Martyn Cole Collection - NZ Banknotes - Trading Bank
Lot 2273 Session 8 (2.30pm Wednesday) Martyn Cole Collection - NZ Banknotes - Trading Bank
Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $300
TROOPSHIP CARD CURRENCY, issued on the M.S. 'Sobieski' (Gdynia-America Shipping Lines, Ltd.) for one penny, Serie C, XI 1943, 'Redeemable only during the voyage for which issued' No. 4986 (Sutherland cf.273 [p.193-4]. Nearly very fine and very rare.
Together with a signed statement by an IBNS member 'I obtained this MV Sobieski 1d note, Serie C XI 1943 direct from the serviceman who kept it as a souvenir. He stated that he had trooped on the MV Sobieski in 1943 from Port Taufig to Bombay (23/9/07)'. In order to meet a shortage of metallic currency on troopships conveying New Zealand troops to Egypt in 1940, a series of coloured 'New Zealand Currency' cards were printed on board the ships for various denominations.
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