Collection PL

Australia 1900 - Bank of New South Wales £20 Sydney Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The design combines formal banking script with an elaborate vertical security panel carrying "BANK OF N.S.W." at the left and a large yellow-gold denomination underprint extending across the central field. The paper is surrounded by a pale blue border and carries a major security feature in the form of a large BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES watermark accompanied by oversized ornamental watermark elements extending across much of the sheet. Read more →

Australia 1890 - Bank of New South Wales £10 Brisbane Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The design combines formal banking script with an elaborate vertical engraved security panel at left carrying "BANK OF N.S.W." and a large yellow-gold underprint built around the denomination 10 across the central field. The paper is framed by a pale blue border and carries a large BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES watermark together with oversized surrounding ornamental watermark elements extending across much of the sheet. Read more →

Australia 1900 - Bank of New South Wales £10 London Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The face combines formal script with a large yellow-gold underprint built around the denomination 10 and an elaborate vertical engraved security panel at left containing "BANK OF N.S.W." The note is printed on pale blue-edged security paper carrying a large BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES watermark together with broad surrounding ornamental watermark elements extending across much of the sheet. Read more →

Australia 1890 - Bank of New South Wales £10 Melbourne Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The face is dominated by a large yellow-gold denomination underprint extending through the central field, combined with fine script, denomination lettering, and an elaborate vertical security panel at left containing "BANK OF N.S.W." The surrounding pale blue paper border creates a strong visual frame around the otherwise lightly printed central field. Read more →

Poland 1926 - Bank Polski 10 Zlotych Archival Watermarked Paper (Miłczak 64)

This piece represents the base security paper manufactured for the early interwar 10 Zł notes before the final design was printed. It bears the undated watermark reading 'Bolesław Chrobry 10 ZŁ' (Milczak type), positioned diagonally across the sheet and visible when held to light. The watermark references Bolesław Chrobry, Poland’s first crowned king, whose image symbolized strength and continuity in the newly reborn Republic. Read more →

New South Wales 1865 - Embossed 'ONE HALF PERCENT' Stamp Duty Fiscal Proof Specimen

Unlike adhesive revenue stamps, this form of fiscal authentication was produced as embossed security paper intended to validate legal and financial documents. The inscription 'ONE HALF PERCENT' represents an ad valorem duty rate applied to instruments such as bonds, contracts, and high-value agreements where the tax was calculated as a percentage of the transaction value rather than as a fixed denomination. Read more →

Poland 1928 - Bank Polski 20 Zlotych Archival Watermarked Paper (Miłczak 67)

Archival watermarked paper prepared by Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited in London for the unissued Bank Polski 20 Zlotych banknote dated 2 January 1928. This piece preserves the original production substrate for the note: the security paper with multitone portrait watermark, before banknote printing. It is not a printed banknote, but a surviving archival component from one of the most important unrealized Polish banknote projects of the interwar period. Read more →

Confederate States of America 1864 - CSA No Denomination Archival Watermarked Paper

This archival sheet represents original Confederate paper bearing the large embedded 'CSA' watermark, visible under transmitted light. The watermark was introduced as a security measure in the Confederacy’s later issues, particularly during 1864 production, as counterfeiting became increasingly widespread under wartime conditions. Read more →

Ireland - Northern 1929 - Ulster Bank Limited Large-Format Watermarked Security Paper

This large-format Ulster Bank Limited watermarked security paper preserves the bank-name watermark used for private banknote production in the Northern Ireland issue period. The sheet belongs to the broader Ulster Bank Limited security-paper and proof-production environment associated with the 1929-1934 issue group, while its identity is defined by the watermark itself: Ulster Bank Limited. Read more →