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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printer's archival specimen 8 Tangas, with counterfoil, 1 October 1917, serial run 000,000 to 100,000, green and red on yellow-green underprint, arms at upper left, value in three corners, steamship seal Type II, red overprint 'NOVA GOA', reverse green on lilac and pink underprint, seated woman with anchor looking at ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 20s, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.10.1), mounting traces, parts of print torn away on obverse, ink date '24. 6. 18' and annotations in top margin, otherwise an original almost extremely fine, rare £200-400
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 8 tangas, 1 October 1917, serial number 314, 982, green and red, reverse, allegorical maiden looking out at sailing ship at centre with value either side (Pick 20, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.10.1), in ICG holder number 15*, very good/fine £150-200
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 1 rupia, dated 1 January 1924 (issued in 1929), red serial number A458032, blue and gold, tiger head at centre, reverse Jagannath temple at centre, flanked by denomination (Pick 23, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 12.13.1), fine, rare issue £400-500
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, a partial specimen set of the 29 November 1945 series comprising 5 rupias, green, 10 rupias, brown, 20 rupias, blue, all Afonso de Albuquerque at right, ship seal at left (Pick 35s, 36s, 37s, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.29.7ff), all ink date in top margin, perforated, good extremely fine and rare (3) £500-700
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen colour trial 10 rupias, ND (ca 1945), no serial numbers, olive-green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at right, arms of the bank at upper left, value in each corner, reverse woman looking at ships, overprinted SPECIMEN in red diagonally on obverse, two punch holes (Pick 36ct, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.30ct), uncirculated, rare £250-350
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 10 rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number 425, 157, brown on multicolour underprint, portrait A de Albuquerque at right, steamship seal centre left, reverse, woman looking out at ships, arms at right (Pick 36, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.30.6), in ICG holder number 20*, fine £80-120
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen colour trial 20 rupias, ND (ca 1945), no serial numbers, purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at right, arms of the bank at upper left, value in each corner, reverse woman looking at ships, overprinted SPECIMEN in red diagonally on obverse, two punch holes (Pick 37ct, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.31ct), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £300-400
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printer's archival specimen 50 rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number run 055,001 to 060,000, dark red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at right, arms of the bank at upper left, value in each corner, reverse woman looking at ships, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 38s, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.32.3), mounting traces, excess ink smudges, ink date '5. 12. 45' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £300-400
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen colour trial 100 rupias, ND (ca 1945), specimen colour trial 100 rupias, ND (ca 1945), no serial numbers, brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at right, arms of the bank at upper left, value in each corner, reverse woman looking at ships, overprinted SPECIMEN in red diagonally on obverse, two punch holes (Pick 39ct, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.33ct), uncirculated, very rare £500-700
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 500 rupias, 20 November 1945, serial number 000001-001500, dark green and lilac, Afonso de Albuquerque at right, ship seal at left, reverse blue-green, woman looking at ships (Pick 40s, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.34.2), ink date in top margin, perforated, good extremely fine and rare £500-700
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 30 escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 1128122, red and 60 escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 101942, black, both signed by Francisco Jose VieiraMachado and Abel Beja Corte Real (Pick 41, 42, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 12.35.2, 12.36.2), first note about very fine, second note graffiti on reverse, very fine £150-200
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 30 escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 127489, 60 escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 252134, 100 escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 148055 (Pick 41, 42, 43, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 12.35.1, 12.36.1 and 12.37.5), first and second notes very fine, third has graffiti in top margin about very fine (3) £150-200
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 100 escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 264843, blue and multicolour, portrait A de Albuquerque at right, bank title top centre, arms low centre, reverse, explorer, ships in full sail (Pick 43, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.37.1), in ICG holder number 45*, extra fine £100-130
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 300 escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 045485, L.P. Coutinho and F.J.V. Machado signature variety, violet, 600 escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 126580, green, A.B.Corte Real and F.J.VieriaMachado signature variety, green on multicolour (Pick 44, 45, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 12.38.3, 12.39.6), minor staining top left margin, graffiti lower right margin otherwise very fine, second note has usual pinholes, about uncirculated (2) £600-700
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 1000 escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 148324, F.J. VieriaMachado and G.B. Basto signature variety, brown on multicolour underprint (Pick 46, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 12.40.5), usual pinholes at left, slight discolouration over watermark, about uncirculated £250-300
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Qatar Currency Board, obverse and reverse printers archival photograph for an unissued 100 riyals, ND (c.1972), black and white, two falcons at right on reverse, (unlisted design), ink dates 28.4.72 in margins, this design and bank name entirely unused and really lovely, unique (2) £600-800
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Qatar Monetary Agency, colour trial 1 riyal, ND (1973), zero serial numbers, violet and multicoloured, arms at right, signature of Abdul Aziz al-Thani, reverse violet, the Port of Doha (Pick 1ct, QMA B1act), in PMG holder 66 'gem uncirculated, EPQ', rare £1,500-2,000
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Qatar Monetary Agency, colour trial 5 riyals, ND (1973), zero serial numbers, blue and multicoloured, arms at right, signature of Abdul Aziz al-Thani, reverse blue, the National Museum (Pick 2ct, QMA B2act), in PMG holder 65 'gem uncirculated, EPQ', rare £1,500-2,000
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Qatar Monetary Agency, colour trial 10 riyals, ND (1973), zero serial numbers, purple and multicoloured, arms at right, signature of Abdul Aziz al-Thani, reverse purple, the Qatar Monetary Agency building (Pick 3ct, QMA B3act), in PMG holder 66 'gem uncirculated, EPQ', rare £1,600-2,200
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Qatar Monetary Agency, 50 riyals, ND (1973), serial number A/1 658857, blue and multicoloured, arms at right, signature of Abdulaziz al-Thani low centre, reverse blue and multicoloured, oil platform (Pick 4, QMA B4a), pressed, extremely fine and scarce £800-1,200
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Qatar Monetary Agency, a set of the ND (1980's) series comprising 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 riyals, also 1 riyal, ND (1985) (Pick 7, 8a, 9, 10, 11, 12a, 13a, QMA B7-12, B13a), uncirculated, scarce (7) £400-500
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Qatar & Dubai Currency Board, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs showing the nearly finalised design for the 50 riyals, 1966, black and white, dhow, oil derrick and palm tree at left, value at each corner (Linzmayer QDCB B5, Pick 5), one line of text which is present on the issued note is not on this design, also signature size is different, ink date '19/4/66' on both sides (2) £400-500
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, Reunion, specimen 5 and 100 francs, ND (1946), zero serial numbers Bougainville and La Bourdonnais, respectively, Postel-Vinay signature, LA REUNION in borders, black SPECIMEN overprints and perforations (Pick 41s, 45s, Kolsky SP432-1, 436-1), both with ink numeral in top left, paperclip mark at left, about uncirculated (2) £250-350
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Institut d'emission de la France d'Outre-mer, Reunion, specimen 100 francs (2), ND (1960), both serial number O.0 00000, multicoloured, La Bourdonais at left, women with fruit at right, black SPECIMEN overprint at top left, and perforated SPECIMEN at right (Pick 49s, Kolsky 440-1), these two are specimen numbers 1 and 3, the first uncirculated, the second with large glue stain at centre, otherwise uncirculated (2) £300-400
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Caisse Central de la France d'Outre-Mer, Reunion, specimen 5000 francs, ND (1960), serial number O.00 000, multicoloured, General Schoelcher at right, black SPECIMEN overprint, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 50s, Kolsky 441-1), blue ink numeral at centre, general handling, about uncirculated and rare £400-450
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Institut d'Emission des Departements d'Outre-Mer, Reunion, specimen 1000 francs, 'Union Francaise', ND (1964), zero serial numbers, red and multicoloured, two women at right, Postel-Vinay and Calvet signatures, DEPARTEMENT DE LA REUNION in borders, black SPECIMEN overprint in top left, perforated SPECIMEN at right (Pick 52s, Kolsky SP443-1), specimen number 2, uncirculated and scarce £500-600
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Caisse Central de la France d'Outre-Mer, Reunion, specimen 5000 francs, ND (1964), serial number O.00 000, multicoloured, General Schoelcher at right, black SPECIMEN No 0140 overprint, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 53s, Kolsky 444-1), about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce £600-800
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Barclays Bank Dominion, Colonial and Overseas, Rhodesian issue, a partial die proof for £5, Salisbury, 1 January 1929, black, falls at right, value at top left and right, CANCELLED in red ink at centre (Pick S113), ink annotations in top margin, only right half of the note present, but this is clearly how the proof was produced, thinning and holes at centre, interesting and very rare £250-350
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, 10 shillings, 20 September 1964, serial number H/1 036538, blue on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, arms at top centre, Zimbabwe Bird at low left (Linzmayer RBR B1a, Pick 24a), an original good very fine and the first date and prefix for type, scarce £150-200
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, 10 shillings, 28 October 1964, serial number H/5 408106, blue on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, arms at top centre, Zimbabwe Bird at low left (Linzmayer RBR B1e, Pick 24a), original very fine £120-160
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, printer's archival specimen £1 (2), 28 September 1964 and 5 October 1964, serial number runs G/6 000001 to G/6 1000000 and G/7 000001 to G/7 1000000 respectively, both signature Bruce, red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, reverse Victoria Falls, perforated SPECIMEN (Linzmayer RBR B2fs, gs, Pick 25as), mounting traces, ink date '5/ 6/ 64' and annotations in top margin of both copies, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £350-450
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $1 (10), 18 April 1978, all prefix W/1, blue on lilac and pale green, arms at right, value top left and right, centre and low right, reverse, tobacco field (Linzmayer RBR B7, Pick 30), all replacement notes, uncirculated (10) £450-550
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $1 (30), 2 August 1979, all prefix W/1, blue on lilac and pale green, arms at right, value top left and right, centre and low right, reverse, tobacco field (Linzmayer RBR B7, Pick 30), several serial number runs within group, all replacement notes, uncirculated (30) £900-1,100
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $2 (20), 10 April 1979, all prefix X/1, red on light pink and lilac underprint, arms at right, reverse, Victoria Falls (Linzmayer RBR B8, Pick 31), a couple of consecutive serial runs within group, replacement notes, uncirculated (20) £900-1,100
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $1, 1978, $2, 1977, $5, 1978 and $10, 1976, blue, red, brown and grey respectively, all with arms at right (Linzmayer RBR B7n, 8n, 9c, 10j, Pick 30-33), about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £100-150
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen 10 shillings, 15 April 1957, serial run W/7 000001 to W/7 1000000, signature Grafftey-Smith, reddish brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, sea eagle at lower left, reverse river scene, perforated SPECIMEN; also progressive proof 10 shillings showing underprint only on obverse, with complete reverse as described above, perforated SPECIMEN (Linzmayer RBR B1as, Pick 20as, 20p), ink dates '1 /4 / 57' and '8/ 12/ 61' respectively and annotations in top margins of both copies, the first note small chip in left margin, otherwise very fine, the second note uncirculated, rare (2) £200-300
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen £1 (2), 4 September 1956 and 1 October 1956, serial run X/6 000001 to X/6 1000000 and X/7 000001 to X/7 1000000 respectively, both signature Grafftey-Smith, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, leopard at lower left, reverse Zimbabwe ruins, perforated CANCELLED (Linzmayer RBR B2as, Pick 21as), ink date '29 /8 / 56' and annotations in top margins of both copies, the first note otherwise about uncirculated, the second note good extremely fine, rare (2) £450-650
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen, £1, 3 April 1956, serial number X/1 000001/100000, green on multicolour underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms top centre, leopard low left, reverse, ruins (Linzmayer RBR B2as, Pick 21), this is the first date and prefix for type. Perforated SPECIMEN low centre, pencil annotation top left, ink annotation top margin on reverse, corner fold low right £300-350
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen £1 (2), 13 January 1961 and 16 January 1961, serial run X/67 000001 to X/67 1000000 and X/68 000001 to X/68 1000000 respectively, both signature Richards, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, leopard at lower left, reverse Zimbabwe ruins, perforated SPECIMEN (Linzmayer RBR B2bs, Pick 21bs), ink date '10 /2 / 61' and annotations in top margins of both copies, the first note otherwise about uncirculated, the second note about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £500-700
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, £1 (2), 29 April 1957 and 16 December 1960, prefixes X/17 and X/57, green on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, leopard at low left, arms at top centre (Linzmayer BRN B2a, B2b, Pick 21a, 21b), very fine (2) £250-300
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen £5, 3 April 1956, serial run Y/1 000001 to Y/1 100000, signature Grafftey-Smith, blue and brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, sable antelope at lower left, reverse Victoria Falls, perforated SPECIMEN (Linzmayer RBR B3as, Pick 22as), this is the first date and prefix for the series. Ink date '29 /8 /56' and annotations in top margins, otherwise choice good very fine, rare £350-450
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen £5 (2), 30 January 1961 and 1 February 1961, serial run Y/10 000001 to Y/10 1000000 and Y/11 000001 to Y/11 1000000, both signature Richards, blue and brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, sable antelope at lower left, reverse Victoria Falls, perforated SPECIMEN (Linzmayer RBR B3bs, Pick 22bas), ink date '11 /2 /61' and annotations in top margin of both copies, the first otherwise good extremely fine, the second about uncirculated, rare (2) £800-1,000
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, specimen £5, 23 February 1962, serial number Y/13 000001-Y/13 900000, blue, pale pink, green and orange, Elizabeth II at right, Sable antelope low left, arms top centre, B.C.J.Richards signature low centre, reverse blue, Victoria Falls at centre, value low centre and at each corner (Linzmayer BRN B3bvar., Pick 22), ink date '7/3/62 and 11/12/61', perforated SPECIMEN. The last date recorded by Linzmayer is 3 February 1961, this more than a year later and quite possibly unique. Uncirculated £1,000-1,500
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, a partially printed £5, blue, the Queen omitted at right, no serial numbers, text or signature, also a partially printed £10, both ND (ca 1960), brown, the Queen, serial numbers, text and signature omitted (Linzmayer BRN B3, 4 for types, Pick 22, 23 for types), ink date in margin, £5 perforated SPECIMEN, £10 not perforated, good extremely fine, most unusual and very rare (2) £700-900
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's proof £10, ND (ca 1959), no serial numbers, no signature, brown and blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, lion at lower left, signature omitted, reverse grey-green, elephants (Linzmayer RBR B4pr, Pick 23pr), ink date '16 /12 /59 for colour only' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good very fine to about extremely fine and very rare £900-1,100
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North Russia, Archangel Government Issue, 5 rubles, ND (1918), blue-grey and black, 25 rubles, ND (1918), without black overprinting, 25 rubles ND (1918) with black overprinting, reverse red validation overprint (Pick S102, S104, S108), first note has stain in left margin, otherwise good extremely fine, second very fine, third very good (3) £80-100
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North Russia, Chaikovskii Government, 10, 20 kopeks, ND (1919), 5, 10 rubles, 1918, 1, 3 rubles, 1919 and 5 rubles, (1919- old date 1909), perforated (Pick S131, S132, S135, S136, S144, S145, S156), fine to good extremely fine (7) £140-160
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Ashkhabad National Bank, 25, 50 (2), 100 (3) and 250 (3) rubles, 1919, black on various block colour underprints, arms at centre, also Archangel, Chaikovskii Government, 10, 20 and 50 kopeks, 1919 small change issue, green and red, brown and green and blue and yellow respectively, arms at centre, flanked by values, also 50 kopeks, 1919 revalidated issue, with perforations, also Nikolaevsk-on-Amur Branch Government Bank, Russia, first black and red-brown, second black and green, black handstamp at low left (Pick S1143-1146, S131, 132, 133, 151, S1291, S1293), very good to about very fine (19) £280-320
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Northwest Front - Yudenich Field Treasury, a complete set from the 1919 Issue, 25, 50 Kopeks, 1, 3 (2), 5 (2), 10 (3), 25, 100, 500 and 1000 rubles, including most serial varieties (Pick S201-S210), very fine to about uncirculated (14) £280-350
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Northwest Front - Field Treasury, 500 and 1000 rubles, 1919, serial numbers 231582 and 029363, black and blue, and black and light brown respectively, flags and shield surrounding value at left, double eagle and snake at right (Pick S209, S210), first very fine, second extremely fine, scarce (2) £150-200
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