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Auction: 17008 - World Banknotes
Lot: 2229

Koffyfontein siege note, Orange Free State, £5, 1 January 1901, manuscript serial number 33, blue, Union Jack flag at left, value in circular frame top right, manuscript signature of Major J.W.Robertson, Commandant, Koffyfontein, Orange Free State. Small manuscript 'Cancelled' in lozenge shaped panel top right centre
(Ineson 165, Levius BR59), manuscript annotation on reverse 'Pd to Pte Van Reuven on 19th Dec 1900 J.W.Robertson Major'. The note designed by the local mine manager, Jimmy West, and printed by the mine's chief mechanical engineer, Jack Fradgley. Good very fine and of the highest rarity, only four examples recorded in private hands, exceptional

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