Bermuda Government issue, 5 shillings, 12 May 1937, brown, serial number U/2 663661, 10 shillings, 12 May 1937, red, serial number T171784 and £1, 1937, blue, serial number R/5 350599, all featuring George VI, reverse arms at centre, value left and right (Pick 8b, 10a, 11b), generally good very fine, a desirable set (3) £200-300
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Bermuda Government issue, £1, 17 February 1947, serial number D/7 090274, blue, pale green and orange, George VI at right, Somerset Bridge in the Parish of Sandys at left, Young and Davidson signatures, reverse blue, arms at centre, value at left and right (Pick 16, BG B17), fresh and original, uncirculated thus rare £600-800
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Bermuda Government issue, 5 shillings, purple-brown, Elizabeth II at right, the 'Monarch' in Hamilton harbour low centre, also 10 shillings, red and pale orange, Elizabeth II and Gate's Fort at centre, both 20 October 1952 (Pick 18a, 19a, BG B19a, 20a), good extremely fine (2) £250-350
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Bermuda Government issue, 5/-, 1 May 1957, serial number W/1 045802, brown on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at centre, The Monarch in Hamilton Harbour at low centre (Linzmayer BG B19b, Pick 18), uncirculated £80-120
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Bermuda Government issue, 10 shillings, 1 May 1957, serial number N/1 278345, red and multicoloured, Queen Elizabeth II at upper centre, Gate's Fort in Saint George at lower centre; £1, 1 May 1957 (1965), serial number G/2 097485, with security thread, blue, green and orange, Queen Elizabeth II at right, Somerset Bridge at left, both reverse coat of arms at centre, value in guilloches at left and right (Pick 19b, 20c), the first fresh, good extremely fine, the second minor spotting at upper right, otherwise extremely fine (2) £90-120
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Bermuda Government issue, 10 shillings, 1 October 1966, prefix V/1, red and pale orange, Elizabeth II and Gate's Fort at centre, also £1, 1 October 1966, blue and yellow and green and lilac, Elizabeth II at right, Somerset Bridge at left, both Kempe and Davidson signatures (Pick 19c, 20d), good extremely fine (2) £250-350
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Bermuda Government issue, £5, 1 May 1957, serial number K/1 959327, without security thread, orange and green, Queen Elizabeth II at right, tourist ship "The Monarch" in Hamilton Harbour at left, reverse coat of arms at centre, value in guilloches at left and right (Linzmayer BG B22b, Pick 21b), pressed, otherwise attractive very fine and very scarce £120-160
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Bermuda Goverment issue, £5, 1 October 1966, serial number P/1 386769, orange, Elizabeth II at right, the 'Monarch' in Hamilton Harbour low left, Kempe and Davidson signatures, reverse orange and green, arms at centre, value at left and right (Pick 21d, BG B22d), about uncirculated £400-600
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Bermuda Government issue, a set of printer's archival photographs for a proposed issue of currency comprising an obverse and reverse $5, Saint David's lighthouse at centre, $10, a cahow (Bermuda petrel) at centre, $20, Somerset Bridge and tern at centre, all arms of Bermuda 'QUO FATA FERUNT' at centre, also $50, map of Bermuda at centre, reverse arms top left and Gibb's Hill lighthouse at centre. All are undated but annotation from printers '3.3.69', the decimal system introduced 6 February 1970. All serial number A/1 000000 and Elizabeth II wearing Queen Alexandra Kokoshnik's tiara at right and all with signatures of John Sharpe and C.W. Kempe (Aspen p.79-84 for similar, Linzmayer BG B24ff for similar), the photographs have the imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson although the notes of the 1970 series were printed by Thomas De la Rue. A fascinating group which illustrate the developement for the new decimal series (8) £600-800
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Bermuda Monetary Authority, $20, 2 January 1981, serial number Z/1 023201, green, Hibiscus flower at centre, Elizabeth II at right, Yearwood and Trued signatures (Pick 31c, BMA B4c), uncirculated and a rare replacement note £250-350
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Bermuda Monetary Authority, $1 (4), 1982, 1984 (2), 1986, blue, $5 (6), 1988, purple, all Elizabeth II at right, arms left centre (Pick 28b, 28c, 29d, BMA B1e, f, g, B2d), uncirculated (10) £100-120
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Bermuda Monetary Authority, a group of the 1988-95 Issues, all mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing Grand Duchess Vladimir's tiara, at centre right, comprising $5 (2), 20 February 1989, with silver foil under signature, 12 November 1992, prefixes B/1 and B/2, both red, purple and green, reverse Saint David's lighthouse; $10, 4 January 1993, serial number B/1 600236, blue, purple and multicoloured, reverse Bermuda petrel; also $50 (2), 12 October 1992, 25 March 1995, serial numbers C/1 000194 and C/1 103710, grey-blue, yellow, red and brown, reverse scuba divers, wreck and map (Pick 35a, 35b, 42a, 44a, 44b), the $10 about uncirculated, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (5) £60-80
BHUTAN |
Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 2 ngultrum, ND (ca 1984), serial number B/1 00000000, brown and multicoloured, Royal emblem and dragons, reverse Simtokha Dzong palace at centre (Pick 13 for type), unique £300-400
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Royal Government of Bhutan, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 100 ngultrums, ND (ca 1984), serial number G/1 0000000, green and multicoloured, J. Singye Wangchuk at right, Royal emblem at left, reverse green, the Paro Dzong Palace at centre (Pick 11 for type), unique £400-600
BOLIVIA |
El Banco del Comercio, Bolivia, proof 5 bolivianos, oruro, 1 January 1900, black, pink and orange, maiden and child at left, General A. Narino at right, reverse green, arms and value (Pick 132S), perforated SPECIMEN, cross cancelled, staple holes, good very fine, rare £200-250
BRITISH CARIBBEAN TErRITORIES |
British Caribbean Territories, Currency Board, colour trial $10, ND (1955), blue and orange, Elizabeth II at right, map of the Territories low left, value top centre and at each corner, reverse blue and white, arms (Pick 10bct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, about uncirculated, rare and attractive £450-650
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British Caribbean Territories, Currency Board, colour trial $20, ND (1955), green and lilac, Elizabeth II at right, map of the Territories low left, value top centre and at each corner, reverse green and white, arms (Pick 11bct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare and attractive £500-700
BRITISH GUIANA |
Government of British Guiana, bromides on matt paper showing obverse and reverse designs for the $1 and $2 of 1916, black and white, first with sailing ship at left, second with sailing ship at top centre, reverse with sailing ship at centre, also samples on tracing paper for the signatures and serial numbers, all items laid down on thick paper and dated 'Nov. 26th 15' (Pick 1 and 2 for type), the $2 with a tear, everything else in very good order, probably unique and a fascinating record of the design process (6) £400-600
BRITISH HONDURAS |
Government of British Honduras, specimen colour trial $5, ND (1953-73), violet, brown and orange-pink, Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, reverse blue, red and green, ornate guilloches, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 30ct), about uncirculated to uncirculated £100-150
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Government of British Honduras, colour trial $5, ND (1953), purple-brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, reverse red, blue and green (Pick 30ct), perforated, uncirculated and rare £100-150
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Government of British Honduras, specimen colour trial $20, ND (1952), no serial numbers, no signatures, blue on green, orange and yellow underprint, Queen Elizabeth II wearing King George IV's state diadem at right, arms at left, reverse orange, red and multicoloured, ornate guilloches, overprinted SPECIMEN in red, two punch holes (Pick 32ct), mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £300-400
BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
British West Africa, Currency Board, 1 shilling, Lagos, 30 November 1918, black text on red-brown paper, 1 shilling coin at centre, value low left, Mercer, Couper and Collins signatures (Pick 1, WACB B5s), no serial numbers, extremely fine, scarce £150-200
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West African Currency Board, 20 shillings (2), 1 December 1942 and 28 January 1949, serial numbers L7 614198 and AA8 729704 respectively, red, pale pink and green, palm tree at centre, reverse Arabic text (Pick 8b), first, good very fine, second, extremely fine £200-300
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West African Currency Board, 10 Shillings (2), 4 February 1958, consecutive serial numbers A492617/18, black and green, river scene with palm trees at left, reverse field workers [Pick 9a (2)], choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and a very scarce consecutive pair (2) £400-500
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West African Currency Board, £1 (2), 20 February 1957, consecutive serial numbers F/S 360124/25, black and red, river scene with palm trees at left, reverse harvesting cacao pods [Pick 10a (2)], uncirculated and a very scarce consecutive pair (2) £400-500
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West African Currency Board, £5, 26 April 1954, serial numbers A/S 42646, blue and multicoloured, river scene with palm trees at left, reverse men harvesting (Linzmayer WACB B11b, Pick 11b), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare in this grade £600-800
BULGARIA |
Bulgarian National Bank, 10 leva Srebro, ND (1903), 20, 50 and 199 leva srebro, all pink and multicoloured, arms top centre, also 1,2,10 leva, silver issue, ND (1916), 20 leva gold issue, ND (1916), 100 leva gold issue (2), and 5,10 (2) and 20 leva, ND (1917), (Pick 3b, 9h, 10d, 11d, 14b, 15a, 17a, 18a, 20a, 20b, 21a, 22a, 22b Rakovski 10, 16g, 17d, 18d), generally very fine (14) £200-250
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Bulgarian National Bank Cash Bond, 1000 leva zlatni, ND (1918), red serial number A-12725, black on dark blue, olive and tan underprint, arms at left, value above and at right corners, also Bulgarian National Bank Cash Bond, 1000 leva zlatni, ND (1918), serial number 38980, black on dark blue, olive and tan underprint, arms at left, value above and at right corners, straight edge at left, (Pick 26, 33, Rakovski C2) fresh and original good extremely fine and scarce (2) £200-250
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Bulgarian National Bank, a selection of notes from the 1929 series comprising 200,250,500 and 1000 leva, all King Boris III at right and a 100 leva of 1925, plus 500 and 100 leva, 1938, multicoloured, King Boris II at left, also 500 and 1000 leva, 1942 (Pick 50a, 51a, 52a, 53, 46a, 55a, 56a, 60a, 61a), ranging from good to extremely fine, a superb group (9) £200-250
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Bulgarian National Bank, 500 leva, 1940, blue and 1000 leva, 1940, purple-brown, both King Boris III at right, arms at left, plus 20 leva, 1943, grey and pink, 200 leva (2), olive, 250 leva, green, 500 leva, blue, all 1943, King Simeon II at left, arms at right (Pick 58a, 59a, 63a, 64a, 65a, 66a), grades range from good extremely fine to about uncirculated (7) £200-250
BRUNEI |
Government of Brunei, colour trial 5 ringgit, ND (1967), no serial numbers, red and multicoloured, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III in peaked military cap at right, reverse pale red, Mosque at centre (Pick 3ct, BCB B3ct, Tan B3ct), perforated, in PCGS holder 67, PPQ, scarce £800-900
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Government of Brunei, colour trial 1 ringgit, ND (1972), no serial numbers, red and multicoloured, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in songkok headgear at right, reverse pale red, Mosque at centre (Pick 6ct, BCB B6ct, Tan B6ct), perforated, in PCGS holder 66, 'Gem new', scarce £300-400
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Government of Brunei, a group of printer's positional proofs of the 1972-88 Issues comprising 1 ringgit, 1983, serial number A/25 864001, blue; 5 ringgits, 1983, serial number A/4 270001, green; 10 ringgits, 1983, serial number A/14 210001, red; and 50 ringgits, 1981, serial number A/4 720001, dark brown and olive-green, all Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah I in military uniform at right, reverse Omar Ali Saifuddin mosque, Banda Seri Begawan, all marked with positioning lines in red or black ink (Pick 6c, 7b, 8b, 9b), ink dates and annotations in top margins, otherwise good extremely fine and a very rare type of printer's proof (4) £100-200
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Government of Brunei, printer's positional proof 1000 ringgits, 1979, serial number A/1 000001, grey, brown blue-green and pink, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah I in military uniform at centre right, reverse Brunei Museum building in Kota Batu, marked with positioning lines in blue ink (Pick 12a), ink date '19. 7. 79' and ink figures in margins, otherwise good extremely fine and a very rare type of printer's proof with the first serial number for this issue £400-600
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Negara Brunei Darussalam, 10 dollars, 1992, serial number B/5 031613, 50 dollars, 1990, serial number B/3 779137, 100 dollars, 1989, serial number B/1 699761, 500 dollars, 1989, serial number B/1 1395786, all depicting Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah at right (BB BCB B15c, BCB B16b, BCB B17a, BCB B18a Pick 15, 16, 17, 18), first about very fine, others about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £350-450
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Negara Brunei Darussalam, 50 dollars (4), 1990, consecutive serial numbers B/1 779131/34, green and orange on multicolour, Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'issaddin Waddaulah at right, reverse long boat and passengers and water village houses (BCB B16b, Pick 16), uncirculated, a lovely consecutive run (4) £250-350
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Negara Brunei Darussalam, 50 dollars, 1990, serial number B/3 779136, 100 dollars, 1989, serial number B/1699742, orange and green on multicolour and blue and purple on multicolour respectively, each Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'issaddin Waddaulah at right (BCB B16b, BCB B17a, Pick 16, 17), uncirculated (2) £140-180
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Negara Brunei Darussalam, 100 dollars (4), 1989, consecutive serial numbers B/1699745/48, blue and purple on multicolour, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'issaddin Waddaulah at right, village scene at centre, reverse aerial view of Brunei (BCB B17a, Pick 17), uncirculated, a very collectable consecutive group (4) £300-500
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Negara Brunei Darussalam, 500 dollars (2), 1989, consecutive serial numbers B/1 1395787/88 orange and brown on multicolour, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'issaddin Waddaulah at right, houses on stilts at centre, reverse river scene (BCB B18a, Pick 18) uncirculated, a bright, fresh consecutive pair (2) £450-550
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Negara Brunei Darussalam, 500 dollars (2), 1989, consecutive serial numbers B/1 1399841/2, orange and brown on multicolour, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'issaddin Waddaulah at right, houses on stilts at centre, reverse river scene (BCB B18a, Pick 18), uncirculated, a superb consecutive pair (2) £450-550
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Negara Brunei Darussalam, 500 ringgit, series 1989, serial number B/1 1395785, orange and brown, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah in uniform at right, houses on stilts at low centre, reverse woman paddling boat in Brunei River, solid security thread (BB BCB B18a, Pick 18), vibrant and colourful, uncirculated £300-400
BURMA |
Government of India, Burma issue, 10 rupees, Rangoon, 22 July 1911, serial number HC/19 96226, black on red underprint, value at centre and in 9 languages at left and right, Gillan signature (Pick A5a), a very early date, no graffiti, paper unusually fresh and strong, one split in upper central fold, good fine and a lovely example, rare £1,500-2,000
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Government of India, Burma issue, a quarter 100 rupee, type of 1937, Burma issue, serial number T/32 853155, lilac and green, reverse lilac and green, black overstamp BURMA ONLY (Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 3.1A), produced for use as emergency currency after the Japanese departure from Burma and for the sum of 25 rupees, rare £250-350
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Reserve Bank of India, Burma issue, 100 rupees, ND (1939), serial number A/1 570307, blue on multicolour underprint, George VI at right, peacock at centre, value at centre and top corners, reverse elephants at centre (Pick 6), pink handstamp in watermark area, several black date stamps on reverse, an attractive good fine, very scarce £300-400
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Reserve Bank of India, Burma issue 100 rupees, ND (1945), serial number B/52 790713, green, brown and pink, George VI at right, value at top right, reverse green, tiger at centre (Pick 29b), blue handstamp at right, a very presentable good fine to almost very fine £120-180
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Burma, Japanese occupation, 1/4 rupee (2), 1/2 rupee and 1 rupee, ND (1942), with several later overprints and stamps, blue, olive and green respectively, last two with temple at right, all with different commercial overprints (Pick 12-14 for types), fine to very fine, scarce (4) £100-150
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Reserve Bank of India, Burma issue, 10 rupees (2), ND (1945), purple, George VI at right, 100 rupees (9), green, peacock at centre and 100 kyats (2), 1958, green, General Aung San (Pick 28,41,51a), generally fine to very fine, last two good extremely fine (13) £140-180
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Union Bank of Burma, an obverse and reverse, partially hand painted essay on card for a 100 rupees, ND (1953), dark green, peacock at centre, mythical animal at right, value at each corner, reverse green and white, worker with oxen (Pick 41 for type), beautifully painted, a really high quality pre-production essay for an attractive note, unique £500-700
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Shan State, 1, 5 and 10 kyats, 1964-65, dark blue, pink-purple and tan respectively, arms at left and right, also a later issue of 50 kyats, with a variation of the Asoka Column at right, tractor at centre (Pick not listed), last about uncirculated, others very fine to extremely fine (4) £150-200
BURUNDI |
Banque de la Republique du Burundi, specimen colour trial 1000 Francs, 1 April 1968, serial number A000000, signature titles L'Administrateur and Le President, green and multicoloured, paradise whydah bird at left, protea and hibiscus flowers at right, reverse Ankole long-horn cattle, overprinted SPECIMEN in black on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 25ct), mounting traces, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £150-200
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