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Egyptian Government Currency note, 5 piastres, ND (1940), serial number, C/4 476725, brown on yellow underprint, Mosque of Emir Khairbak at left, M. Ebeid signature variety, crossover note, reverse blue-grey (Pick 164), ICG holder 60 about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce in this grade £500-800
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Egyptian Government Currency note, 5 piastres ND (1940), serial number V/5 000008, brown on yellow underprint, portrait of King Farouk at left, I. Sedky signature variety, reverse grey-blue, value at centre, (Pick 165a), in PCGS holder number 65 PPQ, gem new, very scarce £1,000-1,500
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Egyptian Government Currency note, 10 piastres, ND (1940s), serial number N/2 000010, brown on lilac underprint, reverse blue, Nile scene with Citadel, A. Osman signature variety, with geometric shape watermark (Pick 166c), PMG holder, 65 Gem uncirculated EPG, extremely rare and scarce £3,000-4,000
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Egyptian Government Currency note, 1940, serial number R/2 000005, blue on green underprint, Temple of Philae at centre, signature of Mohamed Zaki Abdul Metaal (Pick 167b, Hannafy M3), in ICG holder 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated, a rare 'Royal Number' £1,200-1,600
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Egyptian Government Currency note, 10 piastres, 1940, serial number O/7 000008, blue on green underprint, King Farouk at right, value at each corner, signature of Amin Othman (Pick 168a), uncirculated, a beautiful example of a rare 'Royal Number' £1,200-1,600
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Egyptian Government Currency note, 10 piastres, ND (1940s), serial number Q/5 000006, blue on green underprint, King Farouk at right, value at left, reverse green on orange underprint, A. Badr signature variety (Pick 168a), PCGS 66, Gem uncirculated PPQ, scarce £1,500-2,000
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Egyptian State, 10 piastres, ND (1952), serial number 479174, blue-grey on light brown underprint, group of people with flag at right, overprint pattern on King Farouk watermark at left (Pick 171), very good £350-450
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Egyptian Republic, 5 piastres, ND (1952), serial number 383721, lilac and green, Queen Nefertiti at right, patterned overprint on King Farouk watermark at left, reverse, brown (Pick 172), several stains, otherwise fine to very fine £200-250
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Egyptian Republic, 10 piastres, ND (1952-58) serial number D/10 877932, blue, group of people and flag with three stars and crescent at right, pyramid watermark at left, reverse green and pink, A. EL Emary signature variety, crossover note (Pick 175a), PMG holder 65 Gem uncirculated, EPQ, very rare especially in this high grade £600-800
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x Equatorial African States, Chad, 100 francs, ND (1963), prefix C.4, A (Chad), multicoloured, man at right, hut at centre, also an Institut d'Emission du A.O.F. et du Togo specimen 100 francs, ND (1956), zero serial numbers, multicoloured, mask and girl (Pick 3a, 46s), uncirculated (2) £200-300
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x Bank of Ethiopia, 100 thalers, 1 May 1932, serial number D/1 07993, blue and lilac and green, elephant at right, bank building at left, lion top left, Charles S. Collier signature low centre, reverse purple (Pick 10, BOE B5a), pressed, fine and scarce £300-400
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State Bank of Ethiopia, $5, $100 and $500, ND (1945-54), all black on multicolour underprint, Haile Sellasie at left, value at each corner, reverse orange, mauve and olive green respectively, crowned lion at centre (Linzmayer SBE B2c, 5b, 6c, Pick 13, 16, 17), first two about extremely fine, last fresh and original good very fine (3) £400-600
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State Bank of Ethiopia, a group of uniface colour trials for the ND (1945) issue, comprising $1, green, $5, orange, $10, red, $50, blue and $500, olive green, all with Haile Selassie at left, buildings and monuments at centre, one cancellation hole and red SPECIMEN overprints (Linzmayer SBE B1t-4t, 6t, Pick 12ct-15ct, 17ct), uncirculated (5) £500-700
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† State Bank of Ethiopia, a set of colour trials of the ND (1961) Issue comprising $1, deep brown, $5, blue, $10, purple, $20, olive, $50, brown, $100, deep green and $500, red, all zero number serial numbers, all Emperor Haile Selassie at right, reverse arms of the Lion of Judah, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red or black on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 18ct, 19ct, 20ct, 21ct, 22ct, 23ct, 24ct, SBE B7t-13t), uncirculated and a lovely set, rare (7) £500-700
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National Bank of Ethiopia, a vignette of Haile Selassie, as used on the 1966 series, (Pick 25-29 for type), very rare £200-300
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† National Bank of Ethiopia, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 100 birr, ND (1966), serial number F/1 000000, blue and multicolour, Emperor Haile Selassie at right, Rock Church at Lalibela at left, reverse, blue, Imperial lion at centre (Pick 29 for type, NBE B5 for type), unique and attractive £400-600
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† National Bank of Ethiopia, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 5 birr, ND (1973), serial number A000000, orange, man harvesting coffee beans at right, reverse, orange, kudu and caracal in field, Semien mountains in background (Pick 31 for type, NBE B7 for type), unique, lovely £300-500
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† National Bank of Ethiopia, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 50 birr, ND (1973), serial number A000000, blue and multicolour, teacher and students at right, reverse, blue, Fasilides Castle at centre, Jesus Christ at right (Pick 33 for type, NBE B9 for type), unique and very striking £300-500
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x Foroyar, Danish Administration, 100 kronor, 1949, serial number 0359072, black on green, irregular margins, reverse value at centre flanked by porpoises (Pick 15b), good very fine to about extremely fine £250-300
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A Superb Selection of the Very Rare Early Issues | |
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, a colour trial 5 shillings, ND (ca 1901), no serial numbers, red and pale beige-pink, value in red tablet at centre, value at left and right and low centre (Pick A1ct, GFI B1ct), this colour unrecorded in Pick and Linzmayer, a fresh and original uncirculated and no doubt a colour trial of the 1901 issue, exceptional and of the highest rarity £4,500-6,500
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, 5 shillings, 12 January 1901, serial number A/1 00452, green and pale pink, value in green tablet left centre, value at left and right and low centre, three manuscript signatures low right (Pick A1a, GFI B1a), this is the Pick plate note. Small rust mark from paper clip at top, a repair at right otherwise a most presentable good fine and extremely rare £4,000-5,000
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, 5 shillings, 1 February 1905, serial number A/2 00279, pale and dark brown, value in dark brown tablet left centre, value at left and right and low centre, three manuscript signatures low right (Pick A1Aa, GFI B2a), a pleasing and original very fine and extremely rare £4,500-6,500
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, 5 shillings, 12 October 1908, serial number B 00057, brown and pale blue-grey, value in brown tablet at centre, value at left and right and low centre, three manuscript signatures low right (Pick A1Ab, GFI B2b), fine with some original body retained and extremely rare £5,000-7,000
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, 5 shillings, 27 November 1927, serial number B 00499, brown and pale blue-grey, value in brown tablet at centre, value at left and right and low centre, three manuscript signatures low right (Pick A1Ac, GFI B2c), almost fine, presentable and extremely rare £5,000-7,000
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, £1, 16 October 1899, serial number A/1 00415, blue and pale pink, value in blue tablet at centre, value at left and right and low centre, three manuscript signatures low right (Pick A3, GFI B4a), this is the Pick plate note. A pleasing about fine and extremely rare £5,000-7,000
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, £1, 15 July 1913, serial number B 04225, blue and pale pink-mauve, value in blue tablet at centre, value at left and right and low centre, three manuscript signatures low right (Pick A3, GFI B4b for similar), this date unrecorded in Pick and Linzmayer, an attractive and original and fresh good extremely fine. Exceptional and of the highest rarity £10,000-14,000
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, £1, 28 August 1915, serial number B 05881, blue and pale pink-mauve, value in blue tablet at centre, value at left and right and low centre, three manuscript signatures low right (Pick A3, GFI B4b), an attractive and original and fresh good very fine and extremely rare £7,000-10,000
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, 10 shillings, 10 January 1927, serial number C 06001, pale blue-grey and white, value in brown tablet left centre, crowned head of George V at right, two printed signatures low right, reverse pale brown guilloche at centre (Pick 1a, GFI B6b), manuscript CANCELLED across face of note, a fresh and original good extremely fine and particularly rare especially in this grade £3,500-5,500
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, £1, 10 January 1927, serial number C 16493, green and lilac, value in blue tablet left centre, crowned head of George V at right in blue, two printed signatures low right centre, reverse blue guilloche at centre (Pick 2a, GFI B7b), manuscript CANCELLED across face of note, a fresh and original good extremely fine and extremely rare especially in this grade £4,000-5,000
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, £5, 10 January 1927, serial number C 01610, green, pale pink and blue, value in red tablet left centre, crowned head of George V at right in red, two printed signatures low right centre, reverse red guilloche at centre (Pick 3a, GFI B8a), manuscript CANCELLED across face of note, a fresh and original good extremely fine and extremely rare especially in this grade £6,000-8,000
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, 10 shillings, 19 May 1938, serial number C 68067, grey and brown, crowned head of George VI at left, value in brown tablet right centre, Stewart signature low centre, reverse pale brown (Pick 4), original and fresh, about uncirculated and rare in this grade £300-400
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, £1 (2), 1967, 1982, blue and lilac and pale green, Elizabeth II at right, value in blue tablet left centre (Pick 8a, e, GFI B13a, e), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated, 66 choice uncirculated £200-240
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, £1, 1 December 1977, serial number F 20812, green and lilac, Elizabeth II at right, Rowlands signature (Pick 8c, GFI B13c), in PMG holder 64 EPQ, 'choice uncirculated'. A scarce variety £100-150
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, £10, 15 June 1982, serial number B 61503, pale orange-brown and green, crowned head of Elizabeth II at right, value in green tablet left centre, reverse pale green (Pick 11c), original and fresh, about uncirculated and scarce in this grade £200-250
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Government of the Falkland Islands, £1, £5, £10, £20 and £50, 1983-1990, all Elizabeth II at right, penguins at left, arms and value at low left, reverse Governor's home and church (Pick 12a, 13a, 14a, 15a, 16a), £1 very fine, others about uncirculated (5) £200-250
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, £1, 1 October 1984, serial number A137698, blue, £5, 14 June 1983, serial number A070859, red, and £20, 1 October 1984, serial number A027518, brown, all depicting Queen Elizabeth II at right, penguins at left, sea lions at left, reverse, Governor's house and church, the £5 a commemorative issue for the 150th anniversary of the Government of the Falkland Islands (Pick 12, 13, 15), all uncirculated, a very pleasing group £150-200
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† Government of the Falkland Islands, an obverse and reverse essay for a £10, serial number A000000, green, pale blue and pink, Queen Elizabeth II at right, penguins at left, seals at right, reverse, buildings and separate overlay (Pick 14 for type, GF1 B10 for type), unique £300-500
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x Government of Fiji, specimen £1, 1 March 1921, serial number A/3 00000, green and beige, arms top centre, value in green tablet at centre, value in field, three printed signatures low right of Fell, Brabant and Marks (Pick 27s), date unlisted in Pick. Ink numeral top right, perforated CANCELLED, mounting marks at left. An original and solid good very fine, extremely rare £4,000-6,000
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† Government of Fiji, specimen £1, 1 January 1934, serial number B/1 00001-B/1 60000, green and red-brown, portrait of King George V at right, arms at upper centre, Seymore, Chamberlain and Boyd signatures, reverse multicoloured, ornate guilloches (Pick 33as), ink date '27.10.33' in top margin, good extremely fine and rare £700-900
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† Government of Fiji, printer's archival specimen £20, ND (ca 1933), serial number B/1 00001-B/1 10000, black and purple on purple underprint, portrait of King George V at right, arms at upper centre, reverse, multicoloured, ornate guilloches (Pick 34s), perforated CANCELLED, ink date '27.10.33' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and a lovely note, very rare £1,400-1,800
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x Government of Fiji, 5 shillings, 1 June 1951, prefix B/11, blue-green, George VI at right, arms top centre, Taylor, Donovan and Smith signatures (Pick 37k), in ICG holder 40 VF/EF £150-200
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† Government of Fiji, specimen colour trial £1, ND (c1937), no serial numbers, no signatures, green and blue, portrait of King George VI at right, arms at upper centre, reverse ornate guilloches, Bradbury Wilkinson red specimen seal on obverse and reverse (Pick 40ct), repaired tear at upper left, otherwise good extremely fine and rare £300-400
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Government of Fiji, a colour trial £20, ND (type of 1937), purple-brown and multicoloured, George VI at right, arms top centre, reverse multicoloured central guilloche (Pick 43ct), red BRADBURY seal, uncirculated and very pretty, very rare £2,000-2,400
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† Government of Fiji, specimen colour trial 5 shillings, ND (c.1957), no serial numbers, no signatures, green on lilac and pale blue underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, value in each corner, reverse value at centre, ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes; also specimen 5 shillings, ND (c.1963), no serial numbers, no signatures, grey-blue on lilac, green and blue underprint, obverse and reverse design as before, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 51cs, 51s), the first about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second mounting traces, ink date '20/ 3/ 63' and annotations in top margin, 40mm tear at left and tear in top margin, otherwise good very fine (2) £120-160
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x Government of Fiji, 5 shillings, 28 April 1961, prefix C/4, blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, arms top centre, Bevington, Griffiths and Cruickshank (Pick 51b), uncirculated £150-200
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x Government of Fiji, 5 shillings, 28 April 1961, serial number C/6132001, 10 shillings, 1 December 1962, serial number C/613390, blue and multicolour and reddish brown and multicolour respectively, both Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms top centre, (Pick 51b, 52c), first, minute rust spots at left, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, second, uncirculated £250-300
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† Government of Fiji, a stage proof for 10 shillings, ND (c.1963), no serial numbers, no signatures, brown, pink and green underprint only, reverse brown, value at centre and in each corner, ornate guilloche at left, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 52s for type), mounting traces, ink date '20/ 3/ 63' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £80-120
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† Government of Fiji, specimen colour trial £5, ND (c.1954), no serial numbers, no signatures, blue on lilac and pale green underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, value in each corner, reverse blue, value at centre, ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 54cs), about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare £500-700
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† Government of Fiji, specimen colour trial £10, ND (c.1954), no serial numbers, no signatures, dark brown on pale green and lilac underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, value in each corner, reverse dark brown, value at centre and in each corner, ornate guilloche at left, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 55cs), about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare £600-800
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Government of Fiji, $2 (4), ND (1971), serial number A/4 947322/23/24/25, green, Wesley Barrett signature, $1, brown, Stinson signature and $20, serial number A/1 630321, blue, Stinson signature, all Elizabeth II and arms in field (Pick 66a, 65b, 69b), $2 good extremely fine, $1 very fine, $20 very fine and scarce (6) £300-400
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