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Auction: 15038 - Banknotes, Bonds and Shares, Coins and Medals of South East Asia sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 252

Sungei Buloh Leprosarium Settlement currency, $1, 15 January 1936, serial number 000745, lilac and white, white-breasted kingfisher at centre, value at centre and at each corner and in Malay, Tamil and Chinese script in field, reverse lilac and white, value at left and right of red central guilloche
(Tan SBP4), Printed by the Survey Department, F.M.S. Sungei Buloh was approximately 15 miles North of Kuala Lumpur. The name Sungei Buloh translated from Malay is 'Bamboo stream' and refers to the stream running through the Settlement. As a point of interest the kingfisher design was proposed by the Matron at the Settlement due to the presence of this bird by the stream. About uncirculated and extremely rare, only a few example believed extant today

Sold for
SG$10,000