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Obverse Description
Arabic text; Muhammad Ali Pasha mosque (aka Alabaster mosque) in Cairo; mask of King Tutankhamun’s mummy
Reverse Description
English text; Colossus of the Nile statue from Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy
Catalog Information
GSID:
100067
Variety:
Purple portrait, reddish-brown (back); horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front/back; no date; no sig; all-zero s/n
BNB #:
B131t
Pick #:
P31ct
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Request Pricing 1st January, 1899 Sig 1: Palmer 400,000 notes (B101a/b) Prefix A/1
Worth: $12,000 – $25,000
Sig 2b: Rowlatt Intro: 1906
Worth: $12,000 – $25,000
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; no sig ; s/n range
Vertical purple SPECIMENTO ovpt front; vertical red CANCELLED and Arabic ovpts; no date; no sig ; no s/n
5th January, 1899 Sig 1: Palmer Prefix B/1
Worth: $25,000 – $25,000
Sig 2b: Rowlatt Intro: 1906
Worth: $25,000 – $25,000
Vertical red CANCELLED and Arabic ovpts front; vertical black CANCELLED and Arabic ovpts back; no date; no sig ; no s/n
Blue and red (front); orange (back); no ovpt; horizontal SPECIMEN perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n
10th January, 1899 Sig 1: Palmer Prefix C/1 Unconfirmed
7th December, 1910 Sig unknown Prefix C/2 Unconfirmed
21st July, 1912 Sig unknown Prefix C/3 Unconfirmed
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; no sig ; s/n range
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; no sig ; s/n range
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; no sig ; s/n range
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n
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