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† Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, French Equatorial Africa, printer's archival specimen 1000 francs, Law of 1944, serial number run TD 000,001 to TD 100,000, signatures Leclerc and Postel-Vinay, dark blue on pale blue-green and pink underprint, phoenix rising from the flames by Edmund Dulac at centre, value and foliage at left and right, reverse war-scarred landscape at left, peaceful landscape at right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 19s2-variety), mounting traces, ink date '4. 12. 44' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and very rare in this format £1,200-1,600
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† Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, French Guiana, printer's archival specimen 100 francs, Law of 1944, serial number run PU 800,001 to PU 1,000,000, signatures Leclerc and Postel-Vinay, green on orange and yellow underprint, portrait of Marianne at centre, fruit and foliage on each side, value at top left and right, reverse allegorical symbols of trade and commerce at centre, value at lower left and right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 17s), mounting traces, ink annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated and rare in this format £160-240
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, French Guiana, specimen 100 francs, ND (1946), red serial number PF 000,000, green and pale red, head of Marianne at centre, exotic fruits and flowers to left and right, GUYANE in red at left and right, Postel-Vinay and Leclerc signatures, reverse green and pale orange, allegorical symbols of trade and commerce, black SPECIMEN overprints, two cancellation holes (Pick 17s, Kolsky 218), paperclip mark at top left, and minor handling, about uncirculated £250-300
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, French Guiana, 1000 francs, ND (1943), red serial number TA 174, 502, blue and multicoloured, phoenix arising from the flames at centre, black GUYANE FRANCAISE handstamp at left and right, Diethelm and Pleven signatures, faded ANNULE handstamp at centre (Pick 16A, Kolsky 217a, Schwan-Boling 1252cx), 10mm tear in low left margin, 3mm tear in low right margin, otherwise a fresh and presentable good very fine, very scarce £400-500
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Ministry of Finance, French Guiana, a treasury warrant, "Troisieme" part, authorising payment of 83 francs, 34 centimes, for the Colony of Guiana, Paris, 1822, number 241, black printing on thin watermarked paper, impressed blind revenue stamps at top left and right, hand stamped arms at top centre, several signatures, these bills were issued with four copies, this being the third of this example, the rest being very unlikely to have survived (not listed), some ink burn, especially at low right, rare and interesting £100-150
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x French Indo-Chine, a specimen presentation booklet titled 'INSTITUT D'EMISSION DES ETATS DU CAMBODGE, DU LAOS ET DU VIET-NAM, containing a specimen 1 piastre, ND (1953), specimen 1 piastre (3), type of 1952, for Cambodia, Sihanouk, Laos, Sisavang Von and Vietnam, S.M.Bao Dai, all green and yellow, specimen 1 piastre (3), type of 1954, obverse blue, trees, reverse for Cambodia the Kings palace at Pnom-Penh, for Laos, the pagoda of Luang-Prabang and for Vietnam, a dragon in the Temple garden at Hue, all blue and green, reverse blue and brown, specimen 5 piastres (3), type of 1953, green, the Mekong, reverse green, for Cambodia Naja, for Laos the Stupa of That-Luong and for Vietnam a portrait of S.M.Bao Dai, specimen 10 piastres (3), type of 1953, purple, pale orange-yellow and pale blue, reverse purple, for Cambodia, dancers, for Laos, a young Laotian girl, for Vietnam a rock in the Bay of Along, specimen 100 piastres (3), type of 1954, multicoloured, three local girls in national dress, reverse multicoloured, for Cambodia the Temple at Angkor, for Laos a young girl and a pagoda, for Vietnam a portrait of S.M.Bao Dai and the tomb of Khai-Dinh, specimen 200 dong (2), type of 1953, multicoloured, elephant and water buffalo, reverse multicoloured, for Cambodia the head of Bayon at Angkor, for Vietnam a portrait of S.M.Bao Dai and a pagoda (Pick 92s, 93s, 94s, 99s, 104s, 100s, 95s, 101s, 105s, 106s, 96s, 102s, 107s, 97s, 103s, 108s, 98s, 109s), an immaculate presentation with original slip case, very rare and desirable (18) £7,000-8,000
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† Institut d'Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, specimen 1 piastre (3), ND (1954), all serial number A1 00000, blue and white, Cusin and Sann signatures (Cambodia), Cusin and Voravong (Laos) and Cusin and Van Tri (Vietnam) signatures, reverse red-brown and pale blue, houseboat (Cambodia), pagoda (Laos) and dragon (Vietnam) (Pick 94s, 100s, 105s), red SPECIMEN overprint, about uncirculated to uncirculated and scarce (3) £300-500
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† Institut d'Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, specimen 10 piastres (3), ND (1953), all serial number A 000 00000, purple, orange and white, Cusin and Vam signatures (Cambodia), Cusin and Huong (Laos) and Cusin and Van Tri (Vietnam) signatures, reverse pale purple and pale blue, dancers (Cambodia), woman (Laos) and rock in the Bay of Along (Vietnam) (Pick 96as, 102s, 107s), red SPECIMEN overprint, about uncirculated to uncirculated and scarce (3) £300-500
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x Banque de l'Indo-Chine, French Somaliland, 100 francs, 1920, serial number Y.4 199, red-brown and cream, allegorical figures representing France and her colonies (Pick 5), in ICG holder number 25, fine to very fine £100-200
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x Banque de l'Indo-Chine, French Somaliland, 5 francs, ND (1918-1927), serial number 0.00 000, blue and red on gold, women wearing helmet at left (Pick 6s), perforated specimen, in PMG holder number 66, gem uncirculated £500-600
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x French Somaliland, Tresor Publique, 50 francs (5), ND (1952), consecutive serial number X.110 538/542 light brown and multicolour, sailing ship at right, reverse, camel train (Pick 25), all in PMG holders number 64, choice uncirculated £600-800
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The Gambia Currency Board, an obverse and reverse archival photograph for an unissued version of £5, ND (1965), black and white, sailing boat at left, value at each corner, reverse tractors in open field (see Linzmayer GCB B3, Pick 3 for the design eventually issued), this design actually very different from that issued, though incorporating a similar design on the obverse, unique and interesting (2) £150-200
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Mittelbau concentration camp, Germany, 1 reichsmark, 1944, series Q, serial number *008934, green, value at low right (Schwan-Boling 1036b1), very fine, rare £200-300
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Mittelbau concentration camp, Germany, 2 reichsmarks, 1944, series M, serial number *004336, red, value at low right (Schwan-Boling 1037b), fine, rare £300-400
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Dachau concentration camp, Germany, 1 reichsmark, 1943-45 general issue, serial number 176674, black on pale blue-grey paper, punch-hole at left, ink numbering 50506, (Schwan-Boling 1502), ink name written on reverse, extremely fine and rare £350-450
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Flossenburg concentration camp, Germany, 1 reichsmark on card, 1943-45, serial number 167616, black text on cream card (Schwan-Boling 1522), about uncirculated, rare £250-350
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Flossenburg concentration camp, Germany, 1 reichsmark on card, 1944, black text on pale blue card, eagle and swastika stamp at centre (Schwan-Boling 1742, Campbell 3972b2), uncirculated, rare £250-350
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German occupied territories, World War II, 1, 2 (2) and 5 (2) reichsmark, 20 mark, 50 mark (2), purple, woman in headscarf at right, Rentenbank, Germany, 5 mark, 1926, red serial numbers, green, girl at right, also Reichsbanknote 50 mark, green, Hansemann at right and 100 mark, purple, Schinkel at right, both 1933, Reichsbanknote, 10 mark, 1929 (1945), dark green, Thaer at left, ornament watermark at left, also 20 mark, 1939, brown, woman at right and 5 mark, 1942, purple, man at right, and Nordhausen (Mittelbau), 1 reichspfennig (2), ND (1943-1945), grey and white, reverse text with serial number (Pick R136b, 137a, b, 138a, b, 139, R140, 169, 182b, 184, 180b, 185, 186a), good very fine to about uncirculated (16) £180-230
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† State Bank of Ghana, Gold Coast, a set of printers archival photographs for a proposed issue of currency, ND (1955), comprising obverse and reverse photographs for a 10 shillings, £1, £5 and £1000, all Bank of Ghana building in Accra at centre, all three palm trees at centre (similar to British West Africa), reverse local scenes (Pick 1ff for similar, BOG B1ff for similar), all photographs hand stamped date on reverse '11 Oct 1954', a very interesting group of research material (8) £300-500
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† Bank of Ghana, specimen 1000 pounds, Accra, 1 July 1958, serial number A/1 000000, black and white, Bank of Ghana building low right, star and bank title top right, Osei and Eggleston signatures, reverse black and white (Pick 4s, BOG B4as), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce £250-350
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† Bank of Ghana, an obverse and reverse archival essay for a $1, green, $5, violet and $10, brown and an obverse essay for a $2, blue, all 1 July 1962, Kwame Nkrumah and star in field (Pick 5, 6, 7 for type, BOG B5, 6, 7 for type) unique, the $2 an unrecorded type (7) £400-600
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† Bank of Ghana, colour trial set of the 1965 issue, comprising 1 cedi, red, 5 cedis, green, 10 cedis, blue, 50 cedis, turquoise, 100 cedis, brown and 1000 cedis, purple, first five with portrait of Nkrumah, William Halm signature (Pick 4ct-9Act, BOG B5t-10t), overprinted SPECIMEN, single cancellation holes, uncirculated, rare (6) £400-600
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† Bank of Ghana, a partial set of the 6 March 1982 series comprising archival specimen 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 cedis (Pick 17bs, 18ds, 19cs, 20ds, 21cs), mounting traces, good extremely fine and scarce (5) £150-200
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† Government of Gibraltar, specimen £1 (3), 3.10.58, 1.5.65, 20.11.71, green and pale orange, pink and blue, the Rock at centre (Pick 18as, bs), the 1965 with red SPECIMEN overprint, other two perforated, all with ink date in top margin, mounting traces, good extremely fine and scarce (3) £200-300
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† Government of Gibraltar, specimen £5 (2), 3.10.58, 1. 5. 1965, first serial number C000000, second D 000000, signature of Financial Secretary, brown on yellow underprint, Rock of Gibraltar at lower centre, Gomez and Davis signatures respectively, reverse arms, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse (Pick 19as, GOG B17cs, es), glue stains at right on reverse, ink annotation in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare (2) £300-400
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† Bank of Greece, specimen 1 drachma, ND (ca 1954), serial number 00000000, blue on pale green and pale orange underprint, head of Athena at right, value at left and in each corner, reverse blue, orange and pink, value at centre set in ornate guilloches, perforated CANCELLED (Pick unlisted), about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare £200-300
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† Bank of Greece, specimen 5 drachma, ND (ca 1954), serial number 00000000, dark orange on pale green and pale orange underprint, head of a maiden at right, value at left and in each corner, reverse green, orange and slate, value at centre set in ornate guilloches, perforated CANCELLED (Pick unlisted), uncirculated and rare £300-400
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† Bank of Greece, specimen 10 drachma, ND (ca 1954), serial number 00000000, dark brown on pale green and pale orange underprint, head of Hesiod at right, value at left and in each corner, reverse brown, blue and green, value at centre set in ornate guilloches, perforated CANCELLED (Pick unlisted), about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare £400-500
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† Bank of Greece, specimen 50 drachma, ND (ca 1954), serial number 00000000, green on pale green and pale orange underprint, head of maiden at right, value at left and in each corner, reverse green, purple and pink, value at left and right set in ornate guilloches, perforated CANCELLED (Pick unlisted), about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare £500-700
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, Guadeloupe, specimen 20 francs, ND (1944), red serial number LL000,000, green, pale blue and red-brown, head of Marianne at centre, anchor conjoined with the cross of Lorraine at left and right, GUADELOUPE in red at left and right, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes (Pick 28a, Kolsky 125), some ageing spots but otherwise a fresh about uncirculated £100-150
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x Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, Guadaloupe, 20 francs, ND (1947-49), serial number O.6 67496, multicolour, E.Gentil at right, indigenous people and huts at centre left (Pick 33), in PCGS holder 67PPQ, superb gem new £250-300
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† Banco Colombiano, printer's archival specimen 1 peso, 19-, with counterfoil, serial number run 59999 to 184998, black on green underprint, soldier with liberty cap at left, vignette of ox cart at top centre, value at left, reverse green, value in ornate guilloches and in each corner, perforated CANCELLED (Pick S121bs), choice, fresh, extremely fine, very scarce £120-180
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† Banco Central de Guatemala, colour trial 1 quetzal, 7 July 1926, red serial number A.000000, violet, yellow and green, General J.Maria Orellana at left, quetzal bird on column at right, reverse violet, the Monolith of Quirigua at centre (Pick 6ct), mounting traces, good extremely fine, attractive and rare £300-400
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† Banco Central de Guatemala, a uniface obverse specimen 20 quetzales, 7 July 1926, blue and lilac, General J.Maria Orellana at left, Mercury at left, Quetzal bird on column at right (Pick 9as), red De La Rue seal low right, perforation, mounting traces otherwise almost uncirculated, attractive and very rare £700-900
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† Banco Central de Guatemala, a uniface obverse specimen 20 quetzales, 7 July 1926, green and orange, General J.Maria Orellana at left, maiden at left, Quetzal bird on column at right, reverse green, monument at centre, value at right (Pick 10as), red De La Rue seal low right, perforation, mounting traces otherwise almost extremely fine and very rare £800-1,200
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Bank of Guyana, a full set of archival photographs for the 1966 issue, comprising $1, $5, $10 and $20, all different from that issued, black and white, obverses with Kaieteur Waterfalls at right, arms at left, reverses showing similar scenes to those on the issued notes, but not the same designs (Linzmayer BOG B1-4, Pick 21-24 for similar), a striking difference in design to that actually issued, unique and interesting (8) £400-600
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† Bank of Guyana, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a $5, ND (ca 1966), serial number 000000, brown, pink and multicoloured, surveyor with theodolite at left, power shovel at top centre right, mountain viaduct at lower right, reverse, value repeated twice at left, ornate rectangle at centre left, power shovel at right (Pick unlisted), slight splitting of card on obverse, otherwise about uncirculated, unique (2) £120-180
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† Bank of Guyana, obverse composite essay on card for a $20, ND (ca 1966), serial number 000000, green, orange and brown, man driving farm machinery at left, cereal crop in background, value at upper left and lower right (Pick unlisted), about uncirculated, unique £100-150
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† Republic of Haiti, printers archival specimen 10 gourdes, green, 50 gourdes, olive and 100 gourdes, purple, all ND (ca 1967), all red serial number DA 000000 (Pick 193s, 194s, 195s), perforation, red SPECIMEN overprint, mounting traces, good extremely fine and scarce (3) £200-300
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† Republic of Haiti, specimen 1 gourde, ND (type of 1979), serial number 000000, brown and multicoloured, 2 gourdes, blue and 250 gourdes, green and multicoloured, all Doctor Francois Duvalier at centre, signatures of Andre, Nolte and Sannon (Pick 230As, 231As, 237s, BRH B2as, 4as, 10as), manuscript letter on reverse, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (3) £350-450
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† Republic of Haiti, specimen 500 gourdes, ND (type of 1979), serial number 000000, red and multicoloured, Doctor Francois Duvalier at centre, signatures of Andre, Nolte and Sannon, reverse red, arms at centre (Pick 238s, BRH B11as), manuscript letter on reverse, black SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £300-400
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† Haj Pilgrim Receipt Issue, specimen 1 riyal, AH 1375 (1955), red and pale orange and blue, the entrance to the Royal Palace of King Saud, Kassir Khuzam in Jeddah at centre, value at each corner, reverse brown and white, arms low centre (Pick 2s, SAMA B3as var), perforated CANCELLED, ink annotation and date '31.1.56' in top margin, good extremely fine and very rare £2,000-2,500
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† Haj Pilgrim Receipt Issue, specimen 5 riyals, AH 1372 (1953), red zero serial numbers, blue and multicoloured, felucca in Jeddah harbour at centre, value at each corner, signatures of Najjeb Ibrahim Salha, George Blowers and Rasem Bey al-Khalidi low centre, reverse blue, arms at centre (Pick 3s, SAMA B4s), perforated CANCELLED, ink annotation and date '15.11.53', good extremely fine, fresh and very rare £2,000-3,000
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x El Banco Atlantida, Honduras, specimen 1 peso, 1 April 1913, black and green and brown, maiden by shoreline (Pick S111s), uncirculated £270-320
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x El Banco de Commercio, Honduras, specimen 1 peso, 16 February 1916, black and multicoloured, equestrian statue at left (Pick S141s), uncirculated £525-625
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x El Banco Nacional, Honduras, specimen 10 centavos, ND (1889), black and yellow, head of Minerva (Pick S151s), uncirculated £360-420
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x El Banco Nacional, Honduras, specimen 25 centavos, ND (1889), black and green, miners at left (Pick S152s), uncirculated £360-420
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x El Banco Nacional, Honduras, specimen 50 centavos, ND (1889), black and orange, locomotive at left (Pick S153s), uncirculated £360-420
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x El Banco de Honduras, specimen 5 pesos, Serie 1, 1 October 1889, black and orange and yellow, bull's head at left (Pick 22s), large format paper, uncirculated £320-360
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x El Banco de Honduras, specimen 10 pesos, Serie A, 1 October 1913, black and multicoloured, bull's head at left (Pick 25s), large format paper, uncirculated £360-420
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