Ceylon P34 1 Rupee

Pick: P34
Date: 20.12.1941-01.03.1949.
Colour: Violet, olive green, and blue.




Ceylon P34 1 Rupee 1942 perforated left edge.



Ceylon P34 1 Rupee 1943 straight left edge.

This note was issued with a straight and perforated left edge. The perforated left edge notes were issued in a booklet format from which the owner would tear off a note to be spent. Perforated edge notes with the booklet portion intact are rare.

Confirmed dates, signatures, and edge varieties are listed below. 

Front: King George VI. George VI (14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India, and the first Head of the Commonwealth.

Back: Elephant, mahout, and palm tree

Watermark: Chinthe

Printer: (Unknown, India).

Varieties
a. 1ST FEBRUARY 1941.  Signature H. J. Huxham & C. H. Collins. Straight edge.
a. 20TH DECEMBER 1941. Signature H. J. Huxham & C. H. Collins. Preforated edge
a. 19TH SEPTEMBER 1942. Signature H. J. Huxham & C. H. Collins. Straight edge.
a. 19TH SEPTEMBER 1942. Signature H. J. Huxham & C. H. Collins. Preforated edge.
a. 4TH AUGUST 1943. Signature H. J. Huxham & C. H. Collins. Straight edge.
a. 4TH AUGUST 1943. Signature H. J. Huxham & C. H. Collins. Perforated edge.
a. 12TH JULY 1944. Signature H. J. Huxham & C. H. Collins. Straight edge.
a. 24TH JUNE 1945. Signature O. E. Goonetilleke & C. E. Jones.
a. 7TH MAY 1946. Signature O. E. Goonetilleke & C. E. Jones. Straight edge.
a. 7TH MAY 1946. Signature O. E. Goonetilleke & C. E. Jones. Perforated edge.
a. 1st MARCH 1947. Signature O. E. Goonetilleke & C. E. Jones. Straight edge.
a. 1st JUNE 1948. Signature C. E. Jones & T. D. Perera. Straight edge.
a. 1st MARCH 1949. Signature C. E. Jones & T. D. Perera. Straight edge.
a. 1st MARCH 1949. Signature C. E. Jones & T. D. Perera. Perforated edge.

Catalog Value:
a. 1941 Perforated edge booklet portion intact - $350 UNC