World Banknotes

Bank of China, watermarked papers for the 1 Yuan of 1934, Tientsin issue, featuring the Temple of Heaven, along with coloured paper fibres, glued into individual blue card frame, ink annotations on paper, very rare, this being the only example in the Portals archive
BNB B1146, Pick 71A £100-£150

These papers come directly from the Portals Paper archive

This paper has been incorrectly marked as Shanghai by Portals, but it can only be intended for the very rare first Tientsin issue, as it does not fit the profile of any of the Shanghai notes produced.