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AUSTRALIA BANKNOTES: AUSTRALIA PRE-FEDERATION NOTES
Lot
Description
Status
12517
Bank of New South Wales: £1 Sydney 5th April 1904 Issued note. F, no pin holes or tears. MVR-70. Rare, with only about a dozen known. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$4000
12518
Bank of New South Wales £5 Brisbane 18-- Uniface Proof. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Co London. SPECIMEN in black in Manager signature panel. Hand written notation in pencil bottom margin 13 April 1862 'Altered to this'. MVR type 7c but diff printer. Slabbed PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated. Scarce. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$1400
12519
Colonial Bank of Van Diemen's Land £5 184-. Uniface proof on card. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate. SPECIMEN in black over Director's signature panel. Ex printer's archive book, reverse glue marks, bit grubby VF. Mc PFB/22/K2 cat $13,500. Ex Christie's auction May 1995, lot 559. No issued notes are known. Only 4 Proofs from this bank exist. £1, £5, £10, £20 making each value unique. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$3000
12520
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney £50 Sydney 18-- Uniface Proof without imprint. 3 small punch hole cancellations in Manager signature panel, printed in red with blue denomination. MVR type 3. Slabbed PMG 45 Choice Extremely Fine EPQ Rare. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$2000
12521
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney £1, Sydney 18 March 1856 No 15218. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate. MVR type 2 signature title Directors. Only 1 other later date note of this type is known (signature title Manager, instead of Directors). Few tiny air holes in wmk, gF. Very few notes of any bank as early as this exist. Unique. Mc PFB/27H/2 cat $35,000. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$6000
12522
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney £10 Sydney 18 - Uniface Proof. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Co London. SPECIMEN in black in Directors signature panel. Handwritten pencil date 24th August 1860 in bottom margin. Ex Christie's Auction May 1995, Lot 583 MVR type unadopted. Unlisted McD. No other notes exist with this design. Unique. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$2500
12523
London Bank of Australia Ltd £1 Melbourne 2 July 1900 Issued note. VG rust spots & holes. MVR 2g. All issued pre-Federation notes are rare. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$1800
12524
Queensland Government £1, Brisbane 2nd July 1906 no D/1 649671. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London gVF. MVR type 2. Certainly a most attractive & desirable example of this handsome & very rare note.
 AVAILABLE at A$10000
12525
Sydney Deposit Bank £10 Sydney 18__ No G0471. (Issued 1890-91) Unissued. Pin hole, small repaired tear at base just extending into design, tiny repaired margin tear at top. MVR-1. VF with good body & good colour. Rare. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$2500
12526
Union Bank of Australia 23-11-1870 Sight note issued Launceston 3rd of Exchange £64-13-6. Bank of Victoria 18-7-1889 Sight note issued Fitzroy 3rd of Exchange £50. 1989 vignette of back of unissued 1946 5/- note R-MO26. War Savings Certificate £1 30-4-1943. Woollahra Park NSW. (4)
 SOLD at A$100
12527
Van Diemen's Land Commercial Bank (Tasmania) Hobart Town £20 18- Uniface Proof on card. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Co. Patent Hardened Steel Plate. Stamped SPECIMEN in black in Director's signature panel. Handwritten in pencil December 6th/54 in bottom margin, EF. Similar MVR type 2a, similar to £10 note illustrated in McD. Mc PFB/26M/2 cat $10,500. Ex Christie's auction May 1995, lot 565. The only known £20 note with Hobart domicile & 1 of only 2 £20 known.
 SOLD at A$3000
12528
Western Australian Bank Perth £5 black & orange, 1st Jan 1897 no A 20001/A 40000. Imprint Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co Ltd Engravers London. Perforated SPECIMEN in Manager's signature panel. MVR type 3c. Sl glue residue on rev (note has been removed from printer's archive book), gEF. Handsome example of a very rare note. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$5000
12529
Western Australian Bank Perth £1 Jan 1844. Unsigned, printed on watermarked paper & unissued. MVR-1 in attractive descriptive folder.
 SOLD at A$400
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