Watch List notes:

Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale, uniface colour trial proof 1000 francs, Grand-Bassam, 30 September 1901, serial number 0.0-000, blue and pale orange, sun setting over the sea, elephants low left and right, signatures of Mourel and Nouvion, reverse blank,(Pick 14Dp1, TBB B107ap for type but different colours, Leclerc/Kolsky 151b), in PMG holder 63 Choice Unc., only one example listed on 'Track & Price' at time of cataloguing, this a most handsome example and extremely rare.

Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000