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Reserve Bank of Australia, $100 (2), ND (1992), prefix ZLD, grey and multicoloured, Tebbutt at left centre, Fraser-Cole signatures, also $2, ND (1975), prefix HRJ, black, green and yellow (Pick 43b2, 48d), first two uncirculated and the last prefix of issue, third uncirculated (3) £180-220
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Imperial Reply Coupon, Australia, selling 3d Price, blue and pale orange, Britannia at left, purple handstamp at left dated 12 October 1937, unusual and interesting £50-70
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Australian Defence Canteens Service, a canteen order for 5/-, 1943, serial number V 585067, black and white, V prefix for Victoria, handstamped at right '2.No.43' (Schwan-Boling 588a), very fine, rare historical item £50-80
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Austro-Hungarian Bank, 50 kronen, 2 January 1902, series 1354, number 52162, blue on pink paper, allegorical maidens at left and right, arms at top centre (Pick 6), in ICG holder 35, good very fine £250-300
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Austro-Hungarian Bank, 10,000 kronen, 2 November 1918, serial number 1008 59395, both sides purple on multicolour underprint, woman at right, arms at top left centre (Pick 25), in ICG holder 50, extremely fine to about uncirculated, without overprint of any variety, thus rare £300-400
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Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Bank, large group of notes including 50 kronen, 2 January 1914, 100 kronen, (8), ND (1919 - old date 2 January 1912), 1000 kronen, (28) ND (1919 - old date 2 January 1902), 10,000 kronen, (3), ND (1919 - old date 2 November 1918), 100 kronen (2), 2 January 1922), 1000 kronen, (3), 2 January 1922, 5000 kronen, (4), 2 January 1922, 50,000 kronen, 2 January 1922, 500,000 kronen, 20 September 1922 (Pick 15, 55, 59, 65, 77, 78, 79, 80, 84), varied grades from fine to very fine £200-250
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Austro- Hungarian Bank, a group comprising 100 (7) and 1000 (4) kronen, 1919 with red DEUTSHOSTERREICH overprint (7), 1000 and 5000 kronen, 1922, (Pick 56 59, 60, 78, 79), good to fine (12) £60-80
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Allied Military Currency, Austria, specimen 1000 schilling, 1944, serial number A/01 000001-A/01 750000, blue, pale orange and green, value in field, reverse lilac, blue and green, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 111s, Schwan-Boling 223s), perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine and rare £300-400
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National Bank of Austria, specimen 100 schilling, Vienna, 2 January 1947, red zero serial numbers, dark green and lilac, woman at right in national dress, arms top centre, reverse green and mauve, mountains at centre (Pick 124s), annotation '17.1.47' in top margin, perforated, good extremely fine and rare £200-300
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Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic, 5,000,000 rubles, 1923, serial number AA 0004, green on olive underprint, reverse green and multicolour, plus 500 rubles, 1920, dark brown and light grey on multicolour underprint, also, Georgia Independent Republic, 1 ruble, 1919, black on light pink, Armenia, 50 rubles, 1919, brown on orange and green underprint, Russia, 5 rubles, 1938, blue grey, also 3 ruble ticket (all Soviet lottery for the defence of the USSR) (Pick S720, 7, 7, 30, 215), generally fine or better (6) £100-150
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Azores, Banco de Portugal, 10,000 reis ouro, 30 January 1905 (1915), serial number J09493, red on yellow underprint, Camoes at left, mermaids with globe at low centre, sailing ships at right, reverse Henry the Navigator at top left, both sides with several black ACORES overprints (BDP B10e, Pick 11), strong central fold with small repaired splits at each end, but a fresh and original good very fine, very rare, particularly in such attractive condition £3,500-5,000
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Bahamas Government, an obverse hand executed essay on board for £1, ND (c.1919), black, brown and yellow, George V at right, palms and sailing boats at centre, value at each corner, A.C.Burns signature at left as on Pick 4b (Pick not listed, Pick 4 for the type actually issued instead), a rare Waterlow & Sons item, completely unique and absolutely beautiful £4,200-5,200
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Bahamas Government, £1, 1930, serial number A/1 118128, black on yellow and aqua underprint, George V at right, ship seal at left, sailing boat and shoreline at centre, reverse dark brown, arms at centre (LNZBG B7a, Pick 7), an original and attractive very fine, scarce £400-500
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Bahamas Government, specimen 4 shillings (2), ND (1936), red serial numbers A/3 000000 and A/4 000000, green and pale pink, George VI at right, ship seal at left, Jarrett, Taylor and Moore signatures, reverse multicoloured, arms at left, value at right (Pick 9as, BG B8a), ink annotation in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, good very fine, rare (2) £400-600
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Bahamas Government, 4 shillings, ND (1936), red serial number A/8 865267, green and pale pink, George VI at right, ship seal at left, Stewart, Latreille and Burnside signatures, reverse multicoloured, arms at left, value at right, also specimen $20, ND (1968), serial number B 000000, brown and pale blue and orange-brown, Elizabeth II at left, Hammond and Donaldson signatures (Pick 9d, BG B8d, 31s, BMA B6as), first, original, good extremely fine and scarce, second, mounting traces, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, extremely fine and scarce £200-300
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Bahamas Government, specimen 4 shillings, ND (1936), red serial number A/7 000000, green and pale pink, specimen 10 shillings, ND (1936), red serial number A/7 000000, red and pale orange, both George VI at right, ship seal at left, Higgs, Latreille and Burnside signatures, reverse multicoloured, arms at left, value at right (Pick 9es, BG B8es, 10ds, BG B9ds), first, ink annotation in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, almost extremely fine, second, slight mounting traces, perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine, rare £400-600
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Bahamas Government, specimen 4 shillings (2), ND (1936), red serial numbers A/5 000000 and A/8 000000, green and pale pink, George VI at right, ship seal at left, Stewart, Latreille and Moore signatures, reverse multicoloured, arms at left, value at right (Pick 9cs, BG B8cs), ink annotation in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces, extremely fine, rare (2) £400-600
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Bahamas Government, a small specimen set from the 1953 Issue comprising, 4/-, 10/- and £1, all with Queen Elizabeth at right, ship seal at left, (LNZ BG B12ds, 13bs, 14cs, Pick 13-15), all with mounting traces, good extremely fine to uncirculated (3) £250-350
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Bahamas Government, $1/2, prefix B, purple, Sands-Higgs signatures, and $1, prefix D, Francis, Higgs and Smiley-Butler signatures green, both Elizabeth II at left, (Pick 17, 18b Linzmayer BG B16a, 17b), uncirculated (2) £280-300
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Bahamas Government, $3, prefix A, red, Sands-Higgs signatures, Elizabeth II at left, (Pick 19a Linzmayer BG B18a), uncirculated £250-280
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Bahamas Government, specimen $50, ND (1965), serial number A 000000, brown and red and pale blue and pink, Elizabeth II at left, Francis and Higgs and Smiley-Butler signatures, red SPECIMEN overprint, (Pick 24bs, BG B23bs1), uncirculated and rare, not known in issued format £300-400
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Bahamas Government, specimen $50, ND (1965), serial number A 000000, brown and red and pale blue and pink, specimen $20, ND (1965), serial number A 000000, brown and pale green and orange-brown, Elizabeth II at left, Sands and Higgs signatures, red De La Rue SPECIMEN overprint, hole punch (Pick 24as, BG B23as), faint mounting traces, uncirculated and rare (2) £450-650
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Bahamas Monetary Authority, $1/2, ND (1968), prefix D, purple, Hammond-Donaldson signatures, Elizabeth II at left, (Pick 26a, Linzmayer BMA B1a), uncirculated £200-220
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Bahamas Monetary Authority, a full set of 1968 specimens comprising, 50 cents, $1, $3, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, all Queen Elizabeth II, reverses, vibrantly colourful island scenes (LNZ BMA B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Pick 26-33), diagonal red SPECIMEN overprint, all about uncirculated to uncirculated, a fantastic set £800-1,000
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Bahamas Monetary Authority, specimen $20, ND (1968), serial number B000000, brown on pale yellow and green underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at left, bank title along top, value in each corner and at centre, reverse, multicolour, flower column at left, palm tree and horse drawn carriage at centre, arms at right (LNZ BMA B6, Pick 31), uncirculated, a lovely note £200-300
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Bahamas Government, 50 cents (3), ND (1966), $1 (2), ND (1967/8), £3, ND (1968), 50 cents, ND (1974), all featuring portrait Queen Elizabeth II, reverse, colourful island scenes (LNZ BG B16a, 17b, BMA B3a, CBB B7, Pick 17, 18, 28, 42), all about uncirculated to uncirculated (7) £200-300
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Central Bank of the Bahamas, a pair of notes of the 1974 Issue, $1 serial number F/1 376965, signature Donaldson, green on multicoloured underprint, $5 serial number H 376965, signature Donaldson, orange on multicoloured underprint, also small set from the 1984 issue comprising, 50 cents, serial number A 192833, dark green, $1 serial number B 086946, green, $3 serial number A 214959, red, $5 serial numbers A 978046, orange (DAB B1, 2, Pick 35, 37, DAB B7-10, Pick 42-45), about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £250-350
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Central Bank of the Bahamas, $1/2 (3), sequential, $1 (3), sequential, green and $3 (3), red, all ND (1980-), all Elizabeth II at right, all William Clifford Allen signature (Pick 42, 43, 44, Linzmayer CBB B7a, 8a, 9a), uncirculated (9) £50-60
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Central Bank of the Bahamas, $3, ND (1980-), prefix A, red, Allen signature and Central Bank of Belize, $1, 1987, prefix A/12, green, both Elizabeth II at right (Pick 44, 46c), uncirculated (2) £200-220
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Central Bank of the Bahamas, a group of notes comprising $1, 1992, serial number C138146, multicolour, $1, 1992, serial number AN080213, green, $5, 2001, serial number AC715100, orange, $50, 2000, serial number F791638, orange, brown and green, $100, 2000 issue, serial number P211072, a set of 2001 issue, 50 cent, serial number A1017138, $1, serial number, CW450241 and $1, 2002 issue, serial number DW521880, and Central Bank of Barbados, a small group of notes comprising $1, 1973, serial number A3 573040, red, $2, 1980, serial number H1 723023, blue, $5, 1973, serial number B1000298, green, $5, 1976, serial number G7328477, green, $10, 1975, serial number C1000194, brown, also several later issues, $5, 1996, $10, 1995, $2, 1999 and $20, 2007 (DAB B 15, 16, 29, 32, Pick 50, 51 , 63b, 66, CBB B33-36, Pick 67-70, CBB B1-5, Pick 29-33), mixed grades from fine to uncirculated (17) £200-250
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Bahrain Monetary Agency, 20 dinars, 1998, serial number 206856, dark blue, orange and multicolour, bank building at right, arms at low centre, signature of Sheikh Khalifa bin Sulman al Khalifa, reverse dark blue and orange, mosque at centre (Linzmayer BMA B17a, Pick 23), a fantastic original uncirculated example £200-250
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Baltic States, 'Die Munzen und Papergeld', a hardbound volume of the seminal work on the Baltic States, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. Text in German in 1952 by M.C.Hirsch in Stockholm. This volume number 52 of a numbered printing, rebound in green cloth with original cover laid on, in an excellent state of preservation and scarce £80-120
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Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, a printers archival composite essay for the reverse of a 5 takas, ND (1972), green and pink, ladies picking tea at centre, value at each corner (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), a charming design, unique £600-800
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Bangladesh Bank, a printers archival composite obverse essay on board for a proposed issue of 5 taka, ND (1972), serial number AA 000000, dark and light green and pink, map of Bangladesh at right, flag low centre (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), unique and totally unlike the issues of the period £800-1,200
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Government of Bangladesh, specimen 1 taka, ND (1973), zero serial numbers, purple and ochre, hand holding rice plants at left, reverse arms at right, without watermark, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse (LNZ GOB B2, Pick 5as), uncirculated £100-120
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Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, specimen 1 taka, ND (1973), zero serial number, no watermark, violet and yellow-ochre, hand holding rice plants at left, reverse arms, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 5bs), glue traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce £100-140
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Bangladesh Bank, specimen 10 and 100 taka, zero serial numbers, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at left, watermark at right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, (LNZ BB B5as2, 6s, Pick 11, 12), both with mounting traces, second note with small tear in top left corner otherwise about uncirculated (2) £120-150
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Bangladesh Bank, specimen 5 taka, ND (1972), serial number 123456, red and multicoloured, Mujibur Rahman at right, reverse industrial estate; 10 Taka, ND (1972), serial number 123456, green and multicoloured, Mujibur Rahman at left, reverse rice harvesting, one cancel hole (Pick 13s, 14s), first note, several pinholes, printers annotations 'approved' on obverse, in ICG holder number 45*, extra fine, second printers annotations in top margin, in ICG holder number 55, about uncirculated (2) £150-250
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Bangladesh Bank, specimen 50 takas, ND (1979), zero serial number, orange, peacock birds at centre, Shaat Gambuj mosque at right, N.M Islam signature variety, red SPECIMEN overprint on obverse and reverse (LNZ BB B17, Pick 23), uncirculated £80-120
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Bangladesh Bank, specimen 50 taka, ND (1977), zero serial numbers, signature M. Nurul Islam, orange and multicoloured, Sixty Dome Mosque in Bagerhat at right, reverse tea picking; also specimen 100 Taka, ND (1979), zero serial numbers, The Star Mosque, Dhaka at right, reverse ruins of Lalbagh Fort, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 23s, 24s), mounting traces, the first otherwise good extremely fine, the second uncirculated, scarce (2) £100-150
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Bangladesh Bank, a printers archival composite obverse and reverse essay on card for a proposed issue of 100 taka, ND (1975), zero serial numbers, violet-blue and multicoloured, the Tara Masjid (the Star Mosque) in Dhaka at left, ornate engine turnings in field, reverse blue, bullock carts with harvest, river and boat top right (Pick 18 for similar, Linzmayer BB B12 for similar), the reverse unrecorded, unique £700-900
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Bangladesh Bank, specimen 100 taka (3), ND (1979), zero serial numbers with two different prefix letters, The Star Mosque, Dhaka at right, reverse ruins of Lalbagh Fort, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 24s (3)), mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce (3) £150-250
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Bangladesh Bank, 100 taka (40), ND (1977), blue and multicoloured, the Tara Masjid (Star Mosque) in Dhaka at right in oval frame, signature 3, M. Nurul Islam, low centre, reverse blue, the Southern gate of the Lalbagh Fort (Pick 24, Linzmayer BB B18a), uncirculated and an attractive note (40) £200-300
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Royal Bank of Canada, Barbados, specimen $100, 2 January 1920, red serial number 000000, black on salmon underprint, allegorical maiden at centre, value top left and right and at low centre with sterling equivalent, reverse, orange, bank arms at centre, hole punched and perforated PAID right and left (Pick S163), uncirculated, a striking specimen £2,000-2,500
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Government of Barbados, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs for $2, 1 January 1936, black and white, George V at right, King in Biga drawn by Hippocamps at left, value at each corner (Pick unlisted), almost identical to the George VI issue produced two years later, but with different portrait and date, fantastic to see that the designs were in motion before the death of George V, unique and important (2) £300-400
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Government of Barbados, $1, 1 June 1943, serial number B/Q 664, 302, brown and green on multicolour, portrait King George VI at left, seahorses pulling Neptune in ornate circular panel at right, reverse, brown, blue and orange, value at left and right in elaborate panel (LNZ GOB B2, Pick 2b), good embossing, about uncirculated to uncirculated, an elegant and desirable note £800-1,000
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Government of Barbados, obverse and reverse specimen proofs for a $2, ND (1940), violet and blue, King George VI at right, the king as Neptune in a biga at left, reverse red, green, blue and orange, ornate guilloches and patterns, both perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 3 colour trial proofs), ink date '14. 8. 40' and 'colour approved for front of new $5 notes' in margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and excessively rare $2 proofs in the issued colours of the $5, sold with envelope endorsed accordingly and probably unique (2) £400-600
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Government of Barbados, a proof $5 on unwatermarked paper, ND (1940), no serial numbers, violet and grey-blue, King in biga of hippocamps at left, George VI at right, reverse blank (Pick 4 for type, GOB B4 for type), ink annotation 'approved 2/7/40', perforated CANCELLED, slight scuffing, extremely fine, unusual and rare £300-400
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Central Bank of Barbados, a printers archival composite essay on card for the obverse and reverse for a $10, ND (ca 1978), serial number A000000, pink and brown, arms low left, Samuel Prescod at right, reverse pink and brown, Trafalgar Square, Bridgetown, at centre, value low right (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), the design similar to the $20 of 1973, unique (2) £500-600
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Central Bank of Barbados, archival specimen $1, red, $5, green, $10, brown, $20, violet and $100, blue and grey, all Blackburn signature, all ND (1972), (Pick 29s, 31s, 33s, 34s, 35s, CBB B1as1, 3as1, 5as1, 6as1, 7as1var), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (5) £200-250
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