Rhodesia (2) a high grade about UNC - UNC denomination pair of the 1979 Arms and Zimbabwe bird watermark issues including the 1 Dollar Pick 38a dated 2nd August 1979 and with a collectible BINARY RADAR serial number L/127 551155, blue on multicolour with a tobacco field illustration. Along with the 2 DollarsPick 39 dated 24th May 1979 serial number K/166 318669 and this with minor pencil in upper margin but not extending to design, red on multicolour with an illustration of the breath-taking and well-recognized Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river.
MalawiReserve Bank 1 Kwacha Pick 10c dated 31st January 1975 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers M345217 - M345218, both about UNC and very attractive. Each note in red-brown on multicoloured underprint featuring a portrait of President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda and Lake Malawian on obverse. The reverse depicting an illustration of a Tobacco harvest scene. Watermarked with a rooster.
RhodesiaReserve Bank 10 Shillings Pick 27b dated 10th September 1968 serial number L/17 243829 signature Bruce. The note in blue on multicoloured underprint featuring the Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right and Coat of Arms at upper centre. The reverse illustrating a tobacco field. A Rhodesian Lithography printing (without imprint) and watermarked C. Rhodes. EF and a very sought after and scarce note
IndiaReserve Bank10 Rupees King George VI portrait in profile Pick 19a ND 1937 issues bearing the signature Taylor (2) including a very first prefix serial number A/55 395914 with 2 hand stamps on reverse one of which from the Imperial Tobacco Company of India along with B/35 039239. Both notes in blue-violet and olive featuring a portrait of King George VI in profile at right and a banana palm tree and sea side scene in the underprint on obverse. The reverse mainly in blue depicting the Reserve Bank of India Coat of Arms at centre - Palm tree and the endangered Bengal tiger, surrounded by elephant riders/trainers also known as Mahout riding elephants. The first good Fine - about VF, the second VF. Both with the usual Pinholes/Spindle hole, very Scarce first date earlier issues and rarely seen
Africa (4) small group in high grades includes a Rhodesia Salisbury set of 3 notes comprised of $1 dated 12th August 1974 Pick 30i Arms & Tobacco Field series L/57 550887 UNC. $2 dated 17th February 1970 Pick 31a Arms & Victoria Falls series K/35 504464 UNC. $10 dated 2nd January 1979 Pick 41a Arms & Great Zimbabwe ruins series J/62 766742 UNC. Along with Mozambique20 Centavos Companhia de Mozambique cancelled note Pick R29 dated 25th November 1933 UNC with cancellation punch holes spelling "PAGO 5.11.1942"
Tokens, Medals, medalets and Paranumismatic items, 18th to 20th Century (164) includes Army Temperance Medals in silver (3) c.1897-1901, in mixed grades, Kent Messenger Calendar Medal 1959, George V Silver Jubilee 1935 32mm diameter in silver, the Official Royal Mint issue EF a varied group, along with Engraved small silver (14), counter stamped coppers (2) and Engraved Halfpenny 1774 'John Rotherham/ Sign Painter in Derby 1774/ John Blease/ To F M U / Tobacconist, Liverpool, also Halfpennies Contemporary counterfeits and evasions (23) George II and George III types, in mixed circulated grades
New ZealandPenny Tokens 1864 KM#Tn22 (3) each Fine, one cleaned and retoned, British North Borneo Plantation Tokens (3) Tenom Rubber Co.Ltd 50 Cents Octagonal, Fine, pierced, London Borneo Tobacco Cy. (2) One Dollar Near Fine, worn in the centre, Half Dollar VG/Fine
World a large group with runs in albums, others in tobacco tins, some high grade Swiss base issues in tubes, others in bags which include a wide and random variety base metal minors to silvercrowns and more (lot in three boxes nearly 35 kilos gross weight)
Malaysia and Borneo (10) Penang (4) Pice 1787Half Pice 1787, Cent 1810, Cent undated (smoothed on reverse), British North Borneo (6) 25 Cents 1927, One Cent (3) 1888H, 1891H, 1896H, Half Cent 1907H, Token New London Tobacco Company, in mixed grades some lustrous
World (37) includes BrazilRailways 1911 (4), Cuba Railways 1927 & 1928 (2), Mexico (20) bank, mining, petroleum, tramways including 12 x The Mexican Eagle Oil Co. Ltd bearer certificates 1949, Netherlandstobacco1925, Peru mining & railway 1878, Russia 1917 bonds (5), small format, SpainBarcelona Traction, Light & Power 1932 and Islas del Guadalquivir 1926 (2), Zambia, Roan Antelope Copper Mines 1946 & 1948 (2). Generally VF or better. (37)
Unofficial Farthing Tokens (12) Middlesex (2) Uxbridge School W2610, Houses of Parliament W4961, Northampton Gent and Co. Tea Dealers W3870, Lancashire John Chorlton W3216, London McDonale 27 Long Acre W2690, Birmingham J.Gargory W407 (holed), Liverpool W2160, Hellewells Cortex Waterproofs, Non-Local (2) W7620 Argost Races, W7900 TOHPACA, in mixed grades to Lustrous GEF, Scotland (3) Newburgh 7523 J.Sharp Tobacco and Snuff NVF pierced in the centre, Rare, Edinburgh (2) 7195 Melrose and Co. Genuine Teas, India House Fine, 7243 J.Reynolds St. Leonards Fair
Unofficial Farthings (10) Liverpool Hellewell 2160, London (3) William Owen Drapers 2718, 2719, J.Schlesinger & Co. Engineers 2770, Manchester John Chorlton 3216, Norwich T.Parker Game Dealer 4030, Richmod Innocent Tobacconist 4440, Cork Ed Mahony 5790, Glasgow Archd.Anderson Grocer 7281, on Local TOHPACA 7900 in mixed grades to EF
Russia, RussianTobaccoCompany Ltd. bearer warrants for 50 brown (17) and 100 green (4) shares, dated 1915 &1916, with coupons, some creased generally VF. (21).
RussianTobaccoCompany, bearer share warrants for, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 shares, 1915, vignette of allegorical female and tobacco field, various colours, all with coupons, F-VF. (6).
Russia, RussianTobaccoCompany, set of six bearer share warrants, for 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 shares, 1915-16, very attractive Waterlow printed certificates with vignette of allegorical female in tobacco field, various colours, all with coupons, all VF. (6).
Indonesia, Deli-Bedagei Tobacco Plantations Ltd., £100 first debenture, 1891, black, UK revenue stamp, only 165 debentures of this denomination were issued, AVF. (1).
Borneo, Martins Cigar Shippers Ltd., 10% deposit Note for £100, dated 1925, very attractive with vignettes of tobacco growing, brown on blue, UK revenue stamp, VF. (1).
China, China Tobacco Co. Ltd., certificate for 100 shares, Shanghai 1942, ornate border incorporating flowers, text in Chinese, black & blue, two punch holes in top margin, VF. (1).
China, Chinese Cigarette Company Ltd., certificate for 100 shares, Shanghai 1941, ornate border incorporates, tobacco plants, ship and factory, text in Chinese, black & blue, has been folded at some stage, otherwise VF. (1).
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