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India, The New Oriental Bank Corporation Limited, share warrant, fully paid up share, No. 56523, issued at Calcutta, 14th September 1888. Usual centre fold plus three staple holes, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
India, National Bank of India, London, second of exchange for 74.9 rupees, dated 26th November 1912, payable on demand at Madras; cheques: Calcutta, 19.., unissued; another, Bombay, 19.., unissued; another, Madras, 14 April 1952; another, Bank of Bengal, Calcutta, 18.., unissued; another, Oriental Bank Corporation, Calcutta, 18.., unissued; another, Bank of Madras, 18.., unissued; another, The Agra United Service Bank Limited, Calcutta, 18.., unissued; another, Messrs. Grindlay & Co, Calcutta, 186., unissued, overprinted 'Army Agents'. Fine - extremely fine, several rare. (9)
Estimate $80
Passed in
India, Bill of Lading, Peary Chand Mittra and Sons, for 500 bags of rice and 500 bags of oats, shipped from river Hoogly, Calcutta, dated 8th March 1867 to Mauritius; another from L. Gandolphe, various goods shipped from Madras, dated 18 November 1867 to Mauritius. First missing small pieces from right corners, otherwise good fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Indonesia, Republik Indonesia Serikat, specimen five and ten rupiah, 1 January 1950, D/10 000000 and E/18 000000 (cf P.36, 37), printed in black at left bottom front edge 'SPECIMEN No' and entered by hand '33' on five and '50' on ten rupiah, 'Specimen DE LA RUE & CO LTD Cancelled' oval stamp in black on bottom front centre of both, imprint of Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited at bottom on both. Glue stains on left edges, otherwise uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Iraq, Government of Iraq, Faisal II, one dinar, undated (1941) (P.15). Very fine; very good with tone spots. (2)
Estimate $320
SOLD $370
Iraq, Government of Iraq, Law 44 of 1931 (1942 issue), one dinar M001,522, five dinars A852,356, ten dinars A544,850, one hundred dinars A018,524 (P.18-21). All with some foxing or staining, the rare last note also with edge splits and figure written on back, the ten dinars also has writing on the back, overall very good - very fine, a scarce lot. (4)
Estimate $400
SOLD $4,600
Jamaica, Government of Jamaica, 15th August 1958, ten shillings, 45D42654 (P.39). Light centre fold, fresh, crisp and virtually uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Kenya, Central Bank of Kenya, 1st July 1967, five shillings, A/10 196998 (P.1b). Uncirculated.
Estimate $90
SOLD $70
Malaya, Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya, George VI, five, ten, twenty, fifty cents and one dollar, 1st July 1941 (P.7-11). Fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Malaya, Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya, 1st July 1941 (1945), fifty cents (P.10b) A/34 424443; Malaya and British Borneo, Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya and British Borneo, 1st March 1959, one dollar (P.8a) A/49 335559; also, Malawi, Reserve Bank of, 1st July 1978, one kwacha (P.14b) Y/Y 994961. The first good very fine, the rest fine. (3)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Malaya, Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya, 1st July 1941 (1945), five dollars, B/11 041065, ten dollars, B/53 029353 (P.12, 13). The second with some foxing spots on back in watermark area, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $160
SOLD $140
Malaya, Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya, George VI, ten dollars, 1st July 1941, H/28 032463 (P.13). Centre fold, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $160
SOLD $220
Malaya, WWII occupation currency, The Japanese Government (JIM), one, five, ten, one hundred and one thousand dollars (P.M5-10). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Malaya and British Borneo, Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya and British Borneo, 1st March 1961, ten dollars, A/16 579582 (P.9b). Flattened of creases and folds, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
Malaya and British Borneo, Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya and British Borneo, 1st March 1961, ten dollars, A/11 603938 (P.9b). Flattened of creases and folds, nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $280
Passed in
Malaysia, Bank Negra Malaysia, 1967 Issue, undated (1967-72), ten ringgit, A/79 136932 (P.3a); 1972/76 Issue, undated (1972-76), one ringgit, J/29 905462 (P.7), undated (1976), five ringgit, A/90 368117 (P.8a), undated (1972-76), fifty ringgit, A/34 062767 (P.10a). The five and ten ringgit with folds, otherwise nearly uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Malta, The Government of Malta, undated (1940), one pound, A/16 286130 (P.20b). Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $250
Mauritius, The Government of Mauritius, undated (1940), one rupee, D118,590 (P.26). Centre fold and light creases, otherwise fresh, crisp and nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $420
Mozambique, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, specimen one hundred escudos, 16 February 1950, No. 000000 (cf P.103), printed in black by hand at left bottom front edge 'SPECIMEN No. 1', 'Specimen DE LA RUE & CO LTD Cancelled' oval stamp at bottom front centre, imprint of Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited on front. Light glue stain on back of left edge, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Netherlands Indies, De Javasche Bank, 20 August 1929, 24 August 1929, 13 March 1931, twenty five gulden (3), 28 January 1926, fifty gulden, 4 February 1928, one hundred gulden (P.71c [3], 72a, 73b). Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $350
SOLD $480
Northern Ireland, Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, specimen one pound, 1st January 1969, NN 000000 (cf P.245), printed in black at left bottom front edge 'SPECIMEN No 014', 'Specimen DE LA RUE & CO LTD No Value' oval stamp on two diagonal corners front and back and SPECIMEN diagonally front and back, all these in black, punch cancelled on signature, imprint of Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited on front. Uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Northern Ireland, collection of specimen notes with Maltese cross prefix, Bank of Ireland, (1978) one - one hundred pounds, all 006784, four note set (P.CS1), Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, (1978) one - ten pounds, all 006784, three note set (P.CS1). Two sets with matching numbers, uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Peru, Banco Central De Reserve Del Peru, specimen one hundred soles, 16 September 1954, Series G6 No. 000000 (cf P.73), printed in red at left bottom edge 'SPECIMEN No.' and stamped '25', 'Specimen DE LA RUE & CO LTD No Value' oval stamp on two diagonal corners front and back, all these in red, imprint of Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited at bottom front within frame of note. Light glue stain on back of right edge, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Philippines, 1921 issue, five pesos (P.53) B254638B/40B three consecutive notes; WWI Emergency notes, Cebu, guerilla one peso with R.D.Copuaco Mun.Mayor, Naval, Leyte counterstamp, 1941 (cf P.S215), also, rare Maribojoc Municipal Govt, Bohol, five and twenty centavos, 1944. Some edge foxing on first note, otherwise three notes uncirculated, the remaining notes poor - fine but scarce. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Philippines, Emergency and Guerrilla currency, 1941-5, from islands and provinces of Apayao (68), Bohol (37), Cagayan (81), Cebu (18), Culion leper colony (6), Iloilo (79), Iocos Norte (25), Isabela (2), Leyte (20), Luzon (2), Mindanao (109), Misamis Occidental (13), Mountain Province (20), Negros (116), Nueve Vizcaya (4), Palawan (4), Samar (22), Zamboanga; 'In the Field' notes from Guiuan (2) and Pambujan Sur (Samar); local issues from Balangiga (Samar) (6), Bantayan (4), Calape, Calbiga (Samar), Hindang, Jagna Change Board (10), Loon, Maasing, Maribojoc (4), Oras, Samar (5), Tubigon, Ubay (3), includes Pick S161a, 162a, 164a, 175a, 166a, 167a, 168a, 169a, 170a, 171a, 173, 190b, 223, 224a, 243, 244a, 245, 251, 253, 265-6, 274, 277, 352, 353, 411a, 412a, 421-2, 573-4, 621, 623, 666, 667a, 711-14, 716, 791b, 794, 976, 1120, 1174b [668]. Some duplication and few counterfeits, fine to extremely fine, some better, contained in two albums. (668)
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $3,100
Poland, Republic, Polish State Loan Bank, 1919 Third Issue, five, ten, twenty and one hundred zlotych (P.24-27), professionally set under perspex into a cut-out royal blue background and with a marbled timber frame. Uncirculated and attractive.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Portugal, Banco De Portugal, specimen fifty escudos, 28 April 1953, B00000 (cf P.160), SPECIMEN perforated horizontally left of centre and vertically at left edge, stamped number '241' in black at top right edge, printed 'SEM VALOR' (worthless) in red at bottom front centre. Glue stain at side edges, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Rhodesia, Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, Salisbury 16th November 1964, ten shillings (P.24a) H/7 688071. Flattened, with some foxing on back, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Rhodesia, Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, two dollars, Salisbury, 5th August 1977, K/146 090665/8 a run of four consecutive (P.31b). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Rhodesia, Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, two dollars, Salisbury, 10th April 1979, Rhodes watermark, K/149 334031/2 consecutive pair (P.31c). Uncirculated and rare. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $580