Pakistan's P#40 series ran across an unusually long window — over three decades — with successive governments adjusting signature panels and minor design elements while keeping the core note largely intact. The longevity of the issue means specimens dated across the full run exist in considerable quantity, and later dates within the series are genuinely common.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field almost certainly reflects a plate origin date, predating Pakistani independence entirely — a holdover from a British India printing matrix, not the date any individual note was struck.
Pakistan's P#40 series ran across an unusually long window — over three decades — with successive governments adjusting signature panels and minor design elements while keeping the core note largely intact. The longevity of the issue means specimens dated across the full run exist in considerable quantity, and later dates within the series are genuinely common.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field almost certainly reflects a plate origin date, predating Pakistani independence entirely — a holdover from a British India printing matrix, not the date any individual note was struck.