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Belgium P108x (Error Date 26.4.88) 5 Francs 26.04. 38, VF Plus
$ 21.09
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Error Date1.3.1938-11.5.1938. Blue on light brown underprint. Portrait King Albert and Queen Elisabeth at left. Like #93 but with overprint. 2 signature varieties. Back: Seated man looking at factory scene.
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until 1947, when the British Raj was dissolved.
Elisabeth of Bavaria was queen of the Belgians as the spouse of King Albert I, and a duchess in Bavaria by birth. She was the mother of King Leopold III of Belgium and of Queen Marie-José of Italy, and grandmother of kings Baudouin and Albert II of Belgium, and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg.
The Belgian franc was the currency of the Kingdom of Belgium from 1832 until 2002 when the Euro was introduced. It was subdivided into 100 subunits, known as centiem, centimes or Centime.