Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Lot 2897 Session 10 (7.30pm Wednesday 25th March) Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Estimate $3,000
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UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED, printer's proof, ten pounds, Hobart, on card, dated 1st March 1881, not numbered, imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co, London, Patent Hardened Steel Plate, three punch holes for cancellation in Manager reserve, notation in pencil below 'June 1881' (MVR 2c). Has been stuck on paper at corners, otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
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