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101 Commercial Guarantee Bank of Chili, 1919 Issue Proof
Banknote.
China, 1919, $5, P;S2515A, S/M#P33;10a, No place
name, Proof front and back banknotes, Violet on m/c with building
on right, Uncirculated condition, Attractive and scarce note, ABN.
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Est. $5007750
102 Shangtung Provincial Treasury, 1926 Issue High grade Rarity.
Shangtung, China, 1926, P;S2718 (S/M#S43;10), Issued banknote,
orange on yellow underprint with pagoda at left and farming scene
on right, extremely attractive note, Choice Uncirculated with claims
to Gem status, rare note in almost any grade, superior for the issue
and potentially a condition consensus candidate.
(PH)
Est. $60071000
CHINA - MISCELLANEOUS
103 Consul General of the Republic of China in NY, 1926 Specimen
Diplomat Calling Card.
China and New York, 1926, Engraved
notice that the Chinese Consul General in New York has been called
back to Peking and is “leaving his office today”, Embossed coat of
arms and die number at top, VF condition, ABNC.
(PH)
Est. $3007600
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104 China, Photographs of Pagoda and Chinese Junk Ship
ca.1870790 Albumen Prints.
China, ND (ca.1870;90), 2 pho;
tographs, back to back on the same thin card stock paper, possibly
removed from an album, the photographic paper is 10.5 x 8.25 inch;
es and the image is 8.4 x 6.25 inches, the pagoda is in the center of
the image with a single man standing in front of it which gives you
the perspective of the size of over 100 feet for the tower, smaller
buildings surround it with planted fields in the foreground, the
Chinese junk sailing ship is without sails and looks like it could use a
new paint job, there is a steamboat to the right in a harbor view,
there are 15 Chinese characters on the side of the ship, both images
are in XF condition. No additional markings or imprints describing
the origin can be found. Scarce and early Chinese historical pho;
tographs.
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Est. $2007400
105 China & South Sea Bank, Limited, Waterlow & Son Specimen
Sola of Exchange.
Tientsin, China, ND (ca.1910;20), Specimen
Sola of Exchange, Red on pink underprint, Red Specimen
overprint on back, No S/N, Payable at Barclays Bank in London,
hinge reinforcement on left perforated margin that could be
removed if desired, otherwise the exchange appears Uncirculated.
W&S.
(PH)
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Est. $2007300
CHINA - RUSSIA
Rare Draft Used as Currency in Harbin When Oveprinted
106 Banque Russo7Chinoise Draft or Check.
Russia & China. 19xx
(ca.1900;1920). Odd Rubles. P;Unlisted. Unissued check or draft
from this rare bank. Overprinted with “Russo;Asiatic Bank” purple
hand stamp. Includes counterfoil on left. Yellow and black. Chinese
and Russian text in circle in middle. Wavy watermarked paper. S/N
055242, XF+ condition. This was the base form for the extremely
rare Emergency circulating currency from Harbin, China, Extremely
rare fiscal item.
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Est. $3007600
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Archives International Auctions, Part XI
May 15, 2012
Archives International Auctions
www.archivesinternational.com
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