World (45) Sets Argentina P323-327 5 note set, China P80+-862 3 note set, Indonesia P90-94 5 note set, Iraq P73-75 3 note set, Surinam P136-139 4 note set Transnistria P16-22 7 note set, Zimbabwe P37-44 8 note set along with Malawi 5 Kwacha P36c 5 consecutives generally AU-Unc or near so
MalawiReserve Bank 1 Kwacha Pick 10c dated 31st January 1975 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers M345217 - M345218, both about UNC and very attractive. Each note in red-brown on multicoloured underprint featuring a portrait of President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda and Lake Malawian on obverse. The reverse depicting an illustration of a Tobacco harvest scene. Watermarked with a rooster.
Africa Eastern (61) a collection in an album circa 1970's onwards mostly UNC including various issues and denominations some of which highest for the series. Comprising countries as Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia including interesting 1991 Mogadishu Northern Forces issue, Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In 1991 manufacturers delivered the New Somali Shillings notes into the turmoil and disturbances of the Somali Civil War but with the Central Government no longer effective and no functioning Central Bank these notes were seized by the USC (United Somali Congress) and were used to circulate in the areas under their control, i.e. North and around Mogadiscio. Later in 2000 further unauthorized issues were imported by businessman.
Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency Hajj Pilgrim Receipt 1 Riyal Second issue during the reign printed of King Saud Pick 2 AH 1375 (1956) series 10 / 148081, about VF and Scarce. In red on multicolour displaying the Entrance to the Royal Khuzam Palace in Jeddah and the value of the receipt in Arabic, Malawi, Urdu, Persian, Turkish and English on obverse. The reverse brown with undertaking in the Arabic, Turkish, Malawi, Urdu and Persian languages and at the bottom is the Kingdom's Coat of Arms. These receipts used to serve in a similar way as a traveller's cheque for the Muslim Hajj Pilgrims that would usually receive it in advance of the annual Hajj and it could be exchanged in the local banks upon arrival for the predetermined amount. The Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to the holiest city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia and it is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adults who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey and can support their family during their absence. In Islamic terminology Hajj is a pilgrimage made to Kaab, the "House of Allah", in the sacred city of Mecca and the rites are performed over five or six days, beginning on the eighth and ending on the thirteenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar
MalawiReserve Bank 1 Kwacha Pick 10c dated 31st January 1975 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers M345217 - M345218, both about UNC and very attractive. Each note in red-brown on multicoloured underprint featuring a portrait of President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda and Lake Malawian on obverse. The reverse depicting an illustration of a Tobacco harvest scene. Watermarked with a rooster.
Africa (9) consisting of Angola (4) including 20 Kwanzas Pick 109a dated 11th November 1976 serial number AR 022517, 50 Kwanzas Pick 114 dated 14th August 1979 serial number J/A 093998, 100 Kwanzas Pick 111 dated 11th November 1976 serial number BA998577, 100 Kwanzas Pick 119 dated 7th January 1984 serial number AA5720306 and 10000 Kwanzas Pick 131b dated 4th February 1991 serial number EJ6086668. Botswana ND (1982) issues (2) including 5 Pula Pick 8a serial number C/5 305806 and 10 Pula Pick 9a serial number D/11 329694. Malawi (2) including 5 Shillings Pick 1A two signatures type L. 1964 serial number F098433 and 20 Kwacha Pick 26 dated 1st September 1990 serial number AB889469. About UNC - UNC
Malawi (63), collection in an album ranging from 10 Shillings dated 1964 (Pick2) to 1000 Kwacha dated 2012 (Pick62), many denominations and dates in between, some duplication, in mixed grades (many Uncirculated), needs viewing
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