Date varieties: 01.08.1911, 13.12.1911, 08.07.1912, 01.05.1913
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The Standard Bank of South Africa's Rhodesian branches occupied an awkward administrative position — nominally South African, operating in territory governed by the British South Africa Company. Salisbury itself had only been a settlement for two decades when this note was issued. Branch-specific overprinting or designation on banknotes of this period was common practice for the Standard Bank across southern Africa, allowing a single base design to serve dispersed operations while still identifying the liability point.
Waterlow & Sons produced the underlying plate work. Five-pound denominations from provincial branches in this period survive in very small numbers — the notes were high-value instruments that changed hands rarely and were typically cancelled and retained by the bank rather than released into general commerce.
The Standard Bank of South Africa's Rhodesian branches occupied an awkward administrative position — nominally South African, operating in territory governed by the British South Africa Company. Salisbury itself had only been a settlement for two decades when this note was issued. Branch-specific overprinting or designation on banknotes of this period was common practice for the Standard Bank across southern Africa, allowing a single base design to serve dispersed operations while still identifying the liability point.
Waterlow & Sons produced the underlying plate work. Five-pound denominations from provincial branches in this period survive in very small numbers — the notes were high-value instruments that changed hands rarely and were typically cancelled and retained by the bank rather than released into general commerce.