Cayenne (French Guiana), ST LAURENT, Frédéric Tanon & Cie, oval zinc 50 Centimes, first series, legend, rev. value, 24 x 18mm, 1.93g/12h (Gadoury-Elie 1.8). Very fine and extremely rare £100-150

Provenance: Bt C. Plante April 2007.

Frédéric Tanon established his shipping and steamboat business, La Compagnie Commerciales des Antilles Françaises, in 1898. Later restyled as Frédéric Tanon et Cie, it had branches at St Laurent, Mana, Approuague, Sinnamary and Oyapock