The Frank Goon Reference Collection of British Malayan Banknotes - Part One

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, specimen $5 Post Bill, Thaiping, ND (ca 1889), no serial numbers, black, Royal arms at top centre flanked by a lion and a unicorn, value in gold at centre, reverse green, bank title and value at centre, a W.W.Sprague & Co. engraving, CANCELLED perforation and purple 1889 handstamp on face, a few pinholes, mainly in counterfoil, in PMG holder 40, extremely fine, excessively rare and one of only a handful of surviving notes printed for issue in Thaiping
TBB unlisted, Pick unlisted, KNB 1s, Tan CTP1

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Frank Goon Reference Collection of British Malayan Banknotes.

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This is the KNB and Tan plate note