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Auction: 11019 -  World Banknotes
Lot: 1325

x Palestine, Currency Board, 500 mils, 20 April 1939, serial number J024279, purple and pale pink-orange, Rachel´s Tomb, Bethlehem at left, value at each corner, three printed signatures of the Members of the Palestine Currency Board at low centre, Sir John Caulcutt, Sir Percy Ezchiel and H.F. Downie low centre, reverse purple, the Citadel of Jerusalem with the Tower of David at centre, value at left and right and low centre (Pick 6c, Dabbah page 161), a key note for the series, only 150000 printed, the balance for prefix printed in 1945. A small piece missing low right margin, pressed, fine and very rare Estimate £ 2,200-2,400

Sold for
£2,800