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† Banque du Royaume du Burundi, specimen 50 francs, 1 October 1964, serial number A000000, red, view of Bujumbura at centre, reverse arms, single cancellation hole (Linzmayer BDB B11s, Pick 11s), annotation in top margin, 'Approved letter 1-9-64', light paperclip mark, thus about uncirculated and scarce £200-300
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† Banque du Royaume du Burundi, specimen 100 francs, 1 October 1964, serial number A000000, blue on multicolour underprint, Prince Rwagasore at centre, reverse arms, single cancellation hole (Linzmayer BDB B12as, Pick 12s), annotations in top margin, 'as submitted 17-8-64' and 'Approved cable 26-8-64', about uncirculated and scarce £250-350
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† Banque du Royaume du Burundi, specimen 1000 francs, 1 February 1965, serial number A000000, green on multicolour underprint, King Mwambutsu IV at right, reverse arms, single cancellation hole (Linzmayer BDB B11s, Pick 11s), annotation in top margin, 'Approved letter 4.11.64', good extremely fine to about uncirculated, scarce £400-500
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† Banque de la Republique du Burundi, specimen 50 francs, 1 January 1968, serial number A000000, red on multicolour underprint, drummer at centre left, single cancellation hole (Linzmayer BRB B8s, date not listed, Pick 22s), annotations in margins and date circled in ink, this date was never issued, the first known being in May 1968, so this specimen was obviously produced prior to that decision, about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare £200-250
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† Banque de la Republique du Burundi, specimen 100 francs, 1 January 1968, serial number A000000, red on multicolour underprint, Prince Rwagasore at right, single cancellation hole (Linzmayer BRB B9s, date not listed, Pick 23s), annotations in margins and date circled in ink, this date was never issued, the first known being in May 1968, so this specimen was obviously produced prior to that decision, about uncirculated and rare £250-300
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x Bank of British North America, Canada, specimen $5, Montreal, 3 July 1911, black and white, value in blue at left and right, arms at left and right, George V at centre, reverse blue, arms and value (Pick S431b, Charlton 55-24-02s), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated. A pleasing Waterlow specimen £1,200-1,600
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x Bank of Montreal, $10, 3 January 1938, serial number 308879, black and grey-green, arms at centre, G.W.Spinney at left, C.B.Gordon at right, signatures of Spinney and Gordon below, (Pick S562b), in PCGS holder 64, very choice new £100-150
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x Imperial Bank of Canada, $10, 3 January 1939, serial number 046390, black on blue underprint, H.J.Jaffray at left, A.H.Phipps at right, value at centre and each corner, reverse blue, Lion on crown at centre (Pick S1145H), in PCGS holder 40PPQ, extremely fine £100-150
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x Merchants Bank of Canada, $5, 1 February 1916, serial number 95830, black and green, steam liner at centre, D.C.Macrow at low left, H.Montagu Allan at low right, value at low centre and top corners (Pick S1165), a completely original good fine to almost very fine, scarce £100-150
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x Bank of Canada, $20, 2 January 1937, serial number K/E0099667, black on olive green underprint, portrait King George VI at centre, denomination in English and French, reverse, olive green, allegorical figure at centre (Pick 62c), in PMG holder number 65, gem uncirculated, EPQ £150-200
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† Bank of Canada, $2 (2), 1954, serial numbers E/B 2360273-74, black and red, Elizabeth II with 'Devil's Face Hairdo' at right, Beattie-Coyne signatures (Pick 67b), completely original, central crease, this good extremely fine, an attractive consecutive pair (2) £120-160
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x Bank of Canada, $100, 1954, red prefix A/J, black and brown, Elizabeth II at right, Beattie and Coyne signatures and $100, 2100, brown, Borden at centre (Pick 82a, BOC B45a, 75a), in ICG holders 50, EF/AU and 68 gem unc (2) £160-220
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Bank of Canada, printers archival photographs for a proposed issue of $20, ND (ca 1963), serial number E/E 0000000, black and white, the Annigoni portrait of Elizabeth II at right, reverse Sir John MacDonald at right, one reverse with value only in field, the other with industrial landscape (Pick unrecorded, Charlton unrecorded), pencil date '21'10'63', very unusual and interesting (4) £400-600
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x ERROR: Bank of Canada, $1, 1973, and $20, 1969, prefixes FE and WM, black and green respectively, both with paper folds during printing, also replacement $2, 1974, prefix *BM, red, all with Elizabeth II at right (Pick 85, 89, 86a, MWR RB7e), about uncirculated (3) £150-200
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x Bank of Canada, $100 (5), 1975, serial numbers AJH 0707301/2/3/4/5, brown and multicoloured, arms at left, Sir Robert Borden at right, Crow and Bouey signatures (BC-52b, Pick 91b), an uncirculated consecutive run (5) £500-600
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x Bank of Canada, $20 (2), 1979, green and multicoloured, arms at left, Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, Crow and Bouey signatures (BC-54bi, Pick 93b), in PCGS holders 65 PPQ 'gem new', an uncirculated consecutive pair (2) £60-80
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, a set of printer's archival specimens with counterfoils, 5 November 1914, comprising 10 centavos, serial run 0,000,000 to 2,800,000, purple and green; 20 centavos, serial run 0,000,000 to 4,070,000, blue and multicoloured; 50 centavos, serial run 0,000,000 to 3, 90,000, olive-green and multicoloured, all value at left, arms at right, overprint S. TIAGO at upper centre, steamship seal Type II at lower centre, reverse allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 12As, 14s, 16s), mounting traces, ink dates '15. 10. 18' and annotations in top margins, the first otherwise good extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated (3) £200-300
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printer's archival specimen 1000 reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial run 00,000 to 60,000, black on green and yellow underprint, value in ornate guilloche at left, steamship seal Type III at right, red overprint S. THIAGO at upper centre, reverse allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 4bs), mounting traces, ink date '18. 5. 20' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and very scarce £150-200
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printer's archival specimen 2500 reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial number run 000000 to 450000, black on blue, green and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, passage of ships round The Cape of Good Hope at right, steamship seal Type III at lower centre, red overprint S. THIAGO at upper right centre, reverse blue, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 5bs), mounting traces, ink date '18. 5. 20' and annotation in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and rare £250-350
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 5 mil reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial number 102500, black on blue, green and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, passage of ships round The Cape of Good Hope at right, steamship seal Type I at centre, red overprint S. THIAGO at upper centre, reverse green, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 6as), mounting traces, ink date '14. 11. 17' and annotation in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and rare £300-400
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 10 mil reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial number 65000, black on blue, pink and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, passage of ships round The Cape of Good Hope at right, steamship seal Type III at lower centre, red overprint S. THIAGO at upper centre, reverse brown, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 7bs), mounting traces, ink date '23. 4. 20' and annotation in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated and rare £450-650
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printer's archival specimen 20 mil reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial run 00000 to 47000, black on blue and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, his embarkation at right, steamship seal Type III at centre, red overprint S. THIAGO at upper centre, reverse orange-red, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 8bs), mounting traces, ink date '29. 12. 19' and annotation in top margin, otherwise extremely fine and rare £450-600
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printer's archival specimen 5 escudos (2), 1 January 1921, serial number runs 149.001 to 300,000 and 300,001 to 340,000 respectively; also specimen 5 escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, all black on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco Oliveira de Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse seated allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, the first two perforated CANCELLED, the third two punch holes [Pick 34s (3)], mounting traces, the first two annotations and ink dates '23. 2. 23' and '10. 5. 27' respectively in top margins, the first otherwise good extremely fine, the second very fine, the third fine (3) £180-260
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printer's archival specimen 10 escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number run 180,001 to 200,000, brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco Oliveira de Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse seated allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 35s), mounting traces, ink date '15. 10. 24' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £160-240
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printer's archival specimen 20 escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number run 070,001 to 100,000, blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco Oliveira de Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse seated allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 36s), mounting traces, ink date '15. 10. 24' and annotations in top margin, otherwise extremely fine, rare £180-260
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printer's archival specimen 50 escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number run 041,501 to 042,000, orange-red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco Oliveira de Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse seated allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 37s), mounting traces, ink date '15. 10. 24' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £250-350
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printer's archival specimen 100 escudos, 1 January 1921, printer's archival specimen 100 escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number run 027,001 to 035,000, violet-grey on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco Oliveira de Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse seated allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 38s), mounting traces, ink date '18. 8. 28' and annotations in top margin, otherwise extremely fine, rare £300-400
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, a group of printer's specimen proofs, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, comprising 5 escudos, black; 10 escudos, brown; and 20 escudos, blue, all portrait of Francisco Oliveira de Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse seated allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, two punch holes (Pick 34s, 35s, 36s), ink annotation 'Approved G. Woodhead' on obverse of all notes, the first two otherwise very fine, the last fine to very fine and very rare in this format, sold with original Bradbury Wilkinson annotated envelope (4) £100-200
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, colour trial 100 escudos, brown and 100 escudos, red, both ND 91958, Pinto at right, also a colour trial 500 escudos, type of 1971, blue, Infante D.Henrique at right (Pick 49ct, 50ct, 53Act), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint almost uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (3) £400-600
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Cayman Islands Currency Board, $1, $5 and $10, 1971, prefixes A/2, A/1 and A/1 respectively blue, green and red respectively, Elizabeth II at right, arms at centre, Johnson signature (Pick 1, 2, 3, CICB B1a, 2a, 3a), uncirculated (3) £300-350
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x Cayman Islands Currency Board, $1, law of 1971, serial number A/2 000051, blue and $40, law of 1971, serial number A/1 000398, violet, both Elizabeth II at right, arms at centre (Pick 1b, 9a, CICB 1a, 9b), in ICG holders 63 uncirculated and 45 extra fine, low serial numbers (2) £200-250
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Cayman Islands Currency Board, $50, 1974 (1987), serial number A/1 203668, blue green and lilac, Elizabeth II at right, arms at centre, Jefferson signature, reverse blue-green (Pick 10a, CICB B10a), uncirculated £200-240
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Cayman Islands Currency Board, $50, 1974 (1987), serial number A/1 000038, blue green and lilac, Elizabeth II at right, arms at centre, Jefferson signature, reverse blue-green (Pick 10a, CICB B10a), in PMG holder 66 'gem uncirculated, EPQ £300-350
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Cayman Islands Currency Board, $100, 1974 (1981), serial number A/1 177369, brown, Elizabeth II at right, arms at centre, Johnson signature, reverse brown (Pick 11, CICB B11a), uncirculated, £200-240
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Cayman Islands Currency Board, $5, 10, 25 and $100, 1991, all serial number B/1 000216, green, red, brown and red-brown respectively, Elizabeth II at right, arms at centre, Jefferson signature (Pick 12-15, CICB B12-15), uncirculated and an attractive uncirculated low number set, scarce (4) £300-400
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Asiatic Banking Corporation, Ceylon, unissued 10 shillings, Kandy, 18-, serial number 011004, black, arms at top centre, value at each side and each corner (Pick S106r), in ICG holder 10*, very good, tape repair on reverse, very scarce £300-350
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† Asiatic Banking Corporation, Ceylon, specimen £5, Kandy Issue, 18-, serial number 000328, no signatures, black and orange, arms at upper centre, value in protector and in each corner set in ornate borders, uniface (Pick S108), good extremely fine, very rare £1,500-2,000
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The Oriental Banking Corporation, Ceylon, proof £1 on card, Colombo, 18-, black & white, royal arms top centre, value in oval top left and right (PS unlisted), a Batho & Bingley engraving, slight toning top right margin, good extremely fine, very rare & attractive £2,500-3,000
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† The Oriental Bank Corporation, Ceylon, printer's archival specimen 5 rupees, Kandy Issue, 1 January 1881, serial run K 240001 to K 360000, black and pink, Queen Victoria, as empress, seated between two lions in oval at left, Mercury in oval at right, arms at upper centre, value in ornate guilloches in decorated panels at left and right, reverse blue and pink, crowned female heads at left and right, value in eight guilloches, perforated SPECIMEN BW&Co LONDON (Pick S157s), pencil date '12 May' on obverse, otherwise fresh about uncirculated and a lovely note, very rare £1,800-2,400
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† The Oriental Bank Corporation, Ceylon, printer's archival specimen 10 rupees, Newera Ellia Issue, 1 January 1881, serial run N 017001 to N 032000, black, brown and red, Queen Victoria, as empress, seated between two lions in oval at left, Mercury in oval at right, arms at upper centre, value in ornate guilloches in decorated panels at left and right, reverse pink and grey, helmeted female heads at left and right, value in six guilloches, perforated SPECIMEN BW&Co LONDON (Pick not listed but similar design to PS161), pencil date '12 May' on obverse, otherwise fresh about uncirculated and a lovely note, extremely rare £2,000-3,000
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† The Oriental Bank Corporation, Ceylon, specimen, 50 rupees, Galle, 1 January 1887, serial number G001501, black and white, green and brown protector, Queen Victoria enthroned as empress at left, Mercury with caduceus at right, arms at upper centre, reverse green and brown, value in guilloches, two medallic heads of Mercury at centre, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON (Pick S153 unlisted date), pencil annotation at lower centre, otherwise good extremely fine, extremely rare and a handsome note £2,500-3,500
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Government of Ceylon, 5 rupees (4), 1 April 1914, prefix A/81, 15 May 1919, prefix A/91, 1 December 1925, prefix C/2, 1 September 1928, prefix C/80, first two uniface, black on green underprint, second two black on green and orange underprint, all value at centre and left and right (Pick 11b, 22), some water damage on all notes, second and third very faded, balance very good to about fine and scarce (4) £250-350
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Government of Ceylon, 10 rupees (4), 1 October 1925, prefix B/79, 1 December 1925, prefix C/7, 1 June 1926, C/30, 1 September 1928, C/57, first uniface, black on green underprint, others black on green and red underprint, value at centre and left and right (Pick 12, 24), first water damaged, very good, others fine and scarce (4) £450-550
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Government of Ceylon, a pale tan booklet containing 22 specimen 1 rupee notes with title in black '1 Re.', Colombo, 2 October 1939, black serial number R/44 00000, blue, green and lilac, value at centre in text and 1 at left, reverse pale blue (Pick 16cs), two removed by printers on 15/5/50, last date of issue for type and a most unusual and attractive offering (17) £3,500-4,000
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Government of Ceylon, a composite essay on board for a 5 rupees, Colombo, 1 January 1928, red zero serial numbers, blue and green, an elephant at centre, column at left and right, value top centre and at each corner (Pick unrecorded design), unique and a lovely example of the printers design process £4,000-5,000
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x Government of Ceylon, 5 rupees, 18 June 1936, red serial number E50 46006, black on green, orange and lilac underprint, reverse, green, palm tree and elephant in central vignette (Pick 23), central fold, slight discolouration, otherwise extremely fine or better £100-130
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Government of Ceylon, specimen (on issued example) 50 rupees, 1 July 1929, maroon serial number C/6 50002, pink, green and pale orange, value at centre and at each corner, reverse, green and white, elephant at centre (Pick 26), a fresh and bright good extremely fine, purple handstamped SPECIMEN above and below, this note was probably taken out of circulation and used as a reference, rare £600-800
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† Government of Ceylon, black and white obverse and reverse photographic proofs on card for an unissued 5 rupees, Colombo, 1 July 1938, serial number N/25 00000, profile portrait of King George VI at upper left, value in guilloche at upper right, reverse proof figure '5' set in ornate guilloche at centre, also an obverse and reverse photograph for a 50 rupees, 1 July 1938 (Pick unlisted), ink date '23.5.38' in lower right margin on obverse and reverse, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and a not to be missed opportunity for Ceylon research collectors, extremely rare (4) £200-300
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x Government of Ceylon, 5 rupees (2), 20 December 1941, serial number G7 773980, perforated edge at left, 12 July 1944, serial number G21 496257, both blue on multicolour, King George VI at left, reverse Temple of the Tooth, (Pick 36), first, slight creasing at right, extremely fine, second, about uncirculated to uncirculated £160-220
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x Government of Ceylon, 5 rupees, 19 September 1942, serial number G12 830011, dark grey on blue underprint, portrait King George VI at left, reverse, Temple of the Tooth, also Central Bank of Ceylon, 2 rupees, 16 October 1954, serial number E/22 572863, pink, blue and green, Queen Elizabeth II at left, reverse, pavilion (Pick 36, 50), first, perforated left margin, very fine, second, about uncirculated £80-130
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