Catalogue
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen five livres, AH1334 (1918), A 000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, Specimen in Arabic perforated at signature (P.109s; Gaciroglu VA-2-1). Light toning, nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,000
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen five livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, Specimen in Arabic perforated at signature (P.109s; Gaciroglu VA-2-1). Light toning, small delamination at right and stamp hinge at left on back where removed from album, otherwise nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $930
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen ten livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated at bottom (P.110s; Gaciroglu VA-3-1). Virtually uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $1,750
SOLD $1,300
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen ten livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated at bottom (P.110s; Gaciroglu VA-3-1). Virtually uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $1,750
SOLD $1,500
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen ten livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated at signature (P.110s; Gaciroglu VA-3-1). Nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $1,750
SOLD $1,500
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen ten livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated at bottom (P.110s; Gaciroglu VA-3-1). Crease at bottom left, otherwise nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $1,750
SOLD $1,300
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen ten livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated at bottom (P.110s; Gaciroglu VA-3-1). Corner fold top right, otherwise good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,750
SOLD $1,300
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen ten livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at bottom (P.110s; Gaciroglu VA-3-1). Light toning in margins, small delaminations at right and left on back where removed from album, otherwise nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,110
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen ten livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at bottom (P.110s; Gaciroglu VA-3-1). A 2mm tear in top margin, corner fold top left, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,110
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen twenty five livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at top (P.111s; Gaciroglu VA-4-1). Bent top left corner, otherwise good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $5,000
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen twenty five livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at top (P.111s; Gaciroglu VA-4-1). Bent corners having been in an album, crease at left, otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $5,000
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen fifty livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at top (P.112s; Gaciroglu VA-5-1). Some toning around edges, otherwise nearly uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $7,500
SOLD $9,500
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen one hundred livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at top (P.113s; Gaciroglu VA-6). Some creasing around the margins and at corners, remnants of stamp hinge at right on back having been mounted in album, slight toning, otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $5,910
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen one hundred livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at top (P.113s; Gaciroglu VA-6). Bent corners at left, other minor creases in margins, otherwise good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $11,000
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen five hundred livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at top (P.114s; Gaciroglu VA-7). Bent corners having been in an album, otherwise good extremely fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $17,500
SOLD $13,000
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen five hundred livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at top (P.114s; Gaciroglu VA-7). Bent corners having been in an album, other creases especially around margins, otherwise extremely fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $17,500
SOLD $15,000
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen one thousand livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A 0000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, Specimen in Arabic perforated at signature and twice above (P.115s; Gaciroglu VA-8-1). Bent corners having been in an album, other minor creasing and toning around margins, otherwise extremely fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $20,000
SOLD $19,000
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (1918-1922), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen one thousand livres, 2nd issue, AH1334 (1918), A 0000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, Specimen in Arabic perforated at signature and twice at top (P.115s; Gaciroglu VA-8-1). Two folds on bottom left corner, minor bends on other corners, remnants of stamp hinge on back, some toning, otherwise extremely fine and excessivley rare.
Estimate $20,000
SOLD $14,770
Original photograph style album c1918, probably a one-off, made specially to house the collection of 146 banknotes from the Ottoman Empire of Turkey, State Notes of the Ministry of Finance specimen issues (1914-18), crimson leatherette bound, with gold embossing on the front in Arabic, containing forty two card pages all hand bound into the album, many pages have backing cards with cloth strips at the corners for mounting of banknotes, a few with hand written labels denoting the specimen contained therein. Spine repaired, otherwise fine, in an old slipcase.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,300
Shin-plaster, Britannia Saloon, Aurora Tavern, Wellington, one shilling, September 20th 1845, No. 58, black and white, value in black tablet low left, manuscript signature of Rowland Davis (S-). Piece missing top right, holes and ragged edges, fair and very rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $350
Shin-plaster, Britannia Saloon, Aurora Tavern, Wellington, one shilling, September 24th 1845, No. 86, black and white, value in black tablet low left, manuscript signature of Rowland Davis (S-). Piece missing top left, holes and ragged edges, fair and very rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $250
Bank of Auckland, second issue (1865-67), uniface printer's proofs on card, for backs of ten pounds (P.108; Robb A.252). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $950
Bank of Auckland, second issue (1865-67), uniface black and white printer's proof on card, ten pounds, Auckland, 18-, not numbered, imprint of Charles Skipper and East, London (P.S108; Robb A.252 [this note]). A 2mm tear at top, otherwise nearly uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,500
The Bank of Australasia, Wellington, 2nd June 1931, ten shillings (PS.131) 986816, last issue date of this denomination in 1923-32 series. Multiple creasing and folds with some holes, limp paper, good.
Estimate $150
SOLD $420
Bank of New South Wales, first issue, specimen one pound, Christchurch 18- imprint of Charles Skipper & East London, 'Specimen/C.Skipper & East' perforated in Manager signature reserve (P.S146cs). With wide left margin top corner cut, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $850
Bank of New South Wales, fourth issue, one pound, Wellington, 1st August 1914, B 777683, imprint of Charles Skipper and East, London (Robb C.42; L.427; P.S154m). Many folds, several pin holes and a 3mm tear in bottom border, a full note, very good, a scarce early date.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $2,600
Bank of New South Wales, uniform issue, one pound, Wellington, 1st December 1926, E 551233, imprint of Charles Skipper & East London (Robb.C.821; L.434; P.S162). Light water stains on front and minor foxing on back, a crisp orginal note, good fine and rare.
Estimate $1,100
SOLD $1,000
Bank of New Zealand, sixth issue, one pound, Wellington, date faded (issued 1902-1916), No.G 129589, imprint of Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co, Engravers & c, London, booklet issue (Robb D.621; L.455; P.S212). Pin hole at right, fine and rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,000
Bank of New Zealand, seventh issue, ten shillings, Wellington, 1st April 1920, No. B 075964, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ld. London, (Robb D.721; P.S223). Folds and creases otherwise a full note, nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $1,100
SOLD $760
Bank of New Zealand, seventh issue, one pound, Wellington, 1st October 1917, No. 711500, imprint of Bradbury, Wilkinson & C., Engravers, London (P.S225; Robb D.721). Folds and creases, nearly fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $900