GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS Paper Money
     

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Head of State:
GB King George VI
11.12.1936 - 6.2.1952


British High Commissioner
Sir Harry Charles Luke
16.9.1938 - 1942


Founder:
 Sir Albert Fuller Ellis
b.1869 - d.1951

Printer: Local Office Duplicator

GILBERT & ELLICE COLONY, 1.1.1942 ISSUES

GILBERT & ELLICE IS. COLONY
British Protectorate from 1892; colony 1916 until 1976
GBR currency until 1976-78
On 1.1.1976 the islands were divided as separate political entities.
Gilbert became Kiribati in 1976 and  Ellice Is. became Tuvalu in 1978.
P.1  1 Shilling See Below
P.2  2 Shillings See Below
P.3  5 Shillings
P.4  10 Shillings See Below
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P.5 , SB.1533a  1 Pound		 See Below

P.5, SB.1533b  1 Pound
Gilbert (Kiribati) & Ellice (Tuvalu) Islands are now independent countries. Both countries  use Australian currency.

RARE SET SOLD

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This rare banknote set was sold by
Roxbury's Auction House
 Roxbury's Auction House on 24.9.2005
in their Sale #63 as lot 479 for
 $36,000 AUD ($26,350 USD)  
 



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