Fort Montague Bank, (near Knaresborough) 5 halfpence skit note, unissued but with pencilled in date of 1832 for E.Hill, serial No.9 also pencilled in, (Out.4008b; Grant 6095A), watermark in paper has date of 1827, good Fine
Gloucester City Old Bank £10 dated 1830 for James Wood, No.7721A, (Out.819h; Grant 1200), ink cancelled, bottom left number area repaired, hole centre left, VG but scarce
Halifax & Huddersfield Union Banking Co. Limited £5 proof on thin card circa 1882 for the Directors & Company (Out.890b; Grant 5267B) about UNC and rare
Halifax Bank £1 dated 1819 No.U378 for Rawdon Briggs, Rawdon Briggs Jnr & William Briggs (Out.885d; Grant 1269D), this note seems genuine? but is ink crossed with "Forged" written twice across face, blue vignette on reverse, Fine
Knaresborough Old Bank proof on paper, pencilled date of 1839 for Harrison, Harrison, Harrison, Harrison Junr. & Wood (Out.1084 for type; Grant 1548 for type) small hole top left & mount marks reverse, about UNC and rare
Leeds Bank £5 forgery dated 1848 No.6262 hand signed Beckett & Wm. Beckett (Out.1124h; Grant1590 for type) top right side torn & rejoined, Fine and scarce
Newcastle upon Tyne £1 (or 20 shillings) dated 1802 for Surtees, Burdon & Brandling (Out.1502g; Grant 2055E) vignette of The Exchange building top left, Fine
Northampton (2) £5 dated 1809 No.R.26 cut & rejoined and £10 dated 1808 No.O.924 for Richard Marriott & Co., (Out.1574c &d; Grant 2118), both have clipped edges, the £10 scarce, Fine
Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire £1 dated 1819 for Thos. Clinton Shiells & Hy. Incledon Johns (Out.683d; Grant 2295D) 1st date for type & earlier design, some edge damage, Good-VG
Richmond Bank, Yorkshire £5 dated 1892, No.19226 for Priestman & Roper, (Out.1784g; Grant 2397G) signature cut cancelled & stamped "Cancelled" in purple, various bank & PO stamps, Fine and scarce
Richmond Bank, Yorkshire £5 dated 1892, No.19485 for Priestman & Roper, (Out.1784g; Grant 2397G) signature cut cancelled & stamped "Cancelled" in light blue (with inset date of 17 Feb.1908), various bank & PO stamps, edge tears, Fine and scarce
Richmond Bank, Yorkshire £5 dated 1894, No.20145 for Priestman & Roper, (Out.1784g; Grant 2397G) signature cut cancelled & red ink cancelled, various bank stamps, Fine+ and scarce
Ripon & Knaresborough Bank £1 proof on card, Ripon branch, dated 18xx (1823-25) for Thos. Charnock, Wm. Thackwray & Co., (Out.1797; Grant 2427), mount marks reverse otherwise UNC and scarce
Saddleworth Bank guinea 1805, Halifax Bank guinea 1803 for Brothers Swaine & Co (stuck on paper), Darlington Bank £1 for Mowbray, Hollingsworth, etc, Poor to Good
Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company £5 dated 1900, (hand stamps on reverse for Grimsby/Hull Savings Bank & a sail maker in Grimsby), triangular cut cancelled, Fine
Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company £5 dated 1903, (London & South Western Bank stamp for Dr Barnardo's Homes on reverse), triangular cut cancelled, Fine
Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company £5 dated 1903, (Post Office stamps on reverse for Grimsby and Alford, Lincs), triangular cut cancelled, Fine
Swaledale & Wensleydale Banking Company £5, cut cancelled 3/4 proofs (3) dated 18xx, issued Bedale (Out.115(g); Grant 5657B), Leyburn (Out.1185a for type; Grant 5657B) and Richmond (Out.1786a for type); Grant 5657B), mount marks reverse & missing bottom section, EF or better
The York City & County Banking Company, SELBY BANK £5 proof on paper dated 18xx (1830-83), (Out.1908a; Grant 5729A), Lizars printing, "SPECIMEN" in black at bottom, mount marks, stains & residue, body overall aUNC
Wakefield Bank £1 dated 1818 No.H1642 for Wentworth, Chaloner, Rishworth & Rishworth, (Out.2243 for type-not listed; Grant 3030A) some edge wear, almost Fine and scarce
Wakefield Bank £1 proof, thin paper mounted on card dated 18xx (1823-25) for Wentworth, Chaloner & Rishworths, (Out.2243d for type; Grant 3030B), a few marks, aUNC and rare
Wensley-Dale Bank £10 unissued remainder dated 180x (1801-07) for Stapylton, Wood, Simpson, Other & Co., (Out.1183a), Bolton Castle vignette top left, about UNC
Whitby Bank 1 guinea dated 1819, No.C1950 for Jonathan & Joseph Sanders, (Out.2339(b); Grant 3180B), blue WHITBY BANK vignette on reverse, ink cancelled, VG-Fine and rare
Whitby Old Bank 1 guinea proof on paper, large size, pencilled annotation of 1822 on reverse, initials at left SC&C (Simpson, Chapman & Co.) vignette at right, Hermes bust at centre, (Out.2340b; Grant 3195 for type), tear at top & small piece missing at bottom centre, about UNC
Worcester Bank 5 guineas dated 1792, No.B634 for Glover, Edwards, Embury, Cross & Benbow, (Out.2421a; Grant 3306A), thin paper & mounted to thin card on border area only, VG, scarce
York Bank £5 dated 1875, No.M780 for Swann, Clough & Co., (Out.2451a; Grant 3369E), large area of bottom right corner missing (most of signature still visible), Fine and scarce
York City & County Banking Company £5, WHITBY BANK £5 proof on card dated 18xx (1830-83), (Out.2345a; Grant 5729A), Lizars printing, mount marks reverse and some stains, about UNC and rare
York Union Banking Company (Limited) dated 1882, No.U4363, the word "Limited" is a small provisional stamp for this linking date variety, (Out.2457b for type; Grant 5747A), ink cancelled, Fine and rare
Great Britain SPECIMEN Travellers Cheques (7) Barclays Bank 1954 (facsimiles), Hambros Bank 1969, Martins Bank 1961, National & Grindlays Bank (facsimiles), National Provincial Bank 1962, (facsimiles), N.M.Rothschild & Sons 1966, Westminster Bank 1954. All with official bank correspondence.
Great Britain, Barclays Bank SPECIMEN Travellers Cheques (6) £2-£50 (facsimiles) 1963, £2, £5 & £10 (facsimiles) 1949, £20 (facsimile) 1954, £50 (facsimle) 1960, Barclays Bank D.C.O. £50 1960. All with official bank correspondence.
A collection in three albums mostly recent issues in high grades though with some earlier types a wide variety with no apperent duplication and including some unofficial and fantasy types (lot)
Australia £1 (6) KGVI 1942 issues (3), Armitage/McFarlane, prefixes H69, H71 and J76, Pick26b and QE2 Reserve Bank (3) prefixes HI/24, HI/42 and HI/65, Pick34a, average Fine or better
Canada, SPECIMEN Money Orders (10), Royal Bank of Canada 1950 (5) & 1971, Canadian Pacific Express Co. 1963 & Travellers Cheques 1953, Canadian National Railway Co. Money Order 1958 & Cheque 1935. All with official bank correspondence. EF.
Confederate States of America $5 dated 1861 No.41307, II series, sailor with cotton bales top centre, Pick20b, pinholes & abrasions at left and right on face, VF
France Chamber of Commerce & local issues in small album (88) a good range all different dating c.1914 to 1920s includes Algers and Bone, some interesting WW1 period Bons also, some lower grades but mostly GEF to UNC, also a few German & Russian
Francerevolutionary issues (36) includes 2000 francs P.A81, 500 livres 1792 (5) P.A72, 500 livres P.A77, 100 francs (14) various signature types P.A78, various Mandats and smaller values, average Fine or better and needs viewing
Germany Prison of War (2) 5 Reichsmark series 1 in UNC and 10 Reichsmark EF+, red triangle at centre, eagle over swastika bottom left, used by captured Allies during WW2, high grades for type
India, £5 trial or proof for the Provincial Bank, possibly 1820's, vignette with letter WC at left, eagle on crown with word "Persevere" above at right, 4 Chinese characters on blank reverse, (this example is without a watermark but we have sold previously one with a "Bank of Hindostan" watermark) GVF and unusual
Malaya Board of Commissioners of Currency 1940 issues KGVI portrait, $1 in green, low serial A/1 000128 and $5 in blue, low serial A/1 000144, overprinted "NOT LEGAL TENDER" & "SPECIMEN ONLY NO VALUE" in red, comes with a HKSB bank slip dated Singapore 1941 & Bangkok HKSB envelope, some rust marks & multiple small pinholes top left, Pick4a & Pick5a, overall GEF to about UNC , extremely rare and desirable
Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited £100 dated 1st October 1968 serial number N-I/BB 00870 hand signed Russell, Pick186a, (NR86), VF-GVF and scarce high value
ScotlandBritish Linen Bank £100 proof dated 24th June 1935 serial No.O/3 2/500, six cancellation punch-holes, Pick160a, left side edge damage & red ink marks, good Fine and rare
ScotlandBritish Linen Bank £20 proof dated 6th August 1935, six cancellation punch-holes, Pick159a, clipped at top border & some edge damage left side, VF-GVF
ScotlandBritish Linen Bank £5 proof dated 3rd January 1936, six cancellation punch-holes, Pick158a, clipped at top border & some edge damage left side, VF-GVF
Scotland, East Lothian Banking Comp. 20 shillings dated 1st Nov. 1821, No.201/439 and signed in ink by Borthwick, most likely never issued, small stain, about UNC
Scotland, SPECIMEN Travellers Cheques (7) Bank of Scotland 1959 & 1962 (facsimiles), National Bank of Scotland folder 1955 with specimen & facsimile trav. chq's., letters of credit and specimen signatures, National Commercial Bank of Scotland £50 1963 (facsimile), Royal Bank of Scotland £2, £5, & £10 1947. All with official bank correspondence.
Trinidad & Tobago, The Royal Bank of Canada $5 dated 1920 serial No.264947 signed Wilson/Holt, steam ship vignette at centre, Pick S151a, rare, about Fine
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