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Bank Melli Iran, obverse die proof for 50 Rials, 1932 (1934), black printing, Hajier and Ala’a signatures, with typed annotations in margins and ink annotations showing the locations of the secret letters hidden in the printing and used to detect forgeries, in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated, unique in this format, secret letters clearly visible under magnification BNB B110ap, Pick 27p £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,700
Bank Melli Iran, obverse die proof for 100 Rials, 1932 (1934), black printing, Hajier and Ala’a signatures, with typed annotations in margins and ink annotations showing the locations of the secret letters hidden in the printing and used to detect forgeries, in PMG holder 63 EPQ, choice uncirculated, unique in this format, secret letters clearly visible under magnification BNB B111ap, Pick 28p £700-£900
Hammer Price: £2,000
Bank Melli Iran, obverse die proof for 100 Rials, 1932 (1934), purple printing, Alamar and Lindenblatt signatures, with typed annotations in margins, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, an unusual piece using the design of the second issue but retaining the signatures from the first issue BNB B111ap, Pick 28p £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,800
Bank Melli Iran, obverse die proof for 500 Rials, 1932 (1934), black printing, Hajier and Ala’a signatures, with typed annotations in margins and ink annotations showing the locations of the secret letters hidden in the printing and used to detect forgeries, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, unique in this format, secret letters clearly visible under magnification BNB B113ap, Pick 29p £800-£1,000
Bank Melli Iran, obverse and reverse die proofs for 1000 Rials, 1932 (1934), black printing on obverse, green on reverse, Hajier and Ala’a signatures, with typed annotations in margins and ink annotations showing the locations of the secret letters hidden in the printing and used to detect forgeries, in PMG holders 65 EPQ and 64 EPQ, gem/choice uncirculated, unique in this format, secret letters clearly visible under magnification (2 notes) BNB B114ap, Pick 30p £1,200-£1,600
Bank Melli Iran, obverse and reverse die proofs for 1000 Rials, 1932 (1934), green printing, Hajier and Khosravi signatures, with typed annotations in margins, in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated, rare (2 notes) BNB B114ep, Pick 30p £1,200-£1,600
Bank Melli Iran, die proofs showing the intricate designs for the borders of most of the first and second issues, comprising obverse and reverse borders for 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 Rials, all in black and white printing with types printers annotations, all in immaculate condition, almost certainly a unique set of items (10 proofs) BNB B101-B113, Pick 18-29 for types £400-£500
Hammer Price: £400
Bank Melli Iran, proofs (2) showing the coat of arms of ‘The National Bank of Persia’ which quickly changed to Bank Melli Iran, as used on the reverses of all the first and second issue notes, particularly the 1000 Rials of the second issue, which features the arms facing both ways, as here, each backed on card, as produced, very rare (2 proofs) BNB B101-B114, Pick 18-30 for types £300-£400
Hammer Price: £550
Bank Melli Iran, design elements from the American Banknote Company that were used in the production of the first and second issues, including hand painted text elements and numerals in Farsi with English translation, and size guides with pencil annotations for the 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 Rials, entirely unique, a remarkable record (10 papers) BNB B101-B113, Pick 18-29 for types £300-£400
Hammer Price: £420
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