Cayenne (French Guiana), ST LAURNET, Frederic Tanon & Cie, 10 Centimes, first series, legend, rev. value, zinc, 24 x 18mm (Gadoury-Elie 1.5). Fine with considerable surface corrosion, extremely rare £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: Bt. C. B. Fox, 1992

F. Tanon established his shipping and steamboat business, La Compagnie Commerciales des Antilles Francasises, in 1898. Later renamed as Frederic Tanon et Cie, it had branches in 5 towns in Cayenne