Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
World Banknotes (Day 2 of 3) Lots 956-1727
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 16th April 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing
Friday 11 April 10am to 5pm
Monday 14 April 10am to 5pm
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Auction Lots - Page 8
1306
Banco de Portugal, 5 escudos, 1922, serial number XX13167, violet, brown and green, portrait of J das Regras at left, reverse Convent da Batalha at right (Pick 120), slight staining, central fold and creasing but fine to very fine nonetheless £120-150
1307
Banco de Portugal, specimen 50 escudos, 31 August 1920, serial number 1GC 00001-1GC 20000, purple and multicoloured, Passos Manoel at centre, value at left and right, OURO in text low centre, reverse purple and green, the 'Terreiro do Paco' at centre, head of Liberty top right, (Pick 123 for type), ink date '29.5.23', top centre, perforated, good extremely fine, rare £700-900
1308
Banco de Portugal, specimen 1000 escudos, ND (1929), no serial numbers, green and multicoloured, De Sa Da Bandeira at right, bridge low left, arms top centre, value at left and at each corner, reverse brown and pale blue and grey and lilac, arms top left, grape harvesting in field, medallic female head top left field, value at left and right (Pick 145s), pencil date '27.9.1919' at top right in margin, good extremely fine, most attractive and rare £1,400-1,800
1309
Banco de Portugal, 100 escudos, 13 March 1941, serial number AVN 05575, blue green and brown, Joalo Pinto Ribeiro at left, arms upper centre, reverse dark red, monument at centre (Pick 150), vertical and horizontal folds, some discolouration at right, otherwise fine £80-120
1310
Banco de Portugal, 50 escudos, 28 June 1949, serial number DZC00900, brown on multicolour, Ortigao at right, reverse, building at centre, 500 escudos, 29 September 1942, serial number SH09122, brown and green on multicolour underprint, cherubs at centre, D de Goes at right, reverse green and light brown, 1000 escudos, 29 September 1942, serial number 155, green and pink, horses at left, D A Henriques at right, reverse multicolour, (Pick 154, 155, 156) first, very fine, second very to extremely fine, third, extremely fine £150-200
1311
Banco de Portugal, 500 escudos, 11 March 1952, serial number DJ17923, dark red and black on multicolour, 1000 escudos, 31 January 1956, serial number H11334, green and purple, 50 escudos, 27 May 1958, serial number T17737, a lovely colourful group (Pick 158, 161, 162), fine to extremely fine £220-280
1312
Banco de Portugal, group of notes consisting of 20 escudos, 26 July 1960, serial number LD19845, 50 escudos (2), 1000 escudos, 30 May 1961, serial number EC19613, 19 May 1967, serial number HSS12046, 5000 escudos, 24 May 1983, serial number UZ50209 (Pick 163, 164, 166, 172, 182), mixed grades from good to about uncirculated £250-300
1313
Banco de Portugal, 1000 escudos, 2 April, 1965, serial number FV 00883, grey blue and reddish brown, column at left, arms at upper centre, Dom Diniz at right, reverse Founding university of Lisbon in 1290 (Pick 171), a splendid note, central fold and a few pinholes, good extremely fine, rare £1,000-1,500
1314
Banco de Portugal, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 20 escudos, 19 December 1961, serial number BSM 00000, black and green on multicoloured underprint, statue of Garci de Orta at right, arms at upper centre, value in guilloches at lower left and upper right, reverse 16th century market scene in Goa (Pick 173 for type), glue stains and ageing, otherwise about uncirculated, unique (2) £200-300

PORTUGUESE GUINEA

1315
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printer's archival specimen 1000 reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial run 00000 to 70000, black on green and yellow underprint, value at left, steamship seal Type I at right, red overprint 'BOLAMA', reverse black on green and pink underprint, woman looking at ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 1s), ink date '8. 12. 16' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated and rare £250-350
1316
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printer's archival specimen 5 mil reis, with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial run 120001 to 135000, black on blue and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, sailing ships at right, steamship seal Type III at centre, red overprint 'BOLAMA', reverse green, woman looking at ships, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 3As), mounting traces, ink date '18.5.20' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and very rare £350-450
1317
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 1 escudo, 1 January 1921, green on multicoloured underprint and specimen 5 escudos, 1 January 1921, black on multicoloured underprint, both no serial numbers, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 12s, 14s), about uncirculated to uncirculated and very scarce in this grade (2) £140-180
1318
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 10 escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 15s), uncirculated and very scarce, particularly in this grade £180-240
1319
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 20 escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, dark blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 16s), uncirculated and rare, particularly in this grade £280-340
1320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 50 escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, orange-red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in black on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 17s), uncirculated and very rare, particularly in this grade £350-450
1321
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 100 escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, dark brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 18s), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, most attractive and very rare, particularly in this grade £500-700
1322
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, obverse and reverse stage proofs for a 2.50 escudos, 2 January 1945, violet, portrait of Joao Texeira Pinto at left, steamship seal at right, value in three corners, reverse violet, sage green and red, arms at top centre, value at lower centre (Pick 26p), mounting traces, typed date '13. 3. 45.' and annotations in top margin on obverse and bottom margin of reverse, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and very rare (2) £120-180
1323
Banco Nacionale Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, 50 escudos, 30 June 1960, serial number C798523, dark green and pink on multicolour underprint, Texeira Pinot at left, bank ship seal at right, reverse, seated woman and ship at centre (Pick 40), a lovely example, small corner fold top left, slight stain top centre, otherwise extremely fine £120-180
1324
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, 1000 escudos, 30 April 1964, serial number 203416, red orange on multicolour, portrait of H Barreto at right, obverse, woman and sailing ships centre left, also Banco Nactional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 500 escudos, 31 July 1953, zero serial number, diagonal red stamped ESPEIME obverse and reverse, hole punched (Pick 43, 104), first, a splendid example, about uncirculated to uncirculated, second, ink annotation top right, uncirculated £180-230
1325
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 50 escudos, 17 December 1971, zero serial numbers, green and multicoloured, arms at centre, Tristao at right, reverse green, maiden and ships (Pick 44 for type), unique and possibly the final model for the issue £150-250
1326
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, a group of specimen colour trials of the 1964-71 Issues, all zero serials, all reverse woman looking at ships through the ages, comprising 1000 escudos, 30 April 1964, deep brown, Bareto at right; 50 escudos, ND (1971), green, Tristao at right; 100 escudos, ND (1971), olive, Tristao at right; 500 escudos, 27 July 1971, brown, Bareto at right, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 43ct, 44ct, 45ct, 46ct), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce (4) £300-400
1327
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, 50 escudos, green, Tristao at right, 100 escudos, blue, Tristao at right, 100 escudos, Barreto at right, all 1971 (Pick 44, 45, 46), slight spotting on the 1000 otherwise uncirculated (3) £120-160
1328
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 50 escudos and 100 escudos, ND, zero serial numbers, hole punched, green on multicolour, red stamped SPECIMEN top centre obverse and reverse, Portuguese arms at upper centre, portrait Nuno Tristao at right, sailing ships through the ages and woman on reverse, also an issued 1000 escudos 1964, serial number 203622, orange-red and multicoloured, Barreto at right, ship seal at centre (Pick 45, 45, 43a), fine, crisp and about uncirculated to uncirculated, last note in ICG holder 68 'GEM UNC' (3) £350-450
1329
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, 500 escudos, 1971, serial number 199117, 199209, violet and multicoloured, Portuguese arms at upper centre, portrait Barreto, reverse sailing ships through the ages and woman, also an issued 1000 escudos, 1964, serial number 203616, orange-red and multicoloured, Barreto at right, ship seal at centre (Pick 45, 45, 43a), all in ICG holders 68 'GEM UNC' (3) £200-300

PORTUGUESE INDIA

1330
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Nova Goa, specimen 10 rupias, 1 January 1924, serial number A000000, purple on multicolour underprint, palace at centre, value at each corner, reverse tiger at centre (Pick 26s), about uncirculated, scarce £600-800
1331
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Nova Goa, specimen 5 rupias, 11 January 1938, serial number 000000, green on multicolour underprint, palace at centre, value at each corner, reverse tiger at centre (Pick 31s), mounting traces, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated, scarce £600-800
1332
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Nova Goa, a uniface obverse and reverse colour trial 5 rupias, 1 January 1924, no serial numbers, purple and green on pale blue and yellow underprint, floating palace at centre, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse purple, tiger at centre, value in ornate guilloches at either side (Pick 25ct, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.5.1ct), pencil annotation in top margin of obverse, nick in top margin of reverse, otherwise both extremely fine, attractive and very rare (2) £750-1,000
1333
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Nova Goa, a uniface obverse colour trial 50 rupias, 1 January 1924, no serial numbers, blue and ochre on pale yellow underprint, vignette of an elephant set in decorated arch at centre, steamship at left, seascape at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner (Pick 28ct, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.18.1ct), nick in left margin, ink letter 'C' in top right corner, otherwise extremely fine, most attractive and very rare £1,000-1,400
1334
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Nova Goa, uniface proof/specimen 50 rupias, 1 January 1924, no serial numbers, blue on multicolour underprint, elephant at centre, value at each corner (Pick 28 for type, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.18.1ct), good extremely fine, scarce £1,500-2,000
1335
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Nova Goa, 30 escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 571840, red on multicolour, Afonso de Albuquerque at right, reverse, explorer, ships at sea (Pick 41), central fold and some light creases, otherwise extremely fine £50-80
1336
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Nova Goa, specimen 1000 escudos, 2 January 1959, zero serial numbers, green and brown, Afonso de Albuquerque at right, arms low centre, signatures G4/A4 (Pick 46s, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 12.40.1), black SPECIMEN overprint, perforated, uncirculated and rare (2) £400-450

QATAR

1337
Qatar Monetary Agency, colour trial 1 riyal, violet and multicoloured, colour trial 5 riyals, blue and multicoloured and colour trial 10 riyals, purple and multicoloured, all ND (1973), all zero serial numbers (Pick 1ct, 2ct, 3ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (3) £700-900
1338
Qatar Monetary Agency, a set of the ND (1980's) series comprising 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 riyals, also 1 riyal, ND (1985), (Pick 7, 8a, 9, 10, 11, 12a, 13a), uncirculated (7) £200-250
1339
Qatar Central Bank, a set of the ND (2003) series comprising 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 riyals, all arms and ornate underprint, all serial number 799999 (Pick 20-25), uncirculated (6) £400-600

QATAR AND DUBAI

1340
Qatar & Dubai Currency Board, 1 riyal, 5 riyals and 10 riyals, ND (1966), green, purple and black respectively, all with dhow, oil derrick and palm at left, value at each corner (Linzmayer QDCB B1, 2, 3, Pick 1, 2, 3), first two good very fine, last almost extremely fine (3) £500-700
1341
Qatar & Dubai Currency Board, 25 riyals, ND (1966), blue on multicolour underprint, dhow, oil derrick and palm at left, value at each corner (Linzmayer QDCB B4, Pick 4), graffiti in watermark area, about very fine and rare £4,000-6,000
1342
Qatar & Dubai Currency Board, 50 riyals, ND (1966), red on multicolour underprint, dhow, oil derrick and palm at left, value at each corner (Linzmayer QDCB B5, Pick 5), fresh and original, good very fine, very rare £5,000-7,000
1343
Qatar & Dubai Currency Board, 100 riyals, ND (1966), olive green on multicolour underprint, dhow, oil derrick and palm at left, value at each corner (Linzmayer QDCB B6, Pick 6), about very fine £700-900

REUNION

1344
Banque de la Reunion, 5 francs, ND (1890-), serial number J.26-893, blue and white, native head at left and right, Laroche and Langlois signatures (Pick 13, Kolsky 403b), about fine, scarce £200-240

RHODESIA

1345
Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $1, 17 February 1970, serial number L/19 214467, blue on multicolour underprint, bank logo at upper centre, arms at right, reverse tobacco field (Pick 30a), about uncirculated to uncirculated £80-120
1346
Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, a collection of notes consisting of $1 (3), 1978, 1979, blue on multicolour underprint, $2 (5), 1973, 1979, red on multicolour underprint, $5 (2), 1978, brown on multicolour, $10 (5), 1972, 1979, grey on multicolour underprint, all with bank logo upper centre, arms at right, reverses, tobacco field, waterfall, lion and lioness, ruins respectively (Pick 30b, c, 31b, c, 32b, 33a, c), all extremely fine to about uncirculated, mostly better, Pick 33a the rarer type (14) £300-350
1347
Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $5 (9), all 15 May 1979, consecutive serial numbers M/23 373182-88, and M/22 533087-89, brown on multicolour underprint, giraffe at left, bank logo upper centre, arms at right, reverse lion and lioness at centre, a very desirable group given the serial numbers (Pick 32c), all about uncirculated to uncirculated £250-300
1348
Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $1, blue, $2, red, $5, brown and $10, blue-grey, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975 respectively, all arms at right, all Rhodes watermark (Pick 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b, RBR B7n, 8n, 9b, 10h), last two with faint central folds, about uncirculated (4) £120-160

RHODESIA AND NYASALAND

1349
Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 10 shillings (2), 27 May 1957, serial number W/10 459767, 30 January 1961, serial number W/33 049331, brown red on multicolour, Queen Elizabeth II at right, fish eagle at left, reverse river scene (Pick 20a, b), first, fine to very fine, second, very fine £200-250
1350
Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, £1, 6 January 1961, serial number X/64 747025, green on multicolour underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, leopard bottom left, reverse, green and pale pink, Zimbabwe ruins at centre, (Pick 21b), a striking and desirable note, several vertical folds, nevertheless extremely fine £180-230
1351
Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, specimen £10, Salisbury, 3 April 1956, serial number Z/1 000000, purple-brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, lion low left, arms top centre, signature of Graffery Smith low centre, reverse dark grey-green, elephants left centre (Pick 23as), first date for type, ink date '29/8/56' in top margin, red SPECIMEN overprint, good extremely fine and rare £1,500-2,000

ROMANIA

1352
Ministry of Finance, Romania, group of 11 notes comprising 10, 25, 50 bani (2 each shade variants), 1917, treasury token 50 filira (pink perforated, edge stamp), 1920, treasury assignat 10 filira, brick red, 1919, 4% debenture bonds 500, 1000 lei, brown, olive green, April 1933, 4% obligation 100 lei, dark olive on mauve underprint, 1949, series 26, (Pick 69-71 and unlisted), very fine to almost uncirculated (mostly better), all scarce, (11) £80-100

RUSSIA

1353
Pskov Regional Government Treasury, 50 rubles, 1918, serial number 024, brown and olive green, value at low centre and top left and right, also Pskov Bank Small Change Notes, 1 ruble, 1918, serial umber 44533, blue and orange, value at centre (Pick S21, S212), very fine and good extremely fine, scarce (2) £120-160
1354
Archangel, Government Bank, red regime, 5 rubles, 1918, and white regime, 3 and 25 rubles, 1918, blue, green and pink respectively, second and third with red overprint (Pick S102, S106, S107), first about uncirculated, others fine (3) £100-150
1355
North Russia, Archangel, 5 and 25 rubles (2), 1918, one 25 ruble with red overstamp on reverse, also South Russia 100, 200, 500 rubles, 1918 and 10000 rubles, 1919 (Pick S102, 104, 108, 413, 415c, 423, 425a), very fine to good very fine (7) £120-180
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
World Banknotes (Day 2 of 3) Lots 956-1727
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 16th April 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing
Friday 11 April 10am to 5pm
Monday 14 April 10am to 5pm
Private Viewing by appointment
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