Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Rejected Design Proof (Pick Unlisted)
Its approval-trail features are central to its importance. The top margin records "As Submitted 23.3.65," placing the sheet in the original March submission. The left margin carries the handwritten review annotation referring to the 12 April 1965 letter, linking this proof directly to the same correspondence trail as the 20 Dollars example. A round control punch appears at the right, and the printed facsimile signature is present in the lower left signature area. These elements make the proof a physical record of the bank-printer review process rather than a general specimen or display item. Read more →
AustraliaRejected Design Proof196550 DollarsPrinter's Archival Proof Travellers ChequeTravelers Check50 DollarsRejected Design ProofPrinter's Archival ProofSecurity Printing ProofBradbury Wilkinson and CompanyLondon Security PrinterControl PunchPrinted Facsimile SignatureAs Submitted 23 March 1965Not Approved Letter 12 April 1965Commercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedAustralian Banking HistoryDecimal Currency TransitionMarch 1965 Submitted Design StageTop Denomination ProofTraveller's Cheque Approval SequenceTravellers Cheque Approval TrailBradbury Wilkinson Approval TrailBank HistoryAustraliaAustralia 1965196523 March 196512 April 1965April 1965 Photographic Proof Link15 June 1965 Revision PhasePick UnlistedR9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level Archival ProofUnique Top-Denomination Submission-Stage ProofMuseum GradeAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations
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