1917年华俄道胜银行2000卢布。(t) CHINA--FOREIGN BANKS. Russo-Asiatic Bank. 2000 Rubles, 1917. P-Unlisted. S/M#O5-92. PMG Very Fine 25.
哈尔滨地名。华俄道胜银行印制之极罕见紧急发行三枚组之首。加盖于该行之银行支票上，带额外签名及手写元素。1917年于哈尔滨发行。当时俄国内战正酣，该行不得不採取特殊措施以确保其在华办事处有货币可供发行。此类紧急纸币很可能在发行后不久即被全数兑回并销毁，故现今市场极为稀见。 据信共制备了五种面额：500卢布、1000卢布、2000卢布（本拍品）、3000卢布及5000卢布。此系列在Pick目录及多数其他参考文献中均未有记载。然而，卡尔达科夫（Kardakoff）于1953年已知悉此系列，因其出现于其目录中（第256页），惟其他资讯匮乏。卡尔达科夫将每枚钞票定价为100德国马克，属该目录所载最高价之列。该目录于柏林出版，当时所有专攻俄中纸钞的进阶藏家恐仅能盈室。目前尚不清楚卡尔达科夫是否亲眼见过这些钞票，或仅从其他藏家处获悉。史密斯与马特拉弗斯（Smith & Matravers）于1970年出版的著作中亦将其列为（R），意为“仅有报导而未见实物”。 本次拍卖之三枚钞票，其源流可追溯至比特侯爵（Marquess of Bute）。侯爵于第一次世界大战期间或战后不久即开始收藏俄国紧急货币。1970年，时任斯宾克（Spink & Son）总经理的道格拉斯-利德尔（Douglas Liddell）忆述，侯爵在两次世界大战之间曾向该公司购买钞票。因此，在他联繫侯爵家族后，该批藏品便归于斯宾克公司，其中部分藏品曾因二战轰炸期间进水受损。1980年5月，威廉-巴雷特（William Barrett）购入了全部现存藏品，包括俄国纸钞部分，且基本完好无损。虽然大部分钞票于1984年售予大英博物馆，但这些临时钞票并不在出售之列，仍留存于巴雷特集藏中。迄今为止，仅有两枚曾公开面世，即于2024年1月由 时德斯，鲍尔斯和邦地尼奥钱币拍卖有限公司（Stacks Bowers）作为约翰-E-桑德洛克（John E. Sandrock）藏集部分所售：首枚500卢布以48,000美元成交，第二枚1000卢布以50,400美元易主。如今，数年之后，我们再度为中俄藏家提供契机，觅得此极罕紧急发行之另外三枚面额。对专家而言，此次呈现或将成为竞藏此类博物馆级纸钞的最后良机。PMG标注注销，针孔。
This lot was manufactured in China (including Hong Kong), Russia or Republic of Belarus and was sourced from outside the United States for this auction after tariffs were enacted by the United States. Accordingly, as of February 27, 2026, any client who wishes to take delivery of this item within the United States will be subject to a 7.5% import tariff for China manufactured items, and a 35% import tariff for Russia or Belarus manufactured items. In addition a processing fee of 0.3464% (minimum $33.58 / maximum $651.50) will apply. Please note, this is not, and is not intended to be, a complete description of the applicable import tariffs and buyer remains fully liable for and agrees to promptly pay all tariffs and fees relating to the import of these items into the United States and neither the auctioneer nor any consignor will have any responsibility to pay any applicable tariffs or fees. Please consult your tax adviser with any questions. Furthermore, any lots subject to an import tariff will be shipped directly from our Hong Kong offices and shipments to the United States will be subject to our international shipping chart.
Harbin. The first in an extremely rare trio of emergency notes issued by the Russo-Asiatic Bank. Overprinted on bank checks of the institution, with additional signatures and handwritten elements. Issued at Harbin in 1917, when, with Russia engulfed in a Civil War, the bank had to take extraordinary measures in order to have currency available for issuance at its Harbin office in China. These emergency notes are likely to have all been redeemed and destroyed shortly afterwards, accounting for their rarity in todays market. It should be noted that notes had not been issued by either the Russo-Asiatic Bank or its predecessor, the Russo-Chinese Bank, in Harbin due to Harbins status in Manchuria. Among the highest recorded valuations in the entire catalogue as well.Five denominations are believed to have been prepared: 500 Rubles, 1000 Rubles, 2000 Rubles (offered in the present lot), 3000 Rubles, and 5000 Rubles. This series is entirely unlisted in the Pick catalogue and most other references. They were, however, known to Kardakoff in 1953 as they appear in his catalogue (page 256), but with little other information. Kardakoff prices all notes at 100 German Marks each, among the highest recorded in the catalogue. It is unclear whether he ever saw these notes or only learned of them from other collectors.
They are also listed in Smith & Matravers (published in 1970) as (R) for Reported and not seen. The three notes in the present collection trace their pedigree to the Marquess of Bute, who collected Russian emergency notes either during World War I or shortly afterwards. Until 1970, there were only a handful of collectors of banknotes worldwide, but at that time, Albert Pick was beginning to publish, and Stanley Gibbons Currency Limited had been founded by the late, great Colin Narbeth, and interest was picking up. In 1970, Douglas Liddell, then the General Manager of Spink & Son, recalled that the Marquess had purchased notes from the firm between the First and Second World Wars. Accordingly, after he contacted the family, the collection, some of which had been affected by water intrusion during a World War II bombing, came to that firm. Then, ten years later, in May of 1980, collector William Barrett purchased the entire existing collection, including the Russian, in effectively intact condition. While most of the notes were sold in 1984 to the British Museum, these provisional notes were not part of the sale and remained in the Barrett collection. The only two notes ever made publicly available were sold by Stacks Bowers as part of the John E. Sandrock collection in January 2024: The first, the 500 Rubles, brought $48,000, and the second, the 1000 Rubles, brought $50,400. Now, two years later, we offer Chinese and Russian collectors an opportunity to acquire the other three denominations of this exceptionally rare emergency issue. The present offering represents a spectacular opportunity to acquire any of these museum-calibre notes. PMG Comments Cancelled, Pinholes.
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