Catalogue
Austria, various issues of kronen, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1953, 1969. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Brazil, Empire, Law of October 3rd 1833, two mil reis (P.A152); Decree of June 1st 1833, Estampa 4, 1852-67, 10 mil reis, contemporary forgery (P.A231x). Paper damage from tannic acid in ink, very fine; rust stains, very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Burma, George V, one rupee (P.25b); Thailand, one baht (1948) (P.69b). Good very fine; extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Canada, Hudson's Bay Company, five shillings, No 246, 25th August 1832, York Factory, Ruperts Land. Mounted to heavy cardboard backing, good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Canada, The Dominion of Canada, Ottawa, Jan 3rd 1911, 546249T (P.27a). Centre and quarter folds, fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Ceylon, British Administration, The Government of Ceylon. 1st February 1941, one rupee, A/6 496897, 'short snorter', signed by P.O.W's in Palombo October 1941, Douglas Ellesmere Gread, John Henry Peter, and Raymond Owen Charles McEntee. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
China, Ming Dynasty, Da Ming Baochao, 1 kuan, issued banknote (P.AA10), printed on dark grey mullberry paper, two large red seals of face. Edge losses, pinholes, good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $1,700
China, Ming Dynasty, 1853 issue 2000 cash, Yr 7 (1857) (P A4e). Usual two holes at top, very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $600
China, Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, five dollars, Shanghai, 2nd May 1927 No F/S 338418 (P.S184). Heavy centrefolds slight perforation in centre otherwise good fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $750
China, The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, ten dollars, Tientsin, 1st December 1930 F/M 046414 (P.S216). Very good.
Estimate $400
SOLD $800
China, Republic, Nationalist Government lottery loans, four different five canton dollars (1926), Japan, handblocked onto rice paper Shihatsu, one momme, early 1800s (2); Tibet 25 srang (1945) (P.10a). Very good - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
Passed in
China, Republic, Central Bank of China, 1930 issue, twenty customs gold units (P.328); 1931 issue, ten cents or one chiao, three consecutive notes Y 552784 S - Y 552786 S (P.202); 1945 provincial issue, Manchurian Progvinces, 100 yuan (P.379); Bank of China, 1940 issue, 5, 10, 50, and 100 yuan (P.84, 85b, 87c, 88c); 1979 issue, foreign exchange certificate, 5 yuan (P.FX4). Fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
China, Sinkiang Provisional Government, Finance Department Treasury, 1930 issue, 400 cash (P.S1845); 1933 issue, 10 taels (P.S1875). Edge losses, quarter folds, very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
China, Reserve Bank, 1944 issues, 100 yuan (P.J83a); 500 yuan (P.J84a). Fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
China, Republic, The Central Bank of China, Ten Custom Gold Units, 1930 Shanghai issue (P.327b (2)); 1947 issue, 1000, 2000 Custom Gold Units (P.339b, c (2), 342); 1948 issue, 5000 Custom Gold Units (P.360, 361, 362), 10,000 Custom Gold Units (P.364); Central Bank of China, 1928 issue, 10 dollars (P.197c); 1946 issue, 20 cents (P.396; 1948 issue, 100 yuan (P.406), 1941 issue, 2 10, 20 yuan (P.s239a, 240c, 230, 237); 1940 issue, 5 yuan (P.84a (2) thick and thin varieties, P.84b (2)), 10 yuan (P.85b (2), 85e), 50 yuan (P.87c (2); 100 yuan (P.88c (2)); 1937 issue, 5 yuan (P.80 (2)); 1937 issue, 10 yuan (P.81 (4)); 1935 issue, 5 yuan (P.77b); Peoples Bank of China, 1949 issue, 500 yuan (P.846), 1000 yuan (P.847); Russo-Asiatic Bank of China, 1917 issue, 1 ruble, 3 rubles (P.S474, 475); Japanese Administration, Federal Reserve Bank of China, 1938 issue, 1, 5 fen (P.J46, 47); 1, 100, 500 yuan note, no date (1944-5), (P.J72, 84, 88); 1944 issue, 1 yuan (P.J69); plus military issues, 1938 5 yen, 1940 5, 10 yuan, 1941 100 yuan (2), 1944 500 yuan, all displayed on paper binder pages with owner's notations. Very good - good very fine. (51)
Estimate $300
SOLD $950
China, Republic, Central Bank of China, various issues 1941-1945, 5 yuan, 10 yuan (3), 20 yuan, 100 yuan (3), 500 yuan (3), 500 yuan (4), 1000 yuan (P.288); Taiwan, 10 yuan 1954 (P.1967); also Cambodia (P.13), all in holders or sleeves. Fair - extremely fine. (22)
Estimate $150
Passed in
China, Central Bank of China, ten thousand yuan, 1948 (P.386) GD 360093. In a PMG holder as 63, choice uncirculated 63, 2081920-055.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
China, Central Bank of China, ten thousand yuan, 1949 (P.417a) DM 437061; Central Reserve Bank of China, ten thousand yuan 1944 (P.J39a) watermark cloud forms, no serial. In PMG holders as choice extremely fine, 45 and choice very fine 35. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
China, People's Republic, 1 Jiao 1962 (P.877c(2)d) (3); 1980 issue (P.881a (4), 882a (6), 883a (3), 884a, g (2), 885a), in holders or sleeves. Very good - extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $100
Passed in
China, Malaysia, sample overprint, die or plate, 2506, 'specimen' across centre of two impressions for 7 cents. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Equatorial Guinea, Republic, Bank of Equatorial Guinea, 1000 bipkwele, 3.8.79 (P.17); Bank of Central African States, 1000 francs, 1.1.85 (P.21). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Equatorial Guinea, Bank of Equatorial Guinea, 1980 Provisional issue, 100 and 500 pesetas (or one and five thousand bipkwele) (P.18, 19). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Fiji, Commissioners of Currency issue, 1969, Government of Fiji, Elizabeth II, ten dollars, A/1 183381 (Radar No) (P.62a) (Ritchie/ Barnes). Crisp, slight crease otherwise extremely fine and scarce especially as a radar number.
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Fiji, Commisioners of Currency issue, 1969, Government of Fiji, Elizabeth II, twenty dollars, A/1 084385 (P.63a) (Ritchie/ Barnes). Pin holes, creases, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
France, Louis XVI, five hundred livres, No 4818, 29 September 1790, serial E (Lafaurie 135); Mandat Territorial, Tersorerie Nationale, twenty five francs, serie 27, No 66949, 1796 (P.A83b, Lafaurie 200). Tears and losses middle bottom margin, fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
France, Bagnols, 1790-3, Bon Pour, five sous, AH No 420, signed P.Baume (P.-). Minor stain spot top left margin, very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
France, Republic, Bank of France, fifty francs, 5.2.27, 898/G.12525; 313106898 (P.64h; F.14.4); 17.8.27, 854/V.933; 023320854 (P.77a; F.15.2); 24.8.33, 050/B.14331; 358251050 (80b; F.16.4); 16.7.36, 161/A.4747; 118850161 (P.81b; F.17.28); 17.3.38, 749/N.7781; 194512749 (P.17b; F.18.10); 8.1.42, H157/75857; 390775857 (P.93; F.19.18); 3.10.46, 32544/F.39; 095532544 (P.127a; F.20.6). First and second pinholes, very good - nearly uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
France, Republic, Bank of France, one hundred francs, 30.7.08, 240/P.5149; 128714240 (P.65e; F.21.23). Pinholes on rust spot otherwise nearly fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
France, Republic, Bank of France, five hundred francs, 27.5.37, 834/F.2603; 65055834 (P.66m; F.30.38); 5.5.38, 796/Y.2848; 71197796 (P.88e; F.32.10); 1.10.42, 161/H.6799; 169957161 (P.95b; F.32.41); 2.1.53, Q129/87866; 321587866 (P.129c; F.34.11); 7.1.54, 73599/L.3; 006073599 (P.133a; F.35.11). Pin holes in first, fine - nearly uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
France, Republic, Bank of France, one thousand francs, 7.7.26, 520/K.2521; 63009520 (P.67k; F.36.43). Light centrefold, pin holes lower right otherwise very fine or better and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150