Auction: 16037 - The Bruce Smart Collection of Middle East and North Africa
Lot: 27
(x) National Bank of Egypt, £5, 20 February 1915, serial number W/6 065483, lilac, yellow and pale green underprint, feluccas on the Nile, pyramids in background, value in each corner, reverse lilac and pale orange and green, value at left and right set in ornate guilloches
(Pick 13a, Hanafy M2), visibly embossed, completely original and in PMG holder 45EPQ, choice extremely fine, incredibly difficult to find in this grade and certainly amongst the finest known for date
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Sold for
£5,800