Auction: 1023 - World Banknotes
Lot: 1170
x Banque De Syrie, specimen 500 piastres, Beyrouth, 1 July 1920, purple, lilac and pale green, cedar tress at right, value at left, horse top left and right, reverse blue and pale brown, the harbour at Beirut (Pick 16, Ayoub page 26/27) small red specimen overprint, good extremely fine, rare, only 2 issued examples believed extant Estimate £ 2,000-3,000
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£5,200