Lockdales Auction 167 13-14 July 2019

72 1458 India 100 Rupees issued 1943, a scarce SPECIMEN note, portrait King George VI at right, perforated 'SPECIMEN', also with 6 x punched cancellation holes, signed Deshmukh, Calcutta issue (Pick20e, TBB B204b2), usual staple holes to left and one further small hole, pressed EF and an exceptionally rare note £800 - £1000 1459 India 2 Rupees issued 1937, signed J.B. Taylor, serial A/19 897403, (TBB B201a, Pick17a), staple holes to left as issue, light centre fold, EF+/aUNC £50 - £70 1460 India 5 Rupees issued 1928 - 1935, signed J.W. Kelly, serial Q94 436562, portrait King George V at right, (TBB B149b, Pick15b), one set of staple holes to left as usual, a crisp original EF £300 - £350 1461 India Princely States/Hyderabad 1 Rupee issued 1945 - 1953, signed Liaquat Jung, serial AB/1 271267, (PickS272c), staple holes to left as issued, light paper dent, aUNC/UNC and scarce £220 - £300 1462 Iran 20 Rials (15) issued 1965, a bundle including consecutively numbered notes, (TBB B208, Pick78), aUNC and UNC £35 - £50 1463 Iran 20 Rials (28) issued 1974 - 1979, a bundle including consecutively numbered notes, (TBB B230, Pick100), aUNC and UNC £40 - £60 1464 Iran 20 Rials (63) issued 1969, a bundle including many consecutively numbered notes, (TBB B214a, Pick84), aUNC and UNC £100 - £120 1465 Iran 5 Rials issued 1944, SPECIMEN note with Thomas de la Rue black oval in bottom feft corner, punched cancellation holes through the 2 signatures, 'SPECIMEN' overprint in black on front and back, serial A/A 000000, (TBB B134as, Pick39), light stains otherwise crisp UNC £150 - £180 1466 Iran (3), 10 Rials issued 1944, (TTB B135a, Pick40) light dents in paper aUNC/UNC, 5 Rials (2) issued 1944, (TBB B134a, Pick39) both UNC £55 - £75 1467 Iran (3), 1000 Rials issued 1971 - 1973, (TBB B225c, Pick94c) light fold EF/EF+, 500 Rials issued 1971 - 1973, (TBB B224c, Pick93c) UNC, 200 Rials issued 1971 - 1973, (TBB B223c, Pick92c) UNC, lovely rare high grade lot £70 - £100 1468 Iran (4), 50 Rials (2) issued 1951, (TBB B151a, Pick56), 20 Rials (2) issued 1953, a pair of consecutively numbered notes, (TBB B150b, Pick60), all UNC £80 - £100