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Lot # 11552 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of New South Wales £1 Sydney 19-- Printers Proof opt SPECIMEN ONLY twice vertically on front, serial 35855. Imprint Charles Skipper & East, London. MVR 7f. gVF, cnrs sl clipped, glue marks, 3 pinholes. (P)Estimate: AUD 750

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Lot # 11551 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of New South Wales £20 IPSWICH QLD Printers Proof 18-- opt SPECIMEN in black in Manager signature panel. Notation in pencil in lower left margin 26th April 1862. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London Patent Hardened Steel Plate. MVR type 7c. EF. Ex Christies auction of Perkins Bacon Archive May 1995, lot 485. This note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11550 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of New South Wales £10 Toowoomba QLD Printers Proof 18-- opt SPECIMEN in black in Manager signature panel. Notation in pencil in lower left margin 22nd April 1862. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London Patent Hardened Steel Plate. MVR type 7c. EF. Ex Christies auction of Perkins Bacon Archive May 1995, lot 529. This note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 1800

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Lot # 11549 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of New South Wales £1 Sydney 18-- punch cancelled SPECIMEN C SKIPPER & EAST in manager signature panel. Imprint Charles Skipper & East London. EF. MVR 7c. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 1000

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Lot # 11548 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of Australasia £10 Ipswich Moreton Bay 18-- Printers Proof, opt SPECIMEN in Managers sig panel, pencil notation in bottom left margin 'Engraved April 11th 1854'. Reverse imprint of Union Bank of Newfoundland on front. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London, Patent hardened Steel Plate. gVF. See MVR pg 58, type 1b. Ex Perkins Bacon Archive auction by Christie's May 1995, lot 127, realised $950 + comm. This note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11547 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of Australiasia £5 Parramatta 18-- opt SPECIMEN in Manager sig panel without serials, uniface. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London, Patent Hardened Steel Plate. gVF. MVR Private Banknote Pedigrees, 1st Ed, unadopted designs, pg 35. Ex Perkins Bacon archives. Sold by Christies in May 1997, lot 171p for $950 + comm. This note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11546 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Australian Joint Stock Bank £10 Sydney 1-1-1903 Colour Trial Specimen without serials, perforated SPECIMEN in signature panel. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co Ld London. gVF. MVR type 4b. Ex Christie's auction of Perkins Bacon archive, May 1995, lot 89, realised $1700 + comm. The note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 3000

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Lot # 11545 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Australian Joint Stock Bank £5 Brisbane 1-1-1881 Q76406. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London. Hand signed. MVR type 3a. Strong colour, gF/F, rust stains & vertical folds. Ex Geoff K Grays. All pre-federation Five Pound notes are very rare except Bank of Australasia, Commercial Bank of Sydney, Bank of NSW & Sydney Domicile A.J.S.B. Queensland Domicile issued notes are very rare. This note appears to be UNIQUE & can be considered as the rarest & most important note from the New England banknote hoard of 1971 (Armidale) which consisted of 123 Fine + Ten Pound noted dated 1876-84. (See A.N.S. Report 1974 Yearbook for Colin Pitchfork & Mark Greehill's excellent analysis of the hoard). Ex Dave Allen collectionEstimate: AUD 10000

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