£38.00
Description
Issued by | Bank of Communications |
Issue | 1914 Issue. Place of issue: SHANGHAI |
Size | 157 x 87 mm |
Printer | American Bank Note Company (U.S.A.) – ABNC |
Watermark | None |
Security features | Running serial numbers. Blue, red and yellow dots scattered in paper. |
Signatures | Tang Shoumin (Manager); Wang Zisong “J.S. Wong” (Manager) |
Obverse | Tram (streetcar, trolley rail car) in front of the Second (1860s-1925) Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs House on The Bund in Shanghai. Built in the Gothic architectural style during the 1860s and demolished in 1925. Decorative guilloche patterns and rosettes |
Reverse | Port scene: steam ships at dockside, steam train, horse carriages, barrels |