Compagnie Landaise de la Gemme et de ses Dérivés

Share to bearer of 100 francs issued in Lille in 1925. (Compagnie Landaise of Resin and its Derivatives)

Head office in Vielle-Saint-Girons (Landes).

Tapping (in French Gemmage), which aims to harvest oleoresin from a living pine, is one of the oldest resources in the Landes forest, resin having been used since Antiquity. The 1920s were the golden age of the French Landes forest.

VF/EF condition: small stain and damaged edge (see photo)

Only copy available.