1870年日本横滨出店香港上海汇丰银行贰拾伍圆。样票。JAPAN. Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation. 25 Dollars, Yokohama. ND (ca. 1870). P-S254s. Specimen. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.
玫瑰红与灰黑双色样票，背饰灰褐色。中央为徽章；扭索饰纹边框内含英文铭文；较深色的加盖上有日文铭文；面额为底印；风格与1866年的发行版相似。雕刻的中央图案文字为凭票即付执票人本行二十五圆或等值岛上通行货币，额值收讫。此版式由伦敦的Ashby & Co.印制于无水印的普通钞票纸上，正面左右纸边均有红色加盖。右下方可见一个黑色的椭圆形CANCELLED（注销）盖印。 极度稀见之版别，据信为民间仅存孤品，唯一已知样本存于银行机构档案馆。绝世瑰宝级重要纸钞。外资银行在日早期发钞极其罕见，新东方银行公司纸币已属难得，而如汇丰此般备受追捧之主要机构，其需求远超供给。尤须注意的是，此乃标志性几近传奇的贰拾伍圆面额，该银行任何分行皆鲜少释出。 此钞重要性不容小觑。日本自1854年《神奈川条约》结束锁国后，终致1868年明治维新。汇丰迅速进军日本，1866年于横滨设立首间分行，继于大坂、神户、长崎等通商口岸设点。 乔·克里布（Joe Cribb）在其著作Money in the Bank中阐述（为清晰起见，此处为意译）： 汇丰于创始地上海与香港以外首度发钞，乃1866年横滨分行所出。著名的香港‘贰拾伍圆’加盖横滨1866年7月2日版（见第167页）即属此批，由时任横滨分行经理罗伯特·布雷特（Robt Brett）签署。1870年专为横滨独立发行系列，本拍品即属此列。耐人寻味之处在于中央图案中仍遗留或等值岛上（香港）通行货币字样，此乃印制方罕见疏失。 对于日本、汇丰银行或世界级珍品的藏家而言，此乃毕生难逢之机。绝对不容错失，至关重要之品。PMG同版唯一入评。PMG备注加盖注销，曾黏贴。
Specimen in rose-red & grey-black, the back grey-brown. Arms at centre; lathework borders containing English inscriptions; Japanese inscriptions in a darker overprint; denomination in underprint; of similar style to the issue of 1866. The engraved central panel reading Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS or the equivalent in the Currency of the Island, value received. This type printed on plain unwatermarked banknote paper, by Ashby & Co, London, with a red overprint in the margins on the front at left and right. A black CANCELLED stamp within an oval in black is seen at the lower right.An exceedingly rare type, believed to be the sole example in private hands, with the only known example retained in the banks institutional archive. An absolutely magnificent and important note. Early paper money from foreign banks in Japan is exceedingly rare, including that of the New Oriental Banking Corporation, which is rare.
For a major and heavily collected institution such as HSBC, demand far outweighs supply. It is also important to note that this is the iconic, almost mythical $25 denomination, which is rarely available from any of the banks branches.The importance of this note cannot be overstated. Japan emerged from its self-imposed isolation in 1854, following the Treaty of Kanagawa during the late Edo period, which ultimately led to the Meiji Restoration in 1868. HSBC was quick to move into Japan, opening its first office in Yokohama in 1866, followed by offices in other trading ports such as Osaka, Kobe, and Nagasaki.Joe Cribb, in Money in the Bank, provides further background information (paraphrased for clarity):The first notes issued by HSBC outside its founding cities of Shanghai and Hong Kong were from its Yokohama branch in 1866. The famous Hong Kong $25 overprinted Yokohama dated 2nd July 1866 (shown on page 167) is from this issue and was signed by Robt Brett, who was the Manager of the Banks Yokohama Branch. In 1870, a separate issue was made specifically for Yokohama, and the note offered in this lot is part of this series. A curious fact is that the words in the Currency of the Island [Hong Kong] were still left in the central panel of this note, a curious and seldom-seen mistake by the printer.</em>A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for collectors of Japan, HSBC, or world-class rarities. Not to be missed and of the greatest importance. THE SOLE EXAMPLE GRADED BY PMG. PMG Comments Stamp Cancelled, Previously Mounted.
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