Lot 1539

Description

Bank of New South Wales, five pounds, issued at Melbourne, not dated, (18 printed), uniface proof specimen on card, Not numbered, perforated SPECIMEN C. SKIPPER & EAST, printed on unwatermarked card, with imprint in centre of bottom, 'Charles Skipper & East, London', with vignettes of female seated with produce and in top left corner oval framed tablet head of Queen Victoria and with FIVE in right hand corner in oval framed tablet, all within rectangular ornate spiral border with words VICTORIA, plain back, black on white, (Vort-Ronald, p.67-85 on bank, and similar note but ten pounds, illustrated as Fig.85). A few minor tone spots, otherwise extremely fine and rare.