Bank of England & Treasury (25) collection in an album in mixed grades comprising Treasury issues (6) including Bradbury (2) Ten Shillings T13.2 Type 2 Six Digit Serial issue 1915 serial number P1/18 059624 and 1 Pound T16 Dot in No. issue 1917 serial number F/52 316685 along with Fisher (4) consisting of 10 Shillings (2) T25 Dot in No. issue 1919 LAST series H/6 579715 Scarce and T30 No. omitted issue 1922 serial number L/9 098585 and 1 Pounds (2) T24 Dot in No. issue 1919 serial number R70 673931 and T31 Dot in No. issue 1923 CONTROL note serial number Z1/38 591956 Scarce. Bank of England issues (17) consisting of PeppiattWhite notes (2) a 5 Pounds B255 Thick Paper Metal thread Scarcer earlier issue dated 30th November 1944 serial number E77 003795 London branch and an Operation BernhardForgery 10 Pounds B242 dated 18th December 1936 serial number K/179 89453. Beale White 5 Pounds B270 Scarcer later dated issue 19th August 1952 serial number Y63 002774. O'Brien 5 Pounds Lion & Key (3) including B277 Shaded Symbol issue 1957 serial number C48 904966 and B280 White Symbol issues 1961 (2) serial numbers K22 542106 & First series H70 687181. Hollom (3) including 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issues 1963 (2) serial numbers A09 201764 & A13 717477 along with 10 Pounds Lion & Key B299 issue 1964 FIRST RUN serial number A01 261771. Fforde (4) comprising 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B312 issue 1967 serial number Y81 342627 along with 10 Pounds Lion & Key B316 issues 1967 (3) a consecutive trio serial numbers A48 369328 through A48 369330. Page (4) consisting of 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B324 issues 1971 (2) serial numbers 75E 771785 & FIRST series 39C 149102 along with 10 pounds Lion & Key 1971 issues (2) consisting of a B327Replacement issue serial number M07 822804 along with B326 serial number B17 851613. The group accompanied by a Barclays Bank Limited Hereford. cheque for 18 Pounds and 5 Shillings dated 11th July 1923 number 30/C 04380 and a Postal Order for 3 Shillings to pay R. Haylett and signed Richard Haylett number D7/71 483638
GB and World a mix of countries in bags includes SixpenceJames I 1622, Greece 5 Lepta 1851 VF, Australia Sixpence 1921 and Threepence 1921M, with 19th and 20th Century issues some in silver in mixed grades, along with Banknotes (2) Ten Pounds Gill Florence Nightingale, and Page Sir Isaac Newton, Fine and a postal order from 1965 (lot, around 3 Kilos)
World (477) in mixed grades comprising early to modern issues, some high denominations, remainders and Britishpostal order. Includes some Contemporary copies USAConfederate Bubble Gum money
World (387) a mixed lot of notes, Specimen Travellers Cheques, Cheques and Postal orders, Confederate States Contemporary Copies also known as Bubble Gum notes and promotional leaflets from various European countries regarding the introduction of the Euro. Some notes include China 1 Jiao Pick 881 (100), Egypt 50 PiastresPick 62 (100), Japanese Occupation Currency (50) including Malaya 1 Dollar Pick M5c (20) and Philippines10 PesosPick 111 (30). Germany & Austria (55) including Notgeld & Regional notes and many inflation issues. Specimen Travellers Cheques in presentation folders including Australian Thomas Cook & Son Limited, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, Fuji Bank, Banque Nationale De Paris, Amro Bank, Amsterdam - Rotterdam Bank N.V. Also includes Yesterdays Money presentation pack displaying Boy's own paper accompanied by a Sixpence 1958 coin also a Money of the World presentation folder including a Peru100 Intis note along with a Silver 1969 D Kennedy Half Dollar.
World (198), in 3 albums with slipcases, general collection of world banknotes plus a few postal orders and cheques, many African issues noted, mixed grades, many Uncirculated, viewing recommended
South Africa Orange Free State (Oranje Vrij Staat) postal orders (7) all dated between 1898 to1899, 1 shilling6 pence, 10 shillings (2) and £1 (3) generally VF or better
World & British bank cheques (800+), most modern UK, some older 19th Century noted, a large cheque book with some unused cheques Parr's Bank Limited, Charing Cross Branch, a few postal orders & lottery tickets, some other general bankingephemera, needs viewing
World & British bank cheques (245), many modern, some older 19th Century noted, some large unused cheques including Hong Kong & China, a few travellers cheques, postal orders, lottery tickets, many interesting items, needs viewing
A large group of printers essays, proofs and designs plus postal orderspecimens, vignettes of Queen Elizabeth 2, King Faisal, Simon Bolivar, President Masire & others, Thomas de la Rue colour trials and test prints, many partial reverse designs including Clydesdale Bank 50 pounds, Guernsey5 pounds and many other very detailed designs, also artists hand drawn front and reverse designs of Sudan 100 Pounds, Pick44 for type, 4 specimen Sudan postal orders, a very attractive interesting and rare lot
British postal orders (23) mostly QE2 issues plus foreign reply coupons (20) includes Australia, USA, New Zealand, a few lower grades but mostly EF or better
GB (24) includes Five PoundsBeale 27 April 1949 N21 075156 Fine with a couple of small pinholes, and World (over 400) a collection of Paper Money in 3 albums, Postal Orders (1 album), and Cheques (1 small album) a varied group, in mixed grades
Palestinepostal orders (2) 100 mils with postmark dated Tel Aviv 1948, cancellation punch holes, and £1 with postmark dated 1938 Haifa, Pay to The Execution Office Tel Aviv, large tear at lower left & rust marks, both VF
Pre-1947 silver £0.92 face, Pre-1920 £0.32 face, World silver minors (9), these in mixed circulated grades, Victoria Toy or Model money (5) all different EF, Death Plaque Alfred William Skingle, plus World 18th to 20th Century includes Twopence and Penny 1797 in mixed grades, Proof Set 1970 FDC, Postal Order for Two Shillings and Sixpence 1897
A mixed group with Canada QE II issues (7) $1 - $20 in higher grades, Cuba Exchange Certificates (38) several different types with duplication generally Unc, Euro Fantasy promotional sets €1 - €500 2 sets, Eire 3/- postal order 1969 with Gaelic script, Tripolitania 10 Lire Military Authority purple issues VF, Antarctica Fantasy $1 (4) Unc, Morocco50 Francs 1.4.44 VG along with a parcel of circulated world notes 480 grams should be around (550)
British Postal Order 6 pence dated 23rd November 1911, King Edward VII at left, issued at Slade Lane, Manchester, complete with counterfoil, a few small holes along creases, good Fine to VF and scarce
British Postal Orders (21) face value £79, KGVI 6 shillings (2) without counterfoil Fine to VF, the rest modern QE2 all with counterfoils dated 2004, 50 pence (9), £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 (2) one without any hand stamps, £10 (2) different types, £15 and £20, these all about UNC to UNC
Postal Orders (4) 1904 Six Pence, 1935 Six Pence with counterfoil, 1944 Two Shillings and Sixpence, 1970 Fifteen Pence, plus Ireland Bank of Ireland One Pound 1943 Pick 55b Fine
South Africa Orange Free State postal orders 5 shilling 1899 aVF & £1 1898 edge tears Fine, both with hinges on reverse plus Queen Victoria portrait section of Indian hundis (3) all with cuts, average Fine-VF
A collection in an album comprising Twenty Pounds (3), Ten Pounds (5), Five Pounds (8), One Pound (123), Ten Shillings (18), British Armed Forces One Pound (6), Fifty Pence (2), Ten Pence (2), Five Pence (2) all but a small quantity in mint state or near so, British Military Authority One Shilling About Fine , South Africa 10 shilling Mafeking Siege note dated 1900, error with word "Commaning", Pick s654a About Fine with tape residue over a large proportion of the reverse of the note, ProvincialDartmouth General Bank one pound dated 1822 for John Hine and Henry Joseph Holdsworth, Grant957A a few pinholes Near Fine, Postal Orders (44) One Pound (1), Fifty Pence (43) all 1993 or later and with counterfoils, EF-UNC
A collection of postal orders in two albums (240) different items Victoria - QE II including many rare and difficult to source items some with retail values in excess of £100 per order
Postal orders (8) KGV (2), various KGVI (6), one has its counterfoil plus National Savings Stamp Book with about a dozen stamps attached, a few low grade but mostly VF or better
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