Aust. Banknotes - Other Properties - Private Bank Iss
Lot 4144 SESSION 15 (7.30PM THURSDAY 1ST AUGUST) Aust. Banknotes - Other Properties - Private Bank Issue
Estimate $2,500
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SOLD $2,200
SAMARAI, British New Guinea, one pound, Burns, Philp & Company, Limited, payable at the Offices... (but in gold not stated), no serial number, unsigned and undated but circa 1906, imprint of W.E. Smith. Sydney, (Vort-Ronald 'Australian Shinplasters & Calabash Notes, 2nd edn p.29, see also Mark Freehill, NAA Journal Vol.1, 1985). Lightly stained, a minor hole, perforations, extremely fine and excessively rare if not unique.
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