Catalogue
Ethiopia, Bank of Ethiopia, fifty thalers, Addis Ababa, 1 May 1932, No. C/1 09937 (P.9). Flattened of creases and folds, splits and small tears in margins, several pin holes, otherwise very good and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Ethiopia, Bank of Ethiopia, one hundred thalers, Addis Ababa, 1 May 1932, No. D/1 02385 (P.10). Flattened of creases and folds, small splits in margins of centre fold, many pin holes, otherwise nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $460
France, WWI local currency, Valenciennes region, Empunt Garanti Par Le Consortium, specimen notes for fifty centimes, one, two, five, ten and twenty francs, all with red stamp 'ANNULE' cancellation with perforated border. Stapled together at left, otherwise extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Germany, Stadt Emden (Town of Emden), fifty pfennig, 15 December 1918, No.180747, with image of S.M.S. Emden on back. A few tiny spots of foxing, otherwise crisp and nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Germany, Baustein from Osterwieck a Harz, notgeld twenty mark, 1.Mai.1922, printed on leather; Lautawerk, twenty mark, 8.10.1922, in aluminium foil. The first with one corner missing and a few edge tears and one spike hole as is normal for these thin foil notes, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Germany, notgeld notes from the 1920s, mostly different and many uncirculated. Good - uncirculated. (207)
Estimate $110
SOLD $150
Great Britain, provincial banknote, Darlington Bank, five pounds, 10 December 1891, No. G/0 590. Cut cancelled lower right as usual, otherwise fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Great Britain, Bank of England, (1949-55), P.S.Beale, five pounds, London, 10 May 1951, U61 059963 (P.344). Several folds and creasing, small paper loss at bottom right edge, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Great Britain, treasury note, contemporary? forgery of a one pound, John Bradbury, J/44 No. 69069 with 1915 Dardenelles overprint in Arabic in red ink, no watermark and incorrect prefix, CANCELLED stamped diagonally twice on both sides, 'ARMY PAY OFFICE/GIBRALTAR/*2 SEPT 1918*' stamped on back (cfP.349b). Good fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
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 $70
SOLD $80
Great Britain, Bank of England one pound, J.B.Page (P.374) mis-matched serial numbers error note, BT57 242162 - BT57 242163. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Great Britain, Bank of England, J.B.Page (1978-80), one pound, 43W 753198/202 consecutive run of five (P.377a). Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $40
SOLD $60
Great Britain, Bank of England, presentation folder set of two, five pounds, Series D, issued November 1971, SE90 998741 and Series E, issued June 1990, A01 998741 (P.378f, 382a). In folder of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Great Britain, Bank of England, matched pair of ten and fifty pounds (1975-1981). In portfolio album of issue with certificate, set No 13, uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
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 $500
SOLD $320
Great Britain, British Armed Forces, ten new pence, undated (1972), sixth series, second issue, unopened pack of one thousand notes. Uncirculated. (1,000)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Hong Kong, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, five dollars, 1st April 1941, No. N436,982 (P.173d); ten dollars, 31st March 1947, No. A/H 837,687 and 4th February 1959, No. X/J 427,643 (P.178a, P.179Ae). Rusty staple hole, very fine; good very fine; good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Hong Kong, Bank of China, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Standard Chartered Bank, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollars, 1 January 2010, a consecutive pair of notes for each denomination from the three banks. Uncirculated. (18)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Iceland, Islands Banki, five kronur, 1904, No.003617 (P.10). Several folds and some loss of colour along some folds, otherwise very good and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
India, Government of India, uniface five rupees, 9 January 1922, CD/42 No 639192 A.C.McWatters (P.P6h). Smudge areas lower right, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $500
India, Government of India, uniface ten rupees, Calcutta, 14 Feby. 1901 A.F.Cox, OA/22 52978 (P.A7h). Hole on left, top right corner tip off, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $2,100
India, Government of India, uniface ten rupees, 27 August 1920, Gubbay, OE/29 96973 (P.A10k). Good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $460
India, Government of India, uniface one hundred rupees, Cawnpore, 6 May 1919, A.C.McWatters DC/80 41044 (P.A17f). Pin holes and small piece off upper right edge, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $700
SOLD $3,300
India, George V, Government of India, five rupees, J.B.Taylor (1928) M/21 529255 (P.4b). Spike hole, toned top right corner, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $450
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 very rare in this condition.
Estimate $17,500
Passed in
India, George V, Government of India, one rupee, J.W.Kelly (1935) E/3 501068/9 (P.146) consecutive pair. Rusted holes in booklet margin, otherwise virtually uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $750
Passed in
India, George V, Government of India, five rupees, J.W.Kelly (1935) R/23 946932 (P.15b). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $350
India, George V, Government of India, five rupees, J.W.Kelly (1935) S/17 014925 (P.15b). Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $260
India, George V, Government of India, ten rupees, J.W.Kelly (1935) R/77 601937 (P.14b). Very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $260
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 $50
SOLD $30