Norddeutsche Lloyd Bremen, 1 mark, serial number A4601, orange-brown and 2 mark, serial number A 1534, green, both on card, 1914, both with red overprint and handstamp good extremely fine, scarce (2) £50-80
GHANA |
Bank of Ghana, specimen £1000, 1 July 1958, serial number A/1 000000, black, Bank of Ghana building at lower right, Ghana star at top right, value at lower left, reverse denomination and ornate geometric patterns, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse (Pick 4s), mounting marks and glue traces, otherwise good extremely fine and much scarcer than the issued note £150-200
GIBRALTAR |
Government of Gibraltar, £1, 1 May 1965, serial number G274001, green on multicolour underprint, Rock of Gibraltar at low centre, value at top centre and each corner, reverse green arms and values (Pick 18a), fresh and original, about uncirculated £80-130
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Government of Gibraltar, Franklin Mint specimen set comprising £1, red, £5, green, £10, blue, £20 yellow-ochre, 20 November 1975, Maltese Cross serial number 005826 with envelope and certificate of authenticity, all Queen Elizabeth II at centre right, reverses various Gibraltarian scenes (Pick CS1), uncirculated (4) £80-100
GREECE/IONIAN BANK |
Ionian Bank, proof 10 shillings on card, Cephalonia, 184-, black and white, arms and Union Jack and Greek flags top centre, value in oval top left and right, text in Greek at left, in English at right, (Pick S110 for type), a Perkins, Bacon and Petch engraving, extremely fine, rare £1,200-1,800
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Ionian Bank, proof £2 on card, Cephalonia, 184-, black and white, arms and Union Jack and Greek flags top centre, value in oval top left and right, text in Greek at left, in English at right, (Pick S112 for type), scuffed in places, this good very, fine, a Perkins, Bacon and Petch engraving £800-1,200
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Ionian Bank, proof £5 on card, Corfu, 186-, black and white, arms and Union Jack and Greek flags top centre, value in oval top left and right, text in Greek at left, in English at right, reverse, black and white, value and bank title (Pick S123 for type) a Perkins, Bacon and Petch engraving, extremely fine, rare £1,500-2,000
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Ionian Bank, proof £5 on card, Corfu, 186-, black and white, arms and Union Jack and Greek flags top centre, value in oval top left and right, text in Greek at left, in English at right, also a reverse card, black and white, bank title and value (Pick S123), a Perkins, Bacon and Petch engraving, good very fine, rare £900-1,100
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Ionian Bank, proof £1 on card, Zante, 184-, black and white, arms and Union Jack and Greek flags top centre, value in oval top left and right, text in Greek at left, in English at right (Pick S131 for type), a Perkins, Bacon and Petch engraving, extremely fine, rare £1,200-1,800
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Ionian Bank, proof £2 on card, Zante, 184-, black and white, arms and Union Jack and Greek flags top centre, value in oval top left and right, text in Greek at left, in English at right (Pick S132 for type), a Perkins, Bacon and Petch engraving, extremely fine, rare £1,200-1,800
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Ionian Bank, proof 5 colonata on card, Zakynthos, 18<\_> (ca 1844), black and white, arms and Union Jack and Greek flags top centre, value in oval top left and right, text in Greek at left, reverse black and white, value and bank title (Pick s135 for type), a Perkins, Bacon and Petch engraving, extremely fine, rare £1,400-1,800
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Ionian Bank, proof 100 colonata, no place name, 18<\_>, black and white, arms and Union Jack and Greek flags top centre, value in oval top left and right, text in Greek at left, reverse black and white, value and bank title (Pick S139 for type), a Perkins, Bacon and Petch engraving, extremely fine, rare £1,200-1,600
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Bank of Greece, progressive proof for watermark position of 500 drachmai, ND (1939), pink, blue and orange underprint only with ovals for portrait at left and watermark area at right, reverse green, olive and orange underprint only with square for watermark at left and oval for portrait at upper right, one punch hole; also original B. W. & Co brown envelope, endorsed with description of contents and typed date 21. 3. 39 (Pick 109 proof), paper clip indentations at upper left and lower right, otherwise about uncirculated and very rare (2) £60-90
GUADELOUPE |
Banque de la Guadeloupe, 5 francs, ND (1945), serial number P22-020, black and orange, Columbus at centre, Boudin signature, reverse maroon, value, 25 francs, ND (1944), serial number T2-836, black and green, map of Guadeloupe at left, Devineau signature, reverse blue, maiden (Pick 21b, 22a Kolsky 115b, 116a), original very fine, scarce, £200-300
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, 20 francs, 1944, red serial number LN284,104, specimen 20 francs, 1944, red serial number LL 000000, green, pale red and blue, 100 francs, 1944, red serial number PP699,724, green, orange and red, all head of Marianne at centre and red GUADELOUPE at left and right (Pick 28a, 28s, 29a Kolsky SP125, 125-1, 126), first, about extremely fine, scarce, second, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, small nick at left otherwise uncirculated, scarce, third, about extremely fine, rare £350-450
GUYANE |
Banque de la Guyane, 1 franc, ND (1942), red and white, value at centre, reverse red and white, and Banque de la Guyane, 2 francs, ND (1942), blue and white, value at centre, Halleguen signature, reverse blue and white, both with oval bankstamp from le Banque de la Guyane, Cayenne low right (Pick 11, 11Cb, Schwan-Boling 1231, 1234a, Kolsky 238, 241), very good, scarce £200-300
HONG KONG |
Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong, specimen $100, 1 January 1985, serial number A 000000, red and multicoloured, stylised horse at right (Pick 281as), creased, extremely fine £150-200
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Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong, specimen $1000, 1 January 1985, serial number A 000000, gold and multicoloured, dragon at right (Pick 283as), creased, almost extremely fine £300-400
HONDURAS |
Banco Central de Honduras, a group of specimens comprising 5 lempiras, 1974-78, 10 lempiras, 1976-89, 20 lempiras (2), 1978-93, 50 lempiras, 1976-93 and 100 lempiras, 1981-94, all with various SPECIMEN overprints, some with annotations and cancellation holes, also an issued 20 lempiras, 1991 and 20 lempiras 1993 (Pick 59s, 64s, 65s, 65, 66s, 69s, 73), about uncirculated or better (8) £150-200
ICELAND |
Central Bank of Iceland, specimen colour trial 10 kronur, Law of 29 March 1961, serial number BA000000, signatures Mariasson and Nordal, blue on green and orange underprint, Jon Eriksson at left, reverse blue, ships in Reykjavik harbour; also specimen colour trial 25 kronur, Law of 29 March 1961, serial number CA000000, signatures Mariasson and Nordal, green and multicoloured, Magnus Stephensen at left, Isafjord at centre, reverse blue-green, view of Westmen Islands, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 42ct, 43ct), mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce (2) £180-240
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Central Bank of Iceland, specimen colour trial 500 kronur, Law of 29 March 1961, serial number F000000, signatures Nordal and Kiemenzson, purple on pink and pale green underprint, Hannes Hafstein at left, reverse fishermen in trawler, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 45ct), mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £120-160
INDIA |
Government of India, 1 rupees, 1917, serial number P/51 864741, black on pink underprint, George V coin at top left, McWatters signature (Pick 1e, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 3.1.2A), original good very fine to about extremely fine £180-220
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Government of India, 5 rupees, ND (1925), serial number L/45 277033, signature H. Denning, purple, pale green and orange, King George V at upper right, reverse eight language panel at left, value at upper right (Pick 4a, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 3.4.1B), pin hole in left margin, spindle hole at upper left, otherwise extremely fine to good extremely fine, scarce £350-450
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Government of India, 10 rupees, ND (1917-30), serial number K/7 018886, dark blue on purple and green underprint, George V at right, Taylor signature, also Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo, Ceylon, 10 cents (Pick 7b, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 3.7.2, unlisted), first, faint text in watermark, pressed but a presentable very fine, second, section missing centre left margin, vertical and horizontal folds, dints lower margin, rust spots £250-300
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Government of India, 100 rupees, Calcutta, ND (1917-30), serial number T/10 279221, mauve and green, George V at top right, value at centre, top right and low left, Taylor signature (Pick 10g, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 3.10.2f), rust mark at left, original good fine, scarce £450-550
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Reserve Bank of India, 2 rupees and 10 rupees, ND (1937), serial numbers F/60 56835 and E/5 218881, first pink on multicolour underprint, Deshmukh signature, second dark blue and olive, Taylor signature, both with George VI at right (Pick 17b, 18a), both original almost extremely fine (2) £100-150
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Reserve Bank of India, 10 rupees (2), ND (1937), serial numbers A/90 295660-61, dark blue and olive green, George VI at right, Taylor signature, reverse arms at centre (Pick 18a), lovely original paper, each note has one horizontal light crease, thus good extremely fine, and an attractive pair (2) £200-300
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Reserve Bank of India, 1000 rupees, Bombay ND (1937), serial number A3 771067, lilac, violet and green, portrait George V at right, Taylor signature, reverse mountain scene at centre, several black overstamps centre left "B-CA" with different dates (Pick 21, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.8.1A), horizontal and vertical folds, slight corner folds, some leaking on obverse from ink stamps, nevertheless very fine or better £1,000-1,300
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Government of India, 1 rupee (8), 1940, black serial numbers B/18 760591-96 and X/65 685126-27, dark green on multicolour underprint, George VI on coin at top right, value at centre and top left and right (Pick 25a), superb paper quality, first six good extremely fine to about uncirculated, last two without the usual staple holes at left, about uncirculated (8) £100-150
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Reserve Bank of India, 100 rupees (16), ND (1977-82), several runs of serial numbers, blue on multicoloured underprint, Asoka Column at right, A in underprint (Pick 64d), lovely and fresh, extremely fine to about uncirculated (16) £200-250
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Reserve Bank of India, 100 rupees (21), ND (1977-82), several runs of serial numbers, blue on multicoloured underprint, Asoka Column at right, A in underprint (Pick 64d), lovely and fresh, extremely fine to about uncirculated (21) £250-300
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ERROR: Reserve Bank of India, three spectacular printing/cutting notesincluding, 100 rupees, 1996, with shark fin and entire right half missing, colour bars in top margin, and 500 rupees (2), 2006-, a consecutive numbered pair with extra paper at low right and top right missing, (Pick 91, 99), good very fine to about extremely fine, an interesting little group (3) £100-150
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ERROR: Reserve Bank of India, 10 rupees, ND (1996), serial number 63T 1991973, orange and mauve, Gandhi at right (Pick 89b), extra digit in serial number, uncirculated and a rare error £80-120
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ERROR: Reserve Bank of India, 1000 rupees (2), 2009, serial numbers 9FL 105621 and 9FL 105624, both with spectacular printing errors on reverse, with portions of the obverse inverted and printed on the reverse in addition to the reverse printing (Pick 100d), good extremely fine (2) £120-160
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ERROR: Reserve Bank of India, 1000 rupees (10), 2009, all with mismatched serial numbers in sequence, multicoloured, Gandhi at right (Pick 100d), cash machine flicks at top centre, otherwise about uncirculated (10) £150-200
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ERROR: Reserve Bank of India, a group of notes with various errors including, 10 rupees (4), ND (1996), two with mismatched serial numbers, two with serial numbers printed in the wrong place, 100 rupees, 2005, mismatched serial numbers, and 500 rupees, 1997 and 2006, both with inverted and misaligned watermarks, the 100 rupees cleaned, fine, others very fine to extremely fine (7) £100-150
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Reserve Bank of India, a sizable group of 1970s-80s issues (65), generally consecutive number runs, considerable face value, most about uncirculated or better (65) £300-400
IRAN |
Bank Melli Iran, 500 rials, AH 1319 (1937), red serial number C 203554, blue and multicoloured, Shah Reza at right, arms at centre, Imperial guardsman at left and right, reverse blue, the grave of Cyrus the Great at centre, Persian text (Pick 37a), pressed, about very fine and scarce £200-250
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Bank Melli Iran, a group of the 1954 issue comprising 10 rials, dark blue on pink, green and multicolour underprint, 20 rials, dark brown on light orange and multicolour underprint, 50 rials, green on purple and multicolour underprint, and 100 rials, burgundy on pale green and multicolour underprint, all portrait Shah Pahlavi in army uniform at right (Pick 64, 65, 66, 67), all uncirculated, retaining vibrant colour, a very pleasing group £150-200
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Bank Markazi Iran, specimen colour trial 100 rials, ND (1971), zero serial numbers, signature 12, green on multicoloured underprint, Shah Pahlavi Type VII portrait in army uniform at right, reverse Abadan oil refinery; also specimen 200 rials, ND (1971), zero serial numbers, signature 12, deep blue on multicoloured underprint, Shah Pahlavi Type VII portrait in army uniform at right, reverse railway viaduct, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse, one punch hole (Pick 86bct, 87bs), mounting traces, otherwise uncirculated, the colour trial very scarce (2) £150-200
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Bank Markazi Iran, a selection comprising 50 rials (5), 1954-1956, green, 200 rials, 100 rials (2), 200 rials, 100 rials (3), all Shah Pahlavi portrait (Pick 66, 73b, 76, 79a, b, 87a, 91b, 92c, 108, 135), uncirculated (12) £80-120
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Bank Markazi Iran, specimen colour trial 5000 rials, ND (1971), zero serial numbers, signature 12, dark brown on multicoloured underprint, Shah Pahlavi Type VII portrait in army uniform at right, reverse the Golestan Palace, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse, one punch hole (Pick 95act), mounting traces, otherwise uncirculated and rare £300-400
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Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 20000 riyals (10), 2005, consecutive serial numbers, blue and green, Iman Khomeini at right, reverse Khomeini Square (Pick 148), uncirculated (10) £80-130
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Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 20000 riyals (10), 2005, consecutive serial numbers, blue and green, Iman Khomeini at right, reverse Khomeini Square (Pick 148), uncirculated (10) £80-130
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Central Bank of the Republic of Iran, leather presentation album containing, 100 rials, 2000 rials, 5000 rials, 10000 rials, 20000 rials, 50000 rials and 100000 rials, also Bank Markazi Iran, 200 rials, 500 rials, 1000 rials, uncirculated, a superbly fresh and colourful group £150-200
IRAQ |
Government of Iraq, quarter dinar, ND (1942), serial number K572,683, green and light brown, portrait King Faisal II as a child at right, reverse, green (Pick 16, Linzmayer GOI B18a), pinholes top left, otherwise extremely fine or better £200-300
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National Bank of Iraq, one dinar, ND (1953), serial number F/1 785504, blue on multicolour underprint, portrait King Faisal II at right, reverse, blue, equestrian statue of King Faisal I at centre (Pick 34, Linzmayer NBI B8a), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a superb example, rare in this grade £250-350
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National Bank of Iraq, printer's archival specimen 10 dinars, Law of 1947 (1953), serial number run B 600001 to B 800000, purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of young King Faisal II at right, reverse winged bull statue from Palace of Khorsabad and Assyrian priest at centre, denomination in ornate pattern at left, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 36s, Linzmayer NBI B10s), mounting traces, ink dates '3/ 10/ 51' and '25/ 9/ 52' and annotations in top margin, otherwise very fine, extremely rare £2,500-3,500
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National Bank of Iraq, specimen 1/4 dinar, Law of 1947 (1955), no serial numbers, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of adolescent King Faisal II at right, reverse palm trees at centre, denomination in decorated circle at left, overprinted SPECIMEN in red once in Arabic on obverse and twice in English on reverse, perforated 000, two punch holes (Pick 37s), mounting traces, ink date '22/ 3/ 56' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £300-400
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National Bank of Iraq, printer's archival specimen 1/4 dinar, Law of 1947 (1955), serial run U 000001 to B/1 1000000, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of adolescent King Faisal II at right, reverse palm trees at centre, denomination in decorated circle at left, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 37s), mounting traces, ink date '20/ 7/ 55' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and a most unusual combination of a single letter prefix with a fractional one, rare £400-600
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