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Ragama, P.O.W. Camp, Ceylon, 5 Rupees, ND (1901), serial number 343, handstamped signature of Captain Ingram, handstamped CANCELLED, an original example, central crease otherwise extremely fine and very rare, only a few examples believed extant Campbell 4821, Hern 358, Ineson 219 £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £2,000
Government of Ceylon, 1 Rupee, 23 March 1918, serial number B/66 47927, Stubbs and Senior signatures, good very fine BNB B211b, Pick 16 £120-£160
Hammer Price: £130
Government of Ceylon, 1 Rupee, 24 July 1937, 25 Cents, 1 December 1949, 50 Cents, 1 June 1948, 1 Rupee, 1 June 1948, 2 Rupees, 1 March 1948, Central Bank of Ceylon, 1 Rupee, 20 May 1951, 2 Rupees, 3 June 1952, 5 Rupees, 3 June 1952, about fine good very fine (8 notes) BNB B211l, B226, B227, B238, B239, B301, B304, B305, Pick 16, 34, 35, 44, 45, 47, 50, 51 £100-£150
Ceylon, a group comprising 1 Rupee, 1937, prefix P/81, 10 Cents (8), 25 Cents (2), 50 Cents (2) and 1 Rupee (5), all 1942-43, along with 1 Rupee, 1951, 1 Rupee (2), 1959 and 1963, and 2 Rupees, 1956, mixed grades, a couple of extremely fine examples of various types but most good fine to very fine, a nice group (22 notes) £150-£200
Hammer Price: £120
Government of Ceylon, 5 Rupees, 12 July 1944, serial number G/21 496259, exceptional original paper, soft central bend, about uncirculated and a lovely example BNB B228d, Pick 36 £300-£400
Hammer Price: £300
Government of Ceylon, 5 Rupees, 12 July 1944, serial number G/21 496278, in PMG holder 58 EPQ, choice about uncirculated and rare in this grade BNB B228d, Pick 36 £260-£320
Hammer Price: £420
Central Bank of Ceylon, 2 Rupee, 16 October 1954, serial number E/22 572869, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNB B304b, Pick 50 £300-£400
Hammer Price: £360
Central Bank of Ceylon, 5 Rupees, 16 October 1954, serial number G/13 092057, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, quite scarce in this grade BNB B306a, Pick 54 £120-£160
Hammer Price: £280
Central African States, Chad, 500 Francs, ND (1974), serial number Z.6 00721, in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated Pick 2a £80-£100
Hammer Price: £110
Banco Central de Chile, 50 Pesos (35), 1973-75, serial numbers F12 1376016-50, uncirculated (35 notes) BNB B275e, Pick 140b £100-£150
Hammer Price: £100
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
Hammer Price: £90
Bank of China, a set of watermarked paper for the Tientsin issue of 1931-35, comprising 1, 5 and 10 Yuan, all featuring the Temple of Heaven, along with coloured paper fibres, glued into large format blue card frame, with Portals branding, ink annotations on paper, extremely rare and a lovely presentation (3 papers, 1 frames) BNB B1147-B1149, Pick 76, 70, 73 £300-£400
Hammer Price: £260
Bank of China, watermarked papers (3) for the 5 Yuan of 1931, Tientsin issue, featuring the Temple of Heaven, along with coloured paper fibres, also a blank piece of paper marked ‘Bank of China Engraving’, glued into individual cream paper or blue card frames, ink annotations on paper and frames, rare (4 papers) BNB B1148, Pick 70 £180-£240
Hammer Price: £140
Bank of China, watermarked papers (3) for the 5 Yuan of 1931, Tientsin issue, featuring the Temple of Heaven, along with coloured paper fibres, glued into individual black card frames, ink annotations on paper and frames, rare (3 papers) BNB B1148, Pick 70 £180-£240
Bank of China, a set of watermarked paper for the Shantung issue of 1934, comprising 1, 5 and 10 Yuan, all featuring the Temple of Heaven, along with coloured paper fibres, glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, extremely rare, these being the only examples in the Portals archive (3 papers) BNB B1150-B1152, Pick 71, 72, 75 £300-£400
Hammer Price: £320
Bank of China, a set of watermarked papers for the issue of 1937, comprising 1, 5 and 10 Yuan, all featuring the Temple of Heaven, along with coloured paper fibres, glued into large format blue card frame, with Portals branding, ink annotations on paper, extremely rare and a lovely presentation, these are the only examples of these papers in the Portals archive (3 papers, 1 frames) BNB B1156-B1158, Pick 79-81 £300-£400
Bank of China, 10 Yuan (39), 1940, serial numbers K209460E-98E, some light stains in margins, overall uncirculated (39 notes) BNB B1165b, Pick 85b £150-£200
Hammer Price: £160
Bank of China, 100 Yuan (10), 1940, serial numbers U973292-95 and Y954403-08, stains to a greater or lesser degree, otherwise uncirculated (10 notes) BNB B1168b, Pick 88b £100-£150
Bank of Communications, specimen 1 Yuan, Shantung/Tsinan, 1 November 1927, serial number 00000, SPECIMEN overprint, two small cancellation holes, uncirculated, scarce BNB B1473a, Pick 145Bas £400-£500
Bank of Communications, watermarked paper for the 1 Yuan (2), of 1931, Shanghai, steam locomotive, complete with paper fibres as issued, glued into individual cream paper frames, ink annotations on paper and frames, as issued rare (2 papers) BNB B1486, Pick 148 £150-£200
Bank of Communications, watermarked paper for the 1 Yuan (3), of 1931, Shanghai, steam locomotive, complete with paper fibres as issued, glued into individual black card frames, ink annotations on paper and frames, as issued rare (3 papers) BNB B1486, Pick 148 £220-£280
Hammer Price: £180
Bank of Communications, watermarked paper for the 1 Yuan (3), of 1931, Shanghai, steam locomotive, complete with paper fibres as issued, glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as issued rare (3 papers) BNB B1486, Pick 148 £220-£280
Bank of Communications, a set (3) of watermarked paper for the 1, 5 and 10 Yuan, 1935, showing a steam locomotive, junk, and radio towers respectively, with coloured paper fibres as issued, glued into individual blue card frames, ink and pencil annotations on paper, as produced, exceptionally rare if not unique, this being the only example of each in the Portals archive (3 papers) BNB B1495-B1497, Pick 153-155 £400-£500
Hammer Price: £340
Bank of Communications, 10 Yuan (16), 1935, serial numbers A298948L-53L and D523061G-70G, a few with some tiny stains, overall uncirculated and scarce (16) BNB B1497a, Pick 155a £150-£200
China & South Sea Bank, watermarked papers (2) for the 1 and 5 Yuan, Shanghai, 1931-32, glued into individual cream paper frames, ink on paper, as produced, rare (2 papers) BNB B2210, B2211, Pick A132, A133 £150-£200
China & South Sea Bank, watermarked papers (3) for 1 Yuan, Shanghai, 1931-32, glued into individual black frames, ink annotations on frames and paper, as produced, rare (3 papers) BNB B2210, Pick A132 £200-£260
Hammer Price: £170
China & South Sea Bank, watermarked papers (2) for the 1 and 5 Yuan, Shanghai, 1931-32, glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as produced, rare (2 papers) BNB B2210, B2211, Pick A132, A133 £150-£200
National Industrial Bank of China, watermarked paper (3) for an unissued series of notes, which were to be printed by Waterlow & Sons, featuring the same emblem of the galloping/flying horse as the notes actually printed by the ABNC, in addition to coloured paper fibres, glued into individual black card frames, ink annotations on paper and frames, rare and interesting (3 papers) BNB B2606, Pick 505 for bank of issue, these notes not listed £220-£280
National Industrial Bank of China, watermarked paper (3) for an unissued series of notes, which were to be printed by Waterlow & Sons, featuring the same emblem of the galloping/flying horse as the notes actually printed by the ABNC, in addition to coloured paper fibres, glued into individual blue card or cream paper frames, ink annotations on paper and frames, rare and interesting (3 papers) BNB B2606, Pick 505 for bank of issue, these notes not listed £220-£280
National Industrial Bank of China, watermarked paper (2) for an unissued series of notes, which were to be printed by Waterlow & Sons, featuring the same emblem of the galloping/flying horse as the notes actually printed by the ABNC, in addition to coloured paper fibres, glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, rare and interesting (2 papers) BNB B2606, Pick 505 for bank of issue, these notes not listed £150-£200
Central Bank of China, a partial set of watermarked paper for the first and second De La Rue issues issue of 1936 and 1941-47, comprising 1, 2, 5 and 10 Yuan, all featuring Sun Yat-sen, along with coloured paper fibres, glued into large format blue card frame, with Portals branding, ink annotations on paper, extremely rare and a lovely presentation (4 papers, 1 frames) BNB B3065-B3067, B3110-B3115 for types, Pick 212-214, 231, 232, 235, 236, 244, 245 for types £300-£400
Central Bank of China, watermarked paper for the 1 Yuan of 1936 (3), featuring Sun Yat-sen, along with coloured paper fibres, glued into individual cream paper or blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, rare (3 papers) BNB B3065, Pick 212 £180-£240
Hammer Price: £150
Central Bank of China, watermarked paper for the 1 Yuan of 1936 (3), featuring Sun Yat-sen, along with coloured paper fibres, glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, rare (3 papers) BNB B3065, Pick 212 £180-£240
Central Bank of China, a full set of watermarked paper for the first Waterlow issue of 1936, comprising 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 Yuan, all featuring Sun Yat-sen and geometric patterns, along with coloured paper fibres, glued into two large format blue card frames, with Portals branding, ink annotations on paper, extremely rare and a lovely presentation (6 papers, 2 frames) BNB B3070-B3075, Pick 216-221 £500-£700
Hammer Price: £700
Central Bank of China, watermarked paper for the 1 Yuan of 1936 (2), featuring Sun Yat-sen and geometric patterns, along with coloured paper fibres, glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, rare (2 papers) BNB B3070, Pick 216 £150-£200
Central Bank of China, 10 Yuan (43), 1936, serial numbers E/H 234830X-73X, uncirculated (43 notes) BNB B3072a, Pick 218a £150-£200
Central Bank of China, watermarked paper for the 50 Yuan of 1936, featuring Sun Yat-sen and geometric patterns, long with coloured paper fibres, glued into individual blue card frame, ink annotations on paper, as produced, rare BNB B3073, Pick 219 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £80
Central Bank of China, 100 Yuan (6), 1936, serial numbers B/M 318451C-56C, uncirculated (6 notes) BNB B3074a, Pick 220a £120-£160
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