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Auction: 13004 - World Banknotes
Lot: 376

Government of the East Africa Protectorate, a series of bromides showing three unissued designs, all dated 1 December 1919, the denominations are 1 rupee, 7 rupees & 50 cents, and 15 rupees, the 1 rupee has three bromides of the different layers of the obverse, and one of the reverse, and the others have three of the obverse and a shared image of the reverse, all are annotated with the intended dimensions of the note, the colour of the layer in question, and are dated 3rd November 1919 in the margin
(unlisted, see Pick 7 for 1 rupee design with different bank title), some edges brittle and a few cracked, but generally presentable, an interesting discovery, unique (10)

Sold for
£950