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Bank of Greece, a set of watermarked papers as used on the 1944-46 issue, comprising 100, 500, 1000, 5000 and 10,000 Drachmai, all glued into two blue card frames, ink annotations on each paper, as produced, rare (5 papers) Pick 170-175 £240-£300
Hammer Price: £220
Bank of Greece, watermarked papers as used on 10 and 500 Drachmai of 1954-55, both glued into a single blue card frame, ink annotations on each paper, as produced, extremely rare, this being the only example of each in the Portals archive (2 papers) Pick 189, 193 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £85
Watermarked Papers for 8% Greek Bonds (6), large format, two different designs (3 of each), all glued into individual black paper frames, in addition to two blank papers labelled as ‘Greek Loan Paper’, all items dated early 20th century, as produced, rare (8 papers) £100-£150
Hammer Price: £70
Caisse Centrale de la France d’Outre Mer, Guadeloupe, 50 Francs, ND (1947-9), serial number J.7 96227, one light central bend this good extremely fine to about uncirculated BNB B408a, Pick 34 £120-£180
Hammer Price: £180
El Banco Americano de Guatemala, obverse and reverse die proofs for 5 Pesos, ND (1897-1920), no signatures or serial numbers, ‘1895’ date pencilled on reverse of each, uncirculated and rare (2 notes) Pick S112p £120-£160
Hammer Price: £120
Banco de Guatemala, an American Banknote Company composite essay for 5 Centavos, ND (1947), elements of design hand painted including Uaxactun vessel and Quetzal bird, obverse and reverse design as issued, mounted on card, archival annotations and date ‘7/30/47’, signed and approved and signed by the manager an president of Banco de Guatemala, an attractive and important record! BNB B507, Pick 25 £400-£600
Hammer Price: £1,000
ERROR: Banco de Guatemala, 1 Quetzel, ND (1955-57), signatures and serial numbers omitted in error, significant dirty fold at top left, as well as other folds, overall about very fine and very rare BNB B512a, Pick 30 £200-£260
Hammer Price: £200
Banco de Guatemala, a Bradbury Wilkinson composite essay showing obverse and reverse designs for an unadopted 5 Centavos, ND (1947), elements of design hand painted including Uaxactun vessel and most of reverse design, mounted on card, a highly unusual and important record of this unadopted design BNB B526, Pick 44 £400-£600
Hammer Price: £1,100
Banco de Guatemala, a group of initial engravers workings on transparent acetate showing the outlines of plate designs for the 1/2 Quetzales, ND (1972), obverse (4) and reverse (2), 50 Quetzales, 1989, obverse (2) and reverse, 100 Quetzales, 1989, obverse, each of these is unique and they are remarkable survivors, as most were simply treated as printers waste (7 items) BNB B542, B561, B562, Pick 58, 77, 78 £80-£120
Hammer Price: £80
Republique d’Haiti, 1 Gourde, 3 November 1887, serial number E100 04262, three manuscript signatures, one tear in lower margin, small stains, otherwise about fine and rare Pick 79a £800-£1,000
£800–£1,000
Mercantile Bank Limited, Hong Kong, watermarked paper with coloured paper fibres for the $50 of 1935-41 (2), glued into individual frames of cream paper or black card, ink and pencil annotations, as produced, rare (2 papers) BNB B226a, Pick 240 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £950
Mercantile Bank Limited, Hong Kong, watermarked paper with coloured paper fibres for the $50 of 1935-41 (2), glued into blue card frames, ink and pencil annotations, as produced, rare (2 papers) BNB B226a, Pick 240 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £900
Hammer Price: £850
Mercantile Bank Limited, Hong Kong, watermarked paper with coloured paper fibres and full watermarked border for the $50 of 1935-41, glued into blue card frame, ink and pencil annotations, as produced, rare, this being the only example in the Portals archive to feature the zig-zag border BNB B226a, Pick 240 £80-£100
Hammer Price: £550
Mercantile Bank Limited, Hong Kong, large format watermarked paper with coloured paper fibres for the $500 of 1948, glued into blue card frame, ink annotations on paper, as produced, extremely rare, this being the only example in the Portals archive BNB B227a, Pick 240 £150-£200
Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong, watermarked paper for part of the issue of 1930-56, comprising $5, $10, $50, $100 (second issue), and $500 (2, first and second issues), all glued into individual cream paper frames, ink annotations on frames and paper, as produced, very rare (6 papers) BNB B332-B335, B337-B339, Pick 53-59 £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,700
Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong, watermarked paper for part of the issue of 1930-56, comprising $5, $10, $50, $100 (second issue), and $500 (2, first and second issues), all glued into individual black card frames, ink annotations on frames and paper, as produced, very rare (6 papers) BNB B332-B335, B337-B339, Pick 53-59 £300-£400
Hammer Price: £2,200
Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong, watermarked paper for part of the issue of 1930-56, comprising $5, $10, $50, $100 (second issue), and $500 (first issue), all glued into individual black card frames, ink annotations on frames and paper, as produced, very rare (5 papers) BNB B332-B335, B337-B339, Pick 53-59 £240-£300
Hammer Price: £1,500
Hammer Price: £1,600
Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong, watermarked paper for the $5 and $500 (first issue), 1930-56, glued into individual cream paper frames, ink annotations on frames, as produced, very rare (2 papers) BNB B332, B333, B338, Pick 53, 54, 58 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £750
Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong, watermarked paper for $500 (first issue), 1930-56, glued into individual cream paper frame, ink annotations on frame, as produced, very rare BNB B338, Pick 58 £60-£80
Hammer Price: £500
Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong, watermarked paper for part of the issue of 1930-56, comprising $5, $10, $100 (second issue), and $500 (2, first and second issues), all glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as produced, very rare (5 papers) BNB B332-B334, B337-B339, Pick 53-55, 57-59 £240-£300
Hammer Price: £2,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong, watermarked paper for part of the issue of 1930-56, comprising $5, $10, $50 and $100 (second issue), all glued into blue card frames (the $100 individually the others together), ink annotations on paper, as produced, very rare (4 papers) BNB B332-B335, B337, Pick 53-57 £200-£260
Hammer Price: £1,300
Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong, watermarked paper for $5 and $10, 1930-56, glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as produced, very rare (2 papers) BNB B332-B334, Pick 53-55 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £420
Chartered Bank, Hong Kong, $10, 3 March 1962, serial number U/G 8361232, about uncirculated BNB B366e, Pick 70c £60-£80
Hammer Price: £65
Chartered Bank, Hong Kong, $50, 1970-75, serial number B0592032, Scotchmer and Millar signatures, $100, 1 January 1977, serial number K463160, Ritchie and Weatherson, very fine (2 notes) BNB B370b, B371, Pick 75a, 76d £100-£150
£100–£150
Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong, $1000, 1 January 2012, serial number BC965249, Razvi and Hung signatures, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated BNB B422, Pick 301b £150-£200
Hammer Price: £160
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $1, serial number D032877, 1 January 1926, Barlow and Pentycross signatures, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, rare in this excellent grade BNB B655a, Pick 172a £800-£1,200
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, a complete set of watermarked papers for the issue of 1923-46, comprising $1, $5, $10, $50, $100 and $500, glued into blue frames, the $1, $5 and $10 on one frame, the $50 and $100 on another, and the $500 individually, ink annotations on papers, as produced, extremely rare, this being the only examples of the $5, $50 and $100 in the Portals archive (6 papers) BNB B655-B661, Pick 172-180 £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,200
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, watermarked papers for the $1 of 1923-35 (2), glued into individual cream paper frames, ink annotations on frames, as produced, very rare (2 papers) BNB B655, Pick 172 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £340
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, two full sheets of watermarked paper for the $1 of 1923-35 (16) and the $10 of 1927-59 (8), each sheet folded once, edges somewhat bent and knocked, each sheet with small ink annotations in corners, as produced, extremely rare full sheets of papers for these iconic issues (24 papers on 2 sheets) BNB B655, B657, B658, Pick 172, 174, 178, 179A £1,200-£1,600
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $1, 1 June 1935, serial number H167296, Grayburn and Morse signatures, in PMG holder 58 EPQ, choice about uncirculated BNB B655c, Pick 172c £300-£360
£300–£360
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $1, 1 June 1935, serial number H167277, Grayburn and Morse signatures, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated BNB 655c, Pick 172c £280-£340
Hammer Price: £250
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $5, 20 February 1956, serial number D/H 707207, Saunders and Turner signatures, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated BNB B656r, Pick 180a £160-£220
Hammer Price: £320
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $5 (2), 14 December 1957, serial numbers H/H 842964-65, Saunders and Turner signatures, both in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated (2 notes) BNB B656t, Pick 180a £180-£240
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $5 (2), 7 August 1958, serial number K/H 047014-15, Hutton and Turner signatures, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated, a consecutive pair (2 notes) BNB B656t, Pick 180a £180-£240
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, watermarked papers for the $10 of 1923-59 (3), glued into individual black card frames, ink annotations on frames, as produced, very rare (3 papers) BNB B657, B658, Pick 174, 178, 179A £150-£200
Hammer Price: £650
Hammer Price: £700
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, watermarked papers for the $10 of 1923-59 (2), glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as produced, very rare (2 papers) BNB B657, B658, Pick 174, 178, 179A £100-£150
Hammer Price: £400
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