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Auction: 13037 - The Ibrahim Salem Collection of African Banknotes
Lot: 688

(x) Zanzibar Government, 5 rupees, 1 August 1916, red serial number 74493, black, pale green and pale orange, dhow at left, fruit picking at right, ornate background detail, value in orange-brown underprint low centre, two printed signatures of John Sinclair and Jasper Corbett Davis below, reverse blank
(Pick 2), ex Mel Steinberg. A most interesting annotation on reverse 'Rent paid for a week', an original and attractive very fine, very rare in any condition and this ezxample above average for type

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