Watch List notes:

(x) Government of Ceylon, 5 rupees, Colombo, 1942, serial number G/12 849129, light brown on multicolour underprint, portrait King George VI in circular frame at left, bank title top centre, value top right and left and at centre, reverse Thuparama Dagoba,(Pick 36), in PMG holder 67 EPQ; the highest grade recorded on 'Track & Price' at time of cataloguing is 63, therefore this example is in exceptional grade for type.

Estimate: £400 - £500