Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
World Banknotes (Day 2 of 3)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 11th April 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing Details
Monday 8 April 2013, 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 9 April 2013, 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10 April 2013, 10am - 5pm
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Auction Lots - Page 7
862
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, specimen 100 livres, 1958, serial number D16 000000, blue and pale green, the harbour of Beirut at centre, reverse blue, cedar tree at centre (Pick 60s, Ayoub p.143), red De la Rue oval seal, faint mounting traces, good extremely fine to uncirculated and scarce £250-350
863
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, specimen 1 livre, 1957, brown, 5 livres, 1955, blue, 10 livres, 1952, green, 25 livres, 1952, blue, 50 livres, 1952, purple-brown and 100 livres, 1952, (Pick 55bs, 56bs, 57s, 58s, 59s, 60s, Ayoub p.138ff), red/black De la Rue seal, faint mounting traces, good extremely fine to uncirculated, rare (6) £1,400-1,800

Banque du Liban

864
Banque du Liban, specimen 1 livre, 1971, zero serial numbers, brown on tan and light blue undeprint, Columns of Baalbek at centre, reverse brown, Jeita Cavern at centre right (Pick 61bs), overprinted SPECIMEN, corner fold at top right, extremely fine £100-150

Banque Centrale du Liban

865
Banque Centrale du Liban, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 10 livres, ND (ca 1950), serial number A00 00000, dark green and multicoloured, the ruins at Anjar (?) at centre, cedar tree at right, reverse dark green and multicoloured, carving of a ship at centre, flower at left (Pick unrecorded, Ayoub unrecorded), unique. There is no record of this bank in Pick or Ayoub. Most unusual and very interesting from a research point of view £1,000-1,500
866
Banque Centrale du Liban, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 10 livres, ND (ca 1950), serial number C29 0000, dark green and multicoloured, the ruins at Anjar (?) at centre, cedar tree at right, reverse dark green and multicoloured, carving of a ship at centre, flower at left (Pick unrecorded, Ayoub unrecorded), a cruder version of previous lot and probably an early stage for the design, unique (2) £800-1,200

Banque du Liban

867
Banque du Liban, specimen 25 livres (3), 1964, 1974, 1978, brown, the Crusader Castle at Saida at centre (Pick 64as, 64bs), cancellation holes, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated (3) £300-500
868
Banque du Liban, specimen 50 livres (3), 1974, 1985, ND, grey and multicoloured, the temple of Bacchus at Baalbeck at centre (Pick 65bs, 65cs), cancellation holes, red SPECIMEN overprint, mounting traces, otherwise uncirculated (3) £200-300
869
Banque du Liban, specimen 100 livres (3), 1964, 1968, 1972, blue and multicolour, the courtyard at the palace at Beit-ed-Din (Pick 66as, 66bs), cancellation holes, red SPECIMEN overprint, mounting traces, otherwise uncirculated (3) £300-400
870
Banque du Liban, specimen 100 livres (3), 1974, 1977, 1978, blue and multicolour, the courtyard at the palace at Beit-ed-Din (Pick 66bs), red SPECIMEN overprint, good extremely fine, rare (3) £300-400
871
Banque du Liban, specimen 250 livres (3), 1978, 1983, 1985, dark green and multicolour, the Ruins of Tyras at centre, reverse green, the Grande Temple at centre (Pick 67as, 67bs, 67cs), red SPECIMEN overprint, mounting traces, good extremely fine and rare (3) £250-350
872
Banque du Liban, an obverse and reverse composite essay on thin card for a 25 livres, 1977, serial number 123456, brown and multicoloured, dancers at left, tree at right, reverse multicoloured, mosaic head at centre (Pick unrecorded, Ayoub unrecorded), unique, charming (2) £400-600
873
Banque du Liban, an obverse and reverse composite essay on board for a 50 livres, 1964, serial number 987654321, violet and multicoloured, classical statue at left, seal at top right, reverse violet, castle at centre (Pick unrecorded, Ayoub unrecorded), unique and attractive (2) £400-600
874
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, specimen treasury bill, Liban, ND (c.1930's-40's), uniface, dark red on multicolour underprint, bank title at top centre, space in underprint for handwritten value at centre (unlisted), cancellation holes over serial and signature locations, red SPECIMEN overprint, annotated in pen in top margin, overall extremely fine £800-1,200

LIBERIA

875
National Bank of Liberia, a presentation book containing an obverse and a reverse composite essay for a $20, 26 July 1989, serial number AA 00000000, black and lilac, allegorical family at right, arms at centre, reverse lilac and purple, rubber tree harvesting at centre, arms at left (Pick unrecorded), unique and a handsome presentation £200-300

LIBYA

United Kingdom of Libya

876
United Kingdom of Libya, 5 piastres, red, also 10 piastres, green, both 1951, ruins at left, arms at right (Pick 5, 6), uncirculated and extremely fine (2) £80-120
877
United Kingdom of Libya, specimen 5 piastres, law of 1951, prefix L/2, red and pale green, ruins, specimen 10 piastres, law of 1951, prefix K./2, green and pale pink, ruins and a specimen 1/4 pound, law of 1951, prefix G/1, blue, plale green and pale orange, ruins, all arms at right (Pick 5s, 6s, 7s), red/black De la Rue seal, faint mounting traces, good extremely fine to uncirculated and rare (3) £300-350
878
United Kingdom of Libya, specimen 5 pounds, law of 1951, serial number B/2 000000, green and pale pink, arms at left, value at right, reverse green, pale pink, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 5s), ink date '54' and '55' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN and with Arabic text excised at centre, hard to find with full signatures and serial numbers, good extremely fine and very rare £1,200-1,600
879
United Kingdom of Libya, colour trial 10 pounds, ND (1951), serial number A/2 000000, red and multicoloured, arms at left, value at right, corn ear and bush low centre, reverse red and pale lilac and green, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 11ct), perforated, uncirculated and rare, a handsome note £800-1,200

Kingdom of Libya

880
Kingdom of Libya, Treasury issue, specimen 5 piastres, green and pale orange, also specimen 10 piastres, red, both 1952, palm tree at right, King Idris at left (Pick 12s, 13s), oval De la Rue SPECIMEN handstamp, good extremely fine and rare (2) £600-1,000
881
Kingdom of Libya, colour trial 1 Libyan pound, 1 January 1952, serial number C/1 000000, red and multicoloured, King Idris at left, reverse red, value and bank title (Pick 16ct), perforated, uncirculated and rare £800-1,200
882
Kingdom of Libya, colour trial 5 pounds, 1 January 1952, serial number B/1 000000, dark grey-green and multicoloured, King Idris at left, bush low centre, palm tree at right, value and at each corner, reverse dark grey and multicoloured, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 17s), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and very rare £1,000-1,500
883
Kingdom of Libya, £5, 1 January 1952, serial number B/1 370001, green on multicolour underprint, King Idris at left, value at each corner (Pick 17), graffiti in watermark at right, original about very fine and rare £1,800-2,500

Kingdom of Libya £10 of 1952

884
Kingdom of Libya, £10, 1 January 1952, serial number A/1 054200, brown on multicolour underprint, King Idris at left, value at each corner (Pick 18), original and attractive, good fine and very rare, a lovely note £4,000-5,000

National Bank of Libya

885
National Bank of Libya, colour trial 1/2 Libyan pound, 26 April 1955, serial number D/1 000000, olive and multicoloured, arms at left, reverse olive, value and bank title, also colour trial 1 pound, serial number C/10 000000, brown and multicoloured, arms at left (Pick 19ct, 20ct), perforated, uncirculated and rare (2) £800-1,000
886
National Bank of Libya, £ 1/2, L.1955 (1959), black serial number, purple on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner (Pick 19a), an original and attractive good very fine, scarce £1,800-2,500
887
National Bank of Libya, £ 1/2, L.1955 (1959), red serial number, purple on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner (Pick 19b), about extremely fine, red serial number scarce £1,500-2,500
888
National Bank of Libya, £1, L.1955 (1959), black serial number, dark blue on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner (Pick 20), lightly pressed but still fresh and attractive extremely fine, scarce £1,500-2,500
889
National Bank of Libya, £5, L.1955, serial number B/4 658138, green on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner (Pick 21), original good extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare, especially in this grade £2,000-3,000
890
National Bank of Libya, £5 (2), L.1955 (1959), black serial numbers, prefix B/3, green on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner (Pick 21), normal note fresh and attractive good very fine, error note pressed and cleaned, good fine, very scarce £2,200-2,800
891
National Bank of Libya, colour trial 10 pounds, ND (1958), serial number A/3 000000, red and multicoloured, arms at left, value at right, corn ear and bush low centre, reverse red and pale lilac and green, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 22ct), perforated, uncirculated and rare, a handsome note £1,400-1,800
892
National Bank of Libya, specimen 10 pounds, ND (1966), serial number 4 A/4 150000, purple-brown and multicoloured, arms at left, value at right, reverse purple-brown and pale orange-pink (Pick 22s), ink date '14.9.61' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine and rare £400-600
893
Bank of Libya, £ 1/2, L.1963, first issue, purple on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner (Pick 24), good extremely fine £200-300
894
Bank of Libya, 1/4, 1/2 and 1 pound, L.1963/AH1382, red, purple and blue respectively on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner (Pick 23, 24, 25), some dirt but overall original and quite presentable, the 1 pound slightly better, very fine (3) £150-200
895
Bank of Libya, £1, L.1963, first issue, dark blue on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner (Pick 25), uncirculated £300-400
896
Bank of Libya, colour trial 5 Libyan pounds, 5 February 1963, serial number 4 B/5 000000, brown and multicoloured, arms at left, value at right, reverse brown, bank title and value (Pick 26ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £500-700
897
Bank of Libya, specimen 5 pounds, ND (1966), serial number 4 B/7 800001, green and lilac, arms at left, value at right, reverse green and pale orange (Pick 26s), ink date '3.12.66' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine and rare £400-600
898
Bank of Libya, £5, L.1963, first issue, green on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner (Pick 26), fresh and original extremely fine £500-600
899
Bank of Libya, colour trial 10 pounds, ND (1963), serial number 4 A/4 000000, red on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner, trees and plants at low centre, left and right (Pick 27ct), cancellation holes, overprinted SPECIMEN, extremely fine and rare £500-700
900
Bank of Libya, specimen 10 pounds, law of 1963, no serial numbers, purple-brown and multicoloured, arms at left, value at right, reverse purple-brown and multicoloured, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 27s), ink date '20/8/63' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine and rare £400-600
901
Bank of Libya, specimen 10 pounds, ND (1966), serial number 4 A/9 500001, purple-brown and multicoloured, arms at left, value at right, reverse purple-brown and pale orange-pink (Pick 27s), ink date '27.2.68' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, small notch in top left margin otherwise good extremely fine and rare £400-500
902
Bank of Libya, 1 pound, law of 5 February 1963, first issue, blue on multicolour underprint, 10 pounds, law of 5 February 1963, first issue brown on multicolour underprint, 5 pounds, law of 5 February 1963, second issue, green on multicolour underprint, 5 dinars (4), ND (1971), olive on multicolour underprint (Pick 25, 27, 31, 36b), first 3 very good, others fine to good very fine (7) £50-70
903
Bank of Libya, colour trial 1/4 pound, blue-gray, colour trial 1/2 pound, red, colour trial 1 pound, green, colour trial 5 pounds, blue, all law of 1963 (second issue), all zero serial numbers, arms at left, value at right (Pick 28ct, 29ct, 30ct, 31ct), perforated, uncirculated and rare (4) £1,600-2,200
904
Bank of Libya, colour trial 10 pounds, law of 1963 (second issue), serial number 5A/14 000000, purple and pale blue, arms at left, value at right reverse purple, value and bank title (Pick 32ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £1,400-1,800
905
Central Bank of Libya, full set of the ND (1971) issue, comprising 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5 and 10 dinars, all with inscription (Pick 33-37), about uncirculated or better, last good extremely fine (5) £200-300
906
Central Bank of Libya, 5 dinars, ND (1971), olive on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at each corner, without inscription below watermark (Pick 36a), about uncirculated £150-200
907
Central Bank of Libya, 5 dinars, ND (1971), olive on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at each corner, without inscription below watermark (Pick 36a), about uncirculated £150-200

LITHUANIA

908
Bank of Lithuania, 1, 5, 20 and 50 centu, 10 September 1922, blue, green, red-brown and purple respectively (Pick 1-4), very fine to extremely fine, scarce (4) £200-250
909
Bank of Lithuania, 1 centas, 5 centu and 1 litas, 10 September 1922, dark blue, green and grey respectively, value at left and right (Pick 1a, 2a, 5b), about uncirculated, extremely fine and about very fine (3) £200-250
910
Bank of Lithuania, 1 litas and 5 litai, 10 September 1922, grey and brown respectively, value at left (Pick 5a, 6a), first very fine, second fine, scarce (2) £320-360

A Lovely Presentation Book for The Issue of 1922

911
Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania), a presentation book dated 1922 with title 'LIETUVOS PINIGU ISLEISTU 1922 M.LAPKRICIO 16 D PAVYZDZIAI' and containing two notes of each type of the series of 1922 and mounted to display the obverse of one example with reverse of another note below and comprising 1 centas (2), blue and brown, 2 centu (2), lilac and green, 5 centai (2), blue and green, 10 centu (2), mauve and brown, 20 centu (2), blue and pale brown, 50 centu (2), violet and pale blue. The following notes have serial number 000013, 1 litas (2), brown and pale grey-green, arms at centre, 2 litu (2), green and blue, arms at centre, 5 litai (2), purple and pale blue, farmer sowing at centre with blue background, 5 litai (2), purple, farmer in red background at centre, 10 litu (2), purple and pale green, man on raft at centre, 50 litu (2), green and lilac, Grand Duke Gediminas at right, arms at left and 100 litu (2), blue, pale green and orange, Vytautas the Great at right (Pick 7s3, 8s3, 9s3, 10s3, 11s3, 12s3, 13s3, 14s3, 16s3, 17s3, 18s3, 19s3, 20s3), the 500 printed at a later date and thus not included in the album, a lovely presentation and extremely rare. All notes are mounted at corners on blue card with a transparent divider and all notes have red overprint 'Pavyzdys-bevertis'. Very unusual and desirable (26 notes) £8,500-9,500
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
World Banknotes (Day 2 of 3)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 11th April 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing Details
Monday 8 April 2013, 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 9 April 2013, 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10 April 2013, 10am - 5pm
Any other viewing by appointment only
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