Gilbert & Ellice Islands Paper Money

· GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS Paper Money,
1942 Emergency, 2006 Local Issues

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COS:
GB King
GEORGE VI
11.12.1936 - 6.2.1952

GBR High Comm:
Sir Harry Charles
LUKE
16.9.1938 - 1942

Founder:
Sir Albert Fuller
ELLIS
b.1869 - d.1951

GILBERT & ELLICE COLONY, 1942 Emergency, 2006 Local Issues

· GILBERT & ELLICE IS. COLONY

History: British Protectorate from 1892; colony 1916 until 1976; Printer: Local Office Duplicator

Currency History: GBR currency until 1976-78; KIR 1976; TUV 1978
On 1.1.1976 the islands were divided as separate political entities.
Gilbert became Kiribati in 1976 and Ellice Is. became Tuvalu in 1978.

Gilbert & Ellice Island Government

P.1 1 Shilling 1.1.1942

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P.2 2 Shillings 1.1.1942

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P.3 5 Shillings 1.1.1942

P.4 10 ShillingsV

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P.5 , SB.1533a 1 Pound 1.1.1942

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P.5, SB.1533b 1 Pound 1.1.1942

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RARE SET SOLD

This rare banknote set was sold by:

Roxbury's Auction House on 24.9.2005
in their Sale #63 as lot 479 for
$36,000 AUD ($26,350 USD)