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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, printer's archival specimen 20 escudos, 20 November 1958, serial run B 850001 to B 1000000; specimen proof 20 escudos, ND (ca 1974), no serial numbers, no signatures, both brown and multicoloured; also printer's archival specimen 50 escudos, 20 November 1958, serial run B160001 to B 230000; specimen proof 50 escudos, ND (ca 1970), no serial numbers, no signatures, one punch hole, both grey and multicoloured, all portrait of D. Afonso V at right, reverse woman looking out at ships (Pick 36s, 36p, 37s, 37p), mounting traces, ink dates and annotations in top margins, the first otherwise about extremely fine, the second good very fine, the remainder good extremely fine (4) £100-200
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, specimen proof 100 escudos, ND (ca 1970), no serial numbers, no signatures; printer's archival specimen 100 escudos, 20 November 1958, serial run 240001 to B 300000; also specimen 100 escudos, 20 November 1958, serial number B 000000, overprinted ESPECIME horizontally in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes, all slate violet and multicoloured, all portrait of D. Afonso V at right, reverse woman looking out at ships (Pick 38p, 38s (2)), mounting traces, ink dates and annotations in top margins, the first two otherwise good extremely fine, the third about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rare type set of specimens (3) £100-200
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, an obverse printers archival die proof for a 20 escudos, brown, an obverse and reverse die proof 50 escudos, black and white, an obverse and reverse die proof 100 escudos, green, violet, an obverse and reverse die proof 500 escudos, black and white, also another reverse 500 escudos die proof, pink and pale blue, all ND (ca 1956), all Don Afonso V at right, ship seal at left, arms low centre (Pick 36, 37, 38, 39 for type), printers annotations, good very fine and rare (8) £350-450
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, specimen proof 500 escudos, ND (ca 1975), no serial numbers, no signatures; printer's archival specimen 500 escudos, 18 April 1956, serial run 040001 to 060000; also specimen 500 escudos, 18 April 1956, serial number 000000, overprinted ESPECIME horizontally in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes, all blue and multicoloured, all portrait of D. Afonso V at right, reverse woman looking out at ships (Pick 39p, 39s (2)), mounting traces, ink dates and annotations in top margins, the first otherwise good extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated and a rare type set of specimens (3) £150-250
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, specimen proof 1000 escudos, ND (ca 1975), no serial numbers, no signatures; printer's archival specimen 1000 escudos, 11 May 1964, serial run 030001 to 040000, both green and multicoloured, portrait of Joao de Santarem at right, steamship seal at centre, reverse woman looking out at ships (Pick 40p, 40s), mounting traces, ink date '14. 1. 75' and annotations in top margins, the first otherwise good extremely fine, the second good very fine (2) £150-250
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Central Bank of Samoa, a group of specimens comprising, 50 tala, ND (1990), green and multicolour, 100 tala, magenta on multicolour underprint, 2 tala, ND (1990), polymer plastic commemorative issue, multicolour, 5, 10 and 20 tala, ND (2002), all vibrantly coloured (Pick 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35), all with red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, a fantastic group of specimens (6) £250-300
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Government of Sarawak, printer's archival specimen $25, 1 July 1929, serial number run D/1 00,001 to D/1 25,000, blue and multicoloured, portrait of Charles Vyner Brooke and Brooke coat of arms at centre, fronds at left and right, value in guilloches in each corner, reverse The Astana (Governor's House) in Kuching set in ornate rectangular frame, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 17s, LNZ GOS B16as2), ink date '23/ 1/ 29' and annotations in top margin, otherwise choice good extremely fine to about uncirculated, excessively rare and a magnificent note £6,000-8,000
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Government of Sarawak, 10 cents, 1 August 1940, serial number C 399545, red, orange and pale green, Charles Vyner Brooke at right, arms and watermark at left, reverse hand signed by Treasurer of Sarawak, Bertram Alfred Trechman (LNZ GOS B11, Pick 25), pinhole at right, fine £100-120
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, 5 riyals, 1956, serial number 05/ 368874, blue on multicolour, Jiddah harbour with sailing boat, reverse coat of arms at centre (LNZ SAMA B4, Mehilba RB1), good very fine to about extremely fine £300-400
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, 100 riyals, AH1379 (1971), serial number 38/024338, red on multicolour underprint, Council of Ministers building at left, Nasiriyah Gate at centre and Royal Technical Institute at right, value at centre, low left and right, reverse red, arms at centre (Pick 10, LNZ SAMA B9), fresh and original, about uncirculated to uncirculated and very scarce in this high grade £800-1,200
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, a set of the Law of AH1379 (1968) issue comprising 1 riyal, purple; 5 riyals, green; 10 riyals, grey; 50 riyals (2), brown; 100 riyals, red; also a set of the Law of AH1379 (1977) issue all with King Faisal at right comprising 1 riyal, red-brown; 5 riyals (2), green, incorrect and corrected text; 10 riyals, lilac; 50 riyals, green and purple; 100 riyals (2), blue and purple (Pick 11b, 12a, 13, 14b (2), 15b, 16, 17a, 17b, 18, 19, 20 (2)), good extremely fine, very fine, good very fine, extremely fine, about extremely fine, 10mm tear in margin, otherwise good fine, uncirculated, good very fine, extremely fine, uncirculated, uncirculated, extremely fine, about fine (13) £180-260
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, specimen 50 riyals, AH1379 (1968), zero serial numbers, brown on multicolour underprint, courtyard and mosque at right, arms at centre, reverse brown, arms at left, roadway lined with palms at centre, red SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 14s, LNZ SAMA B13s), slightly rusted staple holes in left and right margins thus about uncirculated, rare £2,500-3,500
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, specimen 100 riyals, AH1379 (1968), zero serial numbers, red on multicolour underprint, Council of Minsters building at right, arms at low centre, reverse red, Derricks at Aramco oil refinery, red SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 15s, LNZ SAMA B14s), slightly rusted staple holes in left and right margins, good extremely fine, rare £3,500-4,500
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, a group comprising 1, 5, 10 and 50 riyals, 1976 third series, all with King Faisal at right, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 riyals, 1984 fourth series, 20 and 200 riyals, 1999 commemorative series, 100 riyals, 2007, and 1, 5, 10 and 50 riyals, 2007 (Linzmayer SAMA B15-18, B20-24, B26-28, 30-33, Pick 16-19, 21-25, 27-29, 31-34), mostly uncirculated, a few extremely fine (15) £150-200
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, 50 riyals, AH1379 (1971), serial number 13/180547, purple on multicolour underprint, oil derricks at centre, value at centre, low left and right, reverse purple, arms at centre (Pick 19, LNZ SAMA B8), original good very fine £200-250
2599 No lot
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, specimen 10 riyals, 1379 (1984), zero serial numbers, brown and purple on multicolour underprint, King Fahd at centre right, al-Murabah Palace at left, reverse palm trees, arms at low right, red SPECIMEN overprints in Arabic and English (Pick 23s, LNZ SAMA B22bs), a lovely original uncirculated, rare as a specimen £1,200-1,600
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Chartered National Bank, Serbia, 10 dinars, 2 January 1893, serial number K.778 084, blue on brown, seated women and child at left, watermark at right (Pick 10a), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated £250-350
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Government of the Seychelles, 50 rupees, 1 May 1963, serial number A/2 19256, black on white, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, ornate border, value in each corner and in tablet at centre left, reverse, arms top centre flanked by value (LNZ GOS B20, Pick 13), several folds, unobtrusive pink annotations, otherwise almost very fine, scarce £400-600
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Government of the Seychelles, specimen 20 rupees, 1 January 1971, serial number A/1 000000, mauve and pale pink and green, Elizabeth II at right, Sooty Tern, skink and sea shells in field, signature of Bruce Greatbatch at left, reverse mauve, value (Pick 16bs, GOS B23bs), ink date 'Approved 6/5/71' in top margin, perforated, uncirculated and rare £400-600
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Government of the Seychelles, specimen 20 rupees, 1 January 1974, serial number A/1 000000, mauve and pale pink and green, Elizabeth II at right, Sooty Tern, skink and sea shells in field, signature of Colin Allan at left, reverse mauve, value (Pick 16cs, GOS B23cs), ink date '10.7.74' in top margin, perforated, uncirculated and rare £350-450
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Government of the Seychelles, specimen 20 rupees, 1 January 1974, serial number A/1 000000, mauve and pale pink and green, Elizabeth II at right, Sooty Tern, skink and sea shells in field, signature of Bruce Greatbatch at left, reverse mauve, value (Pick 16cs var., GOS B23cs var.), ink date 'Approved 7.5.74' in top margin, perforated, uncirculated and extremely rare. The Greatbatch signature does not appear on the issue of 1974 so this a most interesting anomaly £1,200-1,600
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Government of the Seychelles, 20 rupees, 1 January 1971, serial number A/1 243249, rich purple on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, Sooty Tern at left centre, value at each corner (LNZ GOS B23b, Pick 16b), still nicely embossed, a lovely and fresh uncirculated example £300-400
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Government of the Seychelles, specimen 100 rupees, 1 June 1975, serial number A/1 000000, red and pale green and mauve, Elizabeth II at right, giant tortoises left centre, signature of Colin Allan at low right, reverse red and mauve, value (Pick 18es, GOS B25es), ink date '18.6.75' in top margin, perforated, almost uncirculated and rare £800-1,200
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Government of the Seychelles, 100 rupees, 1 August 1973, serial number A/1 057614, red and pale yellow, Elizabeth II at right, two giant tortoises at left centre, a veloutye shrub in background, Bruce Greatbach signature low right, reverse red and pale blue (Pick 18d, Linzmayer GOS B25d), quite fresh, extremely fine and scarce and a classic Commonwealth issue £1,400-1,800
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Seychelles Monetary Authority, a booklet of obverse progressive proofs for 10 rupees, ND (1979) comprising 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th workings, all on watermarked paper; also a booklet of reverse progressive proofs for 10 rupees, ND (1979) comprising 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th workings all with complete obverses except for the booby bird, nest and top left value, all on watermarked paper (Pick 23 - progressive proofs (8)), staple holes, ink annotations, one proof otherwise good very fine, the remainder about uncirculated and excessively rare (8) £150-250
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Seychelles Monetary Authority, a booklet of obverse progressive proofs for 50 rupees, ND (1979) comprising 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th workings, all on watermarked paper (Pick 25 - progressive proofs (4)), staple holes, ink annotations, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, attractive and excessively rare (4) £100-200
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Seychelles Monetary Authority, a booklet of obverse progressive proofs for 100 rupees, ND (1979) comprising 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th workings, all on watermarked paper; also a booklet of reverse progressive proofs for 100 rupees, ND (1979) comprising 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th workings all with partially complete obverses, all on watermarked paper (Pick 26 - progressive proofs (8)), staple holes, ink annotations, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, attractive and excessively rare (8) £250-350
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Central Bank of Seychelles, a group of specimens and proofs for the 1983 10 rupees, comprising printers archival specimen, serial numbers C800001-D400000, bank specimen (2), zero serial numbers, a complete proof with no signatures or serial numbers, and stage proofs (7) for the obverse and reverse, each showing the various layers of printing, multicoloured, red-footed boobie at centre (LNZ CBS B1, Pick 28), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a fantastic group (11) £300-400
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Central Bank of Seychelles, a group of specimens and proofs for the 1983 25 rupees, comprising printers archival specimen, serial numbers C300001-C500000, bank specimen (2), zero serial numbers, a complete proof with no signatures or serial numbers, and stage proofs (7) for the obverse and reverse, each showing the various layers of printing, multicoloured, Coco-de-mer at centre (LNZ CBS B2, Pick 29), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a very interesting set (11) £300-400
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Central Bank of Seychelles, a selection of die proofs for the series of 1982 comprising an obverse and reverse die proof in black and white for a 10, 25, 50 and 100 rupee, the 10 and the 100 have a transparent overlay with title CENTRAL BANK OF SEYCHELLES, on the 10 in blue, on the 100 in red (Pick 23-26pr, CBS B1pr-4pr for types), printers annotation and date '13.12.82' in top margin, extremely fine and very rare (8) £500-700
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Central Bank of Seychelles, a group of specimens and proofs for the 1983 100 rupees, comprising printers archival specimen, serial numbers C200001-C700000, bank specimen (2), zero serial numbers, complete proofs with no signatures or serial numbers (2), and stage proofs (5) for the obverse and reverse, each showing the various layers of printing, multicoloured, Lionfish at centre (LNZ CBS B4, Pick 31), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a very interesting set (11) £350-450
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Bank of Sierra Leone, specimen 1 leone, ND (1969), prefix A/7, green, signature 3, specimen 2 leones, ND (1964), prefix B/18, red, signature 1 and specimen 5 leones, ND (1964), prefix C/1, violet, signature 1, all cotton tree and the Law Courts in Freetown at left (Pick 1s, 2s, 3s, BSL B1bs, 2as, 3as1), mounting traces, perforated, good extremely fine and rare (3) £250-350
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Bank of Sierra Leone, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing designs for a 10 leone, ND (1964), black and white, 300 year old cottonwood tree and court building at centre left, ornate borders, reverse similar to the 5 leones of the 1964 series, with shoreline and fishing boats, but without borders (unlisted), unique and interesting (2) £120-160
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Bank of Sierra Leone, specimen 1 leone (6), 1974 (2), 1976, 1980, 1981, 1984, all green and multicoloured, President Stevens at left (Pick 5s, BSL B5as, bvar.s, cs, ds, es), mounting traces, perforated, good extremely fine and scarce (6) £180-220
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Bank of Sierra Leone, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 1 leone, serial number B/50 000000, green and a 5 leones, serial number C/27 000000, violet and blue, both arms at left (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), attractive and unique, obviously a proposed issue but replaced by the 1988 series with portrait of President Momoh (4) £250-300
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Bank of Sierra Leone, a printers archival composite essay for the obverse and reverse of a proposed issue for 10 leones, 4 August 1987, serial number D/27 000000, blue and multicoloured, Joseph Saidu Momoh (President 28.11.1985) at left, microscope at left margin, reverse blue, Fourah Bay College at centre, value at left and right, scroll at left, arms at right (Pick unrecorded, Linz BSL unrecorded), unique (2) £250-350
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Central Bank of the Solomon Islands, specimen 2 dollars, ND (1977), prefix A/1, green, Elizabeth II at right, also specimen 2 dollars (3), prefixes B/1, B/3, C/1, green, arms at left (Pick 5s, 13s, 18s SIMA B1as, 3as, 8as), perforated, mounting traces, good extremely fine and scarce (4) £100-150
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Solomon Islands, specimen $2, $5, $10, matching serial numbers *001005, green, blue and pink respectively, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse, fishermen, traditional war canoes and hut on stilts in background and woman making shell money (LNZ SIMA BNP1, Pick not listed), about uncirculated to uncirculated £100-150
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State Bank of Somalia, a printers archival reverse essay on card for a proposed issue of 5 somalis, ND (ca 1960), orange-brown and pale blue, savannah at centre with ostriches and egrets and deer (Pick unlisted, Linzmayer unlisted), unique and for an unknown Bank of issue £500-700
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Central Bank of Somalia, a printers archival obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a proposed issue of 50 shillings, 1982, red serial number A 001-000000, red-brown and multicoloured, Mosque in the Hamar Weyne district of Mogadishu at left, signatures of Mohamud Jama Ahmed and Barre Haji Omar at centre, arms top left, reverse red-brown and pale green, men, women, cattle and camels at centre, star low right centre (Pick 34 for type, Linzmayer CBS B9 for type), this signature combination never issued for this type, unique and attractive £500-700
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African Banking Corporation, South Africa, uniface obverse proof £10, Durban, 189-, black and white, allegorical maiden at left with crown of stars, railway viaduct in background, (Pick S369 for type), ink 'approved' at left margin, perforated, good extremely fine and very rare £500-700
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National Bank of South Africa Limited, colour trial 10/-, ND (1917), blue on pale red and yellow underprint, cherub and cornucopia at left, value at right, reverse green, Springbok at centre, cancel holes, red SPECIMEN overprint, blue WATERLOW seal low right (Pick S391 for type), very minor mounting traces, uncirculated and very rare £600-800
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National Bank of South Africa Limited, colour trial £1, ND (1900-1920), blue, pale red and yellow, maiden seated at left with caduceus, value right centre and at each corner, reverse brown, map of Africa at centre, value at left and right (PS 392 for similar), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint low left and right, blue WATERLOW seal low centre, uncirculated and rare, attractive £600-800
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Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, 10/-, Durban, 1 October 1896, serial number H44372, black on a burnt orange underprint, value at centre, top left and right, two manuscript signatures below, reverse green (Pick S411) good very fine and extremely rare as an issued note £800-1,000
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Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, colour trial 10/-, no place of issue, ND (1900-1920), no serial numbers, dark blue on red and yellow underprint, Van Riebeek at left, Britannia at right, reverse brown, turretted maiden at centre, three cancellation holes, red SPECIMEN NO VALUE overprint and blue WATERLOW & SONS roundel (Pick S421 or S501 for design), mounting traces at left, about uncirculated and extremely rare, a lovely looking note £700-900
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Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, colour trial £1, ND (1900-1920), black on blue-grey, pale orange and green underprint, Britannia at left with symbols of prosperity, reverse blue, turreted female head at centre flanked by values, cancel holes, red SPECIMEN overprint, blue WATERLOW seal low right (Pick S422ct), minor mounting traces, uncirculated and rare £500-600
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Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, colour trial £5, ND (c.1900-), no place name, purple and multicoloured, statue of Van Riebeeck at left, Britannia at right with symbols of Empire and prosperity, value at centre and at each corner, reverse red, turreted female head at centre, bank building at left and right, value at left and right (PS 423ct, Hearn 411 for type), perforated, blue WATERLOW seal low centre and red SPECIMEN NO VALUE overstamp at left and right, a lovely design, extremely fine and very rare £1,200-1,600
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Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, specimen £10, Durban, 1 January 1919, serial number N05000, brown, pink and pale green, Britannia at left, Van Riebeek at right, value at centre and at each corner, NATAL ISSUE in top margin, reverse brown, maiden at centre, bank building top left and right, cancel holes, Hern catalogue remarks "I have not seen this note but according to records it in the S.A. Reserve Bank collection" no image in the Hern catalogue (Pick S424, Hern 412) pencil annotations in top margin, about uncirculated, original, attractive and extremely rare £2,500-3,000
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Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, colour trial £20, Durban, 1 January 1919, serial number N05000, red and green, Van Riebeek at left, Britannia with flag and shield at right centre, value at low right centre and at each corner, reverse red, turreted female head at centre flanked by bank building, cancel holes (Pick S425ct, Hern 415), pencil annotation in top margin, minor mounting traces, original extremely fine and extremely rare, attractive £2,500-3,000
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Natal Bank Limited, printers archival specimen £5, ND (19<\_>), serial number run C20001-C30000, black on green underprint, coat of arms flanked by allegorical maidens at top centre, reverse green, perforated CANCELLED (Pick S467), uncirculated flawless original, rare £800-1,000
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