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† Banque Nationale du Rwanda, a specimen set of the 1964 issue, comprising 20 francs, brown, 50 francs, dark blue, 100 francs, purple, 500 francs, green and 1000 francs, red, all dated 1 July 1964, zero serial numbers, arms at left, red SPECIMEN overprints and De La Rue ovals, two cancellation holes (Pick 6s1-10s1, BNR B6as2-10as2), uncirculated (5) £200-300
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† Banque Nationale du Rwanda, a reverse composite essay on card for a 100 francs, ND (1976), blue and brown on pale blue-green and pink underprint, open air market scene with men and women selling wickerwork and pots (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, most attractive, unique £150-250
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† Banque Nationale du Rwanda, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 500 francs, 1 January 1978, serial number D 000000, signatures of administrateur and gouverneur at lower left, green on pink and orange underprint, men and women harvesting fruit at centre, arms at top left, reverse lakeland scene with sea eagle at right, value in three corners (Pick unrecorded), slight splitting along lower margin of design on reverse, otherwise about uncirculated, a lovely design, unique (2) £400-600
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† Banque Nationale du Rwanda, a reverse composite essay on card for a 500 francs, ND (1980), brown and multicoloured, men hoeing a field at left, value in three corners (Pick 16 for type), about uncirculated, unique £150-250
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† Banque Nationale du Rwanda, a reverse composite essay on card for a 1000 francs, ND (1976), red, pink and green, men and women picking tea on a plantation, value at upper left and lower right (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique £150-250
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† Banque Nationale du Rwanda, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 1000 francs, 1 July 1981, serial number M 000000, signatures of administrateur and gouverneur at lower left, blue-green, brown and multicoloured, two Watusi warriors at right, arms at lower left, reverse two gorillas at left, lake and mountains at centre, three men paddling a canoe at lower right (Pick 17 for type), about uncirculated, unique (2) £300-400
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† Banque Nationale du Rwanda, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 5000 francs, 1 January 1980, serial number M 000000, signatures of administrateur and gouverneur at lower centre, violet and multicoloured, portrait of President Juvenal Habyarimana at right, arms at lower left, reverse hydro-electric dam at left, electricity generating station at right (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique (2) £350-450
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† Banque Nationale du Rwanda, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 5000 francs, 1 January 1981, serial number A 0000000, no signatures, violet brown and multicoloured, a man and a woman harvesting crops at right, arms at lower left, reverse hydro-electric dam at left, rectangular block pattern at right (Pick unrecorded), splits, piece missing from obverse, reverse detached from card frame, otherwise about uncirculated, unique (2) £200-300
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† Banque Nationale du Rwanda, an obverse and reverse archival essay for a 5000 francs, serial number A 0000000, blue, green and multicoloured, woman with basket at left, harvesting scene at centre, reverse pale green and blue, coastline (Pick 22 for type), unique (2) £150-200
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† Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi, specimen colour trial 50 francs, ND (c.1960), serial number A000000, green and violet, lioness at centre right, value at lower left and upper right, reverse value repeated three times set in ornate geometric patterns, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 4ct, Linzmayer BERB B4t), uncirculated, very scarce £250-350
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† Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi, specimen colour trial 100 francs, ND (c.1960), serial number L000000, brown on pale green and tan underprint, zebu at left, value in guilloche at right, reverse value repeated three times set in ornate geometric patterns, overprinted SPECIMEN in red diagonally on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 5ct, BERB B5t), uncirculated, very scarce £250-350
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† Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi, specimen colour trial 1000 francs, ND (c.1960), purple on multicoloured underprint, zebra at right, value at left and lower right, reverse value repeated three times set in ornate geometric patterns, overprinted SPECIMEN in red diagonally on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 7ct, BERB B7t), about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £350-450
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† Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi, specimen 1000 francs, 15 May 1961, serial number A 100001-A 200000, green and lilac, zebra at right, reverse green and white, value at left and right (Pick 7as, BERB B6s2), ink date '7/3/61' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, good extremely fine and rare £500-700
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, printer's archival specimen 1000 reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial run 00000 to 45000, black on green and yellow underprint, value in ornate guilloche at left, steamship seal Type I at right, red overprint S. THOME at upper centre, reverse allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 7as), mounting traces, ink date '15. 11. 17' and annotation in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated and very scarce £150-200
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, printer's archival specimen 5 mil reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial run 100001 to 102500, black on blue 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. THOME at upper centre, reverse green, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 9as), mounting traces, ink date '15. 11. 17' and annotation in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated and rare £300-400
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, serial number run 100.001 to 120,000, green 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 19s), mounting traces, ink date '3. 11. 21' and annotations in top margin, otherwise choice extremely fine, very scarce £80-120
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, printer's archival specimen 50 escudos, 1 January 1921, Provincia de S. Tome e Principe, serial number run 010,001 to 016,000, brown-orange on pale blue and yellow-green 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 24s), ink date '3. 11. 21' and annotation in top margin, otherwise extremely fine, rare £220-260
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, specimen 5 escudos, 26 June 1935, serial number A000,000, 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, perforated CANCELLED, two punch holes (Pick 26s), mounting traces, ink date '12. 7. 35' and annotation in top margin, otherwise extremely fine, very scarce £100-130
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, specimen 10 escudos, 26 June 1935, serial number A000,000, 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, two punch holes (Pick 27s), mounting traces, ink date '12. 7. 35' and annotation in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated, very scarce £120-160
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, specimen 20 escudos, 26 June 1935, serial number A000,000, 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, two punch holes (Pick 28s), mounting traces, ink date '12. 7. 35' and annotation in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated, rare £160-220
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, specimen, 20 escudos, brown, 50 escudos, dark brown, 100 escudos, purple, 500 escudos, green, all 20 November 1958 except the 1000 which is 11 May 1964, all Don Afonso V at right, ship seal at left, arms low centre (Pick 36s, 37s, 38s, 40s), annotation on 1000 escudos, the first three notes signed for approval, perforated, generally extremely fine, the 1000 a little scuffed, rare (4) £300-400
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† Government of Sarawak, specimen $50, 1 July 1929, serial number E/1000000, green and multicoloured, Charles Vigner Brooke and arms at centre, palm fronds at left and right, value at left and right, printed signature low right, reverse, green, value at left and right (Pick 18s Tan K24s), ink date "23.1.29" in top margin, red SPECIMEN overprint at left and right, perforated CANCELLED, extremely fine and extremely rare. A lovely banknote £6,000-8,000
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† Government of Sarawak, specimen $1, 1 January 1940, serial number A/7 000001-A/8 1000000, green and multicoloured, Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke at top right, palms in field, reverse green, arms at centre, value top left and right (Pick 23s, Tan K17s), ink date '25.4.45' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated and rare £800-1,200
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x Government of Sarawak, uniface 10 cents, 1940 emergency issue, serial number B064847, red, orange and pale green, Charles Vyner Brooke at right, arms and watermark at left (Pick 25b, Tan K 14a), slight foxing, extremely fine to about uncirculated £180-230
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† Government of Sarawak, specimen 10 cents (liberation note), ND (ca. 1945), no serial numbers, green and pale orange, value at left, arms at right (Pick unrecorded type, Tan SKU2), pencil date "29.8.45" in top margin, perforated and excessively rare £3,000-5,000
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Government of Sarawak, an obverse and reverse printers archival photograph for a $1, 1 July 1949, also a $5, 1 July 1949, both black and white, Charles Vyner Brooke at right (Pick unrecorded designs, Tan unrecorded, Goon unrecorded), good extremely fine (4) £1,000-1,500
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National Bank of Saudi Arabia, obverse and reverse printers archival photograph of a 1 Saudi pound, ND (c1945), serial number 123456, black and white, King Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud) at right, arms at left and centre, value at each corner, wonderfully ornate borders, reverse with floral patterns, value at left and top right and left (not listed), pencil date 29 July 45 on reverse of both sides, probably a Dulac design, as it is so similar in date and style to an essay sold by Spink in 2010 (sale 1022 lot 1508), this is a marvellous collectors piece and an important historical record (2) £1,000-1,500
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, partially hand executed composite reverse essay on board for a 2 riyals, ND (c.1968), brown on multicolour underprint, Dome of the Rock at centre, arms at top right, value at low centre and right, and at top left (Pick not listed, similar in design to the 1968 series), no 2 riyal note ever issued for Saudi Arabia, a lovely design, unique and important £2,000-2,500
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Banque Nationale Privilegiee du Royame de Serbie, a pair of very early photographs showing a design for a 10 dinara, ND (1885-90) unclear which side is the obverse and which the reverse, but one photograph very similar to the National Bank 10 dinara of 1887, the other side completely different (Pick unlisted, one side similar to Pick 9), an unusual item, important and probably unique (2) £250-350
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Chartered National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, a group of early photographs showing several designs for the 10 dinara of 1893, including two obverse designs almost identical to that issued, 6 reverse designs similar or identical to that issued, but all different from each other, and four designs for the central lattice area, also a design for some latticework eventually used on the obverse of the 100 dinara of 1905, all loosely mounted on card or paper (Pick 10 for type), many with annotations and signatures on the backs, many of which are to do with the Banque de France, probably unique and very important (13) £400-500
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Chartered National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, a group of very early photographs showing several designs for the 10 dinara of 1887, including one obverse and reverse of the final design, two slightly different obverses and one different reverse, as well as an unadopted design for the watermark, all mounted (removable) on card backing with official titles in cyrillic, many of the photographs are hand signed on the reverse (Pick 9 for type), a fascinating insight into early designs for a rare note, probably unique and important (6) £350-450
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Chartered National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, 10 dinar, 14 January 1887, serial number T.255 811, blue and white, allegorical Queen at left, cherubs with symbols of industry and agriculture at right, reverse blue and white, arms at left and right, caduceus top centre (Pick 9), uncirculated, fresh and original, rare £1,000-1,200
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Serbian National Bank, 100 dinara, 1 May 1942, serial number 0065.481, brown and multicoloured, boy playing pipe, sheep, reverse brown, farmer and plough, arms top left (Pick 30), this type never issued, uncirculated and scarce £350-400
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† Government of the Seychelles, archival photographic designs (4) for the obverse of a 50 cents and 1 rupee of 1 July 1919, each design split into the print and overprint with one sheet for each, George V at right, value at each corner (Pick 1a and 2 b for types), annotated with dates and intended colours, backed on paper, lovely condition, unique and important (4) £250-350
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x Government of the Seychelles, 50 cents, ND (1936), serial number A/146550, olive green and lilac, 1 rupee, 5 October 1934, serial number B/119140, greyish green and red, 5 rupees, 6 November 1928, serial number A/111983, green and lilac, all uniface, King George V at right (Pick 1e, 2e, 3a), first, fine, second, about fine, third, rust marks, minute tears at right margin, graffiti on reverse, otherwise very good or better (3) £500-600
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x Government of the Seychelles, uniface 10 rupees, ND (1936), serial number A/135899, green and lilac, King George V at right, denomination in each corner and at centre left (Pick 3c), in PMG holder number 25, very fine, scarce in this grade £300-400
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x Government of the Seychelles, 5 rupees emergency World War II issue, Mahe, 20 June 1942, serial number 00702, black text on cream parchment like paper, value at centre and manuscript signature in red ink of William Marston Logan, embossed seal at centre (Pick 5A, GOS B12a), this is the Linzmayer plate note. A fresh and original good very fine to extremely fine and probably the finest example extant for this issue, exceptional £7,000-9,000
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† Government of the Seychelles, specimen 50 cents, 7 July 1943, serial number A/1 000000, violet and green, George VI at left in oval frame, value in field and at each corner, reverse blank (Pick 6as), perforated CANCELLED, ink annotation in top margin, good extremely fine and rare £400-600
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x Government of the Seychelles, 5 rupees, 1 August 1954, serial number A/7 06837, green on lilac underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse, lilac, bank arms top centre, value top right and left and low centre (Pick 11), faint corner fold top left, about uncirculated to uncirculated £350-400
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Government of the Seychelles, 5 rupees, 1 August 1960, serial number A/7 85771, pink and green, Elizabeth II at right, Thorp signature low centre (Pick 11d, GOS B18b), uncirculated and scarce £250-280
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Government of the Seychelles, 50 rupees, 1 August 1960, serial number A/2 08669, black and white, Elizabeth II at right, Thorp signature (Pick 13, GOS B20b), central crease and corner crease otherwise a pleasing and bold extremely fine, quite rare £600-700
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† Government of the Seychelles, an artist's essay on card for a 10 rupees, 1 October 1965, serial number A 000000, green, Elizabeth II at right, sailing boat at centre, also 20 rupees on card, 1 October 1865, serial number A 000000, red-brown and pale blue, Elizabeth II at right, Bridled tern and lizard at centre, also a transparent overlay for a 100 rupees, conch-shell, value and map of the islands (Pick unrecorded, GOS B unrecorded), most unusual, unique (3) £400-600
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Government of the Seychelles, 10 rupees (10), 1 January 1975, serial number A/1 232629/30/31/ 32/33/34/35/36/37, blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, turtle at left, Norman-Walker signature (Pick 15a, GOS B22a), uncirculated, scarce and an attractive sequential run (9) £2,200-2,400
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Government of the Seychelles, 100 rupees, 1 June 1975, serial number A/1 096069, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, turtles left centre, Allan signature, reverse red and pale blue, value (Pick 18, GOS B25e), a solid and original good extremely fine and a rare type note £1,500-1,800
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† Sierra Leone Monetary Institute, an obverse and reverse printers essay for a 10 shillings, 1 January 1963, zero serial numbers, green and lilac, arms at right, reverse green, building at left, diamond at right, also an obverse essay 10 shillings, ND (ca 1963), serial number 123456, green and pink, arms at left (Pick unrecorded), unique (3) £250-350
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x Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore, $100, ND (1967), serial number A/1 174388, blue and mauve, arms at top right, Cattleya Orchid at centre, reverse blue, sailing ships and Singapore waterfront (Linzmayer BCCS B1 B6a, Pick 6), beautifully fresh and original, about uncirculated to uncirculated £180-260
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Republika Slovenija, a group of the 1990 and 1992 issues comprising 0.50, 1, 2, 5, 10, 50, specimen 500 and 2000 tolarjev, and 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 tolarjev (Pick 1-5, 8s, 9A, 11-17), the 0.50 tolar and 2000 tolarjev scarce, uncirculated (15) £80-120
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Republika Slovenija, 0.50, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 2000 tolarjev, 1990-1991, and 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 tolarjev, and 10, 20 and 50 tolarjev, 1992, also Macedonia, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 denar, 1992 (Pick Slovenia 1A-4, 9A, 11-13, Macedonia 1-6), the 0.50 tolar and 2000 tolarjev scarce, uncirculated (15) £70-90
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† Solomon Islands Monetary Authority, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 5 dollars, ND (1975), serial number A/1 000000, dark blue and pale blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, two fish at centre, tribal carving at lower centre, reverse two longboats and hut on stilts, value in three corners (Pick 6 for type), about uncirculated to uncirculated, unique (2) £300-400
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† Solomon Islands Monetary Authority, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 10 dollars, ND (1975), serial number A/1 000000, purple and violet on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, two fish at centre, tribal carving at lower centre, reverse man weaving, value in three corners (Pick 7 for type), about uncirculated to uncirculated, unique (2) £350-450
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