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Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban, Lebanon, 1 Livre, old date 1935, serial number E.499 486, M. Berard and A.J. Laferriere signatures, black ‘LIBAN 1939’ overprint at centre, original paper, quite a few splits and small holes along folds, overall about fine and rare in any grade TBB B111b, Pick A13b, PCLB 41e £300-£400
£300–£400
Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban, Lebanon, 10 Livres, old date 1930, LIBAN 1939 overprint on SYRIE 1939, serial number Q.64 422, M. Berard and A.J. Laferriere signatures, original paper, a few edge splits, overall fine and extremely rare, this is ‘The Banknote Book’ plate note TBB B114b, Pick not listed, similar to 13B, PCLB 44d £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £8,000
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 1 Livre, 1939, serial number Z.124 085, M. Berard and A.J. Laferriere signatures, no pinholes, one tiny split in right margin, otherwise original good fine and an attractive example, scarce TBB B201a, Pick 15, PCLB 50a £150-£200
Hammer Price: £130
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 5 Livres, 1939, serial number R.33 676, M. Berard and A.J. Laferriere signatures, original paper, 10mm tear, overall fine and scarce TBB B202, Pick 16, PCLB 51a £300-£400
Hammer Price: £260
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 5 Livres, 1939, serial number A.46 051, a contemporarily forged black ‘SYRIE 1939’ overprint, graffiti in watermark field, fine, a very interesting and unusual piece, and actually an obvious forgery because this design never actually circulated in Syria at all! TBB B202, Pick 16, PCLB 51a £300-£400
Hammer Price: £850
Banque de Syria et du Liban, Lebanon, 1 Livre, 1 September 1939, serial number J/AP 088046, M. Berard and A.J. Laferriere signatures, one lilac diagonal line overprint, superb original paper and nice embossing, one central fold and on corner fold, good extremely fine and scarce in this grade TBB B210a, Pick 26a, PCLB 56a £200-£260
Hammer Price: £160
Banque de Syria et du Liban, Lebanon, 1 Livre, 1 September 1939, serial number J/CS 020519, M. Berard and A.J. Laferriere signatures, two red diagonal lines overprint, original and fresh, extremely fine and scarce in this grade TBB B210b, Pick 26b, PCLB 56ba £150-£200
Banque de Syria et du Liban, Lebanon, 5 Livres, 1 September 1939, serial number K/AF 012559, M. Berard and A.J. Laferriere signatures, two red diagonal lines overprint, original paper, minor damp damage to some marginal areas, overall very fine and an attractive example, scarce TBB B211b, Pick 27b, PCLB 57b £400-£500
Hammer Price: £360
Banque de Syria et du Liban, Lebanon, 10 Livres, 1 September 1939, serial number L/U 033829, M. Berard and A.J. Laferriere signatures, purple chevron overprint, lightly pressed and a few tiny splits taped up in a sympathetic manner, overall an attractive fine example of a very scarce type TBB B212c, Pick 28c, PCLB 58c £500-£700
£500–£700
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 1 Livre, 1 August 1950, serial number H.237 927, Busson and Letayf signatures, both paper and engraving are superb, one central fold, original good extremely fine and a beautiful example of a classic design TBB B218b, Pick 48a £200-£260
Hammer Price: £220
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 5 Livres, 1 August 1950, serial number R.76 875, Busson and Letayf signatures, fresh and original paper, tiny holes where folds meet and a few minor edge splits, very fine and very scarce TBB B219b, Pick 49a, PCLB 67a £500-£700
Hammer Price: £420
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 10 Livres, 1 December 1945, serial number D.87 227, Busson and Letayf signatures, original fine, this date very scarce in any grade TBB B220a, Pick 50a, PCLB 68a £300-£400
Hammer Price: £320
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 25 Livres, 1 August 1950, serial number M.78 652, Busson and Letayf signatures, lovely paper quality and nice embossing, a completely original good very fine example, but in terms of paper quality, this is undoubtedly one of the finest examples extant, rare TBB B221b, Pick 51a, PCLB 69b £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,700
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 50 Livres, 1 August 1950, serial number P.136 170, Busson and Letayf signatures, three edge tears, one has been taped, a lovely original paper, nicely embossed, very fine but far better than this condition would suggest, and one of the most beautiful notes in the entire series, rare TBB B222b, Pick 52a, PCLB 70b £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,400
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, contemporary forgery of a 100 Livres, also known as the ‘Carpet Note’, 1 December 1945, serial number U.34 904, Busson and Letayf signatures, original paper, a few edge splits and a spindle hole at left, overall a fresh and clean very fine example, and a forgery of genuinely remarkable skill, one of the most beautiful and iconic banknotes of the 20th century, very rare even as a forgery TBB B223x, Pick 53, PCLB 71a for type £2,000-£3,000 See pages...
Hammer Price: £5,500
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, a group of 1 Livre (5), dated 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1964, also 5 Livres (3), dated 1955, 1957 and 1961, the 1961 1 Livre uncirculated, 1957 5 Livres fine, others very fine (8 notes) TBB B224b,c,e,g,j, B225b,c,f, Pick 55b, 56b, PCLB 86, 87 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £110
Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 10 Livres, 1 January 1956, serial number D32 53934, original extremely fine, scarce TBB B226a, Pick 57a, PCLB 88a £200-£260
Hammer Price: £190
Republique Libanaise, 5 and 10 Piastres, 15 July 1942, both with original paper, extremely fine and about uncirculated respectively (2 notes) TBB B301a, B302a, Pick 34, 35, PCLB 72a, 73a £80-£120
Hammer Price: £80
Republique Libanaise, 25 Piastres, 1 August 1942, serial number A/2 156365, Ahmad Daouk and Nasri Haddad signatures, a wonderfully original uncirculated example TBB B303a, Pick 36, PCLB 74a £180-£240
Hammer Price: £150
Republique Libanaise, 50 piastres, 1 August 1942, serial number B/2 825024, Ahmad Daouk and Nasri Haddad signatures, original extremely fine, scarce TBB B304a, Pick 37, PCLB 75a £100-£150
Republique Libanaise, 5 Piastres, 15 February 1944, also 5 and 10 Piastres, 12 January 1948, serial numbers A.514023 and E.614831, very fine, about uncirculated and fine respectively (3 notes) TBB B305a, B307a, B308a Pick 38, 40, 41, PCLB 76a, 78a, 79a £80-£120
£80–£120
Republique Libanaise, 25 Piastres (2), 1948 and 1950, serial numbers 378021 and 785780, first toned and with one pinhole, original about uncirculated, second lightly pressed about extremely fine (2 notes) TBB B309a,b, Pick 42, PCLB 80a, 84a £80-£120
Hammer Price: £70
Republique Libanaise, 50 Piastres (2), 1948 and 1950, serial numbers 401229 and 146038, both original very fine (2 notes) TBB B310a,b, Pick 43, PCLB 81a, 85a £80-£120
Republique Libanaise, 5 and 10 Piastres, 21 November 1950, first fine, second about uncirculated (2 notes) TBB B311a, B312a, Pick 46, 47, PCLB 82a, 83a £80-£120
Hammer Price: £60
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