Bank of England (4) a mixed grade group VF-GVF to about UNC comprising an O'Brien Britannia medallion 1 Pound B274Replacement issue 1955 serial number S85S 130651. A pair of Fforde QE2 portrait 10 Shillings B310 (2) a near consecutive duo A99N 553104 & A99N 553106. Together with a Page QE2 portrait 1 Pound B323 Replacement issue 1970 serial number MW16 848742.
GB and World in an album (23) GB (10) Ten Shillings (5) BealeB266, H43Z 297505 Good Fine, HollomB294 (3) Z32 177491 VF, Z63 376508 and Z63376514 both A/UNC, FfordeB310, C95N 039129 NEF. One Pound (5) PeppiattWartime blue B249, R75H 179976 Fine, some folds, Beale B268 (2), W09B 543236 NVF with an inked number on the reverse, A55J 683904 Fine with inked text on the reverse, PageB337 Last run Z27 971372 UNC, SomersetB341 DW44 860550 A/UNC. Isle of Man (4) One Pound (3) undated 1983 issue Pick 38a VG, undated 1961 issue signature Garvey, prefix B, Pick 25a, Fine with some light foxing to the edges, undated 1961 issue signature Stallard Pick 25b About VF with some folds, Fifty Pence undated 1969 issue Pick 27a GVF, Northern Ireland - Northern BankFive Pounds 1999 Pick 203a UNC or very near so, France - Calais 50 Centimes undated 1918 issue Red on green underprint, Fine, Germany One Mark 1944 issue 9-digit serial number Pick 192b VF, Israel 5 Sheqalim 1978 issue Pick 44 UNC, Malaya - Japanese Occupation 1942 Ten Dollars Good Fine, China Five Yuan 1936 issue Pick 217a Near Fine with some edge damage at the right, Bulgaria 100 Leva 1951 Pick 86a Good Fine, Bohemia and Moravia 1000 Korun 1942 issue Pick 14a NEF, Croatia 5000 Kuna 1943 issue, single letter prefix Pick 14a, UNC
One Pound (79) Peppiatt Green (2), Peppiatt Blue wartime issues (26), Beale (17), O'Brien Replacements B274 (2), O'Brien (29), PageB340 E54N last series, SomersetB341 (2), Ten Shillings HollomB294 (2), Jersey One Pound (4) Padgham, Clennett, and Baird signatures, and 1995 Baird, 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Jersey issue, Austria 100 Kronen 1922 along with USA $59 face back to 1935 issues in mixed circulated grades some with pencil or inked annotations
One Pounds (378) Hollom 1963 B288 (128), Fforde 1967 B305 (6), Page 1970 B320 (1), B322 first series AN (5), last series HZ (16) mid series (14) Page 1978 B337 (26), Somerset 1981 B341 (125) these generally Unc and near so with many in consecutive runs, One Pounds O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde, Page and Somerset from circulation (67)
Ten shillings BradburyT9 issued 1914 serial A/13 765041, mount marks on reverse corners, a few edge creases & lightly faded from being framed otherwise GEF to about UNC
One Pounds PeppiattB238 41S VF, B239 H38A AU, blues (3) B249 generally EF-Unc, B258 R37A Fine B260 F-VF (5), VF (3) including S44A first series, AU (2) Y16A and last series H09B, BealeB269replacement S22S 272530 VF, O'Brien B273 (2) GVF and Unc, B282 VF (3) and last series 67Z Unc, B292 AU along with Scotland Royal Bank One Pound 30.3.1999 VF
Five Pounds PeppiattLondon 13th June 1945 J44 000456 B255 original and pleasant VF very low serial number for this prefix, unusual to see three zeros in a white five pounds serial number. Westminster Bank Mansfield Road Nottingham stamp on reverse
Five Pounds Bealewhite note B270 dated October 3rd 1949, series O58 035872, (Pick344), EF with some faint brown discolouration and a small section of the top left corner missing
One poundHollomB288 (3) issued 1963, a consecutively numbered last series B09Y 798364 to B09Y 798366 (very last run for this series traced to B10Y), small flicks only, about UNC to UNC (Ex LCA 154 Lot 63 realised £120)
One pounds PageB337 (47) AU - Unc including consecutive numbers these often X73 prefix, One Pounds Page B339 last series (6) 13Y 311564 to 311569 AU-Unc, One Pounds SomersetB341 (189) including consecutives prefixes BU42, CU26, CY48, CY49 and DN10 AU-Unc, One Pounds small issues Somerset and Page in circulated grades (11). Five Pounds Somerset B343 (8) including consecutives AU-Unc, Five Pounds GillB353 (4) including consecutives AU-Unc
Bank of England Prince of Wales 50th Birthday a 3-piece set comprising Fifty Pounds Kentfield, John Houblon B377, Ten Pounds Kentfield, Charles DickensB369, and Five Pounds Kentfield, George StephensonB364 set, the Five Pounds in a set with the accompanying Five Pound Crown coin. All notes with special prefix PW50 and matching serial number 000024. The Five Pounds in the Coin and Banknote original pack, the Ten Pounds and Fifty Pounds UNC in the original plastics. Originally only 95 sets of the coins and notes Debden set C133 (3 coins and 3 notes) were issued
Fifty pounds KentfieldB377 issued 1994 low 1st run serial A01 002558, Houblon on reverse, UNC in the Royal Mint's 1994 Commemorative Set which includes the D-Day 50p Coin Silver Proof FDC
British Armed Forces (2) a pair of 10 Shillings Pick M14a ND 1946 including serial number B/7 241428, Fine marginal tears pressed along with serial number B/1 109422, VF or about.
British Military Authority (5) Five Shillings 1943 undated issue Brown on blue and green underprint Pick M4 Series H NEF, Two Shillings and Sixpence 1943 undated issue Olive green and brown on lilac and olive underprint (3) Series D and Series K (2) Pick M3 VF one of the K series with stains on the left edge, One Shilling 1943 undated issue Black on grey and violet underprint Pick M2 Good Fine with touches of foxing
Darlington Bank £5 1850 VF cut cancelled, Stamford and SpaldingFive Pounds 1903 (2) both VF and with triangular shaped cut through the signature, South Africa £5 Barry & Nephews Swellendam "or at CAPE TOWN" 1850x unsigned remainder EF, USA $100 cheque Columbus Dec 1 1868 VF and a reproduction Bank of Scotland Five Pounds trial
Postal Orders (9) GB (8) Five Shillings 1950 and 1962, Three Shillings and Sixpence (3) 1955, 1956 and 1957, Two Shillings 1965, One Shilling 1960, and India Five Rupees 1991, in mixed grades
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