Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Lot 2895 Session 10 (7.30pm Wednesday 25th March) Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Estimate $3,000
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UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA, uniface black and white printer's proof, one pound, Portland 18- (c1854), imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London Patent Hardened Steel Plate, 'March 25th 1854' pencilled at bottom, stamped Specimen in signature reserve (MVR 2a). Corners cut, stuck to card, good extremely fine and very rare.
Ex Christies May 1995 Sale, Perkins Bacon Archive, lot 846.
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