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Russia, State Bank, 10 rubles, 1947, serial number EK 083897, black on multicolour underprint, arms at top left, value at centre and upper and lower right, reverse Lenin at left (Pick 226, R-1369a), in ICG holder 66, choice uncirculated £200-250
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Russia, State Bank, 25 rubles, 1947, serial number VI 305304, blue on multicolour underprint, arms at top left, value at top centre and low left and right, reverse Lenin at left (Pick 227, R-1370a), in ICG holder 66, choice uncirculated £220-280
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Russia, State Bank, 50 rubles, 1947, serial number BI 828069, blue on multicolour underprint, value at centre and each corner, reverse Lenin at left, arms at top centre (Pick 230, R-1371a), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated £350-450
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Russia, State Bank, 100 rubles, 1947, serial number YE 247820, black on multicolour underprint, Lenin at left, value at low centre and low right, arms at top centre, reverse view of the Kremlin at centre (Pick 231), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated £400-500
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Bank of Russia, 1000, 5000, 10,000 and 50,000 rubles from the 1995 issue, 5 and 10 rubles, 1997 (Pick 261-264, 267, 268), first three notes, fine, the 5 rubles about uncirculated and the remainder very fine (6) £120-150
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Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi, 5 francs, 15 September 1960, serial number A489089, brown on green-grey underprint, Impala at left, value at each corner (Linzmayer BERB B1a, Pick 1a), a really lovely original good extremely fine to about uncirculated, catalogues only price this note to extremely fine, thus this note very scarce in this grade £250-300
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Banque d'Emission du Rwanda and Burundi, specimen 20 francs, 15 September 1960, serial number A000000, green and light pink, crocodile at right, reverse, value at each corner and in ornate tablet at centre (Linzmayer BERB B3, Pick 3), red SPECIMEN overprint, De La Rue oval stamp top left and low right, in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated £500-700
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Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi, specimen 500 francs, 15 September 1960, serial number A 000000, pink and brown, black rhinoceros at right, value at left and at each corner, Peigneux and Martin signatures, reverse brown-mauve and white, value at centre and at each corner (Linzmayer BERB B6as2, RBR Pick 6s), perforated CANCELLED, uncirculated and rare £600-800
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Banque Centrale du Ruanda-Burundi, specimen colour trial 1000 francs, ND (c1960), serial number A000000, purple on multicoloured underprint, zebra at right, value at left and lower right, reverse, ornate guilloches and geometric pattern, value at right and at top left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Linzmayer BERB B7t, Pick 7ct), choice about uncirculated, rare £350-450
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Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi, specimen 1000 francs, 15 September 1960, no serial numbers, green and lilac, zebra at right, reverse green and white, value at left and right (Linzmayer BERB B7as, Pick 7as), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, good extremely fine and rare £500-700
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Banque Nationale du Rwanda, specimen 1000 francs (4), 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, serial numbers A/B/C/D 000000, red and pale green, arms at left, signatures 5, 6, 9(2), reverse red, farmer and hills, value at right and top left (Linzmayer BNR B10cs2, 10ds2, 10as var.10fs, Pick 10as, 10bs, 10cs), perforated, uncirculated and rare (4) £500-700
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Cassie Centrale De La France d'Outre-Mer, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, 10 francs, ND (1950), serial number F.41 48542, blue and multicolour, Colbert at left, ships at right (Pick 23), in PMG holder number 66, gem uncirculated £80-100
| SAINT THOMAS AND PRINCE | |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, printer's archival specimen 10 Mil Reis, with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial run 00000 to 40000, black on blue yellow and pink underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, sailing ships at right, steamship seal Type I at centre, red overprint 'S. THOME', reverse brown, woman with anchor looking at ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 10as), mounting traces, ink date '15. 11. 17' and annotations in top margin, 10mm tear at lower left, otherwise about uncirculated, rare £300-400
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, a group of specimens of the 1 January 1921 Issue comprising 1 escudo, green; 5 escudos black; 10 escudos, brown; 20 escudos, blue; and 50 escudos, orange, no serial numbers, no signatures, all portrait of Francisco Oliveira de Chamico at left, steamship bank seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse seated allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red or black, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 19s, 21s, 22s, 23s, 24s), the 1 escudo extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated, attractive and rare (5) £350-450
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas and Prince, colour trial 50 escudos, red, 100 escudos, brown, ND, 500 escudos, 1956, violet, all Don Afonso V at right, ship seal at left, also colour trial 1000 escudos, 1964, Joao de Santarem at right, ship seal top centre (Pick 37ct, 38ct, 39ct, 40ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, attractive and rare (4) £400-600
| SARAWAK | |
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Government of Sarawak, obverse and reverse printers archival photograph showing an unissued design for a $10 of 1949, black and white, Charles Vyner Brooke at right, coat of arms at low centre, reverse with Cenotaph at centre, value at low left and right (unlisted), this design is important because it shows that Sarawak intended to issue more notes after WWII, although they never went into production (2) £800-1,200
| SAUDI ARABIA | |
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, 50 riyals, 1 March 1976, serial number 80/692212, brown on multicolour underprint, arms at centre, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina at right, al Qurashi and Abdul Rahman signatures, reverse with rows of palm trees (Linzmayer SAMA B13b, Pick 14b), good extremely fine and a very pleasing example of this scarce note £180-260
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, 100 riyals, 1 March 1976, serial number 49/798741, red on tan and multicolour underprint, arms at low centre, Council of Ministers Building at right, al Qurashi and Abdul Rahman signatures, reverse Oil Derricks (Linzmayer SAMA B14b, Pick 15b), the highest denomination for this issue, uncirculated and very scarce in this grade £400-600
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, a set of the Law of AH1379 (1968) issue comprising 1 riyal, purple; 5 riyals, green; 10 riyals, grey; 50 riyals (2), brown; 100 riyals, red; also a set of the Law of AH1379 (1977) issue all with King Faisal at right comprising 1 riyal, red-brown; 5 riyals (2), green, incorrect and corrected text; 10 riyals, lilac; 50 riyals, green and purple; 100 riyals (2), blue and purple (Pick 11b, 12a, 13, 14b (2), 15b, 16, 17a, 17b, 18, 19, 20 (2)), good extremely fine, very fine, good very fine, extremely fine, about extremely fine, 10mm tear in margin, otherwise good fine, uncirculated, good very fine, extremely fine, uncirculated, uncirculated, extremely fine, about fine (13) £200-250
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, specimen 20 riyals, 1999, red zero serial numbers, multicolour, King Abdul Aziz at left, Quba Mosque at low right, perforated SPECIMEN (Linzmayer SAMA B26s, Pick 27s), about uncirculated, rare £300-400
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West African States, Senegal, specimen 2500 francs, 1992, multicoloured, dam and young woman (Pick 712Kas), uncirculated £175-225
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West African States, Senegal, specimen 10000 francs, ND (1978-), red and multicoloured, girl at right, men at loom at centre (Pick 809Tl), uncirculated £250-300
| SERBIA | |
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Chartered National Bank, Serbia, 10 dinars, 2 January 1893, serial number K.778 084, blue on brown, seated women and child at left, watermark at right (Pick 10a), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated £400-500
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Government of Seychelles, 20 rupees, 1 January 1974, serial number A/1 258648, purple, pink and light blue-green, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, skink lizard and sooty tern bird and seashells, reverse, purple and pink, ornate designs (Linzmayer GOS B23, Pick 16), in PMG holder number 65, gem uncirculated, EPQ £900-1,100
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Government of Seychelles, specimen colour trial 50 Rupees, ND (ca.1968), no serial numbers, no signature, dark green on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, yacht at centre left, 'SEX' in palm trees at right, reverse value in guilloche at centre right, geometric patterns, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Linzmayer GOS B24t, Pick 17ct), this a much darker green than the issued colour. Good extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare £450-550
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Government of Seychelles, specimen proof 50 Rupees, 1 August 1973, serial number A/1 000000, Greatbatch signature, olive on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, yacht at centre left, 'SEX' in palm trees at right, reverse value in guilloche at centre right, geometric patterns, one punch hole (Linzmayer GOS B24es, Pick 17es), ink date '16-10-73' and annotations in margins, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £260-340
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Government of Seychelles, 50 rupees (2), 1 January 1972, consecutive serial numbers A/1 121704/5, olive green and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, sailing ship centre left, reverse, olive green, pink and blue (Linzmayer GOS B24, Pick 17), first, in PMG holder number 45, choice extremely fine, EPQ, second, in PMG holder number 55, about uncirculated, EPQ £900-1,100
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Government of Seychelles, 100 rupees, 1 January 1968, serial number A/1014794, red and multicoloured, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, two giant tortoises and veloute shrub centre and left, reverse, pink and light blue, ornate panel at left (Linzmayer GOS B25a, Pick 18), in ICG holder number 20*, fine, the first date for type and rare £400-500
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Republic of Seychelles, 50 rupees, ND (1976), serial number A/1 085453, olive green and tan on multicolour underprint, James Marcham at right, fish and sea shells with values, reverse fisherman on the shore (Linzmayer ROS B3a, Pick 21), deceptively scarce in this grade and rarely offered, a lovely original example and great embossing for this type, uncirculated £200-250
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Central Bank of Seychelles, 100 rupees, ND (2001), serial number AE000008, red on multicolour, arms top left, gold foil sailfish top right, reverse, turtle at right, cowrie shells top left, tern birds at centre (Linzmayer CBS B14a, Pick 40), very low serial number, in ICG holder number 70, perfect uncirculated £80-120
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Bank of Sierra Leone, specimen 1 leone, ND (1969), prefix A/7, green, signature 3, specimen 2 leones, ND (1964), prefix B/18, red, signature 1 and specimen 5 leones, ND (1964), prefix C/1, violet, signature 1, all cotton tree and the Law Courts in Freetown at left (Pick 1s, 2s, 3s, BSL B1bs, 2as, 3as1), mounting traces, perforated, good extremely fine and rare (3) £400-600
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Bank of Sierra Leone, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing designs for a 10 leone, ND (1964), black and white, 300 year old cottonwood tree and court building at centre left, ornate borders, reverse similar to the 5 leones of the 1964 series, with shoreline and fishing boats, but without borders (unlisted), unique and interesting (2) £150-200
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Bank of Sierra Leone, specimen 1 leone (6), 1974 (2), 1976, 1980, 1981, 1984, all green and multicoloured, President Stevens at left (Pick 5s, BSL B5as, bvar.s, cs, ds, es), mounting traces, perforated, good extremely fine and scarce (6) £250-350
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Bank of Sierra Leone, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 1 leone, serial number B/50 000000, green and a 5 leones, serial number C/27 000000, violet and blue, both arms at left (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), attractive and unique, obviously a proposed issue but replaced by the 1988 series with portrait of President Momoh (4) £300-400
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Central Bank of the Solomon Islands, specimen 2 dollars, ND (1977), prefix A/1, green, Elizabeth II at right, also specimen 2 dollars (3), prefixes B/1, B/3, C/1, green, arms at left (Pick 5s, 13s, 18s SIMA B1as, 3as, 8as), perforated, mounting traces, good extremely fine and scarce (4) £150-200
| SOMALIA | |
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Central Bank of Somalia, specimen 5 shillings, purple, 10 shillings, green, 20 shillings, brown and 100 shillings, blue, all 1978, all arms at left, Omar and Hussein signatures (CBS B1as, 2as, 3as, 4as, Pick 21s, 22s, 23s, 24s), perforated, black SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce (4) £150-250
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Mafeking Siege Note, 1 shilling, January 1900, serial number A3948, blue text on flimsy white paper, arms top centre, Greener handstamped signature low right, value in green centre right (Pick S651a), several pinholes, about very good £80-120
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Mafeking Siege Note, 2 shillings, February 1900, serial number B8552, blue text on flimsy white paper, Royal arms top centre, Greener handstamped signature low right (Pick S652b), a number of pinholes, small tear at centre, otherwise about very good £80-120
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Mafeking Siege Note, 10 shillings, March 1900, serial number 4941, green on cream paper, Royal arms top centre, men with cannons at low left and right, Greener signature (Pick S654b), a number of pinholes, good to very good £100-130
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Green Point Track, South Africa/Boer War, 1 shilling (second issue), ND, mauve on white. arms top centre, value top left and right, manuscript annotation across face of note 'J.H.Money, Commandant, 15.9.00' (Ineson 180), ink number 1874 top left, about very fine and much rarer than the unsigned examples £200-250
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Green Point Track, South Africa/Boer War, 1 shilling (second issue), ND, mauve on white. arms top centre, value top left and right, manuscript annotation across face of note 'J.H.Money, Commandant, 27.11.00' (Ineson 180), ink number 2465 top left, about very fine and much rarer than the unsigned examples £200-250
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Bellevue Camp, Simon's Town, South Africa/Boer War, 1 shilling (type 2), ND (1900), black text on cream paper, arms top centre, two circular handstamps in field and red manuscript annotation 'Capt.for Prisoners of War'. This notes for use at the canteen run by W.W.Runciman & Co (Ineson 191) after the capture of Boers at the battle of Elandsgaate on the 21st October 1899 it was realized that no provision had been made to house prisoners of war and a camp was established at Belle Vue, Simon's town, on the 4th February 1900. This camp thus the first prisoner of war camp for the Boer War. About very fine and very rare (Ineson ER) £400-600
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Bellevue Camp, Simon's Town, South Africa/Boer War, 1 shilling (type 2), ND (1900), black text on cream paper, arms top centre, two circular handstamps in field and red manuscript annotation 'Capt.for Prisoners of War'. This notes for use at the canteen run by W.W.Runciman & Co (Ineson 191) after the capture of Boers at the battle of Elandsgaate on the 21st October 1899 it was realized that no provision had been made to house prisoners of war and a camp was established at Belle Vue, Simon's town, on the 4th February 1900. This camp thus the first prisoner of war camp for the Boer War. About very fine and very rare (Ineson ER) £400-600
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South Africa, Boer War, various newspaper cuttings, also a letter from the 'Paris Correspondent of the Morning Post detailing Boer losses until 1 June 1900 as compiled by the Transvaal Red Cross Society and signed by the Captain of the Sky View Camp, Green Point', also five cancelled US stamps, interesting £60-80
| An Exceptional Kruger Portrait Set | |
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De Nationale Bank der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, a complete specimen set, 189- (c.1892), specimen £1, series letter "A", the bottom right corner clipped by the printer for security, £5, series letter "B", £10, series letter "C", £20, series letter "D", £50 series letter "E", £100, series letter "F", all specimens and without serial numbers. They are the most famous notes from South Africa, featuring the portrait of Oom Paul Kruger, the founder of the Boer state (PA. 47, 48, etc), an exceptionally rare set of which are only two sets known in private hands. These originated in a presentation book by the printer Charles Skipper & East. A stunning group (6) POA
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Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, £1, 1 April 1901, serial number 45801A, black, arms in ornate panel at left, value at centre and top right, reverse, text (Pick 60c), several small splits along centre, minute piece missing from top left corner, fine to very fine £50-80
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Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, £5, 28 May 1900, serial number 210, grey-green on card like paper, arms in ornate panel at left, value at centre and top right, embossed seal at left, reverse, text (Pick 54a), extremely fine or better £100-150
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South African Reserve Bank, 10 shillings, 31 January 1922, serial number E/3 559, 662, blue on multicolour underprint, value at centre and each corner (Pick 74), poor, but a very rare issue and date £200-250
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South African Reserve Bank, 5 pounds, 27 September 1921, serial number B/1 872794, green on multicolour underprint, Galleon at left, farming, cities and factories along lower edge, reverse same image in reverse in Afrikaans, six mid sized punch-holes and cancelled annotations (Pick 76), fine, a very rare issue and the very first issue for the South African Reserve Bank £100-150
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South African Reserve Bank, printer's archival specimen 10 shillings (2), 2 April 1942 and 9 April 1942, serial number runs E/61 000,001 to E/61 1,000,000 and E/62 000,001 to E/62 1,000,000 respectively, both Postmus signature, brown and pink, value in words at centre and in figures in each corner, reverse coat of arms at centre, both perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 82ds (2)), ink date '22. 10. 41' and annotations in top margin of both copies, the first otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second 5mm tear in lower left margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare (2) £180-240
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