949
Thomas De La Rue & Co. ND (ca. 1910-20’s) Advertising
Banknote.
London, England, ND (ca. 1910-20’s), Specimen
Advertising banknote, Double sided with same design of portrait of
tiger that was used on Portuguese India, 1924, 2 1/2 Rupia, P-24
banknote, One side is Dark Blue on yellow underprint, the other side
is orange on light blue lattice underprint, both have same text with
address of company and stating BANK NOTES and POSTAGE
STAMPS
on
bottom.
Choice
Uncirculated
Condition.
TDLR...........................................................................
HK $2000-4000
ETHIOPIA
950
State Bank of Ethiopia, ND (1945) Issue Specimen Banknote.
$100, P-16s Unlisted Specimen, Signature 3 - Rozell Jr. Black with
green underprint, Portrait of Haile Selassie on left with building in
middle, back maroon. Red specimen and “AA000000” serial number
overprints with POC’s. No planchettes, PMG graded Gem
Uncirculated 66 EPQ (Exceptional Paper Quality), Rare in high
grade. SBNC. ..............................................................
HK $4000-7000
FRENCH INDO-CHINA
951
Banque De L’Indochine, 1945 ND Specimen Banknote Pair.
Lot of 2 notes, Includes 1 Piastre, Red Letter “A”, P-76bs, Specimen,
brown on light green underprint, Red Specimen overprints, POC’s
and “00000” serial numbers, Choice to Gem Uncirculated; and, “No
Denomination” Piastres, P-78s, Unlisted Specimen without denom-
ination, base note for 100 Piastres note, blue, Blue Specimen over-
prints, POC’s and “00000” serial numbers, Choice to Gem
Uncirculated. Scarce and very attractive notes. ABNC.
HK $4000-7000
949
950
951
952
Banque de L’Indochine, ND (1936-39) Sequential Issue Pair.
Lot of 2 notes, both the same note with sequential serial numbers,
100
Piastres, P-51d, Signature #9, S/N H.224 558 and H.224 559,
Multicolor, Golden vessel with dog on top left, back with bust stat-
ue of Dupleix, Both are PMG graded Choice About Uncirculated 58,
amazing pair notes rarely found this nice, but unfortunately each
has an extremely light vertical center bend from being folded at
some point due to the large size of the note. Both have amazing
color, jumbo even borders and excellent paper quality and appear
Choice Uncirculated in appearance. A trophy pair of notes that will
enhance any advanced collection. These are the only two notes
from this series graded in the PMG census. .................
HK $8000-16000
GROUP LOTS
953
China, Singapore and Spain Banknote Assortment.
Lot of 17
notes, Includes 14 Chinese banknotes; 2 Singapore Notes and Banco
de Espana, 1931 50 Pesetas, P-82 in Choice VF; Other high lights
include China, P-245c, AU-Unc; China, 1946, 10 & 20 Cents; China, 5
1953
Second Issues, 1 Fen and 2 Fen; 1980 Issues, up to 1 Yuan;
Singapore, 1997 ND, $2 & $5, All but the Spanish note grade Choice
to Gem Uncirculated. Attractive banknote assortment.
HK $2000-3000
952
953
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