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31 August 2023

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№ 282

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31 August 2023

Hammer Price:
£19,000

Government of India, archival examples of watermarked paper from the 5, 10, 20 and 50 Rupees, Victoria Portrait, with three sheets of two notes for each denomination, as well as three sheets of non-denominated paper, all paper with large cancellation holes to prevent use by forgers, because this is the actual paper used to make the notes, all housed in a blue paper folder, some ragged edges and folds, in general all paper white and clean as the day it was produced over 150 years ago, exceptionally rare, and the only paper of this type in the Portals archive, thus a completely unique opportunity (15 sheets of two notes each, 1 folder)
BNB B101-B104, Pick AA1, A1, A1A, PNL £5,000-£7,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Paper and Proofs from the Portals Archives.

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