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East Caribbean Currency Authority, a group of specimen $20 (3), ND (1965), all zero serial numbers, purple on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline and rocks, comprising prefix A5, signature 5; prefix A6, signature 6; prefix A7, signature 7, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two specimen De La Rue ovals on obverse and reverse, four punch holes (Pick 15es (3)), about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a rare group (3) £280-360
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, a group of specimen $20 (4), ND (1965), all zero serial numbers, purple on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline and rocks, comprising prefix A8, signature 8; prefix A9, signature 9; prefix A10, signature 9, prefix A12, signature 10, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two specimen De La Rue ovals on obverse and reverse, four punch holes (Pick 15fs, 15gs (3)), about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a rare group (4) £320-380
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, a group of specimen $20 (3), ND (1965), all zero serial numbers, purple on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline and rocks, comprising prefix A19, code letter K in circle for St Kitts; prefix A19, code letter L in circle for St Lucia; prefix A28, code letter V in circle for St Vincent, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two specimen De La Rue ovals on obverse and reverse, four punch holes (Pick 15ks, 15ls, 15os), mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a rare group (3) £240-280
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, specimen $100, ND (1965), serial number A1 000000, signature 1, black and orange on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline and rocks, overprinted SPECIMEN in red, four punch holes (Pick 16bs LNZ EBC B4a1), good extremely fine £300-400
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, a group of specimen $100 (3), ND (1965), all serial numbers A1 000000, black and orange on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline and rocks, comprising signature 5 (2) and signature 10, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two specimen De La Rue ovals on obverse and reverse, four punch holes (Pick 16cs (2), 16fs), biro mark on one copy of Pick 16bs, mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, the Pick 16bs extremely rare (3) £1,000-1,500
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, specimen $100 (2), ND (1965), both serial numbers A1 000000, black and orange on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline and rocks, comprising signature 9 and signature 10, both perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE (Pick 16fs (2)), uncirculated, and rare (2) £600-800
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, specimen $100, ND (1965), serial number A/1 0000000, signature 10, black, orange and multicoloured, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, map of islands at left, reverse coastline with palm tree at centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, four punch holes (Pick 16fs), about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £220-280
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East Caribbean Currency Authority, a group of specimen $100 (3), ND (1965), all zero serial numbers, black and orange on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse coastline and rocks, comprising prefix A1, code letter G in circle for Grenada; prefixes A1 and A2, both code letter V in circle for St Vincent, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two specimen De La Rue ovals on obverse and reverse, four punch holes (Pick 16is, 16ns (2)), ink annotations in margins of one copy of Pick 16ns, mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, and rare (3) £700-900
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Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, a printers archival composite essay on card for a proposed issue of $20, ND (1984-1985), violet and mauve, Elizabeth II at right, map of the islands at far right, windsurfer at left, reverse violet and multicoloured, coastline and palm tree (Pick 19 for type, Linzmayer ECCB B3 for type), unique £300-500
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Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, $100, ND (1986), serial number A007002L, orange, brown and blue on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, map of the islands at far right, reverse multicolour, island harbour scene (LNZ ECCB B4l, Pick 20i), still nicely embossed, one half fold at left, thus about uncirculated and scarce £250-350
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Central Bank of The United Arab Republic, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 1 dinar/1 ¡ Pound, 1958, serial number B/1 000000, green on multicoloured underprint, coat of arms of the United Arab Republic at upper centre, statue, of Rameses II, fountain, plinth and staircase at right, building (Mosque of Al Azhar?) at lower centre, reverse map showing Egypt and Syria with their national flags, £¡1 symbols at lower left and upper right (Pick unlisted), artwork of great historical importance relating to the brief political union of the states of Egypt and Syria as the United Arab Republic between 1958 and 1961, about uncirculated to uncirculated, unique (2) £10,000-15,000
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Central Bank - United Arab Republic, Egypt, a group of three obverse die proofs for an unissued set of notes, all dated AH 1379 (1959), comprising 25 piastres, indigo; 50 piastres, black; and 10 Arab dinars, deep green, all coat of arms of the United Arab Republic at right, bank legend and denomination in Arabic at upper centre (Pick unlisted), ink date '25/ 3/ 59' and ink annotation 'to be printed on Eagle w/mk. paper' and other annotations in top and bottom margins of all three copies, otherwise extremely fine, all three proofs of the utmost rarity and probably unique (3) £2,000-3,000
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Central Bank - United Arab Republic, Egypt, specimen proof 25 piastres, AH 1379 (1959), serial numbers 123456 at upper left and 789012 at lower right, deep blue on multicoloured underprint, coat of arms of the United Arab Republic at right, set in ornate columns, value at upper left and right, reverse bank legend at top centre, value in guilloches at centre and at right and left, one punch hole (Pick unlisted), printed date '13-2-59' and ink annotations in all four margins and in top margin on reverse, otherwise about uncirculated, of the utmost rarity and probably unique £3,000-5,000
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Central Bank - United Arab Republic, Egypt, specimen proof 50 piastres, AH 1379 (1959), serial numbers 123456 at lower left and 345668 at lower right, black on pale green, orange and multicoloured underprint, coat of arms of the United Arab Republic at right, minarets at left and right, value in Arabic in each corner, reverse bank legend at top centre, value at centre set in ornate guilloches, one punch hole (Pick unlisted), printed date '13-2-59' and ink annotations in all four margins and in top margin on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, of the utmost rarity and probably unique £4,000-6,000
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Central Bank - United Arab Republic, Egypt, specimen proof 1 Arab dinar, AH 1379 (1959), serial numbers 123456 at lower left and 345678 at lower right, blue-green and purple on multicoloured underprint, coat of arms of the United Arab Republic at right, minarets at left and right, value in Arabic in each corner, reverse bank legend at top centre, value at centre set in ornate guilloche, one punch hole (Pick unlisted), printed date '3-4-59' and ink annotations in top and bottom margins, otherwise good extremely fine and of the utmost rarity £6,000-8,000
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Central Bank - United Arab Republic, Egypt, specimen proof 5 Arab dinars, AH 1379 (1959), serial numbers 123456 at lower left and 345678 at lower right, green and brown on multicoloured underprint, coat of arms of the United Arab Republic at right, value in Arabic in each corner, reverse green, bank legend at top centre, value at left set in one ornate guilloche, blank circle with watermark of a coat of arms at right, one punch hole (Pick unlisted), printed date '3-4-59' and ink annotations in top and bottom margins, otherwise good extremely fine, of the utmost rarity and probably unique £8,000-12,000
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Central Bank - United Arab Republic, Egypt, specimen proof 10 Arab dinars, AH 1378 (1958), serial numbers 123456 at lower left and 345678 at upper right, deep green and brown on multicoloured underprint, coat of arms of the United Arab Republic at centre right, value in Arabic in three corners, reverse brown, bank legend at top centre, value at left set in geometric guilloche, acanthus leaved top border, one punch hole (Pick unlisted), printed date '13-2-59' and ink annotations in all four obverse margins and in top margin on reverse, otherwise good very fine, of the utmost rarity and probably unique £10,000-15,000
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National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres, 25 June 1899, serial number A/1 392173, black on pink and green underprint, the Sphinx at centre, value at low centre and each corner, reverse green, value at left and right, Rowlatt signature (Pick 1b), a very attractive example with no graffiti on either side, an original about very fine, and very rare, especially in such nice condition £15,000-20,000
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen £100, 2 October 1912, serial run G/10 80001 to G/10 85000, black, yellow-green and orange, the temple at Philae at left, value at lower left, reverse olive-green, value in western numerals at left and Arabic numerals at right set in ornate guilloches, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 6s3, Hanafy M1s), ink date 'December 1912' and annotations in top margin, mounting traces, otherwise fresh extremely fine and very rare £3,000-4,000
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 25 Piastres (3), 12 June 1918, 13 June 1918, 14 June 1918, serial number runs L/32 000, 001 to L/32 100,000, L/33 000, 001 to L/33 100,000 and L/34 000, 001 to L/34 100,000 respectively, signature Rowlatt, blackish purple on pale green and multicoloured underprint, banks of the Nile at centre, value in each corner, reverse deep blue, light blue and orange, value in Western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 10as, Hanafy M1s), mounting traces, ink date and annotations in top margins, about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain a very rare trio of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (3) £900-1,100
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 25 piastres (3), 15 June 1918, 16 June 1918, 17 June 1918, serial number runs L/35 000, 001 to L/35 100,000, L/36 000, 001 to L/36 100,000 and L/37 000, 001 to L/37 100,000 respectively, signature Rowlatt, blackish purple on pale green and multicoloured underprint, banks of the Nile at centre, value in each corner, reverse deep blue, light blue and orange, value in Western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 10as, Hanafy M1s), mounting traces, ink date and annotations in top margins, about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain a very rare trio of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (3) £900-1,100
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 25 piastres (3), 17 October 1918, 18 October 1918 and 19 October 1918, serial number runs L/57 000, 001 to L/57 100,000, L/58 000, 001 to L/58 100,000 and L/59 000, 001 to L/59 100,000 respectively, signature Rowlatt, blackish purple on pale green and multicoloured underprint, banks of the Nile at centre, value in each corner, reverse deep blue, light blue and orange, value in Western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 10as, Hanafy M1s), mounting traces, ink date '13. 11. 18' and annotations in top margins, about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to obtain a very rare trio of specimens with consecutive dates and serial number runs (3) £900-1,100
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National Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres, 7 August 1917, serial number L/3 083395, brown on multicolour underprint, Nile waterfront scene with boats and camel at centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse blue on orange and light blue underprint, Rowlatt signature (Pick 10a), original about very fine, this date extremely rare £800-1,000
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National Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres, 7 June 1940, serial number L/62 565471, brown on multicolour underprint, Nile waterfront scene with boats and camel at centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse blue on orange and light blue underprint, Cook signature (Pick 10b), original fine, one of only two prefixes signed by Cook, thus rare £400-600
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National Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres, 3 January 1945, serial number L/76 502076, multicolour, value in each corner and at centre, bank title top centre, banks of Nile at centre, Nixon signature, reverse, blue and orange, ornate panel at centre (Pick 10), about uncirculated to uncirculated £100-150
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National Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres, 13 June 1950, serial number L/102 932834, purple-brown on multicolour underprint, riverside scene with camel and boats at centre, value at each corner, Leith Ross signature (Pick 10d), fresh and original, about uncirculated and scarcer in such nice grade £100-150
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 50 piastres (2), 24 February 1915 and 25 February 1915, serial number runs Q/48 000, 001 to Q/48 100,000 and Q/49 000, 001 to Q/49 100,000 respectively, brown on multicoloured underprint, sphinx at left, value at upper right and lower left, reverse blue on pale green and pink underprint, value in western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 11s, Hanafy M2s), ink date '2. 2. 16' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £700-900
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National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres, 28 January 1915, serial number Q/17 070, 318, brown, Sphinx at left, denomination in Arabic at top right and Western low left, reverse green and blue (Pick 11, Hanafy M2), folds, creasing, discolouration, small graffiti marks on reverse and faint ink stamp, otherwise fine or better £600-800
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National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres, 5 February 1916, serial number Q/45 035, 488, brown, Sphinx at left, denomination in Arabic at top right and Western low left, reverse green and blue (Pick 11, Hanafy M2), several vertical and horizontal folds, graffiti low right, fine to very fine £300-350
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National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres, 1916, serial number Q/80 057778, brown, Sphinx at right, reverse blue on multicolour, (Pick 11), about fine £800-900
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National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres (2), 17 June 1917 and 17 May 1918, serial numbers P/27 033,917 and P/37 038,826 respectively, brown, Sphinx at left, denomination in Arabic at top right and Western low left, reverse green and blue (Pick 11, Hanafy M2), lightly pressed, small tape repairs, otherwise fine or better (2) £400-600
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 1 pound (2), 14 and 15 July 1916, consecutive serial number runs R/44 000,001 to R/44 1000,000 and R/45 000,001 to R/45 100,000 respectively, no signatures, blue on pink and pale green underprint, the temple gate of Khonsu at Karnak at left, value in western and Arabic numerals at right, reverse dark green on orange and pale green underprint, value in ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 12as, Hanafy M2as), first note about uncirculated, second uncirculated, ink dates '15.5.16' and annotation in top margin (2) £800-1,000
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 1 pound (2), 24 and 25 September 1918, consecutive serial number runs S/24 000,001 to S/24 1000,000 and S/25 000,001 to S/25 100,000 respectively, Rowlatt signature variety, blue on pink and pale green underprint, the temple gate of Khonsu at Karnak at left, value in western and Arabic numerals at right, reverse dark green on orange and pale green underprint, value in ornate pattern, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 12as, Hanafy M2bs), ink dates '15.5.18' and annotation in top margin, very rare (2) £650-850
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 1918, serial number S/7005,700, blue and multicolour, ruins and palm trees at left, value in ornate column at right, reverse, orange and green (Pick 12), fine to very fine £400-600
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National Bank of Egypt, specimen £10, 2 September 1913, no serial numbers, brown and multicoloured, street scene and the Mosque of Qayetbay at right, value at left, reverse brown (Pick 14s, Hanafy M3s), first date for type, perforated, red CANCELLED in English and Arabic, good very fine and rare £1,200-1,500
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen £10, 22 July 1916, serial run X/6 00000 to X/6 050,000, brown and multicoloured, old Cairo street scene and the Mosque of Qayetbay at right, value in Arabic numerals in guilloche at left, reverse value in western and Arabic numerals set in ornate pattern with acanthus scrolls, red SPECIMEN overprint, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 14s, Hanafy M3s), mounting traces, ink date '15. 5. 16.' and annotation in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and very rare £1,500-2,500
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National Bank of Egypt, £10, 17 July 1914, serial number X/3 046477, brown and multicolour, bank title top centre, Mosque of Sultan Qata'un and street scene in Cairo at left, reverse, geometric pattern (Pick 14, Hanafy M3), graffiti on reverse, about fine £700-900
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National Bank of Egypt, 10 Egyptian pounds, January 1918, serial number X/12 008735, brown on multicolour, street scene at left with the mosque of Qayetbay, Rowlatt signature variety (Pick 14), about fine £700-800
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National Bank of Egypt, £10, 8 November 1919, serial number X/27 045, 046, purple-brown and multicoloured, the Mosque of Qayetbay and street scene at right, Rowlatt signature, reverse, brown (Pick 14, Hanafy M3), lightly pressed, several folds, small tape repairs, fine, without graffiti thus scarce £300-500
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National Bank of Egypt, £50, 1 August 1914, serial number Y/2 028734, purple and multicolour, convoy of camels passing Mamluks cemetery in Cairo, reverse, purple, green and pink, geometric patterns (Pick, this date not listed, Hanafy, this date not listed) graffiti on reverse, several small tape repairs, fine or better, extremely rare £4,000-5,000
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National Bank of Egypt, specimen £50, 2 May 1945, serial number N/8 000001- N/8 100000, purple and multicoloured, camel train and Mameluke tombs at centre, value at centre and at left and right, reverse purple and multicoloured, value at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 15cs, Hanafy M2es), slight mounting traces, ink date '31.1.45' and annotation on top margin, about uncirculated and rare £1,000-2,000
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National Bank of Egypt, £50, 1945, serial number N/7 077302, multicolour, camel train and Mameluke Tomb at centre, Rowlatt and Nixon signatures, reverse, multicolour, value at left and right (Pick 15), several folds, repairs, good £400-600
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National Bank of Egypt, £50, 2 May 1945, serial number N/8 069282, dark purple on multicolour underprint, camel train and Mamluke tombs at centre, value at left, right and each corner, Nixon signature (Pick 15), graffiti on reverse, original about very fine, scarce £600-800
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National Bank of Egypt, £100, 15 December 1944, serial number K/7025408, green and multicolour, citadel of Cairo at right, mosque at left, value in each corner and at centre, Nixon signature, reverse, multicolour, boat at centre with island of Philae in background, (Pick 17, Hanafy M3), several tape repairs, graffiti, very good to fine £300-400
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 14 June 1924, serial number H/3 073056, red, blue, green and lilac, camel at centre, Hornsby signature, reverse blue and red, value and bank initials (Pick 18a, Hanafy M3e), original, about fine, scarce £400-600
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 20 September 1924, serial number H/70 088, 682, red and blue on multicolour underprint, camel at centre with buildings in background, bank title top centre, reverse, ornate multicolour panel (Pick 18, Hanafy M3e), graffiti low left on reverse, vertical and horizontal folds, otherwise about very fine £500-700
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National Bank of Egypt, specimen £5 reverse colour trial, orange and red on green and brown, vignette of Palm trees and building at centre, flanked by Arabic and Western values, hole punched (Pick 19 for type), handstamped date on reverse '23 May 1923', about uncirculated £300-400
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds, 6 January 1925, serial number M/15 000001-M/15 100000, no signature, green, blackish purple and multicoloured, National Bank building at centre, value in each corner, reverse blue and red on green and orange underprint, palm trees and building at centre, value in guilloches at right and left (Pick 19as, Hanafy M3s), perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, ink dates '13.11.24' , annotations in top margins, otherwise original good very fine and the second year of issue for series, rare £450-650
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds, 14 October 1935, serial number M/31 000001-M/31 100000, no signature, green, blackish purple and multicoloured, National Bank building at centre, value in each corner, reverse blue and red on green and orange underprint, palm trees and building at centre, value in guilloches at right and left, perforated CANCELLED, (Pick 19bs), mounting traces, ink dates and annotations in top margins, otherwise original about uncirculated (2) £700-900
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 4 July 1926, serial number J/4 193558, green and multicolour, Fellah Idrees at right, Hornsby signature, reverse violet, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif-el-Dein Qa'la Un at centre (Pick 20, Hanafy M4), a number of folds, fine £700-900
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