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Auction: CSS118A - Hong Kong, Macau, World Banknotes and Coins
Lot: 199

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, colour trial $5, 1.1.1909, zero serial number, orange (issued note in green/blue), men carrying water at left, arms at centre, boat at right, reverse in orange and blue,
(Pick 161cts), PMG 58, previously mounted. Noted mounting though very minor but unavoidable as colour trials were often mounted on booklets for salesman to carry with them when offering Waterlow's services. Issued notes are possibly seen more often but colour trials only once in a blue moon even with two types (the other type in purple). The last time an orange example appeared on the market was back in March 2019 in Spink. Vibrant colour remains with clear overprint stamps, a rarely seen type that is surely pleasing to the eye of all Hong Kong collectors.


1909年香港上海匯豐銀行伍圓「擔水」試色樣票，全0編號，PMG 58，有黏貼痕跡。值得一提的是，黏貼痕跡非常輕微，此乃不可避免的事情，因為試色樣票通常會裝裱在小冊子上，供Waterlow銷售員工作時隨身攜帶。行鈔相對地較常見，但試色樣票即便有兩種版本(另一種是紫色的)，卻依舊非常稀有。上一次橙色版本出現在市場是在Spink 2019年3月拍賣。艷麗的色彩和清晰的印章加蓋，這種罕見的版本無疑會讓所有香港紙鈔藏家怦然心動