Lot 5189

5 Sen ND (ca. 1947) PROOF designs face (1) and back (3), pencil on cardboard (P. - / Mev. - / ON -) - 85 x 50 mm. – uniface proof designs for an unissued 5 Sen note by J.W. Donkers, chief manager and designer of N.V. Kolff’s Offsetdrukkerij/printing in Batavia (Jakarta). Donkers designed the issued 10 and 25 Sen 1947 from the same series. There are clear similarities in style and execution between these face and back designs of a 5 Sen and that of the 10 and 25 Sen notes – Total 4 pcs. in XF to UNC - From the private archives of F.J. Donkers, son of the designer - RRR – extremely rare