World Banknotes

Sale 83    22–24 Nov 2006   Hotel InterContinental   Sydney

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Lot 2744    Session 9 (4.30pm Thursday)    World Banknotes

Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $900

POLAND, German Occupation in WWII, Emission Bank of Poland, mixed 1940 and 1941 Issues overprinted for use by Polish resistance Forces as 1. 'A [armii] K [Krajowej] Reguta Pierwszy zold powstanczy Sierpien 1944 R (Home Army Regular unit first uprising pay August 1944)'; 2. Polski Wojskowy Oboz Kobiet' (Polish Military Women's Camp); 3. Okreg Warszawski Dowodztwo z Grup IV (Warsaw Districk Group IV Command); 4. Braterstwo Broni Anglii Ameryki Polski Niech Zyje (Long Live the Anglo-American-Polish brotherhood - of - arms), notes with varios overprints one zloty (2, type 1 & 2); two zlote (2, type 1 & 2); five zlotych (2, type 1 & 3); ten zlotych (3, type 1, 3 & 4); twenty zlotych (2, type 1 & 4), fifty zlotych (2, type 1 & 3); one hundred zlotych (2, type 1 & 3); five hundred zlotych (type 1). (P.94, 95, 97, 98, 99-102). Poor - nearly very fine. (17)

Ex Henry Owsinski Collection. The four different overprints are illustrated. $$ See note p.146 of Mitczak on forgeries.

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