Watch List notes:

Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Syria, specimen 1 livre, 1 September 1939, no serial numbers, green and purple on multicoloured underprint, Pillars of Baalbek at left, SYRIE in black overprint top centre, Berard and Laferriere signatures, reverse red, olive and orange, vignette of city of Beirut and harbour, (Pick 26es, Djaroueh SY68), mounting traces at left, red SPECIMEN overprint, SYRIE manuscript cancelled and LIBAN handwritten instead, good extremely fine and scarce.

Estimate: £400 - £600