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Auction: 25008 - World Banknotes
Lot: 27

Government of the Union of Burma, specimen 100 Rupees, Rangoon, 1st January 1948, serial number 1C000000, perforated specimen,

includes envelope from The Bank of England reading "Burma Currency Board Notes (1948)
B.M.A notes (Res, BK of India overprinted)
"Old Burma Notes" (Res, Bk, if India - Burma issue.)
Union Bank of Burma Issue",

(Pick 37s, BNB 704), about uncirculated. Profoundly important and tangible piece of currency history. Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant of Raymond Newton Kershaw, who served on the East African, West African, Burma and Palestine Currency Boards. Kershaw was a member of the Colonial Office Currency Committee, advising the Colonial Secretary, and also found time to work on the Bank’s committees dealing with currency issues in China and in India (according to his biography by James Cotton on the People Australia website, from the National Centre of Biography).

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Estimate
£700 to £1,200

Starting price
£550