Bank of China, an obverse and reverse proof on card for a $1, Amoy, October 1930, green and multicoloured, the Temple of Heaven at centre, reverse green, value and bank title (Pick 65A for type), an ABNC engraving, extremely fine and scarce £300-400
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A group of Chinese and Hong Kong notes, various banks and denominations including Bank of China, Central Reserve Bank of China, Central Bank of China, Federal Reserve Bank of China, The Kwangthung Provincial Bank, Bank of Communications, The Farmer's Bank, Nippon Ginko, People's Republic, Government of Hong Kong, The Chartered Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, mixed grades which range from good to uncirculated, with 7 notes in PMG holders, a very collectable group £400-600
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Asia Banking Corporation, China, proof obverse and reverse $20 on card for a $20, Tientsin, 1918, dark brown and pale blue and red, camel train and the Great Wall of China at centre, value at left and right, reverse blue, globe and value (Pick S114 for type), extremely fine, attractive and rare £500-700
COLOMBIA |
El Banco de la Republica, Colombia, a group of specimens of the 1953-65 Issues, comprising 5 Pesos Oro, 1 January 1953, green, Cordoba at left, perforated SPECIMEN; 10 Pesos Oro (2), 1 January 1953 and 1 January 1960 respectively; blue Narino at left; and 20 Pesos Oro, 2 January 1965, brown-purple, Caldas at left, all various bank buildings on reverse, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two specimen De La Rue ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes in 10 and 20 Pesos (Pick 399s, 400as, 400bs, 401cs), the first 15mm tear at lower right, otherwise all about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £150-200
CONFEDERATE STATES |
Confederate States of America, $5 (4), 2.9.1861, black and white, maiden top centre, $10, 2.9.61, maidens at left, $20 (3), 2.9.1861, maiden and value top centre, $5 (3), 2.12.1863, pink and black, (Pick 19c, 29g, 33, 51a, 51c), VG to fine (10) £150-200
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Confederate States of America, $100 (2), 3 November 1862, black and white, value in pink underprint low centre, Calhoun low left, cotton hoeing at centre, Columbia at right (Pick 45, Criswell 318), good extremely fine thus above average for type, scarce (2) £140-180
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Confederate States of America, $10 (11), 2.12.1862, black on pink paper, Capital building in South Carolina top centre, Hunter low right (Pick 52a, 52b, 52d, Criswell 369, 371, 372), all triangular cut cancellations below, generally good very fine (11) £200-300
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Confederate States of America, $10 (12), 2.12.1862, black on pink paper, Capital building in South Carolina top centre, Hunter low right (Pick 52c, Criswell 377), some triangular cut cancellations below, generally fine to very fine (12) £150-200
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Confederate States of America, $10 (11), 2.12.1862, black on pink paper, Capital building in South Carolina top centre, Hunter low right (Pick 52b, 52c, Criswell 371, 372, 373, 375, 377), all triangular cut cancellations below, generally fine to good very fine (11) £100-150
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Confederate States of America, $1, 6.4.1863, black on pink, Clay at centre, $5, 6.4.1863, black and white, $10 (2) and $20 (2), 6.4.1863, black and white (Pick 57a, 59b, 60a, 61b), fine to very fine (6) £100-150
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Confederate States of America, $5, 6.4.1863, $20 (7), 6.4.1863, black and white, Capital building top centre, Stephens at right, also $10, 17.2.1864, black on pink, Hunter at right (Pick 59c, 61b, 68, Criswell 421-1, 550), fine to very fine, cut cancelled (9) £100-150
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Confederate States of America, $20 (10), 6.4.1863, black and white, Capital building top centre, Stephens at right (Pick 61b, Criswell 421-2,424-5,426-2,426-3), fine to very fine, some cancelled (10) £120-180
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Confederate States of America, $20 (10), 6.4.1863, black and white, Capital building top centre, Stephens at right (Pick 61b, Criswell 421-2,424-5,426-2,426-3), fine to very fine, some cancelled (10) £150-200
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Confederate States of America, $20 (11), 6.4.1863, black and white, Capital building top centre, Stephens at right (Pick 61b, Criswell 424-3,423-4,426-3), fine to very fine, cut cancelled (11) £150-200
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Confederate States of America, $20 (10), 6.4.1863, black and white, Capital building top centre, Stephens at right (Pick 61b, Criswell 421-1), fine to very fine, cut cancelled (10) £140-180
CONGO |
Banque Nationale du Congo, specimen colour trial 100 francs, ND (1961-63), serial number AA000000, blue and multicoloured, dam at left, reverse dredging; specimen colour trial 50 francs, ND (1961-62), serial number A/1 000000, brown on multicoloured underprint, lion at left, bridge and lake at centre right, reverse ornate guilloche and building at lower centre; also specimen colour trial 500 francs, ND (1961-64), brown on blue and pale purple underprint, mask at left, reverse ornate guilloche and building at lower centre, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one or two punch holes (Pick 1ct, 5ct, 7ct), mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £240-320
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Banque Nationale du Congo, specimen 50 makuta, 21 January 1970, serial number A000000, red on olive green and multicolour underprint, portrait Mobutu at right, stadium at centre left, reverse, workers gathering coconuts (Pick 11s2), uncirculated £80-130
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Banque Populaire du Congo, obverse partial proof 10000 francs, ND (1974-81), multicoloured, woman at left, parade and statue at right, value at top left and right (Pick 5 for type), one crease in low left, about uncirculated, rare and attractive £350-450
COSTA RICA |
El Banco Anglo Costarricense, uniface proof for a 50 colones, 1 January 19-, black on yellow, green and blue underprint, man at left, value at centre right and each corner (Pick S125), rough-cut corners and edges, extremely fine and very rare £250-350
CYPRUS |
Government of Cyprus, 1 shilling, 25 August 1947, prefix D/1, purple, and green, head of George VI at centre, value top left and right (Pick 20), embossing still in evidence, uncirculated thus scarce and last date of issue for type £150-250
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Government of Cyprus, specimen 5 shillings, 28 July 1947, serial number D/10 000001-D/10 200000, blue, purple and pale green, George VI and value at centre, Greek legend at left, Turkish legend at right (Pick 22), ink date '8.9.47' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, discolouration at right margin, extremely fine and rare £400-500
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Government of Cyprus, specimen 10 shillings, 2 February 1942, serial number F/2 000000, violet, green and pink-brown, portrait George VI and value at centre, Greek text at left, Turkish script at right, reverse violet and white, arms (Pick 23s), ink date '6.2.42' in top margin, small SPECIMEN handstamp, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, an attractive extremely fine, rare £800-1,000
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Government of Cyprus, specimen £1, 30 September 1941, serial number F/2 000000, purple-brown and green, George VI and value at right, reverse purple-brown and white, arms (Pick 24s), ink date '18.12.41' in top margin, small SPECIMEN handstamp, perforated CANCELLED, extremely fine, rare £350-550
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Government of Cyprus, specimen £1, 20 October 1945, serial number F/9 000000, purple-brown and green, George VI and value at right, reverse purple-brown and white, arms (Pick 24), ink date in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, extremely fine, rare £400-600
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Government of Cyprus, printer's archival specimen £5, 1 June 1955, serial run A/1 000001 to A/2 200000, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing King George IV's state diadem at right, map at lower right, reverse value at left, arms at right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 36s), mounting traces, ink date '2/ 9/ 54' and annotation in top margin, excess ink smudges, otherwise extremely fine, rare £250-300
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Government of Cyprus, printer's archival specimen £5, 1 February 1956, serial run A/3 000001 to A/4 250000, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing King George IV's state diadem at right, map at lower right, reverse value at left, arms at right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 36s), mounting traces, ink date '7/ 12/ 55' and annotation in top margin, minor ink smudges, otherwise extremely fine, rare £280-340
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Government of Cyprus, printer's archival specimen £5, 15 March 1958, serial run A/6 000001 to A/7 250000, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing King George IV's state diadem at right, map at lower right, reverse value at left, arms at right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 36s), mounting traces, ink date '18/3/ 58' and annotation in reverse top margin, minor ink smudges, otherwise extremely fine, rare £280-340
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Central Bank of Cyprus, printers archival photograph for £10, ND (ca 1977), male statue at left, arms at right, also another £10, mosaic of man with sword at left, arms at right, both serial number A 000000 (Pick 48 for type and Pick unrecorded), (2) £150-200
DANISH WEST INDIES |
Danish West Indies National Bank, a printers archival photograph for an obverse 100 francs, St. Thomas, 1905, zero serial numbers, street scene at left, King Christian IX top centre, value at centre and at each corner (Pick unrecorded design) £300-400
DANZIG |
Danzig City Council, 50 pfennig (2), 15 April 1919, red serial number 646798* and 015195*, first green and white, second violet and brown, value at left reverse cathedral, also 50 pfennig, 1918, brown, plus Senate of the Municipality, Free City of Danzig, 10000 mark, 26 June 1923, red serial number 065660, blue, Holbein's portrait of a merchant, galleon right centre, blue and brown, Saint Mary's Church top centre, red city seal low centre, reverse blue and brown, arms at centre, building at left and right, and Danzig Central Finance Department, 1 pfennig, pale brown, 2 pfennig, orange and green, 5 pfennig, green and 10 pfennig, blue and red-brown, all dated 21 October 1923, value at centre (Pick 11, 12, 9, 18, 32, 33a, 34a, 35a, Rosenberg 791, 790, 788, 799, 811, 812, 813, 814a Schone A372a, 372b, 369a, N8), generally fine to very fine (8) £250-350
DENMARK |
Danmarks National Bank, 5 kroner, blue and 10 kroner, brown, 1944, serial numbers AK 425983 and BR 891477 respectively, also postage stamp store currency all on 1 ore stamps (10), also officers Fenrick Messen 5, 10, 25 øre and 1 krone (Pick 35a, 36a), first, folds, pinholes, good very fine (2), second, generally uncirculated, scarce (14) £200-300
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The Danish Brigade, Den Danske Brigade, a specimen set of the ND (c.1947-) issue comprising 5, 10, 25 øre, 1, 5, 10 kroner, all zero serial numbers, arms at left (Schwan-Boling 701s-706s) red SPECIMEN overprint, crisp, fresh and uncirculated, rare (6) £700-900
DJIBOUTI |
Banque de l'Indochine, Djibouti 100 francs, 2 January 1920, serial number O.6-000, red-brown and cream, allegorical figures representing France and her colonies, d'Oissel and Simon signatures, specimen 5 francs, ND (1936-), zero serial numbers, multicoloured, helmeted female head at left, Borduge and Baudouin signatures, also an issued example, and 20 francs (2), ND (1926-), multicoloured, woman with wreath at right, both Borduge and Baudouin signatures, one with blue green value, one with red value (Pick 5, 6b, 7a, Kolsky D6, D8d, D10b, D10bis), various grades ranging from good to extremely fine (5) £250-350
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Banque de l'Indochine, Djibouti, specimen 100 francs, ND (1928-), zero serial numbers, multicoloured, maiden with wreath and statuette at centre, Borduge and Baudouin signatures, value in green, also 1000 francs, ND (1938), serial number B.1-618), multicoloured, market scene with maiden at right, Borduge and Baudouin signatures (Pick 8, 10, Kolsky D12, 10, D16), first, perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated, scarce, second, pinholes lower left, central fold, slight discolouration, otherwise fine or better £150-250
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
Banco Central de la Republica Dominicana, specimen 500 pesos oro, 1990, serial number A000000A, dark blue-green on multicolour underprint, National Theater at centre, also specimen 10 pesos oro and 20 pesos oro (4), all 1990, zero serial numbers, some with black specimen overprints and cancellation holes (Pick 132, 133, 134), about uncirculated or better (6) £100-150
EAST AFRICA |
East African Currency Board, 5 shillings, 1 June 1939, serial number Q/9 15062, brown, portrait George VI low left, value low right, reverse lion at centre, mountain in background (Pick 26Ab), a pleasing good very fine, scarce £200-250
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East African Currency Board, 1 shilling, 1 January 1943, red serial number A/50 41323, violet, portrait George VI low left, value low right, 5 shillings, 1 July 1941, serial number Y/4 62913, dark orange, portrait George VI low left, value low right, 20 shillings, 1 August 1942, Indian style serial number A24 98348, light orange, portrait George VI at top left, value at right, and 100 shillings, 1 September 1943, serial number B/6 94397, green and pink, portrait King George VI top left, value top right, all reverse lion at centre, mountain in background (Pick 27, 28a, 30A, 31b), grades range from very good to extremely fine (4) £400-450
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East African Currency Board, specimen 10 shillings, 1 January 1947, serial number X/7 00000 green, pink and black, George VI low left, value at right, four printed signatures low right, reverse light green, lion at centre, value at left and right (Pick 29bs), ink date in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, almost uncirculated and rare £300-400
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East African Currency Board, specimen colour trial 20 shillings or 1 pound, ND (c.1938), no serial numbers, no signatures, violet on pale green underprint, portrait of King George VI at upper left, value at upper right, reverse violet, lion at centre, value in each corner and set in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN in black with one De La Rue specimen oval on obverse and reverse (Pick 30ct), ink annotations in top margin, black glue residue in right margin on reverse, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £600-800
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East African Currency Board, specimen 20 shillings, 1 July 1941, serial number F/8 00000 orange-brown and black, George VI top left, value top right, three printed signatures low right, reverse light brown, lion at centre, value at left and right (Pick 30as), ink date in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, almost uncirculated and rare £350-550
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East African Currency Board, specimen 20 shillings, 1 January 1947, serial number M/4 00000 orange-brown and black, George VI top left, value top right, four printed signatures low right, reverse light brown, lion at centre, value at left and right (Pick 30bs), ink date in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, extremely fine and rare £300-400
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East African Currency Board, specimen 20 shillings, 1 January 1949, serial number S/3 00000 orange-brown and black, George VI top left, value top right, four printed signatures low right, reverse light brown, lion at centre, value at left and right (Pick 30bs), ink date in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, extremely fine and rare £300-400
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East African Currency Board, specimen 20 shillings, 1 September 1950, serial number X/10 00000 orange-brown and black, George VI top left, value top right, four printed signatures low right, reverse light brown, lion at centre, value at left and right (Pick 30bs), ink date in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, almost uncirculated and rare £400-500
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East African Currency Board, specimen 20 shillings or 1 pound, 1 June 1939, serial number E/3 00000, three signatures at lower right, blue-black on yellow and orange underprint, portrait of King George VI at upper left, value at upper right, reverse ochre, lion at centre, value in each corner and set in ornate guilloches at left and right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 30as), ink date '26-6-40' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated £400-500
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East African Currency Board, 1 shilling, 1 January 1943, serial number A/20 75296, blue-black and purple; 5 shillings, 1 June 1939, serial number Q/2 22123, blue black and brown; 20 shillings, 1 September 1950, serial number S/8 45332, blue-black and yellow-orange, all King George VI at left, reverse lion, also Goverment of Seychelles, 50 cents, 7 July 1943, serial number A/1 094820, King George VI at left (Pick 27, 26Aa, 30b, 6a), the first pressed otherwise good very fine, the second very fine, the third extremely fine, fourth, about uncirculated (4) £220-280
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East African Currency Board, specimen 20 shillings or 1 pound, 1 September 1943, serial number L/6 00000, four signatures at lower right, blue-black on yellow and orange underprint, portrait of King George VI at upper left, value at upper right, reverse ochre, lion at centre, value in each corner and set in ornate guilloches at left and right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 30bs), ink date '23-1-46' and annotations in top margin on obverse and reverse, miscut margin at right, otherwise good extremely fine £250-350
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East African Currency Board, 20 shillings, 1 January 1955, serial number G79 19014, orange-brown, head of Elizabeth II top right, value top left, four printed signatures low right, reverse pale brown, lion at centre (Pick 35), in PMG holder 55 'about uncirculated EPQ' £150-250
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East African Currency Board, specimen 20 shillings, ND (1958-60), serial number A00000, four signatures at lower right, blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at upper left, value at upper right, reverse plants in a geometric design, value in each corner, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two red De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 39s), minor mount marks in all four corners, otherwise about uncirculated, very scarce £200-300
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East African Currency Board, specimen 20 shillings, ND (1958-60), serial number A00000, dark blue on light pink underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at left, value in each corner and centre, reverse depictions of various plants, hole punched CANCELLED low centre (Pick 39), mounting traces, some minor creases, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated £200-300
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East African Currency Board, specimen 20 shillings, ND (1958-60), serial number A00000, four signatures at lower right, blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at upper left, value at upper right, reverse plants in a geometric design, value in each corner, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two red De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 39s), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £250-350
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