分类： PMG评级

People’s Bank of China, uniface obverse and reverse printer’s model/artist’s rendition for an unissued 5 yuan, 1976, brown, group of men and women studying together at centre, title ‘Seven Two Trial Piece’, presumably the title of the project which created this piece, reverse in similar colours, two soliders with rifles on horses with the Tian Shan in the background, (Pick not listed), slabbed by PMG ‘Artist’s Rendition’ without a grade. The history of this piece is similar to the above lot but the artwork is much finer and probably drawn by a different artist. Unique and the only piece of the 1976 series discovered to date.
1976年中國人民銀行5元正反面鈔票手繪設計稿，未發行版別，正面上邊有標題「七二型試驗版」，啡色，內容為軍士與維吾爾族青年男女在學習的情景，背面為兩名騎馬軍人，兩枚鈔票稿貼於咭紙上，附有一字條「37品第二次試版色稿」，PMG封套，未有評分，本票與上一項拍品背景相近，設計精緻細膩，應出自另一設計師手筆。存世孤品，乃1976年系列中唯一有記錄的一枚，彌足珍貴

The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, $100, specimen, fully printed date 6th October (19)10, Grey borders on purple-pink, bank coat of arms at upper centre, ‘$100’ to its left and right, ‘100’ in violet underprint at centre. Black printed Manager signature “Dickson” at lower right, Accountant unsigned at left. Perforated ‘CANCELLED’ multiple times in the lower portion of the note. A rare W.W. Sprague and Co. printing for Hong Kong, (Pick 39 for type), PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated (Perforated Cancelled, Previously Mounted). Exceptionally rare and important. The colours brilliant and fresh. Essentially a perfect piece with trace of mounting at the corners. From the Stanley Gibbons discovery set ca.1975. Spink China sold the other known $100 example, without the date and signed “Cochrane” in lesser grade (PMG Extremely Fine 40), for HKD$600,000 (including Buyer’s Premium) in August 2019. The $100 example sold by Spink China one year ago had important differences with the Barrett specimen: In addition to these two subtypes, at the end of the Classics period the Chartered Bank fortuitously retained an example of an issued note. This issued and cancelled example is now in the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of History, and is illustrated by KN Boon. The date of that note is 8th September (19)10, thus a month earlier than the Barrett specimen. Most interestingly, the dates of printing a month apart are unusual for a high denomination such as the $100, and may well have been made due to the change of Manager from “Cochrane” to “Dickson” as seen on the Barrett example. The Hong Kong Museum of History example is serial no. K/X 41083. This rarity is hand-signed at bottom left and with the printed Manager signature of “Dickson” at bottom right. The note bears heavy Cancelled stamps, as well as chops or graffiti, particularly on the back.
1910年印度新金山中國渣打銀行100元樣票，日期1910年10月6日，罕見W. W. Sprague & Co.公司印刷，PMG 63，打孔注銷，有黏貼，2019年8月斯賓克曾以HKD$600,000(連佣金)拍出評級稍低的一枚，此枚品相更佳，極為珍貴

The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, $5, 16.2.1863, serial number 6090, Hand-signed by the Bank Manager and Accountant. Stamped “Cancelled” at left and right centre. Exceptionally rare and important. With two original internal memos prepared as a record at the time by the Chartered Bank. The first memo states this note was part of a file of late redemption Chartered Bank notes sent to London from Hong Kong and from Singapore. The file was pulled from the Bank’s London records during a Second World War paper drive. A paper sorter saved these old documents, along with other curiosities that caught her eye such as colourful restaurant menus, and such. In 1995 these five first series Chartered Bank notes were consigned by her (by now) elderly daughter to a London auction house, who must have had the shock of her life when she received the post-sale auction report. *This is the second oldest Chartered Bank issued note issued known for Hong Kong, the earliest being a $10 dated 1st December 1862. It predates by five years the earliest surviving issued note of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation dated 1867, and only one (Chartered) Mercantile note dated 1858 precedes it. *Together with the note is an original document, partly printed and part handwritten, which reads: [Printed:] “Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. MEMO. Hong Kong, [Manuscript:] “24th Mar 1881.” [Manuscript:] “$5 Note No. 6090. This note is not marked off the Branch Register as Cancelled, because the space is filled up by the date (19/2/75) of a note returned to London. Unless the correct number of note cancelled on 19/2/75 be obtained the register must remain as it is.” *The second original document reads: [Manuscript:] “Hongkong $5 note, No. 6090, part of 5000 Nos 5000/10,000, shipped 1st Nov 1862. Two other notes of same numbers have been supplied but with prefix letters AM & FS respty.” (Pick 21a), PMG 10 Very Good (Stamp Cancelled). One of only two notes known (the other being dated 1865) and thus ultra rare, as well as of exceptional importance.
1863年印度新金山中國渣打銀行5元，編號6090，經銀行經理及會計師手簽兩遍，左中及右中加蓋注銷，極度稀有，以下有兩項相關事件的備忘文本： 本票連同銀行其他二戰文本檔案被棄置，回收紙分類員保存了這幾份文件，當中不乏引人注目的紙雜，如色彩繽紛的餐廳菜單 1995年，分類員的大女兒賣出這批紙雜 *本票是香港第二古老的渣打銀行紙鈔版別，最早的版別是1862年10元 *本票夾附一份原始文檔，內容半手寫半印刷： [印刷]印度新金山中國渣打銀行。備忘錄。 香港 [手寫]“ 1881年3月24日。$ 5紙鈔，編號6090。本鈔未在分行登記冊上標記為「已注銷」，相關位置填上了本票退回倫敦的日期（19/2/75）。除非得知於19/2/75注銷的鈔票數量，否則登記冊必須保持原來記錄。 “香港5元，編號6090，編號5000 / 10,000中的其中一枚，於1862年11月1日進行船運。另外兩枚紙鈔亦有相同編號，但字軌為AM和FS。”