Auction: 12024 - World Banknotes
Lot: 613
Victoria, 1885 ´Machine Made paper´ a contemporary alteration of an Order for one shilling, no.A/3 583120 to Ten shillings, blue and black, clever chemical alteration of the text, numbers and poundage but watermark still shows one shilling, single punch cancellation through head of Victoria, together with a £50 Reward poster issued by the General Post Office in December 1885 regarding this fraud, about very fine and rare (2)
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£1,050