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Auction: 26009 - World & British Banknotes featuring the Jersey Collection Part II
Lot: 39

(x) Hudson’s Bay Company, Canada, 50 Cents in Trade, B.C. District, Dease Post, ND (pre-1926), serial number 378,

Green card token printed in red, blue and green, with manuscript post and signature entries.
Issued for local trade at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Dease Post in northern British Columbia, part of a small and scarce series of card scrip produced for use at remote Company posts.
A scarce and evocative survivor of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s local trading currency.

(Gingras 356, CH BC10-10-04, R-8), fine, with folds, handling and minor edge wear

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£140