Collection PL

Uruguay 1939 - Departamento de Emision del Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 1 Peso Serie A Specimen, Specimen No. 41 (Pick 35as)

The note carries an all-zero serial number and is separately identified as Specimen No. 41 along the lower margin. A black oval SPECIMEN DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED CANCELLED stamp appears at the lower right. Its localized placement preserves the portrait, national arms, denomination, serial fields, and most of the surrounding security engraving in an open and highly legible form. Read more →

Uruguay 1920 - Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company José Gervasio Artigas Engraved Portrait Die Proof (Reference 192A, Cancelled)

An engraved portrait die proof of José Gervasio Artigas produced by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company of London for the Republic of Uruguay. Printed in black from a master steel die onto thin India paper and mounted on card, this proof carries the printer identification, country designation, and the internal reference number “192A.” Directly beneath this reference, the word “CANCELLED” appears as a printed, typeset element, indicating formal cancellation at the printer level. Read more →

Egypt 1931 - Singer Sewing Machine Co. Booklet with Tied Singer Revenues

To manage instalment contracts, Singer created proprietary fiscal stamps that acted as both receipts and internal control marks. Each payment required the customer to appear at a branch or authorised collector, where a Singer-branded adhesive would be affixed and cancelled in the instalment booklet, creating an auditable sequence of payments. These stamps functioned as a private company’s version of revenue stamps and were used across many colonial and semi-colonial markets. Their design, multilingual inscriptions, and sequential numbering ensured that Singer’s global accounting was standardised from New York headquarters to local branches. Read more →

Argentina 1876 - Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte Specimen (Pick S1880s)

The condor vignette, engraved with layered line work and controlled relief, anchors the composition and illustrates the firm’s early approach to portrait and emblem engraving for South American clients. Surrounding security geometry demonstrates anti-counterfeiting standards far beyond the capabilities of local lithographers, underscoring why provincial banks turned to London printers despite geographic distance. Read more →

Argentina 1876 - Banco de San Juan 5 Pesos Fuertes Specimen (S1881s)

As such, this piece constitutes a structurally unique archival artifact documenting provincial private banknote authorization in nineteenth-century Argentina. Together with the corresponding 1 Peso Fuerte specimen, it forms a complete surviving specimen pair that records San Juan’s brief participation in Argentina’s decentralized banking experiment before national monetary consolidation. Read more →

Barbados 1968 - Government of Barbados 500 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Perforated Cancelled, Prefix A

Invalidation is effected solely by perforated lettering spelling the word “CANCELLED,” applied twice in the lower right corner of the note, with one perforated cancellation placed above the other. This perforation-based cancellation permanently invalidates the document while preserving it for reference. No ink stamps, overprints, or additional cancellation methods are present. Read more →

Barbados 1980 - Government of Barbados 500 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, No Prefix

This Treasury Bill specimen was issued by the Government of Barbados under the authority of the Treasury Bills (Local) Act of 1922 and represents a non-circulating fiscal instrument prepared for internal treasury reference and archival retention. The denomination of five hundred dollars reflects a lower-tier value within the Barbados Treasury Bill structure, intended for routine accounting and liquidity operations rather than high-value treasury settlements. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 1,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix B

At the top margin of the note appears a printed line consisting of serial and prefix trial elements, including the sequences “B0001”, “1234”, and “B0400”. This printed line represents a numbering and font alignment trial associated with prefix and serial configuration, and is distinct from handwritten archival markings. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 5,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix C

The bill is denominated at five thousand dollars and sets out an obligation payable to bearer out of the General Revenue and Assets of Barbados. This bearer formulation reflects the earlier legal wording employed on Treasury Bills of this period and differs from the later “payable to order” language introduced on subsequent issues. The place of issue, Bridgetown, appears within the printed layout, confirming its origin within the central administrative framework of Barbados. Read more →

Barbados 1980 - Government of Barbados 5,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix C

This Treasury Bill specimen was issued by the Government of Barbados under the authority of the Treasury Bills (Local) Act of 1922 and represents a non-circulating fiscal instrument prepared for internal reference, accounting control, and archival purposes. The note is denominated at five thousand dollars and forms part of the upper range of Barbados Treasury Bill denominations, distinct from the extreme high-value issues produced for exceptional treasury requirements. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 10,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix D

At the top margin of the note appears a printed numbering trial line consisting of the elements “D0001”, “1234”, and “D0400”. This line represents a serial and prefix configuration trial associated with numbering layout and spacing and is distinct from both issuance serials and handwritten archival annotations. Read more →

Barbados 1980 - Government of Barbados 10,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix D

Cancellation is effected by a single punch hole applied to the note, permanently invalidating it for payment while preserving it as an official reference example. The use of a single punch hole reflects a controlled specimen treatment applied to selected high-denomination Treasury Bills of this period. Read more →