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Auction: 16015 - World Banknotes
Lot: 175

(†) Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, printer's archival specimen 50 Francs (2), 1 March 1957, serial number run A 000001 to A 1000000; 1 February 1959, serial number run S 000001 to S 1000000, both perforated SPECIMEN; also specimen 50 Francs, 1 March 1957, serial number A 000000, overprinted SPECIMEN in red diagonally on obverse and reverse, two punch holes, all red and multicoloured, workers in modern weaving factory, reverse village scene and man weaving by hand at left
(Pick 32s (3); TBB B312as (2), B312gs), mounting traces, ink annotations and dates in top margins, the first otherwise very fine, the second good very fine, the third about extremely fine and a rare trio for the specialist (3)

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£180