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Free City of Danzig, 5,000,000 marks overprinted on 50000 marks, 15 October 1923, serial number 789100, dark brown on tan underprint, St Mary's Church and street view at left, value at low left, reverse riverside mill building, large dark green overprints on both sides and in borders (Linzmayer SD B11a, Pick 23, Rosenberg 803), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated, rare £500-700
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Free City of Danzig, 1,000,000 marks, 8 August 1923, serial number 04765*, fuscia and green, Daniel Chodowiecki at right, arms with two lions at left, value at centre and top left and right, reverse with gate to the governmental rococo garden at centre (Linzmayer SD B12c, Pick 24a, Rosenberg 802a), in ICG holder 66, choice uncirculated £150-200
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Free City of Danzig, 10,000,000 mark, 31 August 1923, serial number 590374, dark brown on green underprint, Johann Hevelius at left, arms with two lions at right, reverse waterfront view with ships and docks (Linzmayer SD B13b, Pick 25b, Rosenberg 804a), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated £250-350
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Free City of Danzig, 10,000,000 mark, 31 August 1923, serial number 590374, dark brown on green underprint, Johann Hevelius at left, arms with two lions at right, reverse waterfront view with ships and docks (Linzmayer SD B14a, Pick 26, Rosenberg 805), in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated £350-450
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Free City of Danzig, 100,000,000 mark, 22 September 1923, no serial number, uniface, black on orange underprint, value at left (Linzmayer SD B15a, Pick 27a, Rosenberg 806a), in ICG holder 50*, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, spot at low left £200-250
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Free City of Danzig, 500,000,000 mark, 26 September 1923, serial number 556395, black on blue underprint, Schopenhauer at top centre, value at top left, reverse arms with two lions at top centre, city view at centre (Linzmayer SD B16b, Pick 28b, Rosenberg 807b), in ICG holder 58, about uncirculated plus £200-250
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Free City of Danzig, 500,000,000 mark, 26 September 1923, serial number 335354, black on blue underprint, Schopenhauer at top centre, value at top left, reverse arms with two lions at top centre, city view at centre (Linzmayer SD B17b, Pick 29b, Rosenberg 808b), in ICG holder 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated £200-250
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Free City of Danzig, 5,000,000,000 mark, 11 October 1923, no serial number, black on blue underprint, value at left and in underprint at centre (Linzmayer SD B18a, Pick 30, Rosenberg 809a), in ICG holder 66*, choice uncirculated plus, tiny spot at top right, rare, especially in this grade £600-800
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Free City of Danzig, 10,000,000,000 mark, 11 October 1923, serial number 088510, black on brown underprint, value at left and in underprint at centre (Linzmayer SD B19b, Pick 31b, Rosenberg 810b), in ICG holder 45, extremely fine £250-300
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Free City of Danzig, Central Finance Department, 1 pfennig, 22 October 1923, no serial number, black on dark tan underprint, value at top centre and in underprint at centre (Linzmayer DZ B1a, Pick 32, Rosenberg 811), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated £150-200
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Free City of Danzig, Central Finance Department, 2 pfennige, 22 October 1923, no serial number, green on orange underprint, value at top centre and in underprint at centre (Linzmayer DZ B2a, Pick 33a, Rosenberg 812), in ICG holder 55, about uncirculated £150-200
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Free City of Danzig, Central Finance Department, 5 pfennige, 22 October 1923, no serial number, black on green underprint, value at top centre and in underprint at centre (Linzmayer DZ B3a, Pick 34a, Rosenberg 813), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated £150-200
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Free City of Danzig, Central Finance Department, 10 pfennige, 22 October 1923, no serial number, red on blue underprint, value at top centre and in underprint at centre (Linzmayer DZ B4a, Pick 35a, Rosenberg 814), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated, scarce, particularly in this grade £350-450
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Free City of Danzig, Central Finance Department, 50 pfennige, 22 October 1923, serial number A366933*, black on light grey underprint, value at top centre and in underprint at centre (Linzmayer DZ B6c, Pick 37, Rosenberg 816c), in ICG holder 50, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, very rare £800-1,000
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Free City of Danzig, Central Finance Department, 5 pfennige, 1 November 1923, no serial number, black on green underprint, value at top centre and in underprint at centre (Linzmayer DZ B3b, Pick 44, Rosenberg 824), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated £200-250
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Free City of Danzig, Central Finance Department, 25 pfennige, 1 November 1923, no serial number, black on pale red underprint, value at top centre and in underprint at centre (Linzmayer DZ B5b, Pick 46, Rosenberg 826), in ICG holder 25, fine to very fine, very scarce in any grade £200-250
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† Bank von Danzig, specimen 25 gulden, 10 February 1924, red serial number B/A100001-B/A400000, black, pale green and mauve, arms at left, St Mary's Church at centre, value at centre and at each corner, reverse, black, brown and mauve, Neptune at right (Linzmayer BVD B3a, Pick 54s), ink date "5.10.26" in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine and rare £500-800
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† Bank of Danzig, specimen 500 gulden, 10 February 1924, red serial number E 000001-E 025000, green and pale orange, Zeughaus (the Arsenal) at centre, arms at left, value low centre and at each corner, reverse green and lilac, statue at right (Linzmayer BVD B6a, Pick 56s, Rosenberg 836), ink date '25.3.24' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, slight scuffing otherwise almost uncirculated and rare £700-900
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Bank von Danzig, 500 gulden, 10 February 1924, serial number E024597, green on multicolour underprint, Great Arsenal at centre, arms at left, value at each corner, reverse Neptune with trident at right, values at left (Linzmayer BVD B6a, Pick 56, Rosenberg 836), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated, rare, and a lovely example £2,000-2,500
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Bank von Danzig, 1000 gulden, 10 February 1924, serial number F008543, burnt orange on multicolour underprint, City Hall at centre, arms at left, value at each corner, reverse Neptune with trident at right, values at left (Linzmayer BVD B7a, Pick 57, Rosenberg 837), in ICG holder 66, choice uncirculated, very rare, and a wonderful example £2,000-2,500
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National Bank von Danzig, reverse proof 1000 gulden, ND (1924), green and purple on pale blue and orange underprint, statue at right, value at left (Linzmayer BVD B7 for type, Pick 57 reverse proof), about uncirculated and rare £150-200
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x Bank von Danzig, 10 gulden, 1 July 1930, serial number A/B 310526, pink-brown, Artushof at centre, arms at left (Linzmayer BVD B1b, Pick 58, Rosenberg 839), uncirculated and scarce £800-1,000
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Bank von Danzig, specimen 20 gulden, 2 January 1932, no serial number, brown-purple on multicolour underprint, prison tower at centre, arms at left, value at each corner, reverse Neptune with trident at right, values at left, one cancellation hole, circular red Bradbury Wilkinson stamp at low centre (Linzmayer BVD B2as, Pick 60s, Rosenberg 842s), in ICG holder 48, good extremely fine £300-400
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x Bank von Danzig, 20 gulden, 2 January 1932, red serial number C/C 099582, purple-brown, pink and pale blue-green, the Stockturm at centre, arms at left, value low centre and at each corner, reverse violet and pale orange, statue of Poseidon at right (Linzmayer BVD B2a, Pick 60, Rosenberg 842d), uncirculated and scarce £500-700
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x Bank von Danzig, 25 gulden, 2 January 1931, red serial number B/C 999587, black and multicolour, arms at left, Saint Mary's Church at centre, value low centre and at each corner, reverse grey-lilac and pale brown, statue of sea god at right, value at left (Linzmayer BVD B3c, Pick 61, Rosenberg 840), uncirculated and scarce £600-800
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Bank von Danzig, 100 gulden, 1 August 1931, serial number D/A 399,528, deep blue on multicolour underprint, waterfront scene with ships and docks at centre, arms at left, value at each corner, reverse St. Christopher at right, values at left (Linzmayer BVD B5b, Pick 62, Rosenberg 841), in ICG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, rare in such high grade £1,800-2,200
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x Bank von Danzig, 20 gulden, 1 November 1937, red serial number K/A 599,533, black, pale orange-yellow and green, the Artushof at centre, arms at left (Linzmayer BVD B8a, Pick 63, Rosenberg 844b), uncirculated and scarce £450-550
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Bank von Danzig, 20 gulden, 1 November 1937, serial number K/A 599,550, brown-purple on multicolour underprint, Artus Court at centre, arms at left, value at each corner, reverse Neptune with trident at right, values at left (Linzmayer BVD B8a, Pick 63, Rosenberg 844b), in ICG holder 66, choice uncirculated, rare in this grade £800-1,000
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x Bank von Danzig, 50 gulden, 5 February 1937, serial number H 295,404, pink-brown, the Vorlaubenhaus at centre, arms at left (Linzmayer BVD B4a, Pick 65, Rosenberg 843), almost uncirculated and scarce £350-450
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Bank von Danzig, 50 gulden, 5 February 1937, serial number H299,584, brown on multicolour underprint, Mennonite settlers home at centre, arms at left, value at each corner, reverse late gothic relief at right, values at left, one cancellation hole (Linzmayer BVD B4a, Pick 65, Rosenberg 843), in ICG holder 68, gem uncirculated, rare £1,000-1,500
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City of Zoppot, Free City of Danzig, 20,000,000,000 overprinted on 500,000,000 marks, 28 September 1923, serial number 003061*, green on yellow underprint, arms at left, red overprinted value and Danzig magistrates stamp, also 5 pfennig, 1920 and two bond coupons for a 7% mortgage loan of 1924 (Pick not listed, Keller 5816d), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated, others uncirculated, very fine and good fine (4) £50-70
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Danish National Bank, 5 kroner (2), 1918, 1920, blue, 10 kroner, 1917, brown (Pick 20e, 20f, 21f), fine to very fine (3) £120-160
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Danish National Bank, 100 kroner, 1917, serial number 417604, dark and pale brown, reverse brown, arms at centre (Pick 23d), almost very fine and rare £400-600
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Banque de l'Indo-Chine, Djibouti, 100 francs (2), 2 January 1920, prefixes R.5, Q.5, brown and white, allegorical maidens low centre, elephant and column at left and right, D'Oissell and Simon signatures, reverse text (Pick 5), pinholes, good very fine (2) £150-200
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Banque de l'Indo-Chine, Djibouti, 100 francs (3), 2 January 1920, prefixes E.6, Q.4 and X.5, brown and white, allegorical maidens low centre, elephant and column at left and right, D'Oissell and Simon signatures, reverse text (Pick 5), pinholes, fine to very fine (3) £150-200
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Banque de l'Indo-Chine, Djibouti, 500 francs (2), 1927, 1938, prefixes S.1 and K.3, purple and pale green, maiden (France) and shield at left, ships top centre, ornate floral border and allegorical symbols around, Simon and d'Oissell, Borduge and Baudoin signatures respectively, reverse multicoloured, local girl, ships and foliage (Pick 9a, b), good fine and fine (2) £140-180
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Banque de l'Indo-Chine, Djibouti, 500 francs (2), 1927, 1938, prefixes E.3, S.3, purple and pale green, maiden (France) and shield at left, ships top centre, ornate floral border and allegorical symbols around, Borduge and Baudoin signatures, reverse multicoloured, local girl, ships and foliage (Pick 9b), very fine (2) £150-200
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Banque de l'Indo-Chine, Djibouti, 100 francs (17), ND (1928-1938), brown, green and white, allegorical maiden (France) at centre with statuette of Athena, oak leaves in background, Borduge and Baudouin signatures, reverse pale blue, green and brown, the ruins at Angkor Wat at centre, also 20 francs (2), maiden at right, Borduge and Baudouin signatures (Pick 8, 7a), generally about fine (19) £200-250
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East African Currency Board, 1 rupee, 1 April 1920, serial number A/5 39244, red on olive green underprint, George V at right, value at centre left and each corner, reverse blue, hippo at centre, value at left and right (Linzmayer EACB B1a, Pick 7), quite fresh, good fine and the much rarer rupee issue, this prefix not listed in Linzmayer £500-700
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East African Currency Board, 1 florin, 1 May 1920, serial number A/90 40099, red on olive green underprint, George V at right, value at centre left and each corner, reverse blue, hippo at centre, value at left and right (Linzmayer EACB B2a, Pick 8), an attractive and clean very fine, this prefix not listed in Linzmayer £400-600
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East African Currency Board, 5 shillings, 15 December 1921, serial number C/7 25093, dark blue on orange and multicolour underprint, George V at right, value at left, centre and each corner, reverse red, lion at centre (Linzmayer EACB B9a, Pick 13), partially split at centre, but otherwise strong, the colour still good, a perfectly presentable very good to about fine, this date rare in any grade £300-400
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East African Currency Board, 10 shillings, 15 December 1921, serial number A/8 16526, dark blue on green and multicolour underprint, George V at right, value at left, centre and each corner, reverse green, lion at centre (Linzmayer EACB B10a, Pick 14), hole punched and small sections removed in upper and lower margins, and two strips cut from top right margin (both present in lot), thus fine, rare in any grade, and this prefix not listed in Linzmayer £500-700
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East African Currency Board, specimen 20 shillings, 15 December 1921, serial number A/1 00000, dark blue on orange, tan and multicolour underprint, George V at right, value at left, centre and each corner, reverse orange, lion at centre, perforated CANCELLED (Linzmayer EACB B11as, Pick 15s), very minor handling, about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £1,000-1,500
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East African Currency Board, 5 shillings, 1 January 1933, serial number H/3 06701, dark blue on orange and multicolour underprint, George V at right, value at left, centre and each corner, reverse red, lion at centre (Linzmayer EACB B9b, Pick 20), a solid very fine, scarce £100-150
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East African Currency Board, 10 shillings, 1 January 1933, serial number F/8 45655, dark blue on green and multicolour underprint, George V at right, value at left, centre and each corner, reverse green, lion at centre (Linzmayer EACB B10b, Pick 21), good fine, rare in any grade £200-250
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East African Currency Board, 20 shillings, 1 January 1933, serial number B/10 67017, dark blue on orange, tan and multicolour underprint, George V at right, value at left, centre and each corner, reverse orange, lion at centre (Linzmayer EACB B11b, Pick 22), ex Mel Steinberg, a fresh and original very fine, rare £600-800
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East African Currency Board, obverse proof 5 shillings, ND (c.1938), no signatures or serial numbers, dark blue on orange and multicolour underprint, George VI at left, value at centre, right, and each corner, five small cancellation holes (Linzmayer EACB B17, Pick 28), superb engraving, ink date 1.4.38 in low right margin, paperclip mark at top left, thus about uncirculated and rare £250-350
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East African Currency Board, obverse proof 10 shillings, ND (c.1938), no signatures or serial numbers, dark blue on green and multicolour underprint, George VI at left, value at centre, right, and each corner, five small cancellation holes (Linzmayer EACB B18, Pick 29), superb engraving, ink date 1.4.38 in low right margin, corner bend at top left, thus about uncirculated and rare £350-450
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East African Currency Board, obverse proof 20 shillings, ND (c.1938), no signatures or serial numbers, dark blue on orange and multicolour underprint, George VI at top left, value at centre, top right, and each corner, six small cancellation holes (Linzmayer EACB B19, Pick 30), superb engraving, ink date 18.5.38 in low right margin, uncirculated and rare £350-450
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East African Currency Board, obverse proof 100 shillings, ND (c.1938), no signatures or serial numbers, dark blue on pink and multicolour underprint, George VI at top left, value at centre, top right, and each corner, six small cancellation holes (Linzmayer EACB B20, Pick 31), superb engraving, ink date 8.4.38 in low right margin, paperclip mark in top left margin, thus about uncirculated and extremely rare, lovely £500-700
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