French Equatorial Africa

French Equatorial Africa, an important original hand drawn design essay for the reverse of a 1941 1000 franc note, research shows that this was issued as a circulation note in 1941, in pencil on paper applied to a card backing and measuring 15cms x 18.5cms, the design was produced by Bradbury Wilkinson, possibly by Derek Friday, there is a clear plastic overlay protecting the illustration, a second sheet attached to the back of the mounting card shows some design notes and illustrations for lettering and border, overall clean with some discolouration around the edge of the paper