Banque de l'Indochine, Djibouti, specimen 100 francs, 1946 (ND), serial number 0.00 000000, Minost and Laurent signatures, multicoloured, woman at left, farmer ploughing, reverse man at right, workers and anchor, perforated specimen (Pick 19As, KM 615), about uncirculated £150-200
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Banque de l'Indochine, 100 francs, Djibouti, ND (1946), prefix A5, white and multicoloured, female head at left, man with plough and ox at right, reverse multicoloured, allegorical men figure at right, workers at left (Pick 19A, KM 615), fine to very fine £200-220
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Banque de l'Indochine, 100 francs, ND (1946), prefix T40, multicoloured, maiden at left, plough team at right, red DJIBOUTI at left and right (Pick 19A, KM 615), pressed, good very fine £100-150
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Tresor Public, Cote Francaise des Somalis, 1000 francs, Djibouti, ND (1952), serial number 989167, multicoloured, woman with jug at left, value top left and right (Pick 28), pressed, margins have been repaired, fine, scarce £200-220
EAST AFRICA |
The Government of the East African Protectorate, 10 rupees, Mombasa, 1 July 1912, red serial number B/1 41430, black and white, value in orange underprint low centre and orange engine turnings top left and right (Pick 2A), an original almost very fine, very rare and a striking example £6,000-7,000
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The Government of the East African Protectorate, 20 rupees, Mombasa, 1 December 1918, red serial number C/2 76285, black-brown and white, value in red underprint at centre (Pick 3), VG but presentable enough for such a rare note £1,500-1,800
East African Currency Board |
The East Africa Currency Board, 1 florin, 1 May 1920, serial number A/4 28623, olive-brown and red, King George V at right, reverse blue, hippopotamus at centre (Pick 8), fine £300-500
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The East Africa Currency Board, specimen 10/-, 1 January 1947, prefix W/7, green and black, also specimen 20/-, 1 January 1947, prefix M/4, orange-brown, both George VI top left, value top right, (Pick 29b, 30b), pinholes, ink date '1.11.46' in top margin, perforated cancelled, good very fine, rare (2) £400-500
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The East Africa Currency Board, specimen 20/-, 1 August 1951, prefix C 49, green and pink, also specimen 100/-, 1 August 1951, prefix D/5, pink and green, both George VI at left (Pick 30b, 31b), pinholes, ink date in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, good very fine, rare (2) £600-800
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The East African Currency Board, 1 shilling (2), 1 January 1943, blue-black on purple underprint, King George VI at lower left, reverse purple, lion at centre, 5 shillings, 1 January 1952, blue-black on brown underprint, King George VI at lower left, reverse brown, lion at centre, 10 shillings, 1 January 1949, dark blue and green, King George VI at lower left, reverse green, lion at centre, and 20 shillings, 1 January 1952, dark blue on yellow and orange underprint, King George VI at upper left reverse yellow, lion at centre (Pick 27 (2), 28A (for type), 29b, 30b), generally very good to good fine (5) £100-140
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The East African Currency Board, 5 shillings (2), 1 October 1957, blue-black on brown underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at lower right, reverse brown, lion at centre, 10 shillings, 1 February 1956, dark blue and green, Queen Elizabeth II at lower right, reverse green, lion at centre, and 20 shillings, 1 February 1956, dark blue on yellow and orange underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at upper right, reverse yellow, lion at centre (Pick 33 (2), 34, 35), generally good fine to very fine (4) £150-200
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The East African Currency Board, 20 shillings = £1, 1.1.1955, serial number G79 19376, blue-black on yellow and orange underprint, Elizabeth II in oval at upper right, value at upper left, reverse orange-brown, lion at centre, value in all four corners (Pick 35), uncirculated £400-500
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The East African Currency Board, 20 shillings, 1 February 1956, serial number H63 51714, dark blue on yellow and orange underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at upper right, reverse yellow, lion at centre (Pick 35), fresh original about uncirculated , scarce £200-250
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The East Africa Currency Board, 20/-, 1 January 1955, prefix E83, yellow-brown, Elizabeth II at right, reverse brown, lion at centre (Pick 35), faint crease, original, about extremely fine and scarce £80-120
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The East African Currency Board, 5 shillings (2), ND (1958-50), brown on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at upper left, reverse flowers and plants, 20 shillings, ND (1958-60) blue on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at upper left, reverse flowers and plants, and 100 shillings ND (1964), reddish purple on multicoloured underprint, sailing ship at left centre, reverse plants and flowers (Pick 37 (2), 38, 48a), the first 5/- fine, the second 5/- good very fine, the 20/- about very fine, the 100/- pressed, foxing spots in watermark area, otherwise extremely fine (4) £60-80
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The East African Currency Board, 10 shillings, ND (1958-60), serial number W4 68010, green on multicoloured underprint, Elizabeth II in oval at upper left, value at upper right, four signatures at lower right, reverse plants, value in all four corners (Pick 38), about uncirculated to uncirculated £250-300
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The East Africa Currency Board, colour trial 5/-, orange, colour trial 10/-, purple-red, both ND (1964), dhow at centre (Pick 45, 46 for types), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, faint mounting at left margin otherwise uncirculated and rare (2) £400-450
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The East African Currency Board, specimen colour trial 5 shillings, ND (1964), orange, sailing ship at left, reverse plants, punch holes (Pick 45ct), also specimen colour trial 20 shillings, ND (1964), grey-blue, sailing ship at centre, reverse plants, punch holes (Pick 47ct), uncirculated, scarce (2) £140-180
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The East Africa Currency Board, 20/-, ND (1964), serial number J1 316407, blue, dhow at centre (Pick 47a), a fresh good extremely fine, scarce £120-160
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The East Africa Currency Board, colour trial 10/-, ND (1964), red and green, also colour trial 100/-, ND (1964), green and pink, both dhow at centre (Pick 46ct, 48ct), perforated, uncirculated and rare (2) £350-550
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The East Africa Currency Board, colour trial 100/-, ND (1964), green and multicoloured, dhow at centre (Pick 48 for type), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £250-300
EAST CARIBBEAN CURRENCY AUTHORITY |
East Caribbean Currency Authority, specimen $1 (6), red, $5 (5), green, all Elizabeth II at right, islands at left (Pick 13ds, es, fs, gs, 14es, fs, gs, hs), mounting traces, three with ink annotation in top margin, generally good extremely fine, scarce (11) £300-400
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, replacement consecutive pair $1, 1965 (ND), serial numbers Z1 714747/8, red on multicoloured underprint, signature 10, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline and trees, and East Caribbean Central Bank, replacement consecutive pair $1, 1985-8 (ND), suffix letter U, serial numbers Z000099U and Z000100U, red on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline with trees [Pick 13gr (2), 21ur (2)], uncirculated, scarce (4) £150-200
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, $5, 1965 (ND), signature 1, prefix A5, $5, 1965 (ND), signature 2, prefix A8, $5, 1965 (ND), signature 6, prefix C2, $5, 1965 (ND), signature 8, prefix C6, $5, 1965 (ND), signature 9, prefix D4, all green on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline with trees (Pick 14a, 14b, 14e, 14g, 14h), uncirculated, the signatures 1 and 2 scarce (5) £200-300
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, $5, ND (1965), serial number D17 493126, V in circle at left for Saint Vincent, green on multicoloured underprint, and $20, ND (1965), serial number A11 813569, signature 9, purple on multicoloured, both Annigoni portrait of Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline and trees (Pick 14p, 15g), uncirculated (2) £60-80
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, a group of replacements of the 1965 (ND) issue comprising $5, serial no Z1 177163, signature 8, $5, signature 9, serial no Z1 263945, $5, letter A in circle, serial no Z1 396910, $5, letter U in circle, serial no Z1 399076, $5, letter V in circle, serial no Z1 451309, all green on multicoloured underprint, and $20, letter L in circle, serial no Z1 244213, purple on multicoloured underprint, all Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline with trees (Pick 14gr, 14hr, 14ir, 14or, 14pr, 15lr), the $20 foxing, otherwise uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated, and a most interesting group of very scarce replacements (6) £300-500
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East Caribbean Central Bank, a group of replacements of the 1985-7 (ND) issue, comprising $1, suffix letter A, serial no Z001941A, red on multicoloured underprint, $5, ovpt U in circle on suffix letter V, serial no Z006710V, green on multicoloured underprint, and $20, suffix letter L, serial no Z001237L, purple on multicoloured underprint, all Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline with trees (Pick 17ar, 18ur, 19lr), uncirculated, scarce (3) £150-200
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East Caribbean Central Bank, $10, ND (1993), suffix A for Antigua, blue, black and red on multicoloured underprint, $50, ND (1993), suffix A for Antigua, purple and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, and $100, ND (1994), suffix A for Antigua, dark brown and green on multicoloured underprint, all Elizabeth II at right, reverse map and various Caribbean vignettes (Pick 27a, 29a, 35a), uncirculated £160-240
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East Caribbean Central Bank, a set of the 1994 (ND) issue, comprising $5, suffix letter L, green on multicoloured underprint, $10, suffix letter K, blue on multicoloured underprint, $20, suffix letter A, purple on multicoloured underprint, $50, suffix letter V, yellow-brown on multicoloured underprint and $100, suffix letter A, blackish-brown on multicoloured underprint, all Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse various Caribbean vignettes (Pick 31l, 32k, 33a, 34v, 35a), uncirculated (5) £120-240
ECUADOR |
Banco Internacional, colour trial 1 sucre, Guayaquil, 18- (c.1887), black and pink, Sucre at left, arms at right, reverse pink-red (PS 171 for type), blue WATERLOW seal at low centre, ink numeral top right, perforated, good extremely fine and rare £200-250
EQUATORIAL AFRICAN STATES |
Banque Centrale, 1000 francs, ND(1963), serial number A.16B 73280, multicoloured, market scene (Pick 5f), ex Roger LeClerc collection, almost uncirculated, fresh and attractive, scarce £300-350
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Banque Centrale, 5000 francs, ND (1963), serial number M.211-254, multicoloured, allegorical agricultural scene (Pick 6b), ex Roger LeClerc collection, very faint crease at corner otherwise uncirculated and a gorgeous fresh example, very rare in this grade £1,800-2,000
EGYPT |
National Bank, Bradbury Wilkinson printers vignettes (3), black and white, depicting the Temple at Philae (£100 of 1899), sphinx (similar to 50 piastres of 1899) and a scene at a well, extremely fine, unusual and very rare (3) £150-200
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National Bank, specimen £5, 7 December 1910, serial number C/2 080001-C/2 100000, black, white, green, pink and orange, pyramids at left, reverse pink-red, value (Pick 3 for type), ink date 'March 1912' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, mounting traces, good extremely fine, rare £2,500-3,500
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National Bank, specimen £10, 12 November 1919, serial number X/30 000001-X/30 100000, brown and multicoloured, street scene and mosque at right, value at left, reverse brown (Pick 14) ink date 3.11.19, perforated CANCELLED, almost uncirculated, rare and attractive £5,400-5,500
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National Bank, £10, 30 April 1920, serial number X/41 013581, brown and multicoloured, mosque and street scene at right, value at left, Rowlatt signature (Pick 14), almost very fine, scarce £350-450
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National Bank, specimen £50, 23 October 1916, serial number Y/5 070001-Y/5 080000, purple and multicoloured, caravan train and Mameluke tombs at centre, value at each corner, reverse purple and green, value at each corner (Pick 15a for type), ink date '20.9.16' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces at left, a handsome good extremely fine, rare £1,500-2,500
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National Bank, £50, 1 March 1945, prefix N/7, violet, pale brown, green and pink, mosque and camel train at centre, value at left and right, Nixon signature, reverse violet and red and green, value at each corner (Pick 15c) annotation centre small tear otherwise about fine, rare £300-400
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National Bank, £50, 1942, 1945, prefixes N/4, N/7, violet and multicoloured, Mameluke tombs and camel train at centre, Nixon signatures (Pick 15c), VG, scarce (2) £300-400
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National Bank, specimen £100, 24 October 1916, serial number Z/3 040001-Z/3 050000, purple and multicoloured, the citadel and Mosque of Muhammad Ali at centre, value at left and right and at each corner, reverse purple and multicoloured, value low left and right (Pick 16s), ink date '20.9.16' in top margin, mounting traces at left, good extremely fine and a lovely example, very rare £4,000-6,000
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National Bank, specimen £100, 1 March 1921, no serial numbers, purple-green and pink, the Citadel of Cairo at left, mosque at right, value in green at centre (Pick 17a), perforated and red CANCELLED overprint, very good, rare £700-900
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National Bank, specimen £100, 1 March 1921, no serial numbers, purple, green and pink, the Citadel of Cairo at left, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali at right, reverse multicoloured, dhow and the island of Philae top centre, value at left and right (Pick 17a), perforated and stamped CANCELLED, ink date '18.11.20', mounting traces, good extremely fine and much the rarest date for series, a lovely note £2,000-3,000
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National Bank, specimen £100, 4 June 1936, serial number K/3 000001-K/3 100000, purple, green and pink, the Citadel of Cairo at left, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali at right, reverse multicoloured, dhow and the island of Philae top centre, value at left and right (Pick 17c), perforated CANCELLED, ink date '27.5.36' in top margin, mounting traces, good extremely fine, attractive and rare £1,000-1,500
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National Bank, £100, 4 June 1936, prefix K/3, purple and green, the Citadel of Cairo at left, mosque at right, Cook signature (Pick 17c), annotation top left, very fine and scarce £400-500
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National Bank, £5 (9), 1929, 1938, 1941, 1943 (2), 1945(4), violet and green, bank building at centre and £1 (5), 1940, 1943, 1945(2), 1948, blue, Tutankhamen at right (Pick 19a, b, c, 22b, c), generally VG to good fine (14) £300-400
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National Bank, specimen 5 pounds, 7 December 1943, serial number M/79 100000, green, orange and violet, bank building at centre, reverse red, blue, green and orange (Pick 19cs), perforated SPECIMEN, ink date '9.12.43' in top margin, mounting traces at left, good extremely fine, rare £300-400
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National Bank, 1 pound, Cario, 8 July 1928, serial number J/8 050320, light green, orange and multicoloured, value at centre, Fellah in purple at right, watermark at left, reverse violet, value at left and at each corner (Pick 20), creases, fine to very fine £1,250-1,500
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National Bank, colour trial 50 piastres, ND (1955), blue and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at left, value at right, reverse violet (Pick 21ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £500-600
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National Bank, specimen £1, 13 July 1942, serial number J/54 000001-J/54 1000000, blue, green and lilac, Tutankhamen at right, reverse green, mosque at centre, value at left (Pick 22cs), ink date '6.7.42' in top margin, mounting traces, good extremely fine, rare £300-400
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National Bank, £10 (8), 1940 (2), 1945 (4), 1947 (2), brown-purple and violet, Mosque of Sultan Qa'la Un and street scene at right, Cook, Nixon and Leith-Ross signatures (Pick 23a, b, c), generally fine (8) £200-300
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