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Australia 1965 20 Dollars traveller's cheque rejected design proof prepared by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, London, for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, printed in blue-green and lavender with central Australia map motif, right-side control punch, printed facsimile signatures, top submission note dated 23 March 1965, and left-margin rejection annotation referring to the 12 April 1965 letter.

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 20 Dollars Travellers Cheque Rejected Design Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Rejected design proof for the 20 Dollars traveller's cheque prepared by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, London, for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited. Submitted on 23 March 1965 and later annotated in the left margin "Not approved, letter 12.4.65," this sheet preserves the first formal 20 Dollars design presented within the bank's important 1965 three-denomination traveller's cheque sequence. It stands at the heart of the documented approval trail that links the March submitted designs to the later June revision phase and, ultimately, to the approved 10 Dollars proof of 15 June 1965. Read more →

AustraliaRejected Design Proof196520 DollarsPrinter's Archival Proof Travellers ChequeTravelers Check20 DollarsRejected Design ProofPrinter's Archival ProofSecurity Printing ProofBradbury Wilkinson and CompanyLondon Security PrinterControl PunchPrinted Facsimile SignaturesAs Submitted 23 March 1965Not Approved Letter 12 April 1965Commercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedAustralian Banking HistoryDecimal Currency TransitionMarch 1965 Submitted Design StageTraveller's Cheque Approval SequenceTravellers Cheque Approval TrailBradbury Wilkinson Approval TrailBank HistoryAustraliaAustralia 1965196523 March 196512 April 196531 March 1965 Photographic Proof Link15 June 1965 Revision PhasePick UnlistedR9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level Archival ProofUnique Rejected Submission-Stage ProofMuseum GradeAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Australia 1965 50 Dollars traveller's cheque rejected design proof prepared by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, London, for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, printed in rose and pink with central Australia map motif, right-side control punch, printed facsimile signature, top submission note dated 23 March 1965, and left-margin rejection annotation referring to the 12 April 1965 letter.

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Rejected Design Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Rejected design proof for the 50 Dollars traveller's cheque prepared by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, London, for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited. Submitted on 23 March 1965 and annotated in the left margin "Not approved, letter 12.4.65," this sheet preserves the top denomination from the first formal design stage of the bank's 1965 traveller's cheque programme. It forms the high-value counterpart to the 20 Dollars rejected design proof submitted on the same date, and together the two pieces define the March 1965 submitted design direction within the surviving Bradbury Wilkinson proof-room sequence. 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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Australia 1961 Bank of New South Wales Sterling Traveller’s Cheques complete printer’s proof set by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company showing 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 Pounds denominations with control punches, numbering annotations, and the 10 Pounds master approval sheet with perforated binding stub and red reverse sign-off

Australia 1961 - Bank of New South Wales Sterling Travellers Cheques, Complete Printer’s Proof Set £2-£50 (Pick Unlisted)

A complete archival printer’s proof set of five Sterling Traveller’s Cheques produced by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company in London for the Bank of New South Wales in April 1961. The set comprises the full denomination range - 2 Pounds, 5 Pounds, 10 Pounds, 20 Pounds, and 50 Pounds - preserved together from a single, documented submission event within the printer’s internal approval and numbering workflow. Read more →

AustraliaPrinter’s Archival Proof Set19612 Pounds • 5 Pounds • 10 Pounds • 20 Pounds • 50 PoundsPrinter’s Archival Proofs Printer’s Proof Set2 Pounds5 Pounds10 Pounds20 Pounds50 PoundsSterling DenominationsIntaglio Security PrintingNumbering Trial ProofsApproval Workflow MaterialBradbury Wilkinson & CompanyPrinter’s ArchiveProof Room PracticeSerial Layout TestingColour Separation by DenominationBank of New South WalesAustralian Private BankingPre-Decimal CurrencyTraveller’s Cheque HistoryTravelers Check HistoryTravellers ChequeTravelers CheckAustralia1961R9 Extremely RareUniqueUnique SetMuseum GradeAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Honduras 1873 5 Pesos Billete de Tesoreria Comayagua Unlisted

Honduras 1873 - 5 Pesos Treasury Note Billete de Tesoreria, Comayagua (Pick Unlisted)

Original 5 Pesos Billete de Tesoreria issued by the Republic of Honduras at Comayagua and dated April 20, 1873. The printed text makes it payable to bearer against the national Treasury under the decree of March 18 of the same year, a stop-gap fiscal instrument used in place of scarce coin. Read more →

HondurasTreasury Note18735 PesosUncertified (Manuscript Signed, Endorsed/Converted) HondurasTreasury Note (Billete de Tesoreria)Billete de TesoreriaTreasury NoteFiscal NoteUnlistedPick Unlisted5 Pesos1873ComayaguaHandwrittenEndorsedConverted to BanknotesEarly Central AmericaNumismatic HistoryEducationalAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Paraguay 1856 2 Reales Tesoro Nacional Treasury Note, earliest national paper money of Paraguay, signed by Matias Reina and Santiago Ozcariz, Pick Unlisted and attributed as Miguel Pratt MC14.

Paraguay 1856 - Tesoro Nacional 2 Reales Treasury Note, Earliest National Paper Money (Pick Unlisted, Miguel Pratt MC14)

This 2 Reales Tesoro Nacional Treasury Note of 1856 is one of the foundational objects in the monetary history of Paraguay and is presented here as the unique known surviving example of this earliest national paper-money issue. Produced under the government of President Carlos Antonio Lopez, it predates the later and more familiar Paraguayan paper issues of the 1860s and belongs to the first attempt by the national Treasury to create a circulating paper instrument for domestic use. Read more →

ParaguayTreasury Note18562 RealesUncertified Very Fine Original, Blank Reverse 2 RealesTreasury NoteTesoro Nacional Treasury NoteEarliest National Paper MoneyFirst IssueHandsignedBlank ReversePrimitive LithographyThin Handmade PaperTesoro NacionalCarlos Antonio LopezMatias ReinaSantiago OzcarizAsuncion PrintingParaguayan Monetary OriginsEarly National PaperSouth American Fiscal HistoryWar of the Triple AllianceHistoryParaguay1856Pick UnlistedMiguel Pratt MC14R10 UniqueR10Unique Known ExampleMuseum Grade

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Australia 1929 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited - Circular Letter of Introduction Photographic Proof (Mounted on Cardstock, PCGS 50 About New)

This photographic proof represents a Circular Letter of Introduction prepared for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited during the late interwar period. Such documents functioned as formal financial identification instruments, issued to bank clients traveling abroad to establish identity, credibility, and recognized standing within an international banking network. In practical use, the holder would present the letter to correspondent banks, which would acknowledge the issuing institution and extend services based on that established relationship. Read more →

AustraliaPhotographic Proof Letter of Introduction1929Not Applicable (Letter of Introduction)PCGS 50 About New Photographic ProofLetter of IntroductionCircular Letter of IntroductionIdentity Financial InstrumentBanking Correspondence DocumentHigh Security DocumentGuilloche DesignCentral RosetteMounted on CardstockArchival ProofLondon Security PrintingPre engraving production stageCommercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedCorrespondent Banking NetworkInternational Banking SystemFinancial Identity VerificationInterwar FinanceHistoryAustralia1929PCGS 50About NewMuseum Grade

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1875 British Consulate Alexandria document with tied 5 Shillings Victoria Consular Service revenue stamp

1875 - 5 Shillings Victoria Consular Revenue Tied Diplomatic Document (British Consulate, Alexandria)

High-value British consular certificate issued at Her Britannic Majesty’s Consulate in Alexandria on 9 September 1875, bearing the scarce 5 Shillings Queen Victoria Consular Service revenue stamp. The document certifies a civil status event and is fully executed with period manuscript, the embossed consular arms, and the oval BRITISH CONSULATE ALEXANDRIA datestamp tying the fiscal adhesive to the sheet. Read more →

EgyptGovernment Document18755 Shillings Consular ServiceUncertified (Fine–VF, Complete Document) Legal DocumentGovernment DocumentConsular DocumentConsular Revenue5 ShillingsHigh-Value RevenueVictorian FiscalFiscal HistoryExtraterritorial JurisdictionCapitulations SystemBritish EmpireBritish ConsulateConsular CourtDiplomaticColonial Legal HistoryCross-Border AdministrationEgyptAlexandriaOttoman EgyptKhedivial Egypt1875Queen VictoriaMuseum GradeR6 Extremely RareAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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1930 Greece Ministry of Foreign Affairs handwritten Arabic consular testimonial issued in Cairo

Egypt 1930 - Greece Ministry of Foreign Affairs Handwritten Arabic Consular Testimonial (Cairo Consulate)

Original handwritten Arabic testimonial issued by the Consulate of the Kingdom of Greece in Cairo in 1930, executed entirely in period Arabic manuscript-an exceptionally rare linguistic and administrative crossover. European consulates in Egypt almost never issued documents in Arabic; Greek consular paperwork of this era was typically prepared in Greek or French, making this Arabic-language issuance a near-unique example of cross-cultural legal administration. Read more →

EgyptGovernment Document1930N/A (Consular Testimonial)Uncertified (VF, Complete Handwritten Consular Document) Government DocumentConsular DocumentConsular TestimonialHandwritten Arabic DocumentRoyal Greek SealBilingual AdministrationCross Cultural AdministrationGreek Diaspora EgyptImmigrant Community HistoryConsular Legal HistoryDiplomatic DocumentForeign Affairs AdministrationInterwar Legal SystemsEgyptCairoInterwar EgyptGreek Consulate CairoGreece Ministry of Foreign Affairs1930Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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1914 and 1915 Egyptian Red Crescent membership receipts with early emblem and bilingual seal

Egypt 1914–1915 - Egyptian Red Crescent Society (Khedivial Era Membership Receipts, Two-Document Set)

Pair of original Egyptian Red Crescent Society membership receipts from 1914 and 1915, both issued on cream wove paper and printed with the early Khedivial-era layout. Each sheet carries the large red Crescent emblem at top center, rendered in thick oil-based ink with slight unevenness at the edges typical of hand-inked early Red Crescent forms. Beneath the emblem appears the full institutional title in classical Arabic script, followed by the patronage line noting the protection of the Khedivial household and the presidency of His Highness Prince Mohamed Ali. The text block is printed in fine black letterpress with the characteristic spacing and font weight used by the Society’s pre-war printing office. Read more →

EgyptGovernment Document1914Membership Dues ReceiptsUncertified (VF Pair) Government DocumentHumanitarian DocumentMembership ReceiptBilingual SealCharitable InstitutionsEarly Relief OrganizationsHumanitarian HistoryMedical HistoryPublic Health EgyptWWI EgyptProtectorate PeriodKhedivial EgyptOttoman to British TransitionEgyptian Red CrescentPrince Mohamed AliPre WWI AdministrationEgyptCairo19141915Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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1907 Egyptian official document with First Issue 1m and 2m revenue stamps tied by bilingual cancels

Egypt 1907 - First Issue Revenues 1 & 2 Milliemes Tied on Official Document

Official Egyptian internal-security and licensing document dated 1907, printed on pale beige government stock with a pre-ruled bilingual Arabic–French layout. The sheet contains early Khedivial administrative headings at top right (وزارة الداخلية – قسم الضبط) and preprinted lines for applicant name, profession, address, and licensing purpose. All fields are completed in dark brown dip-pen ink with flowing early 20th-century handwriting. Faint pencil docketing is present along the upper margin, typical of internal registry handling. Read more →

EgyptGovernment Document19071m & 2m RevenuesUncertified (VF, Complete Document) Government DocumentOfficial DocumentFiscal DocumentRevenue Stamps1 Millieme2 MilliemesMillieme RevenuesFirst IssueAdhesive Fiscal StampsStamped Paper TransitionFiscal HistoryLegal History EgyptAdministrative ReformEarly Egyptian BureaucracyMinistry of InteriorInternal Security AdministrationKhedivial AdministrationEarly 20th Century AdministrationEgypt1907Khedivial EgyptMuseum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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1931 Singer Sewing Machine Company Cairo booklet with tied Singer revenue stamps

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

Original 1931 Singer Sewing Machine Company service and instalment booklet issued in Cairo, printed on tan card stock with the standard Singer Manufacturing Company masthead, including the New York parent company reference at top. The front cover shows the booklet form number 'Form. 60/c. (30000 - 2.31)' and a small Singer Sewing Machines trade-mark medallion at upper left. Branch name and contract number are filled in in large manuscript ink, along with the hirers’ names recorded in flowing early-20th-century Arabic and English script. The cover also includes the standard five-point printed conditions governing instalment payments, usage of collectors' receipts, and return of the machine upon default. Read more →

EgyptCommercial Document1931N/A (Service Booklet with Revenues)Uncertified (VF, Complete Booklet) Commercial DocumentTechnical BookletInstalment Payment SystemSinger Fiscal StampsSinger RevenuesProprietary Revenue StampsCorporate AccountingSewing MachineBusiness History EgyptFiscal HistoryInterwar Consumer GoodsGlobal Trade HistoryMultilingual PrintingCorporate HistoryCommercial Invoice HistorySinger EgyptEgyptCairo1931Museum GradeR6 Extremely RareAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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1911 Odeon Hall Cairo invoice for gold watch repair on bilingual French Arabic letterhead

Egypt 1911 - The Odeon Hall, Cairo Gold Watch Repair Invoice

Early 1911 invoice from The Odeon Hall in Cairo, one of the city’s most modern pre-war establishments combining gramophone sales, watchmaking, and luxury retail. Issued for the repair of a gold watch, the bilingual French–Arabic letterhead advertises phonographs, records, and precision horological services, reflecting Egypt’s rapid adoption of European technology and leisure culture. Read more →

EgyptCommercial Document1911N/A (Service Invoice)Uncertified (VF, Fully Legible) Commercial DocumentCommercial InvoiceWatch RepairGramophone EraEarly Recorded SoundLuxury Retail CairoBilingual PrintingConsumer History EgyptEarly TechnologyCosmopolitan CairoArmenian MerchantsRetail History EgyptPre WWI CommerceCommercial Invoice HistoryKhedivial EgyptEgyptCairo1911Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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