Central Bank of Syria, a pair of hand-painted obverse and reverse

Central Bank of Syria, a pair of hand-painted obverse and reverse composite essays for an unissued 50 Syrian Pounds, 1974/1394, serial number Q/5 000000, Mohammad al-Imadi and Nasouh al-Dakkak signatures, blue, purple, and yellow colour, elaborate leaf patterns at left on obverse, cotton picking scene at centre, and woman in local dress at right, reverse depicting an aerial view of a dam, laid down on thin card, evidence of previous mounting on reverse, the reverse essay with minor spotting at left, otherwise as made and extremely attractive, an important record for Syria of a note design that never went beyond this stage, and strikingly similar in colour scheme and style to another 1974 essay of the same denomination from the Ibrahim Salem Collection, marvellous items (2 essays) BNB Unlisted, Pick Unlisted £1,000-£1,500.

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