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Banque de la Martinique, 100 francs, ND (1945), serial number U.27-163, multicoloured, maiden representing the sea diademed at left and holding a sceptre, ship at centre, fasces at right, Arnaud, Calvy and Rosemain signatures, value top left and right, reverse ship and coastline (Pick 13, Kolsky 314e), a fresh and original good very fine with no pinholes. Above average for type and attractive, rare £650-850
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, Martinique, specimen 10 and 20 francs 'type Anglais', ND (1946), red zero serial numbers, first purple, pale blue and red, second green, pale blue and red, head of Marianne at centre, anchor conjoined with the cross of Loraine at left and right, MARTINIQUE in red at left and right, both with red SPECIMEN overprints and two cancellation holes (Pick 23s, 24s, Kolsky 330, 331), first with graffiti in top margin, extremely fine, second with ink annotation on face and paperclip mark, about uncirculated (2) £300-350
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, Martinique, 10 francs 'type Anglais', ND (1946), serial number in red GA 380, 877, purple, pale blue and red, head of Marianne at centre, anchor conjoined with the cross of Loraine at left and right, MARTINIQUE in red at left and right, (Pick 23, Kolsky 330), fresh and uncirculated £150-200
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, Martinique, specimen 100 francs, 'type Anglais', ND (1946), red serial number PU757, 944, green and pale red, head of Marianne at centre, exotic fruits and flowers to left and right, MARTINIQUE in red at left and right, black specimen handstamps in left and right margins on obverse, and all margins on reverse (Pick 25s, Kolsky 332), central crease and paperclip mark, good extremely fine £250-350
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, Martinique, specimen 1000 francs, ND (1943), red serial number TD 000,000, blue and red on multicolour underprint, phoenix arising from the flames at centre, MARTINIQUE in red at left and right, Postel-Vinay and LeClerc signatures, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes (Pick 26s, Kolsky 333-1, Schwan-Boling 1474), paperclip mark and ink numerals in top margin and on face otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated and scarce £700-900
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre Mer, Martinique, 50 francs, ND (1947-49), serial number H.5 68485, multicolour, Belain d'Esnambuc at left, ship in full sail at right, Postel-Vinay signature, reverse, woman at left (Pick 30a), in ICG holder number 55, about uncirculated £200-250
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† Banque Centrale de Mauritanie, an unissued design for a 200 ouguiya, 29 June 1977, serial number A00 000000, purple and black on multicoloured underprint, President Moktar Ould Dadda at left, camel at centre, woman at lower right, reverse two antelopes at centre, camel at lower left (Linzmayer BCM B9 for similar, Pick unrecorded), perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE, uncirculated, excessively rare £700-900
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Banque Centrale de Mauritanie, 1000 ouguiya, 28 November 1985, serial number F010 39048, purple and blue on multicolour underprint, ornate designs on face, reverse with fish in pit at left, camel, hut and tower at right (Linzmayer BCM B7c, Pick 7c), pristine original with perfect centering and embossing, uncirculated £50-70
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† Government of Mauritius, specimen colour trial 5 Rupees, ND (1954), green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, mountain scene at lower left, reverse coat of arms, value at lower left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 27ct), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £180-240
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Government of Mauritius, 5 rupees, ND (1954), serial number B415952, blue on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right (Pick 27), centre roll bend, otherwise a totally original uncirculated, scarce in this grade £200-250
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† Government of Mauritius, specimen colour trial 10 rupees, ND (1954), blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, Port Louis harbour at lower centre, reverse coat of arms, value at lower left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 28ct), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £250-350
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† Government of Mauritius, specimen colour trial 25 rupees, ND (1954), brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, Government House and statue of Queen Victoria at lower centre, reverse coat of arms, value at lower left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 29ct), glue stains, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare £350-450
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† Bank of Mauritius, specimen 5 rupees, prefix A/1, blue, specimen 10 rupees, prefix A/1 and specimen 25 rupees, prefix A/1, green, all ND (1967), all Elizabeth II and arms, all Beejadhur and Cook signatures (Linzmayer BOM B1a, 2a, 3a for type, Pick 30s, 31s, 32s), no SPECIMEN overprint, all perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE, this variety not listed in Linzmayer, uncirculated (3) £200-300
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† Bank of Mauritius, a specimen set of the ND (1967) Issue comprising 5 rupees, blue, serial number A/35 000000; 10 rupees, red, serial number A/26 000000; 25 rupees, green, serial number A/9 000000; and 50 rupees, purple, serial number A/4 000000, all Bunwaree and Ramphul signatures, all Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverses various Mauritian scenes, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Linzmayer BOM B1cs, 2cs, 3bs, 4cs, Pick 30cs, 31cs, 32bs, 33cs), the 50 Rupees about uncirculated, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £250-350
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Bank of Mauritius, 5 rupees (2), ND (1967), consecutive serial numbers A/21 053620/30, blue and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms in background at centre, reverse, sailboat in Grand Port harbour, memorial and mountains in background (Linzmayer BOM B1b, Pick 30), first, faint central fold, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, second, slight central fold, corner fold low right, extremely fine (2) £150-200
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Bank of Mauritius, 5 rupees (3), ND (1967), serial numbers A/13 682315, A/15 375702 and A/51 873191, blue and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms in background at centre, reverse, sailboat in Grand Port harbour, memorial and mountains in background (Linzmayer BOM B1a, b, c, Pick 30), about uncirculated (3) £250-280
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Bank of Mauritius, 5 rupees, ND (1967), serial number Z/1 573735, blue and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms in background at centre, reverse, sailboat in Grand Port harbour, memorial and mountains in background (Linzmayer BOM B1c, Pick 30), replacement note, faint central fold, otherwise good extremely £150-200
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Bank of Mauritius, 5 rupees (3), ND (1967), consecutive serial numbers A/40 135668/69/70, blue and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms in background at centre, reverse, sailboat in Grand Port harbour, memorial and mountains in background (Linzmayer BOM B1c, Pick 30), first, minute corner fold low left, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, remainder, about uncirculated £250-300
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Bank of Mauritius, 5 rupees (2), ND (1967), consecutive serial numbers A/52 523805/6, blue and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms in background at centre, reverse, sailboat in Grand Port harbour, memorial and mountains in background (Linzmayer BOM B1c, Pick 30), about uncirculated to uncirculated £150-200
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Bank of Mauritius, 10 rupees, ND (1967), serial number A/19 760584, red and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms low centre left, reverse, Government House building in Port Louis (Linzmayer BOM B2c, Pick 31), minute corner fold top right, otherwise about uncirculated £100-150
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Bank of Mauritius, 10 rupees (2), ND (1967), consecutive serial numbers A/18 044529/30, red and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms low centre left, reverse, Government House building in Port Louis (Linzmayer BOM B2c, Pick 31), very slight indentation at left, about uncirculated £200-250
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Bank of Mauritius, 25 rupees (2), ND (1967), consecutive serial numbers Z/1 192021/2, green and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms centre left, reverse, man with oxen and cart laden with lumber, fields and mountains in background, value at each corner (Linzmayer BOM B3b, Pick 32), replacement notes, about uncirculated to uncirculated, a superb consecutive pair £500-700
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x Bank of Mauritius, specimen 50 rupees, ND (1967-), violet and multicoloured, reverse violet, ships in Port Louis harbour (Linzmayer BOM B4s, Pick 33 for type), mounting traces, extremely minor damage on reverse as a result, but about uncirculated £250-300
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x Bank of Mauritius, specimen 50 rupees, ND (1967-), violet and multicoloured, reverse violet, ships in Port Louis harbour (Linzmayer BOM B4s, Pick 33 for type), mounting traces, thus good extremely fine to about uncirculated £250-300
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Bank of Mauritius, 50 rupees, ND (1967), serial number A/1 944964, purple and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms centre left, value top left and right, centre, low left and right, reverse, purple, oil tankers in Port Louis harbour, mountains in background (Linzmayer BOM B4b, Pick 33b), faint central fold, good extremely fine, the rarer signature £350-450
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† Bank of Mauritius, an obverse and reverse archival essay for a 5 rupees, ND (1984), red serial number A/1 000000, brown and white, arms at left, deer at right, Ramphul and Tacouri signatures, reverse blue and pink-red, bank building at centre, key at left, value at each corner (Linzmayer BOM B5s for similar, Pick 34 for similar), unique (2) £400-600
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Bank of Mauritius, 5 rupees (2), ND (1985), consecutive serial numbers A/1 419919/20, brown and white, Government House top right, arms low centre left, reverse, key at left, Bank of Mauritius headquarters at centre, map at right (Linzmayer BOM B5, Pick 34), uncirculated (2) £50-80
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Bank of Mauritius, 10 rupees (2), ND (1985), consecutive serial numbers A/3 703801/2, green and light brown, Government House top right, arms low centre left, reverse, bridge (Linzmayer BOM B6, Pick 35), about uncirculated to uncirculated £50-80
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Bank of Mauritius, 20 rupees (4), ND (1992), consecutive serial numbers AA636107/8 and AA077501/2, blue and multicolour, First Lady Sarojini Jugnauth at left, arms at centre, Government House low right, reverse, map at left. meteorological station at centre (Linzmayer BOM B7, Pick 36), first two, about uncirculated, remainder, vertical fold at right, otherwise good extremely fine (4) £100-120
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Bank of Mauritius, 50 rupees (2), ND (1986), consecutive serial numbers A/1050007/8, blue, green and multicolour, arms at centre, pottery in background, Government House at top right, reverse, lilac, green, dark blue and pale yellow, various types of flora, butterfly, deer and kestrel (Linzmayer BOM B8, Pick 37), about uncirculated (2) £50-80
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Bank of Mauritius, 100 rupees (2), ND (1986), consecutive serial numbers A/1 050005/6, dark pink and multicolour, Government House top right, arms low centre, landscape scene, flora and value at each corner (Linzmayer BOM B9, Pick 38), about uncirculated £80-100
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† Bank of Mauritius, an obverse and reverse archival essay for a 200 rupees, ND (1984), black serial number A/1 000000, blue-green and white, Prime Minister Seewoodsagur Ramgoolan at left, butterfly low left centre, three palm trees at right, Ramphul and Tacouri signatures, reverse blue-green, the Presidential official residence at centre, palm trees at left, outline of the Island at right, value at each corner (Linzmayer BOM B10 for similar, Pick 39 for similar), slight differences to the issued note, unique (2) £500-600
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Bank of Mauritius, 200 rupees (23), ND (1985), consecutive serial numbers A/1 761320/21, turquoise and multicolour, Prime Minister Seewoodsagur Ramgoolam at left, arms centre left, value at each corner, palm trees at right, Chateau le Reduit at centre, palm trees and map at left (Linzmayer BOM B10, Pick 39), about uncirculated to uncirculated £150-200
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Bank of Mauritius, 200 rupees (2), ND (1985), serial numbers A/1 257952 and A/1 345483, turquoise and multicolour, Prime Minister Seewoodsagur Ramgoolam at left, arms centre left, value at each corner, palm trees at right, Chateau le Reduit at centre, palm trees and map at left (Linzmayer BOM B10, Pick 39), about uncirculated to uncirculated £120-180
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† Bank of Mauritius, an obverse and reverse printers archival composite essay for a 500 rupees, type of 1987, serial number A/1 000000, brown, pink and multicoloured, Prime Minister Anerood Jugnath at right, Government House at centre, arms low centre, signatures of Ramphul and Tacouri, reverse brown, harvesting, 'les Trois Mamelles' in background, butterfly and outline of the island at right, also an archival obverse and reverse photograph of an unsigned essay (Linzmayer BOM B11 for type, Pick 40 for type), unique and attractive (4) £600-800
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Bank of Mauritius, 500 rupees, ND (1998), serial number AD663512, brown and multicolour, Sookdeo Bissoondoyal at left, arms low left, Justice with scales low right, reverse, University of Mauritius, also, 5 rupees (3), ND (1985), brown and white, 10 rupees (2), ND (1985), green and pale orange, 200 rupees, ND (1998), multicolour (Linzmayer BOM B17, Pick 46), first, extremely fine, remainder, about uncirculated to uncirculated (7) £80-120
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† El Banco de Londres Mexico y Sud America, printer's archival specimen 100 pesos, Mexico, 1 September 1887, serial number run 00001 to 15000, black on pale sage green underprint, portrait of Pablo Benito at left, maiden with cluster of grapes at right, national arms at upper centre, reverse building in oval at centre, value in guilloches in each corner, perforated SPECIMEN BW&Co LONDON (Pick S229s), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and very rare £800-1,000
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 500 francs, 10 November 1948, serial number P.479 477, brown and multicolour, view of the city of Fez at centre, cactus and tree at left and right respectively, reverse, intricate and colourful (Pick 15b), in PMG holder number 65, gem uncirculated, EPQ £300-400
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Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 20 francs, 1 March 1043, serial number Z.1886 266, pale grey-blue and sepia, tower at centre, reverse, Arabic text, ornate border around (Pick 18b), in ICG holder number 58, about uncirculated or better £80-120
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 50 francs, ND (1928), zero serial number, blue, green and sepia, arch at centre (Pick 21), glue residue on obverse, pinholes, very fine £400-500
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 5000 francs, ND (1938), zero serial number, brown and maroon on multicolour, view of city at centre, ornate borders, reverse fortress, perforated specimen, prink SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 23), staple holes, paperclip mark, good extremely fine, an attractive note £800-1,000
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 5 francs, 24 July 1941, serial number D.295 210, red blue and sepia (Pick 23Ab), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated £100-120
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 5 francs, 1 August 1943, serial number 2186838, blue on yellow underprint, reverse five pointed star at top centre (Pick 24), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated £100-150
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 5 francs (2), from the 1943 issue, serial number 0000900 and 1948, serial number W.001 039, blue on yellow underprint, denomination at left (Pick 24, 33), both with staple holes, extremely fine and good very fine (2) £250-300
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 10 francs, 1943, serial number A1 045, black on green, five pointed star at centre flanked by denomination, reverse blue on red (Pick 25), staple holes at left, extremely fine £200-250
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 50 francs, 1943, serial number A1 0000160, black on light brown, fortress and sailing ship at centre, flanked by denomination, reverse green and yellow, red SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 26), staple holes, about extremely fine £300-400
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 100 francs, 1 May 1943, serial number A1 0000935, multicolour, gate in city wall at centre, black SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 27), pinhole at left, about extremely fine £400-500
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x State Bank of Morocco, specimen 1000 francs, 1 May 1943, serial number W.1 977 024977, brown, five pointed star at centre flanked by denomination (Pick 28), about extremely fine £600-700
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 1000 francs, 1 March 1944, red serial number A.1 000000, brown and white, value and bank title, Arabic text, reverse brown, pale green and white, English text (Pick 28s), red SPECIMEN overprint, an ABNC engraving, good extremely fine and rare £500-700
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 5000 francs, 1 August 1943, serial number A.1 000019, green, red specimen overprint (Pick 32), staple holes in left margin, extremely fine £700-800
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