Catalogue
Hong Kong, The Chartered Bank, five hundred dollars, 1st January 1977, Z/Q 345511 (P.72d). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Hong Kong, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, one dollar, 1st July 1913 (P.155b) No.1662115. Edge splits on centre fold, one small spot of foxing at edge, otherwise fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $170
Hong Kong, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, five dollars 31st October 1973; 31st March 1975; 31st October 1972 and Chartered Bank, five dollars (2) (P.181f, e; 73a). Last three very good, others extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Hong Kong, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ten dollars, 21st May 1959, 12th February 1960, 1st September 1963, 1st July 1967 and 31st March 1978 (2) (P.182a [2], b, e, f[2]) (6); China, The Farmers Bank of China, five yuan, 1935 (P.458a); Taiwan, Bank of Taiwan, one and ten yuan, 1946 (P.1935, 1937). Very good - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Hong Kong, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ten dollars, 31st March 1977, No PZ 456856/62, 68, 72, 75/93 (P.182h). Three with centre folds, otherwise crisp uncirculated. (28)
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Hong Kong, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ten dollars, Hong Kong, 31st March 1979 (P.182h). Uncirculated. (35)
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
Hong Kong, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ten dollars, 31st March 1983, H/59 556805/33 (P.182j) twenty nine consecutive notes. Two with centre folds, otherwise crisp uncirculated. (29)
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Hong Kong, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, one hundred dollars, Hong Kong, 1st January 1985 (P.194a). Uncirculated. (29)
Estimate $450
SOLD $470
Hong Kong, Mercantile Bank Limited, one hundred dollars, 16th April 1970, No. A497352 (P.244d; Ma.M17). Three vertical folds, flattened, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $650
Hong Kong, Government of Hong Kong, George VI, one dollar, undated (1936 and 1940-41) (P.312, 316); The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ten dollars, 31st July 1967 (P.182e), fifty and one hundred dollars, 1st January 1994 (P.202a, 203a); Bank of China, twenty dollars, 1st May 1994 (P.329a). Fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $70
SOLD $100
Hong Kong, Government of Hong Kong, one cent, five cents, ten cents, undated (1941) (P.313A, 314, 315a) (3), (1945) (P.321, 322, 323) (3), (1971-81) (P.325b) (2), (1961-65) (P.326, 327) (2); one dollar, (1936), 9.4.1949, 1.7.1959 (P.312, 324a, 324Ab) (3); Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, one dollar, 1.6.1935 (P.172c) written in ink in watermark area in Chinese characters is Hong Kong (four times) on front and one dollar (4 times) on the back; five dollars, 31.10.1973 (P.181). Fine - uncirculated. (15)
Estimate $70
SOLD $180
Hong Kong, Government of Hong Kong, Elizabeth II, one dollar, 1st July 1959 (P.324Ab); one cent, five cents and ten cents, undated (1961-71) (P.325a, 326, 327); also Malaya and British Borneo, one dollar (P.1a). The first four uncirculated, the last good fine. (5)
Estimate $50
Passed in
India, Government of India, George V, one rupee, 1935 (issued 1940), signature J.W.Kelly, E/98 370672 (P.14b; Jhun.2.1A). Small tone spot bottom margin, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
India, Government of India, George V, five rupees (1928-35), signature J.W.Kelly (1935), T/62 648080 (P.15b; Jhun.5.2). Staple holes at left, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
India, Government of India, George V, ten rupees, undated, signature J.W.Kelly, S/22 976825 (P.16b; Jhun.8.2). Staple hole at left, extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
India, Government of India, George V, ten rupees, undated, signature J.W.Kelly, P/2 863035 (P.16b; Jhun.8.2). Staple hole at left, extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
India, Reserve Bank of India, five rupees, undated (1937) (P.18a) G/41 595296/7 consecutive pair. The usual staple holes at left edge, smudge and tone marks at top right corner, centre fold, otherwise fresh uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $230
India, Reserve Bank of India, George VI, five rupees, undated (issued 1943), signature C.D.Deshmukh, K89 880214/6 consecutive trio (P.18b; Jhun.3.2). Staple holes at left, uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
India, Reserve Bank of India, George VI, five rupees, undated (issued 1944), signature Deshmukh, N/94 413832 (P.18b; Jhun.3.2). Staple holes at left, extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
India, The Reserve Bank of India, George VI, one hundred rupees, signature C.D.Deshmukh, undated (issued 1943), Bombay, B/4 742958, watermark profile head (P.20b; Jhun.7.2A). Two staple holes and spindle hole at left, extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
India, Reserve Bank of India, George VI, ten rupees, signature C.D.Deshmukh, undated (issued 1944), F/48 082441 (P.24; Jhun.6.1). Staple holes at left, uneven left margin, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
India, Reserve Bank of India, ten rupees, signature B.Rama Rau (1950), C/80 716952 (P.37a; Jhun.4.1.2). Staple holes at left, uneven top edge, flat, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
India, Reserve Bank of India, ten rupees, undated issue (1962-67), P.C.Bhattacharyya, U/8 730118 (underprint A) H/18 634162/3 consecutive pair, P/50 648130 (underprint B) (P.cf39, Jun.4.4.1B). Staple holes at left, nearly uncirculated, the pair illustrated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
India, Reserve Bank of India, Second Series, one thousand rupees, undated (1975) (P.65a) A/3 099608/9 consecutive pair. The usual staple holes at left edge, creasing at left side and centre fold, otherwise uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,200
India, Reserve Bank of India, one thousand rupees, (1975), Bombay, N.C.Sengupta signature, A/3 099612/3 consecutive pair (P.65a; Jhun.9.4.1). Staple holes at left, good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,150
India, Reserve Bank of India, five rupees, 2010, two bank bundles of one hundred notes with bundle wrappers for BRBNMPL - Mysore, 72B 042201/300 with red wrapper and 77B 311701 with black wrapper (P.-). The end note of the first bundle with small stain spot at back edge, otherwise uncirculated. (200)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
India, Persian Gulf, Reserve Bank of India, ten rupees (1959), signature H.V.R.Iengar, Z/4 938277 'A' (P.R3; Jhun.12.3.1). Staple holes at left, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $1,200
Passed in
India, The Henry Archer Collection of designs for Indian and Hyderabad banknotes, 1928 - 1952, consisting of Reserve Bank of India, George VI, black and white, uniface photographs of proofs (14) for, one, two, two rupees eight annas, five, ten, one hundred (two types), and one thousand rupees, plus various vignettes and photos of George VI, animals, dhows, the Ashoka Column, hand drawn sketches and memos (31); Hyderabad, uniface black and white photographs of proofs (12) for one, five, ten, and one hundred rupees, plus photos of vignettes, memos (5), also black and white photographs of the pages from the inauguration ceremony brochure for the opening of the currency note press in 1928 (6). Most photos of proofs show signs of being removed from a book or album, several small repairs, nearly all the other vignettes, photos and other items show no faults, mostly very fine - extremely fine. (68)
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $5,000
India, Reserve Bank of India, shipwreck recovered unprinted banknote paper sheets with watermark by Portals in England, one with watermark of crowned bust of George VI, two figure fives, and Reserve/Bank/of/India in centre, five across and ten down, the other has watermark of crowned bust of George VI and Ten Rupees/Reserve Bank/of/India/Ten Rupees in centre, five across and eight down. Some paper loss around edges, surprisingly little water staining, as recovered. (2 sheets)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Indonesia, Republik Indonesia, one rupiah, 1954 (P.72) (3), one rupiah, and two and a half rupiah, 1961 (P.78 [48], 79 [10]) (58); Bank Indonesia, twenty five rupiah, and one thousand rupiah, 1958 (P.57 [30], 61) (31), five rupiah, 1959 (P.65) (33), ten rupiah, 1963 (P.89), twenty five rupiah, and one hundred rupiah, 1964 (P.95 [35], 108a) (36), two and a half rupiah, and fifty rupiah, 1968 (P.103a [2], 107a [2]) (4). Many consecutive runs, some very fine but mostly uncirculated. (166)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50