures and date, higher value of the famous and very searched "Palestine Print" notes that were issued for a very short term in French Somaliland. There are only 2 Proofs of this type existing on the banknotes market. This one is in exceptional condition without and damages, great crisp and colorful. The note has large margins with additional ink residuals (probably caused by printing with a single plate) as "security designers" proof for examination and was not printed on a sheet. Remarkable on this Proof is that the vignette at center on back (showing shells) was lateron not used for the issued note. The issued note shows another type of design on back. So this example does not only include a rare Proof of that note but is also showing a planned but not adopted design on back. A highly rare type of this already very rare type of banknote. Condition: UNC.