Lot 2716

Description

Queensland Government, Brisbane, one pound, dated 2 July 1906, (date fully printed), numbered D/1 649671, printed signature of Under Secretary Treasury W.L. Fowles, and countersigned by uncertain ink signature, on paper, imprint of 'Perkins Bacon & Co. Ld. London', vignette in black on upper left of State arms, and black ornamental oval tablet with '� ONE' lower left and upper right, green colour underprint, 'QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT' in two lines, 'ONE' in large letters across note, states below in black, 'I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand One Pound Sterling, Brisbane 2nd July 1906, For the Queensland Government', on back head of Queen Victoria in geometrical pattern, '1' in oval each side, black on green on white/blue on white, (Vort-Ronald, Type two, comments on bank and type p.199-203, Similar note described p.203, and similar issued note illustrated Fig. 211 [p.202], This note illustrated Vort Ronald, Australian Private Banknote Pedigrees p.225). Several folds and creases, has been repaired at corner and on edge, otherwise nearly very fine and very rare.

Ex Spink Australia Sale 24 (lot 10) from the M. Vort Ronald Collection, Downies March 1999 (lot 267) again October 2000 (lot 1787) and May 2001 (lot 594).

After 1893 the Queensland Government decided to continue to issue its own notes to 1910 and they circulated side by side with the notes from the other banks and were eventually withdrawn when the Commonwealth issued its own notes.