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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Sale 12023 Day 1 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 2nd October 2012 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Friday 28 September 10 am to 5 pm Monday 1 October 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday 2 October 10 am to 5 pm |
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| Page: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | ||
| Auction Lots - Page 5 | |||
| 201 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, a partial print on watermarked paper for a 5 and 10 rupee, reverse elephant in green and lilac respectively (cf Pick 11 and 12 for types), perforated CANCELLED, unusual, very fine and very rare (2) £1,000-1,200 |
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| 202 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, 1 Rupee (4), 23 March 1918, 1 October 1921, 1 September 1923, 1 October 1924, prefixes B/32, C/18, C/78, D10, blue on green, grey and lilac underprint, value at left (Pick 16a), from about fine to very fine (4) £100-150 |
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| 203 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, 5 rupees, Colombo, 1 November 1909, red serial number A/49 50081, uniface black and white, value at left and right, and in green underprint (Pick 11a), last date of issue for type, tape stain on reverse, about very good, scarce £150-200 |
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| 204 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, specimen 5 rupees, Colombo, 1st October 1925, red serial number B/59 25035, green and pale pink and brown, value at centre, reverse green and white, elephant at centre (Pick 11cs), black SPECIMEN handstamp above and below, original good very fine, scarce £500-700 |
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| 205 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, specimen 10 rupees, 1st October 1925, blue serial number B/76 15092, black and white, value in green at centre, reverse blank (Pick 12cs), black SPECIMEN handstamp above and below, bankstamps on reverse, an original very fine, rare £800-1,200 |
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| 206 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, 50 rupees, 1 June 1926, maroon serial number C/5 87245, black and white, value in pale green underprint at centre (Pick 19 (not listed under this date in Pick)), small repair low right and small crayon numeral top right otherwise a fresh very fine and rare £1,500-1,800 |
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| 207 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, 100 rupees, 1 June 1926, maroon serial number D/4 56919, black and white, value in pale green underprint at centre (Pick 27), annotations on reverse, a solid and respectable very fine and rare £4,000-4,500 |
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| 208 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, a composite essay on board for a 5 rupees, Colombo, 1 January 1928, red zero serial numbers, blue and green, an elephant at centre, column at left and right, value top centre and at each corner (Pick unrecorded design), unique and absolutely lovely £6,000-6,500 |
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| 209 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, a pale tan booklet containing 17 specimen 5 rupee notes, Colombo, 2nd October 1939, red serial number F/12 00000, black, green, pale pink and orange, value at centre, reverse green, elephant at centre (Pick 23s), two removed by printers, last date of issue for note and a most unusual and attractive offering £15,000-16,000 |
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| 210 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, specimen 5 rupees, 1st August 1922, red serial number D/88 00000, brown, green and pale pink and orange, value in underprint at centre, value at left and right, reverse green, elephant at centre (Pick 11cs), perforated CANCELLED, ink numeral top right, almost very fine, rare £500-700 |
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| 211 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, 50 rupees (2), 1 July 1929, maroon serial number C/6 54676/675, pink, green and pale orange, value at centre and at each corner, rev., green and white, elephant at centre (Pick 26), both notes have small repairs otherwise fresh good very fine and a rare consecutive pair (2) £2,000-2,500 |
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| 212 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, specimen 10 rupees, 7 May 1946, serial number J39 564987, blue and multicoloured, George VI at left, value at centre, reverse purple, the Temple of the Tooth at centre, value top left and right (Pick 36As), red SPECIMEN overstamp at top and below, good extremely fine, attractive and rare £1,000-1,200 |
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| 213 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, specimen 50 rupees, 24 June 1945, serial number K/12 79252, purple-lilac and pale blue, George VI at left, value at centre, reverse purple, plough team at centre, value top left and right (Pick 37as), pinholes at left, red SPECIMEN overstamp at top and below, extremely fine and rare £1,000-1,200 |
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| 214 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, specimen 1000 rupees, 1 July 1938, serial number 0/00 000000, purple, lilac and pale blue, bust of George VI at left, value at centre, signature low left and right, reverse purple and pale blue, dhow and coastline at centre (Pick 39 for similar), about fine, quite pleasing, extremely rare and no other examples believed extant, an important cornerstone note for the series £13,000-14,000 |
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| 215 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, specimen 50 cents, 1st January 1942, zero serial numbers, pale pink red central guilloche on beige, value at centre (Pick 41s), black SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £700-800 |
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| 216 | |||
Government of Ceylon, specimen 10 cents, blue and pink, specimen 25 cents, brown and pink and specimen 50 cents, lilac and green, all 1 February 1942, all zero serial numbers, George VI portrait (Pick 43as, 44as, 45as), red SPECIMEN overstamp top left, first good very fine, balance extremely fine, rare (3) £2,000-2,500Central Bank |
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| 217 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, colour trial 1 rupee, 20th January 1951, green and lilac, George VI at left, reverse green, steps at right (Pick 47ct), red SPECIMEN overprint, perforated, uncirculated, rare £450-550 |
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| 218 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, colour trial 10 rupees, ND (1951), serial number L/1 000000, violet and multicoloured, George VI at left, reverse violet and green, carving at centre (Pick 48ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, almost uncirculated, rare £800-1,000 |
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| 219 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 10 rupees, 20th January 1951, serial number L/1 000000, green and lilac, George VI at left, reverse green and violet, carving at centre (Pick 48s), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £1,200-1,300 |
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| 220 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 10 rupees, 20th January 1951, serial number L/1 123456-789012, green and lilac, George VI at left, reverse green and violet, carving at centre (Pick 48s), perforated, pinhole at left, 'approved' and Central Bank handstamp at right, good very fine, rare and unusual £1,000-1,200 |
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| 221 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 1 rupee, blue and multicoloured, 2 rupees, brown and multicoloured and 5 rupees, purple and multicoloured, all 3rd June 1952, zero serial numbers, prefixes A/1, E/1, G/1 respectively, Elizabeth II at left (Pick 49s, 50s, 51s), perforated, red Specimen overprint, uncirculated, the 5 rupee small rust mark top centre, about extremely fine, rare (3) £1,000-1,200 |
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| 222 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 1 rupee, 3rd June 1952, serial number A/31 000001- A/42 1000000, blue and specimen 2 rupees, 16th October 1954, serial number E/16 000001-E/27 1000000, brown, both Elizabeth II at left (Pick 49s, 50s), perforated SPECIMEN, ink date 31/5/54 on 2 rupees, good extremely fine, rare (2) £500-700 |
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| 223 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, colour trial 5 rupees, ND (1952), serial number G/11 000000, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at left, reverse green and red, carving at centre (Pick 51ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, multicoloured, rare £500-700 |
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| 224 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, colour trial 50 rupees, ND (1952), serial number R/1 000000, violet and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at left, reverse violet, stairway (Pick 52ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £800-1,000 |
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| 225 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 50 rupees, 3rd June 1952, serial number R/1 00000, blue and lilac, Elizabeth II at left, reverse blue, stairway (Pick 52s), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, creased otherwise fresh about extremely fine, rare £700-900 |
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| 226 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, colour trial 100 rupees, ND (1952), serial number V/1 000000, dark green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at left, reverse green, pale orange and lilac, carving (Pick 53ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, multicoloured, rare £900-1,200 |
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| 227 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, 100 rupees, 3 June 1952, serial number V/14 74616, brown-red on multicolour, Elizabeth II at left, value at each corner (Pick 53), a fresh and original, perfectly presentable very fine £200-300 |
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| 228 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 5 rupees, 16th October 1954, serial number G/11 000000, orange and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at left, reverse red and green, carving at centre (Pick 54s), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, multicoloured, rare £600-800 |
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| 229 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, colour trial 10 rupees, ND (1953), serial number L/21 000000, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at left, reverse violet and green, carving at centre (Pick 55ct), perforated, black SPECIMEN overprint, multicoloured, rare £700-900 |
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| 230 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, a colour trial set of the 1956 series comprising 1 rupee, green, 2 rupees, violet, 5 rupees, olive-green, 10 rupees, brown, 50 rupees, purple and 100 rupees, dark green, all arms at left (Pick 56ct-61ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare (6) £1,000-1,200 |
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| 231 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, colour trial 100 rupees, ND (1963), violet and blue, Bandaranaike at right, reverse violet, two women left centre (Pick 66ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, mounting traces at left, otherwise uncirculated, rare £400-600 |
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| 232 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, colour trial 5 rupees, green, 10 rupees, brown, 50 rupees, red and 100 rupees, violet, all ND (1965), all King Parakkama at right (Pick 68ct-71ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare (4) £1,000-1,200 |
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| 233 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, an obverse and reverse composite essay on board for a 2 rupees, ND (c.1956), serial number 123456, brown and multicolour, arms at left, reverse brown and multicolour, elephant frieze (Pick unrecorded), charming, unique, slight mounting damage £400-600 |
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| 234 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, an obverse and reverse composite essay on board for a 50 rupees, ND (c.1956), serial number R/60 000000, blue and lilac, peacock at low right, arms at left, reverse temple frieze and value (Pick unrecorded type), unique and attractive (2) £800-1,200 |
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| 235 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, an obverse composite essay on card for 50 rupees, 30 December 1962, black serial A000000, blue on multicolour underprint, arms top centre, Bandaranaike at right, women at left, urn at left and right (Pick unrecorded), unique £800-1,200 |
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| 236 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 2 rupees, 6 October 1975, zero serial numbers, green and multicoloured, pelican low left, reverse lilac and multicoloured, pelican at right (Pick unrecorded), unique (2) £250-350 |
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| 237 | |||
Central Bank of Ceylon, obverse and reverse uniface colour trial for a 500 rupees, 19 October 1981, brown, values at each corner, elephant at right, uniface colour trial for a 20 Rupees, 27 July 1982, purple, Anuradhapura Moonstone at right (Pick 89 & 93 for type), typed annotations and mounting traces, otherwise uncirculated (3) £180-200Boer War Prisoner Of War |
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| 238 | |||
| Trichinopoly, Prisoner of War currency during the Boer War for Ceylon, 50 cents, manuscript date 15 January 1900, serial number 548, black text on pale yellow background, value in red and arms at centre, handstamped signature of Major Watt at low left (Ineson 201), backed on card and in four quarters, VG and rare £300-350 |
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| 239 | |||
| Diyatalawa, Prisoner of War currency during the Boer War for Ceylon, 50 cents, handstamped date 25 April 1901, serial number 3608, black text on green, value and arms at centre, handstamped signature of Lieut. Col. Vincent low right (Ineson 205), purple CANCELLED handstamp across face, fine and scarce £500-600 |
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| 240 | |||
| Diyatalawa, Prisoner of War currency during the Boer War for Ceylon, 1 rupee, 5 March 1901, hand stamped date serial number 234, pale yellow-orange, arms top centre, value in red at centre, hand stamp signature of Lieut. Colonel Vincent low right (Ineson 206), a fresh example, original, good extremely fine thus rare £600-700 |
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| 241 | |||
| Diyatalawa, Prisoner of War currency during the Boer War for Ceylon, 5 rupees, 8 May 1902, serial number 2450, green and black on pale mauve, arms top centre, value in green at centre, handstamped signature of Lieut. Col. Vincent low right (Ineson 207) handstamped Cancelled across face of note, an original and fresh about extremely fine and rare £1,500-1,800 |
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| 242 | |||
| Ceylon Ice and Cold Storage Company, 10 cents, Ragama, ND (1901), serial number 720, black text with value in maroon on pale tan card like paper, arms top centre, two manuscript signatures in field, CEYLON ICE & COLD STORAGE Co. Ltd handstamp at centre (Ineson 220), good very fine and very rare £2,000-2,400 |
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| 243 | |||
| Ceylon Ice and Cold Storage Company, 15 cents, Ragama, ND (1901), serial number 545, black text with value in red on pale pink-tan card like paper, arms top centre, two manuscript signatures in field, CEYLON ICE & COLD STORAGE Co. Ltd handstamp at centre (Ineson 221), extremely fine and very rare £2,000-2,500 |
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| 244 | |||
| Ceylon Ice and Cold Storage Company, 25 cents, Ragama, ND (1901), serial number 491, black text with value in red on pale orange card like paper, arms top centre, two manuscript signatures in field, CEYLON ICE & COLD STORAGE Co. Ltd handstamp at centre (Ineson 222), very fine and very rare £2,500-3,000 |
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| 245 | |||
| Ceylon Ice and Cold Storage Company, 50 cents, Ragama, ND (1901), serial number 417, black text with value in black on dark red card like paper, arms top centre, two manuscript signatures in field, CEYLON ICE & COLD STORAGE Co. Ltd handstamp at centre (Ineson 223), good very fine and very rare £3,000-3,500 |
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| 246 | |||
| Ceylon Ice and Cold Storage Company, 1 rupee, Ragama, ND (1901), serial number 243, black text with value in red on pale blue card like paper, arms top centre, two manuscript signatures in field, CEYLON ICE & COLD STORAGE Co. Ltd handstamp at centre (Ineson 224), very fine and very rare £3,000-3,500 |
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| 247 | |||
| Ragama, Prisoner of War currency during the Boer War for Ceylon, a set comprising 5 cents, serial number 4, black on a pale pink background, value within belt at left, 'CEYLON ICE & COLD STORAGE CO. LTD' in legend, arms top centre, two manuscript signatures low right, also 10 cents, pale green, number 4, 25 cents, brown, number 87, 50 cents, pink-red, number 5, 1 rupee, green, number 3 and 5 rupees, lilac, number 2, all are dated 1st August 1901 (Ineson 230-235), the 25 almost very fine, the balance are fresh and original, generally good extremely fine and with very low numbers, possibly a presentation set, extremely fine and a desirable and historic group (6) £4,000-4,500 |
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| 248 | |||
Ragama, Prisoner of War currency during the Boer War for Ceylon, 5 cents, 1 August 1901, serial number 56, black on a pale pink background, value within belt at left, 'CEYLON ICE & COLD STORAGE CO. LTD' in legend, arms top centre, two manuscript signatures low right (Ineson 230), a solid good very fine and rare £500-600CHAD |
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| 249 | |||
Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale (Chad), 25 francs, 19 December 1952, multicoloured, young girl at centre, 100 francs, 26 April 1950, multicoloured, woman and bowl of fruit at centre, Camerouns, 500 francs, ND (1978-), red, signature 5, Tchad, 500 francs, ND (1974), red, signature 6, also 5000 francs, ND (1976), prefix Y.2, red and multicoloured, signature 6 (Pick 38, 40, 15b, 2a, 5a), good very fine, last four uncirculated (5) £150-200CHILE |
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| 250 | |||
| El Banco Commercial de Chile, a partial die proof for a 10 pesos, Valparaiso, 8 June 1893, black and white, Liberty at left, railway bridge at centre, arms at right (PS 32 pr), also El banco de a. Edwards y Ca., die proof obverse 2 pesos, Valparanso, 2 Janaury 1879, black and white, maiden at left, value at right (PS -), first top left and right corners missing otherwise very fine, very rare, second damage at top thus fine, very rare (2) £100-200 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Sale 12023 Day 1 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 2nd October 2012 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Friday 28 September 10 am to 5 pm Monday 1 October 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday 2 October 10 am to 5 pm |
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