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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Some uses of the Effets de Commerce revenues


1.  The classic or 'long' design
   (beginning in 1867)


006aa
 10c
(for bills of 100F-200F)
Internationale Bank Luxemburg
24 Jun 1875


Bill of exchange for 108 Reichsmarks, issued in Reims, France,
29 May 1875, to Monsieur Lambert, negotiant tanneur,
in Nieder-Wiltz.


006a


2.  The second or 'short' design 

   (introduced in 1875)

 

008a
 Proof


3.  The third design

 (introduced in 1928)


004aaa
20c
(for bills of 100F-200F)
Banque Générale du Luxembourg
 13 Jul 1935

003


004a
Bill of Exchange from Établ. Philippe Perre, Brussels,
dated 20 Apr 1935 for 185 Belgian francs,
drawn on the Banque de la Société Générale de Belgique – La Louvière,
payable to Monsieur Eug. Marx-Schmit, a negociant in Wiltz.



4.  The modern design 

(introduced in the 1950s)


Effets_new_002
500 F
(highest denomination of the 13-stamp set)
Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat 6 Nov 1985

002a
Effets_new_001
Bill of Exchange
for 500,000 Flux
Issued 13 Jun 1984
(Échéance 30 Nov 1985)