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† Bank of Abyssinia, specimen 5 thaler, Addis Ababa, 19- (ca 1914), purple and multicoloured, the Bank of Ethiopia at left, the lion of Judah at right, antelope at centre, reverse purple, value and palm fronds (Pick 1s, BOA B1p2), perforated CANCELLED, red CANCELLED at left and right, ink date 'May 1914' top right, good extremely fine and very rare £1,000-1,200
| AFGHANISTAN | |
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Afghan Treasury, a small group comprising, 1 rupee, 1919, green, 100 rupees, 1920, green, 5 afghanis, 1926, tan and olive on multicolour and 10 afghanis, 1926, brown and green (Linzmayer AT B1b, 4, 5, 7), first note has burred edges, otherwise about uncirculated, second note staining, very good, third about uncirculated, fourth very fine (4) £100-150
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† Bank of Afghanistan, specimen 2 afghanis, SH 1318 (1939), red zero serial numbers, brown and multicoloured, King Muhammad Zahir at left, arms top centre, reverse brown, Bamiyan (Pick 21a, BOA B1as1), ink date .12.2.45', perforations, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £150-250
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Bank of Afghanistan, 5 afghanis, ND (1939), green and multicolour, King Muhammad Zahir at right, reverse, Band-e Amir lake in the Hindu Kush mountains, 50 afghanis, ND (1939), dark blue on multicolour underprint, King Muhammad Zahir at right, reverse, Minar-l-Istiqlal in Kabul, and 1000 afghanis, ND (1967), pink, brown and lilac, King Muhammad Zahir at left, reverse, brown, Hindu Kush mountains (Pick 22, 25, 46, DAB B2, B5, B29), first, uncirculated, second, very faint corner fold low left, about uncirculated, third, vertical fold, extremely fine to about uncirculated £150-200
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† Bank of Afghanistan, specimen 100 afghanis, SH 1318 (1939), red serial number 250000-325001, green and multicoloured, King Muhammad Zahir at right, arms top centre, reverse grey-green and pink, the Mausoleum of Ahmad Shah Durrani in Kandahar at centre, value at left and at each corner (Pick 26s, DAB B6as2), ink date '26.5.43' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, mounting traces, good extremely fine and rare £400-600
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Bank of Afghanistan, obverse and reverse archival photographs for an unissued 100 afghanis, 1340 (1961), black and white, King Muhammad Zahir at centre, value at each corner, reverse showing dam spillway (Pick 40/41 for similar obverse/reverse, DAB B22/23), quite different from the 100 issued, but the portrait the same, and the reverse similar to the 500 of the same issue, unique and important (2) £250-350
| ALBANIA | |
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Albania, a selection of postage stamp currency, ca 1917, 2, 3 (3), 5, 10, 25 and 50 centimes and 1 franc generally extremely fine (9) £80-100
| ALGERIA | |
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Banque de l'Algerie, 5 francs, 20 October 1924, serial number O.3077 127, pale grey-blue, seated Mercury at left, peasant at right, reverse, lion's head at top, medallic head of Mercury at left and Alexander the Great at right, value in each corner (Pick 71b), in ICG holder number 30*, very fine £120-150
| ANGOLA | |
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† Banco de Angola, a set of printer's positional proofs, all dated 10 June 1973, comprising 20 escudos, blue, purple and green, 50 escudos, blue and brown, 100 escudos, brown, black and maroon, 500 escudos, serial number B/1 100001, brown, violet and purple, and 1000 escudos, olive and blue, all Luiz de Camoes at right, all marked with positioning lines in red or black ink (Pick 104p, 105p, 106p, 107p, 108p), ink annotations in margins, otherwise extremely fine or better and a very rare type of printer's proof (5) £100-200
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† Banco de Angola, specimen 20, 50, 100 and 500 angolares, 10 June 1973, zero serial numbers, multicoloured, all Luiz de Camoes at right, arms in field (Pick 104ct-107ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce (4) £200-300
| ARGENTINA | |
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x Banco Provincial de Cordoba, Argentina, specimen 1 peso, 1 January 1889, black and green, J.Ceilman at left, farmer and horse at right, cherubs top centre, reverse green, building at centre (Pick S741s), uncirculated and pretty, scarce £500-600
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† El Banco Nacional, Republica Argentina, printers archival specimen 100 pesos, 5 November 1881, serial range Serie B, 030,001-080,000, black on orange and multicolour underprint, Liberty at left, J.J.Paso at right, liberty cap at top centre, reverse black, red and green, cattle at centre, two cancellation holes (Pick S701s), pencil annotation in top margin, about uncirculated and rare £250-300
| ARMENIA | |
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Armenia, Autonomous Republic, a small group of notes including 5000 rubles, 1921, blue on grey, 10,000 rubles 1921, orange, 25,000 rubles, 1922, blue, 5 million rubles, 1922, black on olive, 5 million rubles, 1922 green (Pick S679-681a, S685b, S686), fine to very fine (5) £200-220
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Armenia, Autonomous Republic, Currency Token, 1 chervonetz, 1923, not issued, AB series letters, blue on light brown, reverse black on green, mountainous landscape at centre (Pick S687), mounting residue on reverse otherwise, good extremely fine, extremely scarce £300-350
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Government Bank, Yerevan Branch, Armenia, a group of notes comprising 250 rubles, 1919 first issue, 50 rubles from 1919 second issue, 10,000 rubles 1920 second issue and a full set form the 1920 third issue, 50, 100 and 250 rubles (Pick 6, 17, 29, 30-32), 50 rubles, very good, remainder of notes extremely fine to about uncirculated (6) £200-250
| AUSTRALIA | |
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† The City Bank of Sydney, unissued remainder £1, 26 January 1866, serial letter B, black and white, maiden, emu and kangaroo at left, reverse green, arms in circle at centre, value at left and right (Vort-Ronald Type 2), good extremely fine, attractive and rare £500-700
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† London Bank of Australia Limited, printer's archival specimen £1, Melbourne, 2 July 1900, serial number run C25001 to C75000, black, pale green and yellow-orange, arms at left and right, value in guilloches in each corner, reverse red and green, value in oval at centre and in each corner, perforated SPECIMEN (Vort-Ronald page 168), choice about uncirculated, rare £1,000-1,500
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† London Bank of Australia Limited, printer's archival specimen £5, Melbourne, 1 January 1898, serial number run B60001 to B70000, black, blue and orange, arms at left and right, value in guilloches in each corner, reverse blue and orange, value in oval at centre and in each corner, perforated SPECIMEN (Vort-Ronald type 2g), pencil date 'Feb 9-98' in top left margin, otherwise about uncirculated, rare £1,400-1,800
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† London Chartered Bank of Australia, printer's archival specimen £100, Melbourne, 1 June 1888, serial number run 2501 to 3000, black, pale blue-green and slate-violet, arms at left and right, value in guilloches in each corner, reverse slate-violet and green, value in oval at centre and in each corner, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON (Vort-Ronald type 2), pencil date 'Sep 11-88' in top left margin, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, a handsome note and extremely rare £3,500-4,500
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† The National Bank of Australasia, printer's archival specimen £1, Perth, 1 January 1886, serial number run 020001 to 030000, black, salmon pink and green, maiden with axe in oval at left, value in oval at right and at centre, reverse green and orange-brown, value in oval at centre and in each corner, helmeted female heads at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON (Vort-Ronald type 3), about uncirculated and a very rare branch for this issue £900-1,200
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† Bank of South Australia, specimen £1, Adelaide, 1 November 1879, serial number V50001, black, pale blue and pale orange, female bust at upper centre, arms at left and right, value in guilloches in each corner, value in pale orange protector at centre, uniface, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON (Vort-Ronald Type 3), paper maker's notch in top margin, choice extremely fine, rare £1,500-2,000
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Union Bank of Australia Limited, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs of a design for the Wellington, New Zealand issue of 1923, black and white, Victoria at left, Britannia and symbols of trade and commerce at top centre, value at centre, right and at each corner, reverse, coats of arms and values (Pick S372 for a similar design, Vort-Ronald type 3 for similar), similar to the design issued in 1923 but several noticeable differences, unique and interesting (2) £200-250
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Commonwealth of Australia, $2, ND (1975), serial number HRJ 355518, black on green and yellow underprint, MacArthur at right, ram at centre, value at top left and right (Pick 43b2), lovely original displaying great embossing and near perfect centering, uncirculated £60-80
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x Commonwealth of Australia, £1, ND (1933-38), serial number N/17 826127, green and red, George V at right, arms at top centre, value at each corner, Riddle and Sheehan signatures at low left and right, also Commonwealth of Australia, $50, ND (1973), serial number YAA, brown, black and multicoloured, Lord Howard Walker Florey at right, Phillips-Wheeler signatures (Pick 22a, Pick 47a, Renniks 505F), first, a presentable very fine, second, uncirculated, first prefix for issue and a scarce type £300-350
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x Reserve Bank of Australia, $100 (2), ND (1992), prefix ZLD, grey and multicoloured, Tebbutt at left centre, Fraser-Cole signatures (Pick 48d), uncirculated and the last prefix of issue (2) £200-250
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Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic, a group of notes comprising 25,000 rubles, 1921, with watermark, 50,000 rubles, 1921, 100,000 rubles (3), 1922, both variations of underprint, 250,000 rubles (2), 1922, 1 million rubles, 1922, 5 million rubles, 1923 (Pick S715-720), 1 and 5 million rubles about uncirculated, the remainder of notes fine to very fine, all scarce (9) £300-350
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Azerbaijan, Autonomous Republic, a group of notes including 25 and 50 rubles, 1919 first issue, 100 rubles (2), 1919 second issue, 250 rubles, 1919, 500 rubles (3), 1920, all from different series and varied shades (Pick 1, 2, 5, 6a, 7) 100 rubles good, the remainder of notes fine to extremely fine (7) £100-120
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x The Bahamas Government, specimen 4/- shillings, ND (1936), serial number A/4 000000, green, King George VI at right, ship seal at left (Pick 9s), perforated cancelled, in PMG holder number 64, gem uncirculated £300-400
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The Bahamas Government, 4 shillings, ND (1963), serial number A/6241463, green, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, seal at left, reverse, green, arms at left, value top centre and at right, coat of arms at left (Linzmayer BG B12d, Pick 13), in ICG holder number 69, gem uncirculated £150-200
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x The Bahamas Government, 10/-, ND (1963), serial number A/3 024508, red on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, sailing ship seal at left, value at each corner, reverse red, arms at left, value at right (Linzmayer BG B13d, Pick 14d), in PCGS holder 65 PPQ, Gem New £300-400
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x The Bahamas Government, $5, ND (1965), serial number A130259, green on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at left, value at centre and each corner, Sands and Higgs signatures, reverse Government House with Columbus Statue at centre (Pick 20a, BG B19a), good embossing on serial numbers, fresh and original, about uncirculated to uncirculated and a lovely example £200-300
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Central Bank of the Bahamas, $5, ND (1974), serial number J722911, orange, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at left, bank title top centre, value in each corner at centre, reverse, orange and multicolour, flowers at left, Government House at centre, coat of arms at right (Linzmayer CBB B2b, Pick 37), in ICG holder number 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated £300-400
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Bahrain Government, obverse and reverse printers archival photograph showing an unused design for a 1 dinar, ND (c.1964), black and white, value at right and each corner, reverse value at centre and each corner (unlisted design), pencil date '2/3/64' on reverse, the Bahrain Government never issued notes under their own name, completely different from the Currency Board issues released in 1964, unique and important (2) £600-800
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Bahrain Monetary Agency, 20 dinars, 1998, serial number 206856, dark blue, orange and multicolour, bank building at right, arms at low centre, signature of Sheikh Khalifa bin Sulman al Khalifa, reverse dark blue and orange, mosque at centre (Linzmayer BMA B17a, Pick 23), a fantastic original uncirculated example £200-250
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† Bangladesh Bank, specimen 10 taka, ND (1978), purple, signature 3, and specimen 50 taka, ND (1976), signature 2, orange, the Star Mosque (Tara Masjid) in Dakka at right, both zero serial numbers, also specimen 5 taka, ND (1976), brown, the Mihrab at the Kushumba Mosque at right (Pick 16s, 17s, 20s, BB B14as, B10as, B11as), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (3) £500-700
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† Bangladesh Bank, a group of specimens of the ND (1977-79) issues, all zero serial numbers, comprising 5 taka, ND (1978), brown, archway at right, reverse industrial estate; 10 taka, purple and multicoloured, Star Mosque at right, reverse rice harvesting; 50 taka, orange, Star Mosque at right, reverse tea harvesting; 100 taka, blue and brown, Star Mosque at right, reverse Lalbagh Fort, all overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse, the first and second one punch hole (Pick 20s, 21s, 23s, 24s), about uncirculated to uncirculated and scarce (4) £1,000-1,500
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† Bangladesh Bank, a group of printer's positional proofs, comprising 5 taka, ND (1978), serial number 002000, brown, mosque gateway at right; 10 taka, ND (1978), serial number 040001, purple, Tangali mosque at right; 50 taka, ND (1979), serial number 020001, orange, Sat Gamnbuj mosque at right; also 5 taka (2), ND (1981), serial numbers 020002 and 000002, both brown, mosque gateway at right, all marked with positioning lines in black ink (Pick 20p, 21p, 23p, 25ap (2)), ink annotations in margins, otherwise good very fine or better and a very rare type of printer's proof (5) £100-200
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† Central Bank of Barbados, archival specimen $1, red, $5, green, $10, brown, $20, violet and $100, blue and grey, all Blackburn signature, all ND (1972), (Pick 29s, 31s, 33s, 34s, 35s, CBB B1as1, 3as1, 5as1, 6as1, 7as1var), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (5) £300-500
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† Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), Barbados, printer's archival specimen $20, Bridgetown, 1 January 1937, serial run D 013, 751 to D 014, 750, red-brown and multicoloured, code letter 'B' at upper left, value at left and in each corner, arms at right, reverse carmine and pink, arms at centre, value in guilloches at left and right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick S112s), ink date '16. 11. 36' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £250-350
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x Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), British Guiana, specimen $20, 1 March 1937, red serial number D022, 751/D028, 750, coloured, arms at right, B.G. top left, value at left, value at each corner, reverse pink and brown, arms at centre, value at left and right (Pick S105), hole punched, ink date '18.2.37', ink annotation '933491' top margin, mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated and rare £400-600
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† Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), Grenada, printer's archival specimen $5, Bridgetown, 1 March 1940, serial run X 160,001 to X 170,000, purple on multicoloured underprint, code letter 'G' at upper right, value at left and in each corner, arms at right, overprinted 'ISSUED AT GRENADA BRANCH', reverse purple, pale blue and green, arms at centre, value in guilloches at left and right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick S107cs), ink date '29. 7. 40' and annotations in top margin, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £160-240
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† Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), Jamaica, printer's archival specimen £1, Kingston, 1 March 1939, serial run D/AC 298,001 to D/AC 338,000, scarlet on grey-green underprint, code letter 'J' at upper right, value at left and in each corner, arms at right, reverse arms at centre, value in guilloches at left and right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick S146ds), ink date '20. 10. 39' and annotations in top margin, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rare date £400-500
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† Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), Trinidad, printer's archival specimen $20, Bridgetown, 1 March 1940, serial run D 049, 501 to D 051, 500, brown and multicoloured, code letter 'T' at upper right, value at left and in each corner, arms at right, reverse brown and red, arms at centre, value in guilloches at left and right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick S103s), ink date '29. 7. 40' and annotations in top margin, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £250-350
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x Societe Generale de Belgique, 5 francs, 5 July 1917, serial number P478271, olive green on grey underprint, portrait Queen Louise-Marie at left, reverse, bank title top centre, value below (Pick 88), in PMG holder number 58, choice about uncirculated, a superb note £950-1,000
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Banque du Congo Belge, 5 francs, 18 May 1949, serial number B/E 477487, grey-blue on orange underprint, woman seated with child at beehive at left, reverse, elephant and hippopotamus at centre, also 10 francs, 10 June 1944, dark green on pink underprint, Watusi tribesmen at left, reverse, soldiers on parade (Pick 13B, 14), first, fine, second, small hole at centre, otherwise very good £100-150
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† Banque du Congo Belge, specimen 20 francs, 10 September 1940, serial number C000000, blue on multicolour underprint, longboat with seven oarsman at centre, reverse logging with elephants, black De La Rue ovals, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 15s), annotations in upper and lower margins, some scuffing but good extremely fine and scarce £350-450
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† Banque du Congo Belge, specimen 20 francs, 10 March 1942, serial number E000000, purple on multicolour underprint, longboat with seven oarsman at centre, reverse logging with elephants, red De La Rue ovals, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 15As), annotations in upper and lower margins, about uncirculated, scarce £350-450
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† Banque du Congo Belge, specimen 20 francs, 10 December 1942, serial number H000000, orange on multicolour underprint, longboat with seven oarsman at centre, reverse logging with elephants, black De La Rue ovals, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 15Bs), annotations in upper and lower margins, about uncirculated, very pretty and scarce £350-450
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Banque du Congo Belge, 20 francs, 11 April 1950, serial number BB514555, blue and multicolour, longboat with 7 oarsmen at centre, palm trees at right and left and in background, reverse, working elephants (Pick 15H), in ICG holder number 40, very fine to extremely fine £100-150
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Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 100 francs, 15 July 1952, serial number B713656, blue on multicolour underprint, two elephants at centre, reverse water buffalo at right (Pick 25a), a very difficult date, this series being scarcer than the P17 type notes, high grade notes are impossible, fine £120-160
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