Description of Cheque
DATE PRINTED: after 1934 DATE USED: un-used
DRAWEE: Banque du Nord de la France, 12, Rue du 4 September, Paris
PRINTERS: Not named
SIZE IN M.M.: 157 x 74
COLOUR: Maroon on part maroon underprint
VIGNETTE: Very ornate vignette with complicated coat of arms - see separate scan
DUTY STAMP: is on back of cheque - Round, black, 'France' Standing with scales and staff. Law tablets to the right with duty value (20 cen) below.
WATERMARK: None
OUR REFERENCE: 2052
OTHER COMMENTS: The origin of this bank is Verley, Decroix (1846-1919), and a book by one of todays Decroix family gives the successor bank as BANQUE DU NORD DE LA FRANCE (1846-1934), so presumably this cheque is the next generation, so - after 1934.