Catalogue
Great Britain, treasury note, ten shillings, John Bradbury, undated (Jan 1915) with black overprint in Arabic, sixty silver piastres for use at Gallipoli, Y/24 No. 080960 (P.348b). Heavy folds with some holed through, splits in bottom margin, several pin holes, very good and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $260
Great Britain, treasury note, one pound, John Bradbury, ND (23.10.1914), F/39 No. 97814 (P.349a). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $850
Great Britain, treasury note, one pound, John Bradbury, P/53 No 89339 with 1915 Dardenelles overprint in Arabic in red ink (P.349b). Minor 'pin holes', otherwise fine or better and rare.
Estimate $5,000
Passed in
Great Britain, Bank of England, P.S.Beale (1949-55), ten shillings, 67B 266084/6 consecutive trio (P.368b). Light centre fold, nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Great Britain, Bank of England, one pound, K.O. Peppiatt, undated (1948-49) W 32H 437629, L.K. O'Brien, undated (1955-60) M89K 685150 (P.369) (2), J.B. Page, undated (1970-77) BY59 115922 (P.374), D.H.F. Somerset, undated (1978-80) AZ61 469433, CN25 393705 (P.377) (2), five pounds, D.H.F. Somerset, undated (1987-88), ER59 225777 (P.378e). The first crisp with folds, otherwise good extremely fine, the second very fine, the last nearly uncirculated, the rest uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Great Britain, Bank of England, one pound, P.S.Beale (1949-55) C12J 563480, L.K.O'Brien (1955-60) J03K 361864 (P.369b, c). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Great Britain, one pound, undated (1948-60), W 10C 665018, left bottom corner paper flap bearing portion of print design and serial number. The number 99 written in biro on front watermark area, heavy centre fold, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Great Britain, Bank of England, J.B.Page (1978-80), one pound, 43W 753198/202 consecutive run of five (P.377a). Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Great Britain, Bank of England, presentation folder set of two, five pounds, Series D, issued November 1971, SE90 998744 and Series E, issued June 1990, A01 998741 (P.378f, 382a). In folder of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Great Britain, Bank of England, five, ten, twenty and fifty pounds, G.E.A.Kentfield signature, 1991-1998, serial Nos RO1 500051, KNO1 500051, EO1 500051, EO1 500051 (P.382b, 379f, 384b, 381c), limited edition set 51/2000 of the four notes with marching numbers and taken from the first cypher with G.E.A.Kentfield's signature. In a burgundy presentation folder, uncirculated. (4 notes)
Estimate $550
Passed in
Great Britain, Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, printer's advertising four colour sample banknote, 242x148mm, printed both sides. Stained, with damaged top edge, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Great Britain - France, WWI canteen vouchers, 11th Royal Fusiliers, ten centimes (4), twenty centimes (6), fifty centimes (4) and one franc, all from the same booklet (originally for five francs value) and numbered 07881 apart from a 10c and 50c (numbered 07994). Extremely fine and rare. (15 vouchers + 5 franc booklet cover)
Estimate $750
Passed in
Military related, World War II, British Military Authority (1943) sixpence (PM.1) (2); shilling (M.2) and two shillings and sixpence (M.3); Italy series, 1943 (one to one hundred lire) (M.10 (5), 11 (5), 18a, 19a (2) b V Day Celebration, 20a, 21a) other Italian notes, 1926-1935 (9); a Fiji two dollars (P.60a) and New Zealand ten shillings (P.158c, d). Fair - good very fine. (32)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Great Britain, Prisoners of War Camps, threepences, Camp 26, No. 784418 and B 821798, Camp 37, No. 815221; sixpence, Camp 68, No. 537222; one shilling, Camp ?, No. 465091; two shillings and sixpence, Camp 7, No. 196042 (C.5015a (2), b, 5016a, 5017a, 5019). Very good - fine and scarce. (6)
Estimate $400
SOLD $640
Greece, Bank of Greece, specimen five thousand drachmai, 20 June 1942, 000000, perforated AKYPON left and right (P.119bs). Uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $240
Guernsey, States of Guernsey, one, ND (1991), five, ND (2000), ten, ND (1995) and twenty pounds, ND (1996). Nearly uncirculated - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Hong Kong, The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, five dollars, Hong Kong, 28th October 1941, S/F 1446252 (P.54b). Crisp note, good colour, good extremely fine.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,100
Hong Kong, The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, ten dollars, 1st March 1935, T/G 491308, 20th September 1940, T/G 617798 (P.55b). Both with folds with small hole at centre, otherwise fine and scarce, the first illustrated. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Hong Kong, The Chartered Bank, ten dollars, undated (1962-70), U/G 6212601/2 (P.70c) consecutive pair. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, ten dollars, 1st April 1941, No. L682,168 (P.178c). Small nick in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
India, Government of India, five rupees, universal or sixth issue, 8th February 1924, PE/31 No 722290 (P.A6i; Jhun.1.6.3). Centre fold, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $760
India, The Government of India, George V, fifty rupees, Bombay (1930), V/8 193079 (P.9b; Jhun.3.9.2A). Quarter folds and spike hole, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $8,000
India, Government of India, George V, one thousand rupees, Calcutta (1931-), X/10 128229 (P.12c; Jhun.3.11.2B). Centre fold, two staple holes near left border, no spike hole, one horizontal fold, otherwise a crisp original extremely fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $17,500
SOLD $21,000
India, Reserve Bank of India, George VI, watermarked banknote paper for ten rupees of type (P.19), George VI portrait at left and 'Ten Rupees/Reserve Bank/of/India/Ten Rupees' in five lines. Usual creases, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
India, Reserve Bank of India, George VI, one thousand rupees, Bombay (1938), A/3 794397 (P.21a; Jhun.4.8.1A). Closed spike-hole in watermark medallion, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $7,500
Passed in
India, Reserve Bank of India, ten rupees, signature B.Rama Rau, V/15 252216/7 consecutive pair; signature H.V.R.Iengar, E/3 596486/7 consecutive pair; signature P.C.Bhattacharyya, V/10 830183/4 consecutive pair (P.39a, c, d; Jhun.6.4.3.1, 2A, 6.4.4.1A). All with the usual staple holes at left, uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
India, Reserve Bank of India, twenty rupees, undated (1970), signature S.Jaganathan, A/43 135285, 720944 (P.61A; Jhun.6.5.1.1A). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
India, Reserve Bank of India, one thousand rupees, (1975), Bombay, N.C.Sengupta signature, A/0 728619 (P.65a; Jhun.9.4.1). Staple and pin holes at left, very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $240
India, Reserve Bank of India and Government of India, five rupees, a complete collection of forty five notes ranging from signature B.Rama Rau (1950) to D.Subbarao (2011). All in separate holders on Hagner type sheets, the usual staple holes in many, mostly uncirculated. (45)
Estimate $350
Passed in
India, Hyderabad, one rupee, undated (1945-1946), Hyderabad Prison printing, with promise and four lines of Urdu text, signature Zahid Hussain T/6 728979 (P.S271d; Jhun.2.5). Usual two staple holes, uncirculated.
Estimate $130
SOLD $200