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20 Marks Australian occupation, treasury note
| Issuer | Treasury, Rabaul (Australian occupation of German New Guinea) |
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| Year | 1914-1915 |
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| Value | 20 Marks |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress print in black on plain paper. The note is typeset in a simple utilitarian layout, with the denomination numeral '20' appearing in rectangular boxes at upper left and upper right, flanking the title 'TREASURY NOTE' across the top. The central inscription 'TWENTY MARKS' is set in large bold type, below which a handwritten promissory text records the date '14th day of October 1914' and the place of issue, Rabaul. A red manuscript cancellation is applied diagonally across the face, and two manuscript signatures appear at the foot alongside a handwritten entry notation at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | No. 1252 TREASURY NOTE 20 TWENTY MARKS Payable in coin at the Treasury, Rabaul. Dated at Rabaul this 14th day of October 1914. For and on behalf of the Treasury, Entd. Treasury. |
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| Variants | P#3a - issued note P#3b - pen cancelled 15.01.1915 |
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