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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/12/2023 Auction 183	World Banknotes	Lot 83	East Africa 20 Shillings George VI top left dated 1st September 1950 series W/10 88824, Pick 30b, bold and pleasing VF More banknotes like this	£140
03/12/2023 Auction 183	World Banknotes	Lot 78	East Africa (3) 10 Shillings (1958-60) 4 signatures Pick 38 N12 prefix Fine, 5 Shillings Nairobi 1st June 1939 George VI left Good, 5 Shillings dhow at centre (1964) P45 VF	£110
06/12/2020 Auction 171	World Banknotes	Lot 100	East Africa Currency Board 1930's issues (4) comprising a George V portrait 5 Shillings Pick 20 dated 1st January 1933 with an attractive BINARY serial number J/7 50000 in good Fine or near so, George VI portrait issues in VF - GVF (3) including 5 Shillings Pick 28a dated 1st June 1939 and the variety with all numbers and letters in the date in italic serial number N/1 04165, 10 Shillings both dated 1st June 1939 (2) comprising 2 varieties including Pick 26B with numbers and letters in date partly in italic and upright and printer's imprint at lower centre on obverse serial number K/2 87350, Pick 29a date numbers and letters all in italic serial number J/2 97909. All printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd London and watermarked with East African Currency Board monogram in hexagonal panels across the whole of the note More banknotes like this	£260
06/12/2020 Auction 171	World Banknotes	Lot 99	East Africa Currency Board (4) a fine early collection of Scarce issues aVF - GEF comprising a King George V portrait 5 Shillings Pick 20 dated 1st January 1933 serial number K/4 94597 3 signatures, King George VI portrait issues (3) including 1 Shillings Pick 27 dated 1st January 1943 serial number A/10 85413 4 signatures, 5 Shillings Pick 28a dated 1st July 1941 serial number T/6 53769 3 signatures and 20 Shillings = 1 Pound Pick 30b dated 1st August 1951 serial number B/70 62009 4 signatures. All Thomas De La Rue printing More banknotes like this	£180
06/09/2020 Auction 170	World Banknotes	Lot 273	World (125) a various and very interesting collection in an album of early notes mostly circa late 1800's early 1900's and in different grades mostly averaging VF to UNC. Includes a few always collectable issues from the US as a Silver Certificate 1 Dollars (3) Pick 342 series of 1923 Blue seal, Speelman & White. Pick 416d2e series 1935E Priest & Humphrey. Pick 416a series 1935A Julian & Morgenthau ink signed on main body Eugene Elbert. And a 10 Dollars Operation Torch Pick 415Y series of 1934A, yellow seal Issued for Military use in North Africa and Sicily in WW2. A Fractional Currency 10 Cents P108e 1863 Colby & Spinner. Confederate Currency 5 Dollars Pick 67 (Criswell T69-561) series 4 Plate G. Treasury 2 Dollars Pick 378g series of 1928G Clark & Snyder. Obsolete Currency such as the Natchez, Mississippi Railroad Company 100 Dollars dated 3rd April 1839. Bank of Windsor, Vermont 5 Dollars circa 1800's uncut or wrongly cut at top and bottom sheet originally of 4 notes now only 2full notes and with parts of the first and the last notes from the sheet showing. Also a Brazil Imperial Thesouro Nacional 500 Reis Dom Pedro II Estampa 2 Pick A243b ND 1880 (1885) variety with 2 serial numbers 81510 serie 61A. Some interesting 1700's items such as a British Colonial George III period State Lottery ticket 1776 and a Cleo bury Mortimer Bewbley Old Bank sight note unissued remainder circa 1796 as advised by Forster, Lubbock, Bosanquets & Co. bankers and watermarked upside down with the Royal cypher and the date 1796 also has 2 Revenue embossed stamps. Philatelic Australian Tasmania Inland Revenue Beer Duty Stamps (2) 12 shillings on 9 shillings (One Barrel) green and 18 shillings on 18 shillings (One Hogshead) dark brown/black, both stamped "The Cascade Brewery Co. Limited" used, 1901. India a part of a Fiscal Revenue 2 Annas Tax Revenue paper from the Victorian period and a Princely States Bhopal Fiscal 8 Annas dated 17th February 1900, red and black. An Iraqi Safe Conduct Pass in Arabic and with an illustration of 25 dinar note on obverse. Together with many more other issues from Europe including some Austrian and German Not geld, Asia, Turkey (Ottoman Empire), The Middle East, some large sized issues and World War II period and Military notes. The lot includes a fantasy issue US 1 million dollars and some modern contemporary copies More banknotes like this	£440
06/09/2020 Auction 170	World Banknotes	Lot 152	East Africa Currency Board 100 Shillings = 5 Pounds Pick 31b dated Nairobi 1st October 1949 serial number C/7 70614 4 signatures. A Thomas De La Rue print in blue-black on green and lilac underprint featuring a portrait of King George VI at upper left on obverse. The reverse displaying a guilloche panel with a Lion at centre. PMG 30 Very Fine More banknotes like this	£230
01/03/2020 Auction 168	World Banknotes	Lot 316	World circa late 1800's early 1900's onwards (139) a vast amalgamation of various issuers and denominations and all in average good Fine - VF and above mostly European, Latin America, Canada and US including modern star replacments, Africa, Egypt, Middle and Far East including some World War I and II Occupation and Military examples, British Armed Forces, French Kingdom Assignats, British Cheques and Postal orders and includes a Contemporary modern US Confederate states copy. Including some Exceptionally Rare and always collectible notes as the Strait Settlements very sought after issues with signature Rex Curall and dated 1st January 1935 (2) including 1 Dollar Pick 16b series J/91 68507 along with a very scarce 5 Dollars Pick 17b series B/66 96209. Hong Kong Government George V portrait 1 Dollar Pick 311 ND 1935 serial number C049564, BWC printing and very sought after. Egypt Government Currency note 5 Piastres Pick 161 early dated 1st June 1918 series J/59, purple on green and orange underprint, reverse in green with ruins. Dominion of Canada 1 Dollar Pick 32a dated 17th March 1917 signature at right Boville, without printer's imprint and serial number 336978-C plate D manuscript countersigned at left, Princess Patricia Ramsey (Princess of Connaught) on obverse. Jersey World War II German Occupation 6 Pence Pick 1a ND 1941 serial number 70259. Kenya 100 Shillings Pick 10a dated 1st July 1969 series A/15 19598. German East Africa Emergency World War I Interim-Banknote 1 Rupee Pick 19 dated 1st February 1916 series N2 text "Gebucht von" at left. Brazil Thesuro Nacional (3) including 1 Mil Reis Pick 3b ND 1891 Estampa 7A series 195A number 28152. 2 mil Reis Pick 12 Estampa 10 nuber 584249. And 5 Mil Reis Pick 18 ND 1890 Estampa 9A series 73A number 66757. Argentina Rupublic (2) including Caja de Conversión 5 Centavos Pick 209 L. 2707 of 1st August 1890 dated 1st November 1891 series B number 764949 signatures Areco & Marín. Together with Banco Provincial de Córdoba 2 Pesos Pick S1122c dated 1st January 1888 with black overprint Ley. 8 January 1894. Malta 1 Pound QE2 Annigoni's portrait Pick 29 L. 1967 (1968) the George Cross at center series A/15 048390. Burma India Government 1 Rupee George VI red overprint "Military Administration of Burma" plate letter A Pick 25b. An interesting French provincial 50 centimes issued during German occupation attached to a manuscript letter of Y.M.C.A with the British Expeditionary Force On Active Service signed with initials C. H.H. dated january 1919. This lot certain to attract a significant ammount of attention from both collectors and dealers alike More banknotes like this	£460
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1477	East Africa Currency Board 1930's issues (4) comprising a George V portrait 5 Shillings Pick 20 dated 1st January 1933 with an attractive BINARY serial number J/7 50000 in good Fine or near so. Along with George VI portrait issues in VF - GVF (3) including 5 Shillings Pick 28a dated 1st June 1939 and the variety with all numbers and letters in the date in italic serial number N/1 04165. 10 Shillings both dated 1st June 1939 (2) comprising 2 varieties including Pick 26B with numbers and letters in date partly in italic and upright and printer's imprint at lower centre on obverse serial number K/2 87350. Along with Pick 29a date numbers and letters all in italic serial number J/2 97909. All printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd London and watermarked with East African Currency Board monogram in hexagonal panels across the whole of the note. A Scarce and very attractive group More banknotes like this	£340
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1474	East Africa Currency Board (4) a fine early collection of Scarce issues in about VF-VF to EF-GEF comprising a King George V portrait 5 Shillings Pick 20 dated 1st January 1933 serial number K/4 94597 3 signatures. Along with King George VI portrait issues (3) including 1 Shillings Pick 27 dated 1st January 1943 serial number A/10 85413 4 signatures. 5 Shillings Pick 28a dated 1st July 1941 serial number T/6 53769 3 signatures. And 20 Shillings = 1 Pound Pick 30b dated 1st August 1951 serial number B/70 62009 4 signatures. All Thomas De La Rue printing and very collectable More banknotes like this	£320
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1685	World (40) an attractive collection in mostly very high grades average VF-GVF - about UNC - UNC includes a few lower grades and various issuers from early 1900's to modern. Comprising Malaya George VI portrait 1940 & 1941 issues (17) including 10 Cents Pick 2, 25 Cents Pick 3, 1 Cents Pick 6 (8), 10 Cents Pick 8 (3), 20 Cents Pick 9a (2), 50 Cents Pick 10a and 1 Dollar Pick 11. Malaya & British Borneo 1 Dollar Pick 8A. India George VI 1 Rupee Pick 25a usual Pinholes. East Africa Currency Board (2) including 5 Shillings QE II portrait Pick 37 and George VI portrait 5 Shillings Pick 28a date all in italic. South Africa Anglo-Boer War Government Noot 5 Pounds Pick 55b dated 258th May 1900. Uzbekistan Bukhara Emirate Second signature 5000 Tengas Treasury note Pick 18c 918/AH1337. Uruguay Banco De Londres Y Rio De La Plata 50 pesos Unissued Remainder Pick S238r dated 1st January 1872. Along with Australia 1 Dollar Pick 42d, Bahamas 50 Cents Pick 42a, Belize 2 Dollars Pick 52b (2), Canada 2 Dollars Pick 94c, Cayman Islands 1 Dollar Pick 38a, Falkland Islands 5 Pounds Pick 17a, Fiji 5 Dollars Pick 105a and 10 Dollars Pick 106a, St. Helena 1 Pound Pick 9a "ANGLIAE" in motto, Hong Kong George VI portrait 10 Cents Pick 323, QE2 portrait 1 Cent Pick 325c and HSBC 10 Dollars Pick 182g, class="rel_search_link" href="?page=Pastresults&searchterm=Mauritius&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Mauritius 10 Rupees Pick 31b, New Zealand 5 Dollars Pick 177, World War 2 Japanese Occupation 5 Cents (2), China Farmers Bank 1 Yuan Pick 474, German East Africa Emergency 1 Rupee Pick 19 and East Caribbean 5 Dollars (4) Pick 31d, 42k& 42L (2) along with 10 Dollars Pick 43. A very interesting and desirable group More banknotes like this	£260
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1476	East Africa Currency Board 100 Shillings = 5 Pounds Pick 31b dated Nairobi 1st October 1949 serial number C/7 70614 4 signatures. A Thomas De La Rue print in blue-black on green and lilac underprint featuring a portrait of King George VI at upper left on obverse. The reverse displaying a guilloche panel with a Lion at centre. Original and fresh VF or slightly better, paper still retaining relative crispiness and an Exceptionally Rare denomination always sought after by various collectors More banknotes like this	£200
01/09/2019 Auction 166	World Banknotes	Lot 183	East Africa & British West Africa (11) in mixed grades comprising East Africa King George V, King George VI and young Queen Elizabeth II issues some scarcer of which include 20 Shillings Pick 43a ND 1961 serial number N17 36282, 20 Shillings = 1 Pound Pick 30b 4 signatures variety dated 1st August 1951 serial number B/42 27313 and 5 Shillings Pick 20 dated 1st January 1933 serial number H/8 48064 along with British West Africa 10 Shillings Pick 10a dated 31st March 1953 serial number A/F 992412 More banknotes like this	£320
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 890	East Africa (4) The East African Currency Board Nairobi 1 Shillings Pick 27 dated 1st January 1943 George VI & Lion (3) series A/37 20440 GVF, series A/52 53641 EF small light stain on reverse and series A/58 26652 Fine. Along with 10 Shillings Pick 26B dated 1st June 1939 George VI & Lion without printers name and date numbers and letters partially in italic and upright VG More banknotes like this	£120
03/06/2018 Auction 161	World Banknotes	Lot 212	British Commonwealth (3), East African Currency Board 10 Shillings issued 1958 - 1960 series G4 88181, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at top left, (Pick38) good VF, British Caribbean Territories 1 Dollar dated 1958 series H3-146139, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, (Pick7c) good VF, Malaya 10 Dollars Dated 1941 series F/71 063166, portrait King George VI at right, (Pick13) slightly discoloured good Fine More banknotes like this	£150
18/03/2018 Auction 160	World Banknotes	Lot 280	Commonwealth & World, Commonwealth collection in an album (163), Ceylon, East African Currency Board, British West Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Fiji, St. Helena, Falkland Islands, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, India, Burma, Straits Settlements, Malaya, Malaya & British Borneo, British Guiana, British Honduras, Belize, British Caribbean, Eastern Caribbean, Bahamas & Cayman Islands. Includes Straits Settlements 10 Dollars dated 1929, (Pick11a) Fine, 10 Dollars dated 1933, (Pick18a) Fine, British Guiana 5 Dollars dated 1942, (Pick13c) Fine, British Honduras 10 Dollars dated 1947, (Pick27a) about VF, British Caribbean 20 Dollars dated 1961, (Pick11b) Fine, Ceylon 100 Rupees dated 1945, (Pick38a) small edge tear, about VF, East African Currency Board 1 Florin date1920 (Pick8a) Fine, 100 Shillings issued 1964, (Pick48a) Uncirculated, Southern Rhodesia 5 Pounds dated 1945, (Pick11b) Fine, Rhodesia & Nyasaland 5 Pounds dated 1961, (Pick22b) good Fine, and many more, a fabulous collection of King George V, VI and Queen Elizabeth II. Also two further albums (190+) of mostly Asia, some Africa and a few Bank of England, strength in French Indochina and Vietnam, including 100 Piastres dated 1919, (Pick39) Fine, 1 Piastre dated 1901, (Pick5) about Fine, a very rare opportunity to acquire a wide variety of commonwealth notes and many others. More banknotes like this	£28,000
04/12/2017 Auction 159	World Banknotes	Lot 1657	East African Currency Board 100 Shillings or 5 Pounds dated 1st October 1949 series C/6 34795, portrait King George VI at top left, four signatures, lion on reverse, (Pick31b), good VF More banknotes like this	£320
04/12/2017 Auction 159	World Banknotes	Lot 1655	East African Currency Board (5), 10 Shillings dated 1st February 1956, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at bottom right, (Pick34), good Fine, 5 Shillings (2) dated 1956 & 1957, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at bottom right, (Pick33), Fine & good Fine, 1 Shilling (2) dated 1st January 1943, portrait King George VI at left, (Pick27), one pressed, both EF More banknotes like this	£150
04/12/2017 Auction 159	World Banknotes	Lot 1658	East African Currency Board 20 Shillings or 1 Pound dated 1st January 1952 last date of issue, series C/19 35626, portrait King George VI at top right, (Pick30b), some foxing and toning to border, about VF More banknotes like this	£100
04/12/2017 Auction 159	World Banknotes	Lot 1659	East African Currency Board 5 Shillings dated 1st September 1950 series D/35 91865, portrait King George VI at bottom left, (Pick28b), almost VF More banknotes like this	£80
04/12/2017 Auction 159	World Banknotes	Lot 1656	East African Currency Board 10 Shillings dated 1st January 1949 series B/15 69871, portrait King George VI at bottom left, (Pick29b), blue ink marks to top border, some dirt, Fine More banknotes like this	£40
03/12/2006 Auction 115	World Banknotes	Lot 178	East Africa Currency Board (3) George VI portrait types, 5 shillings 1939 Pick28a Fine+, 10 shillings 1938 (1st date) Pick29a pressed Fine & 20 shilli More banknotes like this	£50
05/06/2006 Auction 113	World Banknotes	Lot 211	East Africa Currency Board (4) George VI portrait 1 shilling 1943 Pick27, 5 shillings (2) 1943 & 1952 Pick28b and 20 shillings 1950 Pick 30b, all Fine	£75
05/06/2006 Auction 113	World Banknotes	Lot 206	East Africa Currency Board 10 shillings dated 1950, George VI portrait Pick 29b, pressed, gFine More banknotes like this	£36

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