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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 1918, serial number S/7005, 700, blue and multicolour, ruins at left, reverse, orange and green (Pick 12, Hanafy M2b), fine to very fine £500-700
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† National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds, 1 September 1913, serial number run W/1 000001 to W1 050000, no signature, lilac, yellow and pale green underprint, feluccas on the Nile ('Haby'), pyramids in background, value in each corner, reverse lilac and pale orange and green, value at left and right set in ornate guilloches (Pick 13s, Hanafy M2s), perforated CANCELLED, annotation in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and very rare, first date and prefix for series £1,500-2,000
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† National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds (2), 2 November 1919, 21 April 1920, serial number run W/35 000001 to W35 100000, W/46 000001-W/46 100000, no signature, black on lilac, yellow and pale green underprint, feluccas on the Nile, pyramids in background, value in each corner, reverse value at left and right set in ornate guilloches, (Pick 13s, Hanafy M2s), perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, ink date and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare early dates for series (2) £1,400-1,800
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National Bank of Egypt, £5, 17 December 1914, serial number W/5022341, black, mauve, pale orange brown, feluccas and pyramids centre left, value at right and in each corner, Rowlatt signature, reverse, mauve, value at left and right (Pick 13, Hanafy M2), several folds and some discolouration, fine to very fine £650-850
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National Bank of Egypt, £5 (2), 18 October 1916 and 1 March 1918, serial numbers W/10 058779 and W/23 037955, black, mauve, pale orange brown, feluccas and pyramids centre left, value at right and in each corner, Rowlatt signature, reverse, mauve, value at left and right (Pick 13, Hanafy M2), first, lightly pressed, graffiti on reverse, very good, second, creases and staining, good (2) £800-1,000
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National Bank of Egypt, £5 (2), 4 November 1919 and 21 April 1920, serial numbers W/37 084, 750 and W/45 067,096, black, mauve, pale orange brown, feluccas and pyramids centre left, value at right and in each corner, Rowlatt signature, reverse, mauve, value at left and right (Pick 13. Hanafy M2), first, several folds and creasing, purple ink mark low left reverse, good or better, second, folds and wrinkling, about very good £700-900
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† National Bank of Egypt, specimen £10, 16 July 1914, serial number X/2 100000-X/2 060001, brown & multicoloured, Old Cairo street scene and the Mosque of Qayetbay at right, value at left, reverse brown, value at left and right (Pick 14s, Hanafy M3as) perforated CANCELLED, almost uncirculated, very rare and attractive £1,000-1,500
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National Bank of Egypt, specimen £10, 2 September 1913, no serial numbers, brown and multicoloured, street scene and the Mosque of Qayetbay at right, value at left, reverse brown (Pick 14s, Hanafy M3s), first date for type, perforated, red CANCELLED in English and Arabic, good very fine and rare £1,500-2,000
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National Bank of Egypt, £10, 8 November 1919, serial number X/27 045,046, purple-brown and multicoloured, the Mosque of Qayetbay and street scene at right, Rowlatt signature, reverse, brown (Pick 14, Hanafy M3), lightly pressed, several folds, small tape repairs, fine, without graffiti thus scarce £400-500
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National Bank of Egypt, £10, 8 March 1918, serial number X/18 083644, purple-brown and multicoloured, the Mosque of Qayetbay and street scene at right, Rowlatt signature, reverse, brown (Pick 14, Hanafy M3), several tape repairs, folds and discolouration, fine, without any graffiti £350-450
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National Bank of Egypt, £10, 30 April 1920, serial number X/41 048,162, purple-brown and multicoloured, the Mosque of Qayetbay and street scene at right, Rowlatt signature, reverse, brown (Pick 14, Hanafy M3), numerous folds and creasing, fine to very fine, without graffiti thus scarce £400-500
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† National Bank of Egypt, specimen £50, 15 November 1919, serial number N/2 000001-N/2 010000, purple and multicoloured, camel train and Mameluke Tombs at centre, value at centre and at left and right, reverse purple and multicoloured, value at left and right (Pick 15bs, Hanafy M2s), ink date '3.11.19' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine and rare, attractive £1,500-2,000
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† National Bank of Egypt, specimen £50, 15 November 1919, serial number N/2 010001-N/2 050000, purple and multicoloured, camel train and Mameluke Tombs at centre, value at centre and at left and right, reverse purple and multicoloured, value at left and right (Pick 15bs, Hanafy M2cs), ink date '20.11.19', perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine and very rare, attractive £1,000-1,500
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National Bank of Egypt, £50, 1945, serial number N/7 077302, multicolour, camel train and Mameluke Tombs at centre, Rowlatt and Nixon signatures, reverse, multicolour, value at left and right (Pick 15), several folds, repairs, good £600-800
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National Bank of Egypt, £50, 21 January 1920, serial numbers N/3 090465, purple and multicoloured, camel train and Mameluke Tombs at centre, value at centre and at left and right, Rowlatt signature, reverse purple and multicoloured, value at left and right (Pick 15b, Hanafy M2), almost fine, scarce £400-600
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National Bank of Egypt, £100, 6 July 1942, serial number K/4 082048, purple, green and pink, the Zuwayla Gate and Citadel of Cairo at left, Mosque of al'Mu'ayyad Sheik at right, value in green tablet at centre and at each corner, Nixon signature, reverse, dhow and Island of Philae (Pick 17, Hanafy M3), a number of folds and creasing, graffiti, small tape repair, nevertheless fine to very fine £200-300
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 14 June 1924, serial number H/3 073056, red, blue, green and lilac, camel at centre, Hornsby signature, reverse blue and red, value and bank initials (Pick 18a, Hanafy M3e), original, about fine, scarce £600-800
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† National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds, 6 January 1925, serial number M/15 000001-M/15 100000, no signature, green, blackish purple and multicoloured, National Bank building at centre, value in each corner, reverse blue and red on green and orange underprint, palm trees and building at centre, value in guilloches at right and left (Pick 19as, Hanafy M3s), perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, ink dates '13.11.24', annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated and the second year of issue for series, very rare £500-700
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† National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds (2), 14 July 1942, 15 July 1942, serial numbers M/62 000001-100000, M/63 000001-100000, green, blackish purple and multicoloured, National Bank building at centre, value in each corner, no signatures, reverse blue and red on green and orange underprint, palm trees and building at centre, value in guilloches at right and left (Pick 19cs, Hanafy M3s), mounting traces,, perforated SPECIMEN, ink dates '7. 7. 42' in top margins, about uncirculated, very scarce (2) £700-900
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National Bank of Egypt, £5 (3), 10 August 1924, 10 January 1929 and 11 January 1929, serial numbers M/10 093, 736, M/19 063422 and M/20 052517, green and purple, bank building at centre, reverse, multicolour, palms and building at centre and value either side (Pick 19, Hanafy M3), very good to fine, without graffiti (3) £300-400
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National Bank of Egypt, £5 (4), 1925, 1929, 1937 and 1939, serial numbers M/11 077,632, M/16 057160, M/38 071512 and M/43 012788, green and purple, bank building at centre, reverse, multicolour, palms and building at centre and value either side (Pick 19, Hanafy M3), very good to about fine (4) £350-450
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 4 July 1926, serial number J/4 155793, green and dark blue on multicolour underprint, portrait of Fellah at right, reverse purple, Mosque at centre (Pick 20), PMG holder, 25 very fine, NET minor rust £1,000-1,500
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 8 July 1928, serial number J/8 660846, green and pale pink, Fellah (Edrees) in blue-violet circular vignette at right, Hornsby signature, reverse violet, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif el-Dein Qa'la Un at centre (Pick 20, Hanafy M4), an original good very fine wth good paper quality, quite rare in this grade £1,200-1,500
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 6 July 1926 and 9 November 1929, serial number J/6 569953 green and pale pink on multicolour underprint, Fellah (Edrees) in blue circular vignette at right, Hornsby signature, reverse, purple, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif el-Dein Qa'la Un at centre (Pick 20, Hanafy M4), first, numerous folds and creases, graffiti on reverse at left, fine to very fine £800-1,000
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National Bank of Egypt, 1 pound, 8 July 1928, green and dark blue, the Fellah Idrees at right, Hornsby signature, reverse violet, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif-el-Dein Qa'la Un at centre (Pick 20, Hanafy M4), in PMG holder 25, very fine £700-900
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National Bank of Egypt, 1 pound, 10 January 1930, serial number J/10 827486, green and dark blue, the Fellah Idrees at right, Hornsby signature, reverse violet, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif-el-Dein Qa'la Un at centre (Pick 20, Hanafy M4), very fine, a lovely example £1,000-1,500
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† National Bank of Egypt, colour trial 50 piastres, ND (1935), blue and multicoloured, also specimen 50 piastres, 7 May 1935, serial number A/1 000001-A/1 1000000, green and multicoloured, Cook signature, also specimen 50 piastres, 7 May 1935, no serial numbers and CANCELLED in red on face, all Tutankhamen at left (Pick 21 for type, Hanafy M3 for type), first date for series, perforated, extremely fine or better, rare (3) £1,800-2,400
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National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres (4), 29 July 1941, serial numbers A/20 625188-91, green on multicolour, Tukankhamen at left, value at right, large Nixon signature (Pick 21b, Hanafy M3), in ICG holders 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated, a lovely condition consecutive run (4) £800-1,200
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National Bank of Egypt, 1 pound (20), 1940-48, blue and brown on multicolour underprint, Tutankhamen at right, value at centre and each corner, Leith-Ross or Nixon signatures, reverse green, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif-el-Dein Qa'la un at centre (Pick 22c, 22d, Hanafy M5), generally extremely fine to uncirculated (20) £1,000-1,500
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National Bank of Egypt, 1 pound (5), 3 June 1948, serial numbers J/114 00195-98 and 001926, blue and brown on multicolour underprint, Tutankhamen at right, value at centre and each corner, Leith-Ross signature, reverse green, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif-el-Dein Qa'la un at centre (Pick 22d, Hanafy M5/4), uncirculated (5) £300-400
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† National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 10 pounds, (3), 6 July 1942, 20 January 1945, 12 May 1951, serial number prefixes X/65, X/90 and X/140, no signature, brown, violet and multicoloured, the Mosque of Qala'an and street scene at right, value in each corner, reverse blue, green and pink, farm scene at left, palm trees at centre, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 23bs, Hanafy M4b, es), ink date '12. 10. 35' and annotations in top margins, otherwise fresh good very fine to about extremely fine and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain a rare pair of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (2) £1,000-1,400
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National Bank of Egypt, £10, 8 November 1947, serial number X/118 014509, violet and brown and multicoloured, street scene at right, Leith-Ross signature (Hanafy M4.3), central crease otherwise a fresh good extremely fine £200-250
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† National Bank of Egypt, specimen colour trial 1 pound, ND (c.1950), no serial numbers, no signature, brown on pink, blue and multicoloured underprint, portrait of King Farouk at right, value in each corner, reverse brown, the ruins at Philae, overprinted SPECIMEN in black on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 24ct, Hanafy M6s), uncirculated and very rare £800-1,200
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† National Bank of Egypt, colour trial 50 pounds, ND (1949), brown and multicoloured, King Farouk at right, the Ramesseum temple at Luxor at left, reverse brown and pale blue, view of Cairo at centre, value at left and right and low centre (Pick 26ct, Hanafy M3ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and very rare £800-1,200
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National Bank of Egypt, £50 (2), 1949 and 1951, serial numbers EF/2 082577 and EF/4 067822, green and multicolour, portrait King Farouk at right, ruins low right, reverse, city view (Pick 26, Hanafy M3), first, small tape repairs, graffiti, otherwise fine or better, second, several horizontal and vertical folds, small amount of graffiti, fine to very fine (2) £300-400
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† National Bank of Egypt, specimen colour trial 100 pounds, ND (c.1948), no serial numbers, no signature, blue and black on multicoloured underprint, portrait of King Farouk at right, the mosque of Qadi Yahya Zein al-Din at left, value in each corner, reverse tomb of Sultan al-Ashraf Qatbay at the Qarafa cemetery of the Mamluks, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 27ct, Hanafy M4s), fresh, good extremely fine and extremely rare £1,500-2,500
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National Bank of Egypt, specimen 100 pounds, ND (1948-51), blue-purple on multicolour underprint, King Farouk at right, minaret at left, value at each corner (Pick 27s, Hanafy M4), pinhole and tape marks at each corner, otherwise about extremely fine and rare £2,000-2,500
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National Bank of Egypt, £100, 1948, serial number CD/1 057035, purple on multicolour, portrait King Farouk at right, minaret at left, reverse, bank title along top, value left, right and low centre, mosque at centre (Pick 27a), several small pinholes top left, graffiti marks obverse and reverse, about very good £100-150
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† National Bank of Egypt, colour trial 50 pounds, ND (1952), brown and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at right, the Ramesseum temple at Luxor at left, reverse brown and pale blue, view of Cairo at centre, value at left and right and low centre (Pick 33ct, Hanafy M4ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and very rare £700-900
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x National Bank of Egypt, a group of notes comprising 50 piastres (2), 1952, 1960, serial numbers 333538 and 945940, £10 (2), 1958, 1960, serial numbers 018182 and 036483, £5, 1961, serial number 067399 (Pick 29a, 29c, 32, 38), about uncirculated, a bright and crisp group, very pleasing £200-250
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x National Bank of Egypt, £100, 1952, serial number 078482, violet, green and multicolour, Tutankhamen facing at right, minaret at left, reverse purple, Mosque at centre (Pick 34), lightly pressed but an extremely fine, a beautiful example £400-450
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† Central Bank of Egypt, specimen 5 pounds (3), 1962, green and lilac, Tutankhamen at left, El-Refay signature, one unsigned, one background detail only, also 5 pounds (3), 1964, purple and lilac, Tutankhamen at right, Zendo signature (Pick 39s, 40s, Hanafy M7s, 8s), ink annotations in top margin, good extremely fine and rare (6) £1,000-1,200
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† Egyptian Government Currency notes, specimen 10 piastres (2), 27 May 1917, no serial numbers, green and orange, value in field, reverse blue and pale orange, the Colossi of Memnon at centre, value at left and right (Pick 160bs), perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine, rare (2) £300-500
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 10 piastres (2), 27 May 1917, serial numbers B/15 72809 and B/15 72810, green on tan and light green underprint, value at top left and low right, reverse blue, Colossi of Memnon at centre, Yousef Wahba signature (Pick 160, Hanafy M1), in ICG holders 66 and 63, a scarce consecutive pair in lovely condition (2) £1,200-1,600
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Egyptian Government Currency note, 5 piastres, 20 May 1918, series H/170, purple and green and orange underprint, reverse, green, ruins at centre (Pick 161), very fine £500-700
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† Egyptian Government Currency note, printer's archival specimen 5 piastres (2), 1 June 1918, serial number runs I/60 00000, lilac-brown on green underprint, camel train at lower centre, reverse blue, Sphinx at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 162s (2)), ink date '11.11.20' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £500-700
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Egyptian Government Currency note, 5 piastres (4), 1 June 1918, serial numbers E/16 76846-49, lilac-brown on green underprint, camel caravan at centre, value at each corner, Yousef Wahba signature (Pick 162, Hanafy M1), in ICG holders 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (4) £1,600-2,000
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x Egyptian Government Currency note, 5 piastres, law of 1940, serial number 000009, green and brown, also National Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres, 7 June 1940, prefix L/62, violet and green, the banks of the Nile, Cook signature (Pick 163, 10b, Hanafy M3), first good extremely fine, a rare 'Royal Number', second fine (2) £1,000-1,500
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Egyptian Government Currency note, 5 piastres, 1940, serial number 2/A 000008, green, value on face, Aswan Dam on reverse, signature of Kamel Sedky (Pick 163, Hanafy M3), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated, the first prefix for type, and extremely rare as a 'Royal Number' £2,000-2,500
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Egyptian Government Currency note, 10 piastres (3), ND (law 50/1940), brown on lilac underprint, reverse, blue, view of the Nile and Citadel, three different signature varieties (Pick 166), very good or better £800-1,000
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