1911-22年印度新金山中国渣打银行伍圆。未发行试印样票。(t) HONG KONG (SAR). The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China. 5 Dollars, ND (1911-22). P-41s. KNB21S. Unissued Pattern Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.
无编号，日期仅印上19__。蓝色印刷，浅橙底色，银行徽章居中，四角为面值，左方舂米场景，右边是舢板，右下黑色印刷签名，加盖红色"样本"字样，及蓝色圆形华德路印章。独一无二的钞票，显示银行考虑发行带有部分手写日期的纸币，秉承自1862年开始发行纸钞以来的做法。因此，本钞不只是一张普通的样票，而是一张未发行试印样票。编者不清楚银行最终决定印刷完整日期的原因，也许是纸钞印刷的数量开始增加，为每张纸钞填写日、月和年份的额外时间会使签署纸钞的工序更为费时。设计华美，墨色鲜明，香港纸钞集藏中佔重要位置的一枚。Without serial numbers, partially printed date of 19__, blue on pale orange, bank coat of arms at centre, denomination at each corner, rice pounding scene at left and sampans at right, black printed manuscript signature at lower right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red and also a blue circular Waterlow seal.<p>A unique note showing that the Bank considered issuing these notes with partially hand written dates, a practice since the day it started to issue banknotes in 1862. Therefore, the note is not a simple specimen but rather an unissued pattern. The cataloguer is unaware of the reason why the Bank decided on printed dates in the end but perhaps the volume of notes printed began to increase and the additional time to fill in the day, month and year for each note would make signing the note too laborious. A richly designed note in superb colours deserving of a special place in any high end collection of Hong Kong banknotes.
