Cheques (98) includes 19th Century types (65) Messrs. Beckett & Co. (2), Messrs. Beechings, Hodgkin & Beeching Bankers, Tonbridge (1), The Belfast Banking Company (3), Messrs. Berwick, Lechmere, Isaac, Isaac & Martin (1), Messrs, Berwick, Lechmere, Isaac, Martin & Co. (1), Messrs. Bingel & Schumann (1), Birkbeck Bank (1), The Birmingham Banking Company (4), Birmingham District & Counties Banking Company Limited (2), Birmingham & Midland Bank (1), Birmingham , Dudley & District Banking Company and related (2), Bolitho, Foster, Coode & Co. Limited (1), Bradford Old Bank Limited (1), Bristol and West of England Bank Limited (1), British Linen Company/Bank (6), Messrs. Brocklehursts Company of Bankers and related (2), Messrs. Brown, Janson & Company (1), Messrs. Brown & Reeves Bankers, Shepton Mallett (1), Messrs. Brown, Shipley & Co. (1), The Bucks & Oxon Union Bank (4), Messrs. John, Henry & George Bugg Bankers, Spalding (1), The Burton, Uttoxeter and Ashbourn Union Bank (2), North Devon Bank (1), Caledonian banking Company (1), The Capital & Counties Bank Limited and related (9), Carlisle City and District Banking Company Limited (2), The Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company (7), Sir Charles R. McGregor (2), The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China (1), The Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Banking Company (1), Messrs. Child & Co. (4), The City Bank (2), The Civil Service Bank Limited (1), The City of Glasgow Bank (3), Messrs. Clarkes and Philips Banker, Leicester, Messrs. Claypon, Garfit & Claypons, Bankers, Boston (1), The Clydesdale Banking Company (6), The Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited (1), The Commercial bank od Scotland Ltd and related (7), Aberdeen Commercial Banking Company (1), The Consolidated Bank Limited (3), Messrs. Cooper & Purton, Bridgnorth (1), The Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited (2), The Co-operative Bank (1), all unwritten in mixed high grades most with counterfoils
Cheques (98) includes 19th Century types (64) The County of Gloucester Bank (4), Messrs. Coutts & Company (5), Coventry Union Banking Company (1), Messrs. Cox & Co. and related (4), The Craven Bank Limited (1), Messrs. Crickett, Bacon & Wood (1), Crompton & Evans Union Bank Ltd (2), Messrs. Cunliffes, Brooks & Co (2), The Cumberland Union Banking Co. Limited (2), Messrs. Roger Cunliffe, Sons & Co. (1), Messrts. Currie & Co. (1), Messrs. Curteis, Pomfret & Co. Bankers, Rye (1), Kington & Radnorshire Bank (2), Messrs. Davison, Noel, Templer, Middleton & Wedgwood, London (1), Derby & Derbyshire Banking Company (2), Devon & Cornwall Banking Company and related (2), Mesrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, Barnard & Dimsdale (1), Messrs. Dingley, Pethybridge, White & Dingley (1), District Bank Limited and related (7), Messrs. Dixon, Langdale, Dixon & Brooks (1), Messrs. Dixon, Son, & Brooks (1), Messrs, Drake, Gribble, Marshall & Co. (1), Messrs. Drummond (5), Dudley & West Bromwich Banking Company (1), Douglas and Isle of Man Bank - Dumbells Banking Company Limited (2), East of England Bank (1), Messrs. Willm & Saml Evans & Co. (1), Messrs. Farley, Wakeman, Lavender & Owen (1), Farrow's Bank Limited (2), Mr. Thomas Ferguson (1), Messrs. Fincham, French & Simpson (1), First Direct (1), Fox, Fowler & Co. (3), Leek Bank - Messrs. Fowler, Gaunt & Co. (2), Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, Nix & Mathieson (1), Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, Nix & Co. (1), Messrs. Gillett & Co. (2), The Glamorganshire Banking Company, Swansea (1), The County of Gloucester Bank (1), The Gloucestershire Banking Company (3), Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills & Co and related (16, with almost all different), Messrs. Goslings & Sharpe (3), Messrs. Grant, Gillman & Long (1), Grant & Maddison's Union Banking Company (1), Messrs. Greaves, Greenway & Smith (1) and Messrs. Greenway, Smith & Greenways (1) some a little faded, a couple damaged, the vast majority unwritten and in high grades most with counterfoils
Plymouth Dock Bank, Devonshire 1 Pound dated 1st September 1823 No. D4081 For Thomas Clinton Shiells & Henry Incledon Johns, manuscript signed H. I. Johns (Outing 683c; Grant 2295d), VG - Fine with a few small tears near signature expected for age and the usual inked signatures and annotations on reverse. Imprint reads Silvester sc, Strand, London. Black featuring No. 51 Fore Street with flags at upper left and sailing ship below. The reverse with a large 5 Pence Revenue vignette featuring the Royal Cypher of King George IV, the Royal Arms at centre and denomination.
Devonshire Bank, Okehampton 1 Pound dated 8th December 1817 No. C795 For Can, Williams, Searle & Co. and multiple manuscript signatures for Can, John Searle and others (Outing 1633a; Grant 2184), VG multiple Pinholes in body and the usual inked signatures/annotations on reverse. Black with imprint Ashby & Ball and featuring a vignette with castle ruins at left. The reverse with bank name at bottom and an elaborate design of the Partnership monogram.
Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire 5 Pounds dated 6th January 1820 No.2104 for Thomas Clinton Shiells & Henry Incledon Johns., manuscript signature T. H. Shiells, (Outing 683e), VF or near so Annotations, Pinholes and Tape Re-joined in middle
EnglandProvincial notes (2), Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire 5 Pounds dated 1st September 1923 series No.1624, for Thomas Clinton Shiells & Henry Incledon Johns., (Outing 683e) Fine, Dartmouth General Bank 1 Pound dated 1822 series No.B7092 for John Hine & Henry Joseph Holdsworth (Outing 639a), Fine
Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire £5 first date of issue 1819 series No.1716 for Thomas Clinton Shiells & Henry Incledon Johns., signed Shiells, (Outing 683e), Fine
Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire £1 dated 1819 for Thos. Clinton Shiells & Hy. Incledon Johns (Outing 683d) 1st date for type & an earlier design, pinholes, piece missing lower left corner & some edge damage, Good-VG
Devonshire Bank £5, Exeter issue dated 1818 series No.C720 for Williams, Cann, Searle & Co., (Outing 765b), castle keep at left, clipped top edge, pinholes, about Fine
Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire £1 dated 1819 for Thos. Clinton Shiells & Hy. Incledon Johns (Outing 683d) 1st date for type & an earlier design, pinholes & some edge damage at right, Good-VG
Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire £5 first date of issue 1819 No.247 for Thomas Clinton Shiells & Henry Incledon Johns., signed Shiells, (Outing 683e), tape rejoined, VG
Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire £5 first date of issue 1819 No.1284 for Thomas Clinton Shiells & Henry Incledon Johns., signed Shiells, (Outing 683e), clipped edges, Fine
Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire £5 dated 1820 No.2152 for Thomas Clinton Shiells & Henry Incledon Johns., signed Shiells, (Out.683e; Grant 2295D), Fine+
Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire £5 dated 1819 No.596 for Thomas Clinton Shiells & Henry Incledon Johns., signed Johns, (Out.683e; Grant 2295D), some edge wear, Fine
Devonshire Bank £1, Exeter, dated 1817, No.C885 for Williams, Cann, Searle & Co., (Out.765a; Grant 1125b), castle keep at left, large monogram on reverse, VG-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
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