Bank of Mudros, a note for £5, 25 December 1918, serial number 9/U 450984, issued in the name of the United Kingdom of Lemnos, Imbros and Tenedos, and stating that the note is Illegal Tender for the payment of any amount, with a purple handstamp ‘Captain of the Base, Mudros’ and the date, very fine, very scarce, and an amusing item apparently produced during or after the Gallipoli campaign in the First World War, with the Islands mentioned all being British or Commonwealth bases
Outing unlisted £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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