GB & World a very pleasing and wide collection in an album (60) in various grades Good/VG to UNC. Ranging from early Treasury & Bank of England issues to modern and including a group of ERROR notes. Comprising a Fisher Second issue Treasury 1 Pound T31 issued 1923 prefix L1/37. A Peppiatt Britannia medallion 1 Pounds (5) including the Emergency World War II B249 Blue/Pink issues (2) along with the regular Green Post-war B260 Threaded issues (3) prefixes U55A, W95A and X33A. An O'Brien Lion & Key 5 Pounds B277 Shaded Symbol 1957 prefix D33. Hollom 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 1963 prefix C26. Fforde issues (4) including the Lion & Key 10 Pounds B316 prefix A58 and a selection of 10 Shillings QE2 portrait (3) including B309 first series prefix 81R and B310 prefixes B38N and last series D12N. A group of Page (10) including the 2 designs 1 Pounds QE2 portrait B320 1970 issues (5) a consecutive set Y45D 648139 - Y45D 648143 along with a consecutive set of the QE2 pictorial (5) series L34 259440 - L34 259444. Somerset (4) including a selection of 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (3) close numbers prefix CY82 along with a 5 Pounds the Duke of WellingtonB343 L reverse issue 1980 prefix JY66. Gill (2) including a 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B358 issue 1991 with a FIRST RUN and fairly low serial number A01 006715 along with a 5 Pounds. A Kentfield 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B374 issue 1993 with a LOW FIRST RUN serial number X01 001439 given the first 1000 were not issued making this note number 439. A group of the new Polymer issues (6) including 5 Pounds Churchill B414 (4) with various prefixes and a consecutive pair of the 10 Pounds Jane Austen (2) prefix CD49. The group of ERROR notes include a Page 5 Pounds the Duke of Wellington B334 L Reverse issue 1973 with a partial offset mirror image of the obverse design on the reverse. A Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait B322 issue 1970 with a different serial numbers - BT06 788815 at top left and BT06 788825 at lower right. A Somerset 10 Pounds B348 L Reverse 1984 series AU46 984809 with a paper crease during printing in an acute angle across the Queen's picture, this note with 2 sets of small pinholes in the body of the note. And a 20 Pounds Kentfield B371 issue 1991 series T06 676486 with the obverse design with a Misaligned Printing causing signature and Bank's title to appear in incorrect position with a part of the bottom note's bank title to appear at bottom margin, also a part of the Queen's face misprinted with the arrow design at left. The world notes include issues from Brazil, China, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Germany and France along with a few British Armed Forces, World War 2 period Allied military notes and a set of Fantasy 'Hell Bank Notes' with matching serials E64865 and illustrations of Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy. An interesting and desirable selection certain to attract the attention of collectors and dealers alike
Twenty Pounds Gill examples of the transition between designs 1988 & 1991 (12) all circulated and a pleasing mid-grade group Fine to VF and few with inked accounting numerals. Consisting of the B355 Purple/Green 1mm Windowed Thread William Shakespeare watermark issues 1988 (8) prefixes 05L, 10L, 17M, 23S, 27N, 27R, 34W and 68M. Together with the changed and now small sized design B358 Purple/Black Square symbol for the sight impaired Crown at upper right issues 1991 (4) including examples of the first series prefixes - A50, A83, B59 and D17.
Bank of EnglandGill 5, 10 and 20 Pounds 1988, 1990 & 1991 issues (17) most in about UNC - UNC and all in consecutively numbered sets comprising 5 Pounds QE2 & George StephensonB357 Crown at upper right issues 1990 (4) FIRST series prefix A82 106604 through A82 106607. 10 Pounds QE2 & Florence NightingaleB354 L Reverse issues 1988 (10) in 2 consecutively numbered sets HZ76 011921 through HZ76 011925 and DT61 612633 through DT61 612637. 20 Pounds QE2 & Michael Faraday B358 Crown at upper right issues 1991 (3) serial numbers D64 589528 through D64 589530.
Bank of EnglandGill (5) in mostly very high grades comprising 5 Pounds (3) including The Duke of Wellington 1994 B353 L reverse issues (2) a consecutive pair RH68 078676 - RH68 078677 along with George Stephenson issue 1990 Crown at top right B357 serial number K31 290784. 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence NightingaleB354 issue 1988 serial number EZ49 662903. 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Michael Faraday B358 issues 1991 (2) serial numbers A27 166665 & A37 638038.
Bank of EnglandGill (24) all in very high grades comprising 10 Pounds B354 issues 1988 (4) including FIRST RUN series DR01 391238 along with a consecutive trio EY01 394739 - EY01 394741. 20 Pounds B355 issue 1988 serial number 39S 000004. 50 pounds B356 issued 1988 serial number D32 121658. 5 Pounds B357 issues 1990 (17) including a consecutive pair FIRST RUN series A01 723021 & A01 723022, a near consecutive set (3) FIRST RUN series A01 723059 - A01 723062 missing only the A01 723060, FIRST RUN series A01 317081 & A01 723016 and a consecutive set (10) series C24 514584 - C24 514593. 20 pounds B358 issue 1991 FIRST RUN series A01 006362. All desirable and sought after notes
Twenty Pounds QE2 and Michael Faraday, signature GillB358 issued 1991 Crown at top right, first run from circulation and a low serial number A01 006508, UNC
Gill (8) & Fforde (6), Gill 20 Pounds (3) B358 issued 1991, a consecutively numbered run series A34 166298 - A34 166300, aUNC/UNC, Gill 5 Pounds (5) B357 issued 1990, a consecutively numbered run series A04 607541 - A04 607545, good EF to aUNC, Fforde 10 Shillings (6) B310 issued 1967, a consecutively numbered run series C03N 356073 - C03N 356078, good EF
Twenty Pounds (18), PageB238 issued 1970 mid run '01' prefix series C01 668232, Uncirculated, GillB355 issued 1988 mid run '01' prefix series 01T 660679, about Uncirculated, Gill B358 issued 1991 FIRST RUN series A01 999828 (from Debden set C102), about Uncirculated, KentfieldB371 issued 1991 FIRST RUN series E01 001046 and series R26 243821, both Uncirculated, Kentfield B374 issued 1993 FIRST RUN series X01 001476, Uncirculated, LowtherB384 issued 1999 LAST RUN series DA80 999601 (from Debden set C148), Uncirculated, Lowther B386 (5) including 4 FIRST RUN notes series prefix AA01, BaileyB402 (2) including a Column Sort series BL37 485737, Uncirculated, Bailey B403 REPLACEMENT note series LL25 795085, Uncirculated, Bailey B405 (2) Uncirculated, very nice high grade set of notes
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