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Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo, $1, 21 March 1953, serial number A/25 540506, blue on multicolour underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse, coats of arms of States, $1, 1 March 1959, serial number A/16 721220, blue on multicolour underprint, manned boat at right, reverse, blue, boat being pulled ashore, $10, 1 March 1961, serial number A/50 663726, red and multicolour, water buffalo and man at right, reverse, coats of arms (Pick 1, 8, 9), first, good, second, fine to very fine, third, very good £80-120
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Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo, $10, 21 March 1953, serial number A/29 523393, red on yellow and green underprint, Elizabeth II at right, value at left, reverse red, 16 coats of arms (LNZ BCC B3a, Pick 3), two spots, but fresh and original, uncirculated and scarce in this grade £400-600
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Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo, $50, 21 March 1953, serial number A/7 691531, blue on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, value at low centre and top left and right, reverse dark blue, 16 coats of arms (LNZ BCC B4a, Pick 4), one central crease and a few corner creases, some foxing, mainly on reverse, extremely fine £200-250
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Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo, $10 (2), 1 March 1961, serial numbers A/37 507227 and 507228, red and black on blue and green underprint, farmer ploughing with water buffalo at right, reverse red, five coats of arms (LNZ BCC B9a, Pick 9), lightly pressed, about uncirculated and a very scarce consecutive pair (2) £600-800
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Bank Negara Malaysia, printers archival composite essay on thin card for the reverse of a proposed issue of $50, ND (ca 1967), blue, arms at centre, value at each corner, ornate engine turnings in field (Pick unlisted, Tan unlisted, Linzmayer unlisted), very striking, unique £1,000-1,500
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Government of the Maldives, specimen 1/2 rufiyaa, 1947, no serial number, uniface, blue, brown, green and tan, sailing boat, beach and palm tree at centre, value at top left and right, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes (LNZ GOM B1as, Pick 1s), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated, very rare £500-700
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Government of the Maldives, a small set of specimens from the1948 issue comprising 1, 2, 5 and 10 rufiyaa, ND, no serial numbers, multicolour, all with palm tree at left and sailing boat at left, red SPECIMEN overprint, hole punched (LNZ GOM B2s-5s, Pick 2s-5s), uncirculated (4) £80-100
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Maldives State Issue, specimen 50 rupees, serial number A 000000, blue and multicoloured, also a specimen 100 rupees, serial number A 000000, green and multicoloured, both are dated 1951, both palm and dhow at left, dhow at right (Pick 6s, 7s, Linzmayer GOM B6as, 7as), perforation, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (2) £250-350
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Banque de la Republique du Mali, 100 francs, 22 September 1960, serial number D45 367183, brown on light tan, President Modibo Keita at left, reverse, herd of cattle at centre (Linzmayer BRM B2a, Pick 2), in ICG holder number 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated £150-200
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Banque Centrale, Mali, partial obverse proof for 5000 francs, ND (1972-84), multicoloured, cattle at low left, man in blue headscarf at right, vibrant multicoloured borders, no signatures, serial numbers or other text (Pick 14 for type), 25mm tear at low left, some light handling and scuffs, one punch-hole at top right, about extremely fine £120-160
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Banque Centrale, Mali, partial obverse proof for 5000 francs, ND (1972-84), multicoloured, cattle at low left, man in blue headscarf at right, vibrant multicoloured borders, no signatures, serial numbers or other text (Pick 14 for type, BCM B4 for type), one fold along left edge, extremely fine and scarce, very pretty £120-160
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Banco Anglo Maltese, a unissued set from the 1880's issue comprising £1, £5, £10, £30 and £50, no date or serial number, black print on watermarked paper, Saint George and dragon top left, (Pick S111-113, 115, 116), slight burred edges, about uncirculated, in lovely condition (5) £600-800
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Banco di Malta, an unissued set comprising 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 lire, not dated (18<\_>) black and white, allegorical maiden top left, value in black tablet low left (Pick S161-165), spindle hole at left, toned, otherwise an attractive set on watermarked paper, rare (5) £400-600
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Government of Malta, a full set from the 1940 Issue comprising 1/- serial number A/1 063308, 2/- prefixes A/1, A/2, A/3, 2/- 6 pence prefix A/3, 10/- prefix A/3, £1 prefixes A/9, A/14, A/16, A/18 and a 1940 provincial issue 2/- with 1/- overprint, prefix A/1 (3) (LNZ GOM B14-20, Pick 15-21), grades range from poor to about uncirculated (13) £300-350
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Government of Malta, a full set from the 1939 issue comprising 2 shilling 6 pence, serial number A/2 294652, 5 shillings, serial number A/1 429396, 10 shillings, serial number A/1 187697, £1 serial number A/1 053435 (LNZ GOM B10-13, Pick 11-14), first two notes very good, 10/- uncirculated, £1 about extremely fine (4) £300-350
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Government of Malta, a group of £1 from the 1939 issue, prefixes A/1 (1), A/2 (2), A/3 (8), A/4 (3), all with manuscript date, 13 September 1939 and signature, John Pace signature variety, brown and purple, King George VI at right (LNZ GOM B13, Pick 14a), fine to very fine (14) £600-800
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Government of Malta, £1, ND (1940), prefixes A/5 (7), A/8 (7) and A/9 (2), John Pace signature variety, brown and purple, King George VI at right (LNZ GOM B19a, Pick 20), fine to very fine (16) £350-450
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Government of Malta, £1, ND (1940), prefix A/10 (5) Edgar Cuschieri signature variety, brown and purple, King George VI at right (LNZ GOM B19b, Pick 20), very fine (5) £80-100
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Government of Malta, colour trial 10 shillings, ND (1951), brown and pale green, reverse brown, 10 shillings, ND (1951), serial number A/1 961540, colour trial £1, ND (1951), green white and pale lilac, all George VI in oval frame on right, George Cross at left, (Pick 21, 22), first, black SPECIMEN overprint, printers annotation low margin, uncirculated, rare, second, uncirculated, third, different watermark (de la Valette) to issued, black, SPECIMEN overprint, pencil annotation low right, good extremely fine, rare (3) £300-500
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Government of Malta, 10/-, 1951, prefix A/1, £1, 1951, prefixes A/6 (2), A/10, King George VI at right, 10/-, 1954, prefix A/5, £1, 1954, prefixes A/22, A/23, A/24, Queen Elizabeth II at right (LNZ GOM B20-B23, Pick 21-24), £1 prefix A/6 uncirculated, 10/- prefix A/5 extremely fine, the remainder very good to very fine (8) £350-450
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Government of Malta, 10/-, ND (1963), serial number A/2 446399, R. Soler signature variety, green on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, George Cross at centre, reverse green, Mgarr Harbour on Gozo (GOM B24a, Pick 25), embossing still visible, uncirculated, a lovely example £300-500
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Government of Malta, 10/-, ND (1963), serial number A/2 193210, green on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, George Cross at centre, value at each corner, reverse Mgarr Harbour, 10/-, ND (1968), serial number A/4 234152, red, and £1, ND (1969), serial number A/4 940105, olive green, both with Elizabeth II at right, George Cross at centre (Linzmayer GOM B24a, Pick 25a, 28, 29), original and fresh about uncirculated, scarce £320-350
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Government of Malta, 10/-, 1963, prefixes A/1(2), A/2, green, £1, 1963, serial number A/1933908, brown, R.Soler signature variety, Queen Elizabeth at right (LNZ GOM B24, 25, Pick 25, 26), £1 extremely fine the remainder very fine (4) £300-400
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Government of Malta, ERROR: 10/-, (ND) 1963, mismatched serial numbers A/1 495222 and A/1 496222, green on multicolour, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse Mgarr Harbour, Gozo (LNZ GOM B24, Pick 25a), fine £80-120
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Government of Malta, £1, ND (1963), serial number A/3 794531, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, George Cross at centre, Soler signature, reverse brown, also colour trial £5, ND (1963), no serial number, red SPECIMEN overprint, purple, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, George Cross at centre, reverse purple, brown, one hole punch low centre (Pick 26, 27), about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce (2) £400-600
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Government of Malta, £5, law of 1949 (1961), serial number A/3 778335, blue and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, Shepherd signature, reverse blue, (LNZ GOM B26a, Pick 27a), good very fine £150-200
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Government of Malta, £5, 1963, serial number A/5 062352, R.Soler signature variety, blue on multicolour, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse Grand Harbour, Valetta (LNZ GOM B26b, Pick 27), minor staining at left, original, good very fine, very rare £600-800
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Government of Malta, £5, ND (1963), serial number A/5 078594, blue on multicolour underprint respectively, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, George Cross at centre, reverse, harbour scenes (LNZ GOM B26, Pick 27), faint horizontal and vertical fold, very fine £600-800
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Government of Malta, specimen £1, ND (1963), serial number A/1 000000, brown and multicoloured, £5, ND (1968), serial number A/12 599204, purple brown and pale blue, Hogg signature, both Elizabeth II at right, George Cross at centre, Soler signature, reverse brown (Pick 26, 30), first, perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated, rare, second, uncirculated, scarce (2) £200-300
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Central Bank of Malta, 10 shillings (2), ND (1968), serial number A/1 000977 and A/3 826555, red and multicoloured, £1, ND (2) (1968), serial number A/1 000239 and A/9 672099, green and multicoloured, all Elizabeth II at right, George Cross at centre, reverse red (Pick 28, 29a), all uncirculated and two with low number, a very desirable group (4) £300-400
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Central Bank of Malta, a set from the 1968 issue, P.L.Hogg signature variety, 10/- serial numbers A/3 610216 and 621394, £1, low serial number A/1 000213, £5, serial number A/12 599273 (LNZ CBM B1-3, Pick 28-30), first note fine the remainder good extremely fine to about uncirculated (4) £200-300
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Central Bank of Malta, £5, ND (1968), serial number A/7 078976, purple-brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, George Cross at centre, Hogg signature (Pick 30, CBM B3a), in PMG holder 58, 'choice about new' £150-200
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Central Bank of Malta, £5 (2), ND (1968), consecutive serial numbers A/12 599217/8, purple and brown on multicolour underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse, harbour at Malta (LNZ CBM B3, Pick 30), crisp, fresh and uncirculated (2) £250-350
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Central Bank of Malta, a printers obverse and reverse archival composite essay on card for a proposed issue of 1 lira, ND (1972), serial number A/1 000000, green and pink, map of Malta low centre, arms at right, Hogg signature, reverse green, Neolithic Temple at low left at left, the city of Medina at centre, value at left and right (Pick 31 for similar), an unadopted type, unique (2) £500-700
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Central Bank of Malta, a printers obverse and reverse archival composite essay on card for a proposed issue of £1, ND (1971), serial number A/1 000000, green and pink, map of Malta low centre, arms at right, Hogg signature, reverse green, ancient gateway at left, the city of Medina at centre, value at left and right (Pick 31 for similar), an unadopted type, the issue of 1973 in Lira, unique (2) £500-700
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Central Bank of Malta, a full set from the 1982 issue, £10, prefix C/17, £5, prefix B/20, £1, prefix A/12 (2), all with dots at top right on obverse, and a full set from the 1979 issue, £10, prefix C/2, £5, prefix B/6, £1, prefix A/2 (LNZ CBM B7-9, Pick 34-36), the 1982 £10, 1979 £1 and £10, about uncirculated, the remainder about very fine to extremely fine (7) £300-400
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Central Bank of Malta, £10, ND (1972), prefixes C/1, C/2, C/3, C/4, C/7, brown and multicoloured, £5, prefixes B/3, B/4, B/5, B/6 B/7 (2), B/14, blue, £1 prefixes A/1 (2), A/4, A/9, A/12, A/17, A/21, A/24, A/26, green, arms at right, map at centre (LNZ CBM B4-B6, Pick 31-33), fine to extremely fine (21) £400-500
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Central Bank of Malta, a full set from the 1967 (1986) issue, comprising, 2, 5, 10 and 20 lira, H.C.de Gabriele signature variety (LNZ CBM B10-B13, Pick 37-40), the 2 and 20 lira uncirculated, the remainder good very fine to uncirculated (4) £100-120
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Central Bank of Malta, a full set from the 1967 (1989) issue, comprising 2 liri, prefix A/1, 5 liri, prefix B/1, 10 liri, prefix C/1 and 20 lira, prefix D/1, all with serial number 000560, (LNZ CBM B14-17, Pick 41-44), 2 liri about uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated (4) £250-350
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Central Bank of Malta, a full set from the 1967 (1989) issue, comprising 2 liri, prefix A/9, 5 liri, prefix B/17, 10 liri, prefix C/25 and 20 lira, prefix D/7, all with serial number 000820 and a group from the 1994 series, 2 liri (3), 5 liri (3), 10 liri (2) (LNZ CBM B14-17, Pick 41-44), first four uncirculated, the remainder very fine and better (12) £250-350
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Central Bank of Malta, a full set from the 2000 commemorative issue, comprising 2 liri, serial number BCM00131A, 5 liri BCM0013B, 10 liri BCM 00131C, with holographic overprint at left (LNZ CBM BNP2, Pick 49-51), about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £200-250
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Banque de la Martinique, 100 francs, ND (1945), serial number U.27-163, multicoloured, maiden representing the sea diademed at left and holding a sceptre, ship at centre, fasces at right, Arnaud, Calvy and Rosemain signatures, value top left and right, reverse ship and coastline (Pick 13, Kolsky 314e), a fresh and original good very fine with no pinholes. Above average for type and attractive, rare £500-700
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Banque de la Martinique, 100 francs, ND (1942), red serial number N77-779, green and pale orange, maiden and fruit at left, three printed signatures at right (Pick 19a, Kolsky 313b), central crease otherwise a fresh and original extremely fine £400-600
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, Martinique, specimen 100 francs, 'type Anglais', ND (1946), red serial number PU757, 944, green and pale red, head of Marianne at centre, also 10 francs, ND (1946), serial number GA380877, purple and red, head of Marianne at centre (Pick 23, 25s, Kolsky 330, 332), first central crease and paperclip mark, good extremely fine, second uncirculated (2) £200-250
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Mauritius Commercial Bank, $10, 1843, serial number 3325, black, waterfront scene top centre with bank title above, value top left, right and at centre, reverse red TWO POUNDS STERLING overprint (Pick S122r), remainder, in PMG holder number 62, uncirculated £400-500
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Government of Mauritius, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs for 5 rupees, 1 October 1932, black and white, George V at right, representation of a ship watermark at low left, reverse with arms at centre, value at low left (an unlisted design), bears little resemblance to the design issued in 1930, but a lovely design, unique and important (2) £200-300
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Government of Mauritius, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs for 10 rupees, 1 October 1932, black and white, George V at right, representation of a ship watermark at low left, reverse with arms at centre, value at low left (an unlisted design), quite different from the design issued in 1930, very attractive and a clear crisp photograph, unique and important (2) £200-300
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Government of Mauritius, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs for 20 rupees, 1 October 1932, black and white, George V at right, representation of a ship watermark at low left, reverse with arms at centre, value at low left (an unlisted design and denomination), no 20 rupees is known for George V, so this is an important discovery, unique and very important (2) £300-400
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Government of Mauritius, 25 cents, ND (1940), serial number B391 038, uniface, blue and pale lilac, portrait King George VI at right, arms at left, value top left and right and low left and right (Pick 24c), uncirculated, a beautiful note £300-400
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Government of Mauritius, 50 cents, ND (1940), serial number B068 040, reddish brown on pale green underprint, portrait King George VI at left, arms at right (Pick 25), extremely faint fold low left, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated £300-400
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