The Frank Goon Reference Collection of British Malayan Banknotes

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, specimen $5 Post Bill, Thaiping, ND (ca 1889), no serial numbers, black, Royal arms at top centre flanked by a lion and a unicorn, value in gold at centre, reverse green, bank title and value at centre, a W.W.Sprague & Co. engraving, CANCELLED perforation and purple 1889 handstamp on face, a few pinholes, mainly in counterfoil, in PMG holder 40, extremely fine, excessively rare and one of only a handful of surviving notes printed for issue in Thaiping
TBB unlisted, Pick unlisted, KNB 1s, Tan CTP1

This item has been graded by PMG and has been awarded grade 40, extremely fine.

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This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Frank Goon Reference Collection of British Malayan Banknotes.

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This is the KNB and Tan plate note