Malaya & British Borneo notes essay SPINK (sold)

Spink will be offering Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo essay or prototype banknotes in the Spink’s London, World Banknotes auction on 9-11 April 2013. Most of the essay has not been recorded before in any banknote catalogue and very rare for Malaya & British Borneo collectors. Malaya and British Borneo notes are just one of the highlights of this diverse sale, which features notes from all over the world, including some of the rarest examples from Palestine, British Burma, The Kingdom of Libya, Australia and many more.

Here are some of the Malaya & British Borneo notes on auction:

Lot 974 sold for £8,400: Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, an 'approved' composite obverse essay for a 10 cents, 21 March 1944, red serial number A 000000, blue and multicoloured, George VI in oval frame at left, value at right, manuscript 'approved sugject to modification' and dated 14 April 1943 by the Board of Commissioners. Damage to left of essay. Unique and most unusual.

Lot 976 sold for £3,400: Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, an reverse essay on board for a $1, ND (ca 1941), blue and white, avenue of trees at left, dredger at right, arms of the federated States in circle low centre.

Lot 983 sold for £15,400: Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo, a hand executed obverse and reverse essay/prototype for a $10000, September 1958, serial number A/1 000000, brown, violet and multicoloured, tiger low right, value at right centre and top left and low left and right, signature of W.C.Taylor, reverse green and white, the arms of the Malay states in field, value top right, the Taylor signature on the series of 1963 and the new designs issued in 1959 so the date of 1958 in line with a proposed new design. Unique and attractive.

Lot 984 sold for £5,000: Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo, a hand executed obverse essay/prototype for a $1000, ND (ca 1958), serial number A/1 000000, green, violet and multicoloured, water buffalo at left, value at centre and at each corner, signature of W.C.Taylor (?), unique and attractive.

Lot 1343 sold for £4,900: Government of the Straits Settlements, colour trial $1, 1 January 1925, black serial number K/1 000000, blue and multicoloured, palm trees and huts in field, arms top centre, Pountney signature, reverse blue and green, shoreline and palm trees, mounting traces, red De la Rue oval stamp, good extremely fine and very rare, attractive.

Lot 1346 sold for £14,500: Government of the Straits Settlements, colour trial $10, 1 January 1925, black serial number C/82 00000, green and multicoloured, river, palms and huts low centre, arms top centre, value at centre and at each corner, Pountney signature reverse green, bullock cart at centre, value at left and right, mounting traces, dDe la Rue oval stamp, good extremely fine and very rare and attractive.

Source: Spink.com