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National Bank of Libya, 1/2 pound, ND (1959), red serial number D/7261721, purple on multicolour underprint, arms at left, plants low centre, value at each corner and at right, reverse, bank title top centre, value at each corner and at centre (Pick 19b, NBL B1), extremely fine or better, original and fresh, scarce in this grade, an absolutely stunning note £500-700
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† National Bank of Libya, specimen 1/2 pound, serial number D/5 123456, violet and multicoloured, also specimen 1 pound, serial number C/7 123456, blue and multicoloured, both law of 26 April 1955, both arms at left, wheat ears, jolbaan plant and palm tree in field, signature of Ali N. Aneizi at centre (Pick 19var., 20var., NBL B1 var., 2var, Mehilba P19var., 20var.), official annotation and date '25 September 1958' and letter detailing change to text. The text shown is from the Bank of Libya type, these two notes are National Bank of Libya and are possibly unique varieties good extremely fine, and highly unusual (2) £2,500-3,500
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National Bank of Libya, 1 pound, ND (1959), serial number C/11 131247, grey blue on multicolour underprint, value in each corner and at right, plants at low centre, reverse bluish grey on multicolour underprint (Pick 20, NBL B2), extremely fine to about uncirculated, crisp, fresh and original, rare in this grade, a superb note £600-800
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x National Bank of Libya, 1 dinar, law of 1955 (1959), prefix C/29, blue, arms at left, value at right, reverse blue (Pick 20, NBL B2a), in PMG holder 45 EPQ £1,000-1,100
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† National Bank of Libya, specimen colour trial 10 pounds, Law of 1955 (1959), serial number A/2 000000, scarlet on multicoloured underprint, arms at left, value at right and in each corner, palm tree at right, reverse orange and multicoloured, value at centre set in ornate pattern and guilloches, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 22ct, NBL B4t), uncirculated, a very rare colour variety with orange reverse, a handsome note £1,200-1,600
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† National Bank of Libya, specimen colour trial 10 pounds, Law of 1955 (1959), serial number A/2 000000, scarlet on multicoloured underprint, arms at left, value at right and in each corner, palm tree at right, reverse value at centre set in ornate pattern and guilloches, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 22ct, NBL B4t), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a handsome note and very rare £1,000-1,400
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† Bank of Libya, specimen colour trial 5 pounds, Law of 1963, serial number 4 B/5 000000, brown on multicoloured underprint, arms at left, value at right and in each corner, reverse value at centre set in ornate pattern and guilloches, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 26ct, BOL B4t), uncirculated, very scarce £350-450
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Bank of Libya, 5 pounds, 1963, serial number 4 B/5 778815, green on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and at each corner, reverse green, pale blue and salmon pink, bank title top centre, value in each corner and at centre (Pick 26, BOL B4a), lightly pressed and probably cleaned, but the paper is still very strong and the colour good, an attractive about extremely fine, scarce £1,200-1,400
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Bank of Libya, 10 pounds, 1963, serial number 4 A/11 693314, brown on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner, reverse, bank title top centre, value at centre and in corners (Pick 27, BOL B5a), PMG 58, choice about uncirculated £2,500-3,000
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† Bank of Libya, a complete set of specimen colour trials of the Law of 1963, 2nd Issue, comprising 1/4 pound, blue-grey, 1/2 pound, red, 1 pound, green, 5 pounds, turquoise and 10 pounds, purple, all arms at left, reverse value at centre, ornate guilloches at right and left, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red or black on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 28ct, 29ct, 30ct, 31ct, 32ct, BOL B6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and a very rare desirable set (5) £2,500-3,500
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Bank of Libya, 1 pound, 1963, serial number 5 C/34 537876, blue on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at right and each corner (Pick 30, BOL B8a), washed and pressed, good very fine and scarce £230-280
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x Central Bank of Libya, 1/4 dinar, orange-brown and 1/2 dinar, purple, both ND (1971), arms at left (Pick 33a, 34a, CBL B1a, 2a), in PMG holders 35, 30 (2) £450-500
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† Central Bank of Libya, a group of printer's positional specimen proofs of the ND (1971) issue, with ink gridlines and inscriptions on obverse, comprising 1/2 dinar, serial number 1D/12 040001, purple, arms at left, reverse oil refinery; 1 dinar, serial number 1C/26 080001, blue, minaret at left, reverse hilltop fortress; 5 dinars, serial number 1B/52 010001, olive, arms at left, reverse fortress; and 10 dinars, serial number 1A/76 040001, blue-grey, Omar El Mukhtar at left, reverse horsemen (Pick 34ap, 35ap, 36ap, 37ap, CBL B2-5 for type), ink dates and annotations in top margins, red line on 1/2 dinar, mauve marking on 1 dinar, otherwise good extremely fine and rare (4) £150-250
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x Central Bank of Libya, 1 dinar, blue and multicoloured, arms at left (Pick 35b, CBL B3b), in PMG holders 66 PPQ £180-200
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† Central Bank of Libya, an obverse composite essay on board for a 1/4 dinar, ND (1981), serial number 1A/1 000000, green and pink on orange and green underprint, minbar at left, value in each corner, inscription at lower right (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique £400-600
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† Socialist People's Libya Arab Jamahiriya, Central Bank, a set of obverse and reverse uniface partial die proofs for the 1980 series comprising 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5 and 10 dinars, all are in green and white with manuscript printers date 1979 in field (Pick 42A-46pr, CBL B6-10pr, Mehilba 42A-46pr), some damage to three of the ten examples otherwise about extremely fine, unusual and very rare (10) £600-800
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† Central Bank of Libya, a pair of printer's positional specimen proofs of the ND (1980) issue, with ink gridlines on obverse, comprising 5 dinars, serial number 2B/70 300001, signature 2, green, camel and calf at left, reverse monument and crowd; 10 dinars, serial number 2A/124 400001, signature 2, green, Omar El Mukhtar at left, reverse hilltop fortress (Pick 45bp, 46bp, CBL B9bs, 10bs), ink dates and annotations in top margins, yellow line on 5 dinars, otherwise extremely fine and rare (2) £120-180
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† Central Bank of Libya, a pair of printer's positional specimen proofs of the ND (1984) issue, with ink gridlines on obverse, comprising 1/2 dinar, serial number 3D/1 0400001, signature 2, green and violet, oil refinery at left, reverse irrigation system above wheat field; 10 dinars, serial number 3A/21 020001, signature 2, dark green and blue-green, Omar El Mukhtar at left, reverse hilltop fortress and crowd (Pick 48p, 51p, CBL B1215 for type), ink dates and annotations in top margins, the first otherwise good extremely fine, the second about uncirculated, rare (2) £200-300
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† Military Authority in Tripolitania, specimen 1 and 2 lire, ND (1943), first green, second blue and green, arms and values on face, values on reverse, each with one cancellation hole (Pick M1s, M2s, MAT B1as, 2as), signed in ink at low left, about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce as a specimen (2) £300-400
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† Lietuvos Bankas, Lithuania, printers archival specimen 50 litu, 31 March 1928, serial numbers C000, 001-C500, 000, dark blue on multicolour underprint, Dr. Jonas Basanavicius at left, value at centre and upper and lower right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 24s), in annotations in top margin, several creases, about extremely fine and scarce £250-350
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† Lietuvos Bankas, Lithuania, specimen 10 litu, 16 February 1938, serial number A000000, green on multicolour underprint, Antanas Smetona at left, Saint George at top centre, value at each corner, reverse green, Council of Lithuania at centre, value at each corner, one cancellation hole, handsigned on obverse and reverse and printed with 'Approved' text on reverse (Pick 28s), about uncirculated and very rare £600-800
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Grand-Duche de Luxembourg, printers archival photographs for a 100 francs, ND (1963), serial number A 000000, black and white, Grand Duchess Charlotte at right, two reverses both showing a different perspective of a Dam (Pick unrecorded), interesting (3) £150-200
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† Grand-Duche de Luxembourg, a set of specimen colour trials for the 1966-72 issue, comprising 10 francs, brown, 20 francs, blue-grey, 50 francs, dark brown and 100 francs, blue, all with Grand Duke Jean at left, each with red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, also an archival note listing what the true colour should be for each (Pick 53ct, 54ct, 55ct, 56ct), first with paperclip mark, all with some minor handling otherwise about uncirculated, scarce (4) £200-250
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Kwong Yuen Bank, Macau, 50 and 60 patacas, 1924, green and yellow, various red chops in field (PS 108, the 60 unlisted in Pick), various annotations, fine and scarce (2) £150-200
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x Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, 10 avos, ND (1944), serial number 055979, blue and yellow (Pick 15), good extremely fine £50-60
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, specimen 20 Avos, 19 January 1952, serial number 000000, olive on orange and violet underprint, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse steamship seal at centre, value in guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse, two punch holes (Pick 43), about uncirculated to uncirculated £140-180
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, a group of specimens of the 5 patacas, (1968-76), all Bishop Belchior Carneiro at right, arms of bank at left, reverse woman looking out at ships, comprising specimen colour trial, 21 March 1968, grey-green; specimen, 21 March 1968, brown; and specimen, 19 November 1976, brown, the first and third overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes, the second one punch hole (Pick 49ct, 49s, 54s), the second ink date and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £250-350
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, specimen colour trial 10 patacas, ND (1963), greyish green; also specimen 10 patacas, 7 December 1977, blue, both serial number 000000, portrait of Bishop Belchior Carneiro at right, reverse woman looking out at ships, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one or two punch holes (Pick 50ct, 55s), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce (2) £300-400
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, specimen colour trial 500 patacas, ND (1963), greyish-blue and multicoloured; serial number 000000, portrait of Bishop Belchior Carneiro at lower right, reverse woman looking out at ships, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 52ct), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very rare £1,000-1,500
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, specimen 500 patacas, ND (1975), no serial numbers, green and multicoloured, Carneiro at right, arms low centre, reverse green and lilac, youth and shipping, together with another example with only background detail showing on obverse (Pick 52s for type), ink date '15.1.75' in top margin, extremely fine and rare (2) £500-700
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, printer's archival specimen 500 patacas, 8 April 1963, serial run 005601 to 006800; and specimen 500 patacas, 24 April 1979, serial number 000000, both green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Bishop Belchior Carneiro at lower right, reverse woman looking out at ships, the first perforated SPECIMEN, the second overprinted ESPECIME in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 52s, 57As), the first ink date '27/ 9 63' and annotations in top margin, otherwise fresh very fine, the second about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £500-700
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, specimen colour trial 50 patacas, ND (1976), red and multicoloured; also specimen 50 patacas, 1 September 1976, greenish-grey, both serial number 000000, portrait of Luis de Camoes at lower right, reverse woman looking out at ships, the first overprinted SPECIMEN in red, the second overprinted ESPECIME in red, both on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 56ct, 56s), about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £800-1,000
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, a set of specimens of the 8 August 1983 issue, comprising 5 patacas, serial number AA00000, green, temple; 10 patacas, serial number CA00000, brown, lighthouse; 50 patacas, serial number KQ00000, purple, portrait of Luis de Camoes; 100 patacas, serial number LA00000, blue, portrait of Camilo Pessanha; and 500 patacas, serial number NA00000, olive-green, portrait of De Morais, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, the 50 patacas also with two De La Rue specimen ovals, two punch holes (Pick 58as, 59s1, 60s1, 61s1, 62s1), the 50 patacas good extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated and a very scarce desirable set (5) £700-900
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, specimen 10 patacas, ND (c.1981), no serial numbers, no signatures, brown on multicoloured underprint, lighthouse at right, one punch hole; specimen 100 patacas, 12 May 1984, serial number NX75000, blue and multicoloured, portrait of Camilo Pessanha at right, overprinted ESPECIME in red on obverse and reverse; and specimen 500 patacas, 12 May 1984, serial number NS00000, olive-green, portrait of De Morais at right, all reverse harbour scene (Pick 59s, 61s2, 62s3), the first pencil figure on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine, the second about uncirculated to uncirculated, the third ink date and annotation in top margin, otherwise extremely fine (3) £400-600
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, a black and white uniface bromide photographic print with overlay trace for a 100 patacas, 12 May 1984, no serial number, portrait of Camilo Pessanha at right (Pick 61 proof), ink annotation on label attached to overlay trace, uncirculated and extremely rare in this format £100-200
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† Central Bank of Madagascar, specimen 500 francs, brown, 1000 francs, purple, 5000 francs, blue and 10000 francs, green, all ND (1983), also specimen all signature 1 (Leon Maxime Rajobelina), also Republic issue specimen 500 francs, green, 1000 francs, blue and 5000 francs, red, all ND (1974), all signature 1 (Pick 67s-70s, 64s-66s, BFM B1as, 2as, 3as, 4as) perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated (7) £200-250
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† Bank Foiben'i Madagasikara, Madagascar, a partially hand executed obverse and reverse archival essay for a 25000 francs, ND, serial number EA 0000000, pale brown and multicoloured, elderly man with beard at centre, value of 25000 low left and right, reverse multicoloured, bullfighting scene at right, 25000 low left and top right (similar to Pick 74A), unique, attractive (2) £300-400
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, colour trial 5/-, violet, colour trial 10/-, green and colour trial £1, red, also a £5, violet and brown, all law of 1964, all Hastings Banda at left, fishermen right centre on Lake Malawi (Pick 1ct, 2ct, 3ct, 4ct, RBM B1-4ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (4) £600-1,000
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, an obverse composite essay on board for a 10 shillings, ND (1963), serial number A/1000000, purple-brown, President Banda at left, fishermen at centre (Pick 2, RBM B2 for type), unique and attractive £300-400
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, specimen colour trial 10 shillings, Law of 1964, no serial numbers, no signatures, blue-green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Hastings Banda at left, fishermen in boat on Lake Malawi at centre, value in each corner, reverse tobacco harvesting, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 2Act, RBM B2t), uncirculated, very scarce £100-150
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, an obverse composite essay on card for a £1, ND (1963), serial number A/1000000, green and pink, President Banda at left, fishermen at centre (Pick 3, RBM B3 for type), unique £200-300
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x Reserve Bank of Malawi, a printers archival composite essay on card for the obverse of a £5, ND (c.1964), serial numbers 123456, blue and multicoloured, Doctor Hastings Banda at left, fishermen in boat at right, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 4 for type), unique, attractive £400-450
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, specimen colour trial 1 kwacha, Law of 1964 (1971), no serial numbers, no signatures, red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Hastings Banda at left, fishermen in boat on Lake Malawi at centre, value in each corner, reverse tobacco harvesting, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse (Pick 6ct), uncirculated, very scarce £100-150
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, colour trial 50 tambala, violet, colour trial 1 kwacha, red and colour trial 10 kwacha, violet and brown, all law of 1964 (1971), all Hastings Banda at left (Pick 5ct, 6ct, 8ct, RBM B5ct, 6ct, 8ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (3) £500-600
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, 2 kwacha, law of 1964 (1971), serial number C 230003, green and pink, Doctor Hastings Banda at left, fishermen on Lake Malawi right centre, signatures of Thomson and Holt low right, reverse green, cotton picking (Pick 7, RBM B7), fresh and original, almost extremely fine and scarce £150-180
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 1 kwacha, ND (c. 1971), serial number A0000000, red-brown and brown on multicoloured underprint, a different portrait of Hastings Banda than that used on the issued notes at right, value in guilloche at centre, reverse tobacco plantation (Pick unrecorded), uncirculated, unique (2) £250-350
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, an obverse composite essay on card for a 1 kwacha, Law of 1964 (1971), serial number A000000, red-brown and brown on olive and pale green underprint, a different portrait of Hastings Banda than that used on the issued notes at centre right, building at centre left, value at upper left and lower right (Pick unrecorded), uncirculated, unique £200-300
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 50 tambala, ND (1971), grey-blue and for a 5 kwacha, ND (1971), red, both serial number A000000 and President Banda at right (Pick unrecorded, RBM unrecorded), unique, attractive £300-500
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, a group of specimen proofs, all Hastings Banda at right, comprising 50 tambala, 30 June 1974, serial number E000000, blue-grey, reverse sugar cane harvesting; 1 kwacha, 30 June 1974, serial number G000000, red-brown, reverse tobacco field; 5 kwacha, 31 January 1975, no serial numbers, red-orange, reverse worker with basket; and 10 kwacha, 30 June 1974, serial number B000000, blue and brown, reverse plantation with mountain in background, all one punch hole (Pick 9bp, 10bp, 11bp, 12bp), all with approval annotations and dates in ink in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and very rare as proofs (4) £400-600
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† Reserve Bank of Malawi, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 50 tambala, 31 January 1976, serial number A000000, blue-grey on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Hastings Banda at right, fishermen in boat on Lake Malawi at centre, reverse man and woman cotton harvesting; also a reverse composite essay on card for a 50 tambala, ND (1975), blue-grey, woman and man cotton harvesting (Pick 13 for type, Pick unrecorded reverse), the first two pieces about uncirculated, the third major tear affecting right hand side, otherwise about uncirculated, unique (3) £300-400
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