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Auction: 12024 - World Banknotes
Lot: 306

Africa Orientale Italiana (Italian East Africa), 1000 lire, 1938, serial number M2-0684, pale blue and multicoloured, wreath at left and right, , red Italia seal top center, two maidens reclining low centre, Venzia and Genoa, Azzolini and Urbini signatures, red SERIE SPECIALE AFRICA ORIENTALE ITALIANA in top margin, reverse violet and brown, statue of Industry, Ceres and Mercury at centre, value at each corner
(Pick 4a, Gavello 91, Schwan-Boling 634a), pencil annotation at right, soft crease otherwise extremely fine and a lovely example, rare in this grade

Sold for
£1,600