Catalogue
Hong Kong, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, specimen one thousand dollars, 1st January 1988, AK 000000, imprint of Thomas de la Rue and Company Limited, SPECIMEN in red diagonally both sides (P.199as). Uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Hong Kong, Mercantile Bank Limited, one hundred dollars, 1st November 1973, A 795541 (P.244e). Folds and light roughness at bottom centre edge, light toning along outer edge, otherwise fresh and crisp, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Hong Kong, Government of Hong Kong, George VI, one dollar, undated (1940-41) L/I 616123 (P.316). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
India, George V, Government of India, one rupee, J.W.Kelly (1935) E/3 501068/9 (P.14b) consecutive pair. Rusted holes in booklet margin, otherwise virtually uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
India, Government of India, George V, ten rupees, undated (1928-35) Q/2 518948 (P.16b). Staple holes at left, spot on back, flattened of centre fold, otherwise extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
India, Reserve Bank of India, five rupees, undated (1949-57) K/73 870434 (P.32). Staple hole at left, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
India, Reserve Bank of India, ten rupees, signature B.Rama Rau (1950), B/3 912467 and C/80 716049 (P.37b). A 1cm tear at top, otherwise very fine; washed, uneven edges, fine, both with usual staple holes. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
India, Reserve Bank of India, ten rupees, signature B.Rama Rau, D/14 274490 and D/14 621136 (P.39a). Usual staple holes at left, nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $160
Passed in
India, Reserve Bank of India, ten rupees, signature B.Rama Rau, F/89 781850/1 consecutive pair; H.V.R.Iengar, L/21 900644/5 consecutive pair; P.C.Bhattycharrya, V/10 830174/5 consecutive pair (P.39a, b, c). Usual staple holes at left, nearly uncirculated/uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $150
Passed in
India, Agra Bank Limited, Calcutta branch, 187-, unissued cheque; Royal Bank of India, London (late East India House) branch 186-, unissued cheque (both printed on blue paper by Nissen and Parker, London); Savanur State, one anna, No.6929, hand dated 15/7/41 on back, probably part of a fiscal document; Oudh and United Service Bank Ltd, cheque, 186, unissued; State Bank of India, 'specimen' travellers cheques for 100 rupees YF000000; 500 rupees ZA000000; The Calcutta Tramways Company Limited, canteen coupon, half anna 1953. Fine - uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $90
Passed in
India, Officers Club, 3rd Air Depot, WWII, Bar, Mess or Billet Coupon, Annas 0 - 4 - 0, no.6897. A few spots of foxing mainly on back, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $230
Passed in
India, Officer's Club, Gushkara, chit for two annas; Post Exchange, AAF Station Bombay, Good For One (1) Coca-Cola, two francs, front stamped 'Alfred Slicer / 1st Lt., Air Corps'. Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $230
Passed in
India, Calcutta American Officers Mess, WWII, Karnani Estates, four annas. A few small edge tears and a corner crease otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $230
Passed in
India, Piardoba Army Air Base, WWII, Officer's Club, chits for four and eight annas. Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $230
Passed in
Indonesia, Bank Indonesia, one thousand rupiah, 2000/2006, solid numbers, UIL 777777, UIM 777777, UIN 777777, UIO 777777, UIP 777777, UIQ 777777 and UIR 777777 (P.141g). Uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $140
SOLD $150
Indonesia, Bank Indonesia, one thousand rupiah, 2000/2008, solid numbers, PTA 999999, PTB 999999, PTC 999999, PTD 999999, PTE 999999, PTF 999999, PTG 999999, PTH 999999, PTI 999999, PTJ 999999 (P.141i). Uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Indonesia, Bank Indonesia, five thousand rupiah, 2001/2008, solid numbers, KZH 333333, KZI 333333, KZJ 333333, KZK 333333, KZL 333333, KZM 333333, KZN 333333, KZO 333333, KZP 333333, KZQ 333333 (P.142h). Uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
Iran, Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, fifty thousand rials (2006) (P.149d). Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Iran, Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, one hundred thousand rials (2010) (P.151). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Ireland, postal order for two shillings and sixpence, 6/C 510661, date stamped Biorra, 12 June 1940. Vertical creases and spike hole in centre, otherwise fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Italy, Banca d'Italia, one hundred lire, 13 February 1943, O 1002.9897 (P.60). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Jamaica, Bank of Jamaica, Elizabeth II, specimen one pound, (1960), AW 000000, CANCELLED perforated in centre, printer's instructions 'SO/4025 9.6316 31.10.62 2/3' penned in top margin (P.51s). Uncirculated.
Estimate $270
SOLD $240
Japan, ten yen, undated (1930) (P.40a) three consecutive numbers 552768/70. Centre fold and creasing on bottom left corner, otherwise virtually uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
Japan, Bank of Japan, one yen, undated (1946) 165612, 166412 (P.85a) (2); five yen, undated (1946) 15717 (P.86a); one hundred yen, undated (1953) Z744650H (P.90a); one thousand yen, undated (1950) TA 197845J/46J consecutive pair (P.92B) (2); ten thousand yen, undated (1958) PL 164145 S (P.94b). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $90
SOLD $90
Japan, WWII Japanese Invasion Money (JIM), a collection covering most issues from various countries in Asia and the Pacific, some scarce with multiples of many; also, set of military bonds (3), 31 Dec 1937, said to have been issued by the State of Manchukuo when Japan attacked China; Central Bank of China, ten dollars, 1933 and Greece, five hundred and one thousand drachmai of 1939, housed in an album within country order. Very good - uncirculated. (256)
Estimate $500
SOLD $950
Japan, WWII Japanese Invasion Money (JIM), a collection that includes various issues and denominations for Burma (40), Malaya (49), Netherlands Indies (61), Oceania (11), Philippines (62), noted various combinations of block letters and some numbers; also Philippines Emergency Currency WWII, Philippine National Bank, Misamis Occidental Currency Committee, ten centavos, Series of 1942 (P.S573). Stored on Hagner sheets in a buff coloured binder, many uncirculated, overall mostly fine - uncirculated. (approx 220)
Estimate $200
SOLD $700
Jersey, States of Jersey, five, ten and twenty pounds, undated (1972-83) overprinted 'SPECIMEN' diagonally in red on both sides (P.12, 13 and 14 As 9, b specimen). Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
Jersey, States of Jersey, five pounds, undated (1993) HC619505 (P.21a), undated (2000) KC57271, KC757260 (P.28a); ten pounds, undated (1993) MC999910, TC879102, TC879105 (P.28a). Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Jersey, States of Jersey, one hundred pounds, 2012, The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, commemorative issue, QE60002417 (P.37a). In presentation folder, uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Lebanon, Government issues, twenty five piastres, 1.8.1942 (P.36); five piastres, 15.2.1944 (P.38) and twenty five piastres, 12.1.1948 (P.42). Very good - nearly fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50