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Auction: 7040 - Banknotes of the World
Lot: 120

Union Bank of Australia, Fiji, partial proof on card for a £1, Levuka, 1st January 1881, black and white, *The bottom clipped off by the printer for security *Inscribed "From" in pencil by the printer. *One of only two known, both Proofs. *From the plate record book of the printer, Perkins Bacon & Co., London, (Bank unrecorded in Pick) pencil annotations,Of the greatest rarity and importance, as would be any Fijian trading bank note. Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 Provenance: Spink Singapore, June 1995

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