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Kingdom of Libya, 1 pound (2), 1 January 1952, serial numbers C/3 932496-97, blue on multicolour underprint, King Idris at left (Pick 16, LNZ KOL B5a), in ICG holders 50*, extremely fine to about uncirculated, tiny spot on reverse, an absolutely wonderful consecutive pair, quite rare in this grade (2) £800-1,200
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National Bank of Libya, 1/2 pound, 26 April 1955, serial number D/5 068048, purple on multicolour underprint, arms at left (Pick 19a, LNZ NBL B1a), in ICG holder 40*, very fine to extremely fine, small stains at left, but an attractive example £250-350
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National Bank of Libya, 1/2 pound, ND (1959), red serial number D/7261721, purple on multicolour underprint, arms at left, plants low centre, value at each corner and at right, reverse, bank title top centre, value at each corner and at centre (Pick 19b, NBL B1), extremely fine or better, original and fresh, scarce in this grade, an absolutely stunning note £400-600
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National Bank of Libya, 1 pound, 26 April 1955, serial number C/8 797144, blue on multicolour underprint, arms at left (Pick 20, LNZ NBL B2a), in ICG holder 50, extremely fine to about uncirculated, a lovely looking note, rare in this grade £500-700
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National Bank of Libya, 1 pound, ND (1959), serial number C/11 131247, grey blue on multicolour underprint, value in each corner and at right, plants at low centre, reverse bluish grey on multicolour underprint (Pick 20, NBL B2), extremely fine to about uncirculated, crisp, fresh and original, rare in this grade, a superb note £500-700
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Bank of Libya, specimen 1/4 pound, 1963, serial number 3 F/1 000000, red, coat of arms at left, value at right, K. A Bennani signature variety, SPECIMEN overprint, perforated, (LNZ BOL B1, Pick 23), mounting traces, ink date '1.9.65' and annotations in margin, corner fold, otherwise good extremely fine £150-250
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Bank of Libya, 1/2 pound (2), 5 February 1963, serial numbers 4 D/7 642025-26, purple on multicolour underprint, arms at left (Pick 24, LNZ BOL B2a), in ICG holders 55, almost uncirculated, wonderful condition and rare as a consecutive pair (2) £300-400
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Bank of Libya, 1 pound (2), 5 February 1963, serial numbers 4 C/14 266804-05, blue on multicolour underprint, arms at left (Pick 25, LNZ BOL B3a), in ICG holders 55, almost uncirculated and 58+, about uncirculated +, excellent grade, especially as a consecutive pair (2) £400-500
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Bank of Libya, 5 pounds (2), 5 February 1963, serial numbers 4 B/5 508810, green on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at each corner (Pick 26, LNZ BOL B4a), in ICG holders 55 and 55*, about uncirculated, second with light staining on reverse, a very nice consecutive pair (2) £1,200-1,600
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Bank of Libya, 5 pounds, 5 February 1963, serial numbers 4 B/5 804654, green on multicolour underprint, arms at left, value at each corner (Pick 26, LNZ BOL B4a), in ICG holder 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated, wonderful grade for type, thus quite rare £700-900
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Central Bank of Libya, a colour trial set of the ND (1971-1972), series 1, comprising 1/4 dinar, purple, with inscription, 1/2 dinar, grey-violet, without inscription, both arms at left, 1 dinar, green, minaret in Tripoli and the arch of Marcus Aurelius at left and 5 dinars, blue, arms at left, 10 dinars, blue-grey, Omar El Mukhtar at left, all inscription low right, all Kasem M.Sherlala signature low centre (Pick 33-37ct, Linzmayer CBL B1bt, 2at, 3bt, 4bt, 5bt, Mehilba 33-37 for types), red SPECIMEN overprint, almost uncirculated and rare as colour trials (5) £1,200-1,600
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Bank of Libya, a printers obverse and reverse archival composite essay on board for a proposed issue of a 1/2 Libyan pound, brown and mauve, the Pillars of Baalbek at left centre, arms at left, plant low right, value at each corner, reverse camel and plough at left, tractor at right, value at centre and at each corner (Pick unrecorded, Mehilba unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), unique (2) £600-800
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Bank of Libya, a printers obverse and reverse composite essay on board for the obverse and reverse of a 10 Libyan pounds, 1963, serial number A/1 000000, pale brown and pale blue, crowned arms top left, ruins at centre, value at each corner, two signatures low right, reverse pale brown, building right centre, value low centre and at each corner dated '16.6.64' on border of the card mount, unique and quite attractive (2) £1,000-1,500
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Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Central Bank of Libya, a printers obverse and reverse archival composite essay on card for a proposed issue of 1 dinar, ND (1981), serial number 1 A/1 000000, green and multicoloured, suspension bridge at left, ornate background detail, signature of Kasem M.Sherlala low centre, reverse green and blue, ancient ruins at centre, value in field (Pick unlisted, Mehilba unlisted, Linzmayer unlisted), unique and attractive (2) £800-1,200
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Central Bank of Libya, a printers archival partial obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a proposed issue of 5 dinars, ND (1981), serial number 1 A/1 000000, green and multicoloured, signature of Kasem M.Sherlala low right centre, reverse green and pale mauve, value low left (Pick 45 for type, Linzmayer CBL B9 for type), unique (2) £350-450
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Central Bank of Libya, a printers archival obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a proposed issue of 5 dinars, ND (1981/1983), serial number 1 A/1 000000, green and multicoloured, refinery at left, value at each corner, signature of Kasem M.Sherlala low right centre, reverse green and pale mauve, ancient amphitheatre at centre, value at each corner (Pick unlisted, Linzmayer unlisted, Mehilba unlisted), unique (2) £500-700
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Military Authority in Tripolitania, Libya, 50 lire, ND (1943), no serial number, brown on yellow underprint, lion on crown at centre, 10 lire, ND (1943), no serial number, purple on green, (Pick SM6a), in PCGS holder 55, choice about new (2) £200-300
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Military Authority in Tripolitania, Libya, 100 lire, ND (1943), no serial number red on blue underprint, lion on crown at right (Pick SM6a), in PCGS holder 55PPQ, choice about new £300-400
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Bank of Lithuania, colour trial 500 litu, Kaunas, 1924, brown and pale pink, value at left and right, signatures of Jurgurtis, Grajauskas, Paknys, Kaupas, Prusas low centre, reverse green and pink-orange, arms top centre, value at left and right (Pick 21ct, Linzmayer LB B23t2), ink annotation and date '12/6/25' in top margin, perforated, good extremely fine and very rare £700-900
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Bank of Lithuania, specimen 10 litu, Kaunas, 1927, serial number A 000 000, green and pale orange, arms top centre, value at left and right and at each corner, reverse green, ploughing scene, also an obverse and reverse uniface specimen 5 litai, 1929, red-brown, Grand Duke Vytautas Didysis at left (Pick 23s, 26s, Linzmayer LB B25as1, 28as2), perforated CANCELLED, ink date '1.7.29' and '5.2.30' in top margin, uncirculated, scarce (2) £400-500
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Etat du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg, 500 francs, law of 1914-1918 (1919), serial number L 13406511, green on pink, value at centre and at each corner, reverse text (Pick 33b), good very fine, scarce £300-350
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Grand Duche de Luxembourg, Letzeburg, printer's archival specimen 50 francs, ND (1944), red serial number run B 000,001 to B 400,000, deep grey-green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Grand Duchesse Charlotte at left, arms at upper centre, reverse Vianden Castle, without wording and guilloche at lower centre, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 45s - unlisted variety), mounting traces, ink date '8. 7. 43' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and a rare variety £100-200
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Institut Monetaire Luxembourgeois, a group of specimens and proofs for the 1000 francs of 1985, comprising printers archival specimen, serial numbers A000001-K1000000, bank specimens (2), both with zero serial numbers and red SPECIMEN overprints, one complete proof with serial numbers and signatures, and one proof without, together with complete stage proofs (9), illustrating the various layers of print (Pick 59s), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a superb lot with probably every type of specimen and proof available for this note (14) £500-700
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, colour trial 10 patacas, ND (type of 1963), zero serial numbers, green, mauve and multicoloured, Carneiro at right, arms low centre, value at centre and at each corner, reverse green and multicoloured, maiden and ships, ship seal at left (Pick 50ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, paper clip indentation top left otherwise uncirculated and a rare colour trial £350-380
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, 10 patacas, 8 April 1963, serial number 5509062, blue on multicolour underprint, also 5 patacas, 18 November 1976, serial number 1420034, brown on multicolour underprint, both with Carneiro at right, also 100 patacas, 12 May 1984, serial number QG21192, blue and purple on multicolour underprint, Pessanha at right, also 5 and 10 patacas, both 8 August 1981, green with temple and brown with lighthouse respectively (Pick 50, 54, 58c, 59d, 61a), second with two small marks in margins, otherwise both uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated, the 100 patacas a scarcer type (5) £300-400
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, state proofs for 10 patacas, ND (1981-84), comprising one complete proof and 8 partially printed proofs with different layers of print and underprint on the obverse and reverse (Pick 59pr), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very rare (9) £250-350
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, specimen 10 patacas (3), 12 May 1984, prefixes NM, PH and QZ, brown on multicolour underprint, lighthouse, fortress wall and flag at right, arms at low centre, red ESPECIME overprint and two cancellation holes, one of each signature variety for this date (Pick 59e), about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce (3) £300-400
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, specimen 10 patacas (3), 12 May 1984, zero serial numbers, brown on multicolour underprint, lighthouse, fortress wall and flag at right, arms at low centre, one of each signature variety for this date (Pick 59e), about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce (3) £300-400
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, printers archival specimen 10 patacas (3), 12 May 1984, serial number runs NM00001-PG75000, PH00001-QY75000 and QZ00001-SQ75000, brown on multicolour underprint, lighthouse, fortress wall and flag at right, arms at low centre, one of each signature variety for this date (Pick 59e), these serial numbers represent the complete print runs for this entire date, about uncirculated to uncirculated, a very rare specimen format (3) £450-650
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Macau, a group of Banco Nacional Ultramarino and Banco da China notes, all 1991 onwards, including 10, 20 and 50 patacas, 1990-96 issue, 10 patacas, 2003, 10 and 20 patacas, 2005, 10, 20 and 100 patacas, 1995-96 issue, 50 patacas, 1999 and 10 patacas, 2001 (Pick 65-67, 77, 80, 81, 90, 91, 93, 97, 101), about uncirculated to uncirculated (11) £120-180
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Banque de Madagascar, 100 francs (3), 1926, prefixes E, K and V, blue on red underprint, seated female allegories at left and right, red bank overprint at top centre (LNZ BDM B1a, Pick 34), all with multiple pinholes, good fine (3) £500-700
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Banque de Madagascar, 5 francs, ND (1937), serial number P.2574 526, red brown on pale yellow and green underprint, Goddess Juno at left, ornate panel at right, reverse, value at left, bank title low centre, floral display above (Pick 35, BDM B2b), in ICG holder number 58, choice about uncirculated £130-180
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Banque de Madagascar, 5 francs (7), ND (1937), prefixes M.1529 (5) and V.2624 (2), multicoloured, head of Juno at left, value at low centre (LNZ BDM B2b, Pick 35), all with central bend, about uncirculated and an attractive group (7) £150-200
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Banque de Madagascar, a group of notes which include, 10 francs (3), ND (1937-47), serial number E.1074 0, 628, consecutive serial numbers E.1074 0, 616/7, blue and olive green, woman holding large bowl of fruit at left, palm tree in background, corn sheaves at right, reverse, dark and light blue, team of cattle with herder at centre, 50 francs, ND (1937-47), serial number R.829 375, olive green on multicolour, two seated women, Minerva at left and the other representing science, signature 3, reverse, three cherubs with offerings to Demeter, 100 francs, ND (1937), serial number F.689 461, blue-grey and multicolour, woman with child at right, men at centre and left, ornate surround, signature 2, reverse, herdsmen and cattle, also Banque de Madagascar et des Comores, 100 francs, ND (1950-51), serial number L.2702 418, multicolour, woman at left, palace of the Queen of Tananariva and women with water jugs centre background, reverse, woman at left, sailboats, zebu cattle low right (LNZ BDM B3b, B5, B6, BMC B2b, Pick 36, 38, 40, 46b), first, in ICG holder number 58, choice about uncirculated, second and third, both with pinhole at low left, very fine, fourth, in PMG holder number 53, about uncirculated, NET, fifth, in PMG holder number 30, very fine, last, in PMG holder number 45, choice extremely fine (7) £380-420
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Banque de Madagascar, 50 francs (2), ND (1926 and 1948), serial numbers C.9 496 and W.696 199, green, red and blue on multicolour underprint, seated female allegories at left and right (LNZ BDM B5a and B5c, Pick 38), good fine and about fine (2) £100-150
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Banque de Madagascar, 50 francs, ND (1937), serial number Y.394 577, green, red and blue on multicolour underprint, seated female allegories at left and right (LNZ BDM B5b, Pick 38), extremely fine, scarce in this grade £500-700
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Banque de Madagascar, 100 francs, ND (1937), serial number J.688 235, multicoloured, Malagasy family at left and right, value at low centre and right, reverse Malagasy men working with teams of zebu cattle (LNZ BDM B6b, Pick 40), original almost extremely fine, quite scarce in this grade £120-160
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Banque de Madagascar, 100 francs, ND (1926), serial number L.008 362, multicoloured, Malagasy family at left and right, value at low centre and right, reverse Malagasy men working with teams of zebu cattle (LNZ BDM B6a, Pick 40), several pinholes but a fresh and original good very fine, this signature very scarce £180-220
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Banque de Madagascar, 1000 francs, 15 December 1947, serial number D.126 945, multicoloured, 'France' at left, Malagasy woman at right, reverse Malagasy woman and boy at left and right (LNZ BDM B8e, Pick 41), minor splits at edges of folds but a fresh and original very fine, scarce £400-500
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Institut d'Emission, Malagasy Republic, a group of notes comprising, 100 francs (2), ND (1961), consecutive serial numbers T.2618 872/3, multicolour, fruit at left, Queen's Palace in Antananarivo, women carrying urns, Merina woman at right, reverse, woman at left, sailboats at centre, zebu cattle at low right, 500 francs, ND (1966), serial number R.6 78862, multicolour, woman at left, ornately carved columns at right, reverse, purple and green, flower at left, palm at right, 1000 francs, ND (1966), serial number C.11 89265, multicolour, man and women at left, signature 3, 5000 francs, ND (1966), serial number O.1 25342, multicolour, portrait President Philibert Tsiranana at left, harvesting scene at centre and right, signature 3, reverse, woman holding child, fields, trees and mountains in background, together with a mixed group of notes comprising, 10 francs (2), 50 francs (2), 100 francs (6), 500 francs and 1000 francs (LNZ IEM B2b, 8a, 9a, 10a, Pick 52, 58a, 59a, 60), first, black INSTITU D'EMISSION MALAGACHE/FAMOAHAM BOLAN'NY REPOBLIKA MALAGASY overprint, in ICG holders number 55, about uncirculated, the latter NET (2), third, in PMG holder number 63, choice uncirculated, NET, fourth, in PMG holder number 55, minor rust, pinholes, about uncirculated, fifth, in ICG holder number 25, very fine, NET, remainder, various grades from very good to very fine, a useful group £500-600
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Reserve Bank of Malawi, a set of specimens, Law of 1964, First Issue, all serial number A 000000, signature Alan G. Perrin, all President Hastings Banda at left, fishing boat on Lake Malawi at centre, comprising 5 shillings, slate-blue, reverse coat of arms; 10 shillings, brown, reverse tobacco farming; and £1, green, reverse cotton farming, the first overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, four punch holes, the remainder perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 1s, 2s, 3s), the first two about uncirculated to uncirculated, the third about uncirculated, very scarce (3) £140-180
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Reserve Bank of Malawi, a set of specimens, Law of 1964, Second Issue, Thomson and Holt signatures, all President Hastings Banda at left, fishing boat on Lake Malawi at centre, comprising 5 shillings, serial number E 000000, slate-blue, reverse, coat of arms; 10 shillings, serial number G 000000, brown, reverse, tobacco farming; and £1, H 000000, green, reverse cotton farming, all perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 1As, 2As, 3As), good extremely fine to about uncirculated, very scarce (3) £100-150
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Reserve Bank of Malawi, £5, ND (1964), serial number A102428, blue and red-brown, Hastings Banda at left, fisherman and canoe at centre right, value at each corner (Linzmayer RBM B4a, Pick 4), in PMG holder 30, very fine, a very difficult type note and a key note for Malawi £300-400
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Reserve Bank of Malawi, 1 kwacha (3) and 2 kwacha (4), ND (1971), red and green respectively, and 1 kwacha (2) and 5 kwacha, ND 91976), red and orange respectively, all with Hastings Banda at right (Pick 6a, 7a, 14a, 20a), some very minor foxing on early issues, about uncirculated to uncirculated or better (10) £300-400
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Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, obverse and reverse black and white photographic style proofs for a 25 cents, 21 March 1944, serial number A000000, portrait of King George VI at left, value at lower right, reverse arms of the Malay States, value at lower left and right (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated to uncirculated, an unissued denomination and extremely rare (2) £1,200-1,600
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Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, 10 cents (11), 1 July 1941, blue on light pink and yellow underprint, portrait King George VI at right, 50 cents, 1 July 1941, serial number A/28623655, violet on orange and blue underprint, portrait King George VI at left, together with 1 dollar, 1 July 1941, blue on orange and multicolour underprint, portrait King George VI at right, reverse, blue, several coats of arms (Pick 8, 10, 11), first 11, fine to very fine, twelfth, retaining crispness, about very fine or better, thirteenth, a number of folds, central hole, good (13) £100-120
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Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, 1 dollar, 1 July 1941, serial number D/18 019027, blue on orange and green underprint, George VI at right, value at left, reverse arms and values (Pick 11), fresh and original about uncirculated, scarce in this grade £80-120
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Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, $5, 1 July 1941, serial number D/78072221, $10, 1 July 1941, serial number D/13026017, green and red respectively, portrait King George VI at right, reverse, coats of arms of States (Pick 12, 13), first, very fine, second, fine (2) £100-130
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Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, $10, 1 July 1941, serial number E/37 023671, red on yellow and green underprint, George VI at right, value at left, reverse red, 11 coats of arms (LNZ BCC B14a, Pick 13), good very fine, but nicer than the grade might dictate, an attractive example £150-200
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Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, $10, 1 July 1941, serial number B/83 069723, red on yellow, blue and green underprint, George VI at right, value at left, reverse red, 11 coats of arms (Pick 13, LNZ BCC B14a), in ICG holder 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce in this grade £400-500
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