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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 1 of 3) Lots 1-955 | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 15th 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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| Auction Lots - Page 8 | |||
| 351 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 25 piastres (2), 5 October 1918 and 6 October 1918, serial number runs L/45 000,001 to L/45 100,000 and L/46 000,001 to L/46 100,000 respectively, signature Rowlatt, blackish purple on pale green and multicoloured underprint, banks of the Nile at centre, value in each corner, reverse deep blue, light blue and orange, value in western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED [Pick 10as, Hanafy M1s), mounting traces, ink date '13. 11. 18' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain a very rare pair of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (2) £600-800 |
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| 352 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 25 piastres, 10 October 1918, serial number run L/50 000,001 to L/50 100,000, signature Rowlatt, blackish purple on pale green and multicoloured underprint, banks of the Nile at centre, value in each corner, reverse deep blue, light blue and orange, value in western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse only, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 10as, Hanafy M1s), mounting traces, ink date '13. 11. 18' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rarer specimen variety with red overprint £400-500 |
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| 353 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 25 piastres, 4 September 1942, serial number run L/70 000001 to L/70 100000, no signature, blackish purple on pale green and multicoloured underprint, banks of the Nile at centre, value in each corner, reverse deep blue, light blue and orange, value in western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 10cs, Hanafy M1s), mounting traces, ink date '11. 7. 42' and annotations in top margin, otherwise uncirculated, rare £300-400 |
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| 354 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres, 1917, purple on multicolour underprint, the banks of the Nile at centre (Pick 10a), VG, quite rare £350-400 |
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| 355 | |||
| Egyptian Government issue, 10 piastres, ND (1952-58), grey-blue to black, people with flag at right (Pick 171), very good and a rare type £300-400 |
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| 356 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres, 23 May 1951, serial number 772108, multicolour, banks of the Nile at centre, reverse dark blue on pale orange and pale grey underprint (Pick 10e), about uncirculated, a lovely example £600-700 |
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| 357 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, colour trial 50 piastres, ND (1912), purple-brown and multicoloured, Sphinx at left, reverse blue, green and pale orange (Pick 11ct, Hanafy M2ct), ink date 'June 21st 12' in top margin and printers annotation, perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine and rare £600-800 |
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| 358 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres, 6 June 1917, serial number P/13 036557, purple-brown and pale orange, the Sphinx and pyramids at left, Rowlatt signature low centre, reverse blue, pale orange and green, value (Pick 11a, Hanafy M2), rust damage at right and minor damage at left otherwise very fine, scarce £300-350 |
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| 359 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 50 piastres (2), 11 July 1918 and 12 July 1918, serial number runs P/51 000,001 to P/51 100,000 and P/52 000,001 to P/52 100,000 respectively, brown on multicoloured underprint, Sphinx at left, value at upper right and lower left, reverse blue on pale green and pink underprint, value in western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED [Pick 11s, Hanafy M2s), mounting traces, ink date '15. 5. 18' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain a very rare pair of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (2) £700-900 |
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| 360 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 50 piastres (2), 13 July 1918 and 14 July 1918, serial number runs P/53 000,001 to P/53 100,000 and P/54 000,001 to P/54 100,000 respectively, brown on multicoloured underprint, Sphinx at left, value at upper right and lower left, reverse blue on pale green and pink underprint, value in western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED [Pick 11s, Hanafy M2s), mounting traces, ink date '15. 5. 18' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain a very rare pair of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (2) £700-900 |
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| 361 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 50 piastres (2), 1 October 1914 and 2 October 1914, serial number runs Q/9 000,001 to Q/9 100,000 and Q/10 000,001 to Q/10 100,000 respectively, no signature, brown on multicoloured underprint, Sphinx at left, value at upper right and lower left, reverse blue on pale green and pink underprint, value in western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED [Pick 11s, Hanafy M2s), ink date '23. 10. 14' on first note and '30. 10. 14' on second note and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain a very rare pair of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (2) £700-900 |
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| 362 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 50 piastres (2), 24 February 1915 and 25 February 1915, serial number runs Q/23 000,001 to Q/23 100,000 and Q/24 000,001 to Q/24 100,000 respectively, brown on multicoloured underprint, Sphinx at left, value at upper right and lower left, reverse blue on pale green and pink underprint, value in western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED [Pick 11s, Hanafy M2s), ink date '12. 3. 15' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain a very rare pair of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (2) £700-900 |
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| 363 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres, 4 February 1916, serial number Q/44 093, 489, brown, Sphinx at left, denomination in Arabic top right corner and in Western bottom right corner (Pick 11, Hanafy M2), about very fine, scarce £750-850 |
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| 364 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres, 4 July 1916, serial number Q/64 026, 566, brown on multicolour underprint, Sphinx at left (Pick 11, Hanafy M2), good fine to about very fine, scarce £350-450 |
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| 365 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1, 30 September 1914, serial number R/10 051183, blue on pink and green underprint, ruins and palm trees at low left, Rowlatt signature, reverse green and pale orange and yellow, value in field (Pick 12a, Hanafy M2b), almost very fine, scarce £600-800 |
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| 366 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printers archival specimen £1, 27 July 1918, serial number range S/7 000,001-100,000, blue on red and green underprint, ruins and palms at left, value at right and each corner, reverse green on yellow, green and orange underprint, value at centre, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 12s, Hanafy M2bs), ink annotations in top margin, PCGS 64, very choice new £3,000-4,000 |
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| 367 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 1 pound, 1 November 1918, serial number run S/31 000,001 to S/31 100,000, signature Rowlatt, blue on pink and pale green underprint, the temple gate of Khonsu at Karnak at left, value in western and Arabic numerals at right, reverse dark green on orange and pale green underprint, value in ornate pattern, (Pick 12as, Hanafy M2bs), mounting traces, ink date '13. 11. 18' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, very rare £700-900 |
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| 368 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 1 pound (2), 10 January 1920 and 11 January 1920, serial number runs S/79 000,001 to S/79 100,000 and S/80 000,001 to S/80 100,000 respectively, signature Rowlatt, blue on pink and pale green underprint, the temple gate of Khonsu at Karnak at left, value in western and Arabic numerals at right, reverse dark green on orange and pale green underprint, value in ornate pattern, (Pick 12as, Hanafy M2bs, mounting traces, ink date '20. 11. 19' and annotations in top margins, otherwise choice about uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain a very rare pair of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (2) £1,400-1,800 |
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| 369 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1, 15 November 1918, serial number S/45 039,989, blue and pink on light green underprint, palm tree and ruins at left, reverse green and pale orange (Pick 12a, Hanafy M2b), very fine, scarce £750-950 |
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| 370 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 Pounds, 21 November 1918, serial number run W/31 000001 to W31 100000, no signature, black on lilac, yellow and pale green underprint, feluccas on the Nile, pyramids in background, value in each corner, reverse value at left and right set in ornate guilloches, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 13s, Hanafy M2s), mounting traces, ink date '13. 11. 18' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated £1,200-1,400 |
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| 371 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 Pounds, 22 November 1918, serial number run W/32 000001 to W/32 100000, no signature, black on lilac, yellow and pale green underprint, feluccas on the Nile, pyramids in background, value in each corner, reverse value at left and right set in ornate guilloches, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 13s, Hanafy M2s), mounting traces, ink date '13. 11. 18' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated £1,200-1,400 |
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| 372 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £5, 8 November 1919, serial number W/8 011424, black, mauve, pale green and pale orange-brown, feluccas and pyramids left centre, value at left and right, Rowlatt signature, reverse mauve, value at left and right (Pick 13a, Hanafy M2), almost fine and scarce £700-900 |
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| 373 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £5, 7 November 1919, serial number W/40 084, 217, pink and black, dhows at centre, riverbank at left, pyramid at centre background, Rowlatt signature (Pick 13, Hanafy M2), about extremely fine, rare in this grade £1,300-1,500 |
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| 374 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, specimen £10, 2 September 1913, no serial numbers, brown and multicoloured, street scene and the Mosque of Qayetbay at right, value at left, reverse brown (Pick 14s, Hanafy M3s), first date for type, perforated, red CANCELLED in English and Arabic, good very fine and rare £2,000-2,500 |
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| 375 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, specimen £10, 10 January 1916, serial number X/9 050001-X/9 100000, brown & multicoloured, Old Cairo street scene and the Mosque of Qayetbay at right, value at left, reverse brown, value at left and right (Pick 14s, Hanafy M3s) ink date '21.11.16', perforated CANCELLED, almost uncirculated, very rare and attractive £1,800-2,400 |
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| 376 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £10, 7 April 1917, serial number X/10 058222, purple-brown and multicoloured, the Mosque of Qayetbay and street scene at right, value at left, Rowlatt signature, reverse brown (Pick 14, Hanafy M3), about very fine, no annotations thus unusually good condition and thus rare, attractive £500-700 |
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| 377 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 10 pounds (2), 25 November 1918 and 26 November 1918, serial number runs X/23 000001 to X23 100000 and X/24 000001 to X/24 050000 respectively, no signature, brown and multicoloured, Cairo mosque and street at right, value in Arabic numerals in guilloche at left, reverse ornate geometric pattern, value in each corner, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 14s, Hanafy M3s), mounting traces, ink date '13. 11. 18' and annotations in top margins, otherwise choice about uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain an extremely rare pair of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (2) £1,500-2,500 |
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| 378 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, specimen £50, 3 September 1913, no serial numbers, purple and multicoloured, camel train and Mameluke tombs at centre, value at centre and at left and right, reverse purple and multicoloured, value at left and right (Pick 15as, Hanafy M2s), first date for issue (Pick states 4 January), red CANCELLED in English and Arabic, perforated, good very fine and rare, attractive £2,000-2,500 |
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| 379 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printers archival specimen £50, 14 November 1919, serial number range N/1 070001-100000, brown on multicolour underprint, town and camels at centre, flanked by values, values at each corner (Pick 15s), ink annotations in top margin, PMG 64, choice uncirculated, rare £2,000-2,500 |
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| 380 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £50, 21 January 1920, serial number N/3042177, multicolour, camel train and Mameluke Tomb at centre (Pick 15), some sections missing, central folds, graffiti, otherwise fair to about good £100-150 |
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| 381 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £50, 21 January 1920, serial numbers N/3 090465, purple and multicoloured, camel train and Mameluke tombs at centre, value at centre and at left and right, Rowlatt signature, reverse purple and multicoloured, value at left and right (Pick 15b, Hanafy M2), almost fine, scarce £600-800 |
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| 382 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, specimen £50, 7 December 1944, serial numbers N/6 000001-N/6 100000, purple and multicoloured, camel train and Mameluke tombs in Cairo at centre, value at centre and at left and right, reverse purple and multicoloured, value at left and right (Pick 15cs, Hanafy M2s), perforated SPECIMEN, ink date '11.12.44' in top margin, good extremely fine, rare and attractive £1,500-2,000 |
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| 383 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £100, 6 September 1913, serial number Z/2 010001-T/1 020000, purple and multicoloured, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali at centre, value at left and at each corner, reverse violet, green and orange, value at left and right (Pick 16s, Hanafy M2s), perforated CANCELLED, fresh and original, good extremely fine and very rare, a lovely design £6,500-8,500 |
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| 384 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 100 pounds, 24 November 1916, serial number run Z/4 050001 to Z/4 060000, no signature, purple and multicoloured, the citadel and Mosque of Mohammed Ali at centre, value in each corner, reverse value in western and Arabic numerals in guilloches at left and right set in ornate floral pattern, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 16s, Hanafy M2s), mounting traces, ink date '20. 9. 16' and annotations in top margin, otherwise fresh choice very fine and extremely rare £3,500-4,500 |
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| 385 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 100 pounds, 4 June 1936, serial number K/3 064813, purple-green and pink, the Zuwayla Gate and the Citadel of Cairo at left, Mosque of al-Mu'ayyad Sheik at right, value in green at centre, Cook signature, reverse green, purple and blue, dhow and the ruins at Philae at centre (Pick 17c, Hanafy M3), almost very fine and pleasing, scarce in this grade for an earlier date £500-700 |
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| 386 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £100, 3 April 1945, serial number K/8 068502, multicolour, Citadel of Cairo at left, Mosque at right, reverse dhow and Island of Philae (Pick 17), extremely fine £700-900 |
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| 387 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 100 pounds, 15 December 1944, serial number K/7 070718, purple-green and pink, the Zuwayla Gate and the Citadel of Cairo at left, Mosque of al-Mu'ayyad Sheik at right, value in green at centre, Nixon signature, reverse green, purple and blue, dhow and the ruins at Philae at centre (Pick 17d, Hanafy M3), annotation on reverse and minor tape repair, fine £200-300 |
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| 388 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £100, 3 April 1945, serial number K/8 044040, multicolour, Citadel of Cairo at left, Mosque at right, reverse dhow and Island of Philae (Pick 17d), very fine, scarce £600-800 |
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| 389 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, colour trial £1, ND (1925), no serial numbers, blue and pale yellow and lilac, central design of canel omitted, reverse violet and green, value at left and right (Pick 18ct, Hanafy M3ct), ink date '7.5.25' in top margin, perforated, uncirculated and very rare £1,000-1,400 |
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| 390 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1, 14 June 1924, serial number H/3 073056, red, blue, green and lilac, camel at centre, Hornsby signature, reverse blue and red, value and bank initials (Pick 18a, Hanafy M3e), original, about fine, scarce £800-900 |
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| 391 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1, 14 June 1924, serial number H/8 048446, red, blue, green and lilac, camel at centre, Hornsby signature, reverse blue and red, value and bank initials (Pick 18a, Hanafy M3e), original, very fine thus rare for type, attractive £500-700 |
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| 392 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1, 6 July 1924, serial number H/36 057,278, red and blue, camel at centre, buildings in background, (Pick 18, Hanafy M3e), ink stain top centre right, otherwise very fine £400-500 |
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| 393 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 5 pounds, 1 November 1933, serial number M/27 009447, purple and green on multicolour underprint, bank building at centre, value at each corner, Cook signature, reverse palm trees and building at centre, value at left and right (Pick 19b, Hanafy M3c), very fine £150-180 |
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| 394 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £5 (2), 19 June 1933 and 14 October 1935, serial numbers M/25033057 and M/31071695 respectively, green and purple, bank at centre, reverse multicolour, palms and building at centre (Pick 19, Hanafy M3c), very good to about fine £50-80 |
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| 395 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds (2), 14 July 1942 and 5 January 1945, serial number runs M/62 000001 to M/62 100000 and M/92 000001 to M/92 100000 respectively, no signature, green, blackish purple and multicoloured, National Bank building at centre, value in each corner, reverse blue and red on green and orange underprint, palm trees and building at centre, value in guilloches at right and left, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 19cs, Hanafy M3s), mounting traces, ink dates '7. 7. 42' on first note and '24. 2. 44' on second note and annotations in top margins, otherwise the first about uncirculated, the second good extremely fine, very scarce (2) £700-900 |
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| 396 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £5 (4), 20 August 1942, 22 January 1945 (3), green and purple, bank at centre, reverse green and red, palms and building at centre (Pick 19), good to very good £50-100 |
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| 397 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £5 (2), 30 September 1938, 2 January 1945, serial numbers M/40 031540 and M/89 089217, green and purple, bank at centre, reverse blue and red on green and orange underprint, palm trees at centre (Pick 19b, c about extremely fine £200-250 |
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| 398 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, colour trial £1, 3 January 1926, serial number R/14 000000, purple, green and pink, Fellah 'Edrees' in green circular frame at right, reverse blue and white, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif el-Dein Qalawun at Bein-al-Qasrein (Pick 20ct, Hanafy M4ct), perforated, uncirculated and lovely, very rare £3,000-4,000 |
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| 399 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, specimen £1, 8 July 1928, serial number J/8 000001-J/8 1000000, green and pink, Fellah 'Edrees' in green circular frame at right, reverse violet and white, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif el-Dein Qalawun at Bein-al-Qasrein (Pick 20s, Hanafy M4s), ink date '21.3.28' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, uncirculated and lovely, very rare £1,200-1,400 |
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| 400 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1, 8 July 1928, serial number J/8 660846, green and pale pink, Fellah (Edrees) in blue-violet circular vignette at right, Hornsby signature, reverse violet, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif el-Dein Qa'la Un at centre (Pick 20, Hanafy M4), an original good very fine wth good paper quality, quite rare in this grade £1,500-1,800 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 1 of 3) Lots 1-955 | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 15th 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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