Cheques (17) includes examples ranging from 1843 to 1936, a variety of different banks represented, includes Hertfordshire Hitchin Bank, London & South Western Bank Limited, Gurneys & Birkbeck Bankers, Norwich, The National ProvincialBank of England, The Northern Banking Company, The London City & Midland Bank Limited, Messrs Sparrow, Round & Co. Messrs Child & Co., Barclays Bank, The London & Provincial Bank, and the Northern Banking Company, Belfast, all written, in varied condition, along with Russia (2) Loan certificate from 1993, purple and red, EF and another from 1919 brown on beige VF perforated at the left, both small format
Cheques (105) includes 19th Century types (48) The London & Westminster Bank (4), Mackie, Davidson & Gladstone (1), Maddison, Atherley, Hankinson & Darwin (1), The Manchester & County Bank Limited (2), The Manchester & Liverpool Banking Company and related (4), Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Ltd (6), Manchester and Salford Bank (1), Messrs Martin & Co. (1), Martins Bank Limited and related (8), Masterman, Peters, Mildred, Masterman & Co. (1), Mercantile Bank (1), Metropolitan & Provincial Bank and related (5), Midland Bank and related (6), Messrs Milford, Snow, Collins-Splatt, Milford and Snow (1), Mill, Errington, Bawtree & Co. (1), Molineux, Whitfield, Molineux & Whitfield and related (2), Nathaniel Morgan, Joseph Morgan and Francis Hamp Adams (1), Messrs. Morlands & Co. (1), Messrs. Morton Rose & Co. (1), Messrs. Moss & Company (1), The Munster and Leinster Bank (1), National and Grindlays Bank Limited (1), The National Bank Limited (3), The National Bank of New Zealand Limited (1), National Bank of Scotland Limited and related (8), National Commercial bank of Scotland (1), The National Provincial Bank of England and related (17), The North Eastern Banking Company Limited (1), The North of Scotland Banking Company (1), The North of Scotland Bank Limited and related (3), North and South Wales Bank (3), North Western Bank Limited (2), The North Wilts. Banking Company (1), Northampton Banking Company Limited (1), The Northampton Union Bank (2), Northern Bank Limited (2), Northumberland & Durham District Banking Company (1), Nottingham & Notts. Banking Company (2), Messrs. Nunn & Company, Bankers, Manningtree (1), Messrs. Oakes, Bevan & Coi. (1), and Messrs. T & T.T.Paget Bankers Leicester (1), many different branches represented, the vast majority in high grade and unused with counterfoils
Cheques (95) includes 19th Century types (61) Messrs. Grindlay & Company (1), Messrs. Gurner & Co. Bankers, Aylsham (1), messrs. Gurney & Co. Bankers Attleborough (1), Messrs. Gurneys, Turner, Brightwen & Lloyd (1), Gurneys, mBirkbvecks, Barclay & Buxton (1), Messrs. Gurneys, Birkbeck, Buxtons & Orde (2), Gurneys & Birkbecks (1), Gurneys, Alexanders, Birkbeck, Barclay & Buxton (1), Gurneys, Alexanders, Birkbeck, Barclay, Buxton & Kemson (1), Gurneys, Birkbeck & Martin (1), Messrs. Gurneys, Turner & Brightmen (1), Halifax & Huddersfield Union Banking Co. (1), Messrs. Hall, West & Borrer (1), Messrs. Hammersleys & Co. (1), Messrs. Hammond, Plumptre, Hilton, McMaster & Furley (1), The Hampshire Banking Company (1), The Hampshire & North Wilts Banking Company (1), Mr. Joseph Hardy (1), Messrs. Hardy & Co. Bankers, Grantham (1), Messrs. Harris, Cheese, Davies & Crammer, Bankers, Kington (1), Messrs Harrison, Watson & Co. Bankers, Hull (1), Messrs. Harveys & Hudsons, Bankers Norwich (2), , Messrs. Harwood, Hatcher & Co. (1), Messrs. Haydons & Company (1), Messrs. Henty & Son (1), Messrs. Herries, Farquar, Hallidays & Chapman and related (3), Messrs. Arthur Heywood, Sons & Co. (1), Messrs. Hoare, Barfnetts, Hoare & Co. (1), Messrs. Hoare (1), Messrs, C. Hoare & Co. (1), Messrs. Holt & Co. and related (4), messrs. Hopkinsons, London (1), Messrs. Hordern, Molineux Company of Wolverhampton (1), The Huddersfield Banking Company (2), The Imperial Bank, London (1), The Imperial Bank of India (1), The Isle of Man Banking Company Limited (4), Knaresborough & Claro Banking Co. (1), Joseph Monhouse Head & Company, Carlisle (1), Sir Edmund K.Lacon. Baronet., Lacons, Youell & Kemp, bankers, Halesworth (1), Messrs. lambton & Co. (2), The Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited (3), The Lancaster Banking Company (4), Messrs. leatham, Tew & Company (2), Messrs. Le Bailly, Deslandes & Co. Jersey Mercantile Union Bank (1), Leeds & County Bank Limited (1), The Leicestershire Banking Company Limited and related (3), Lewis's Bank Limited (1), Lincoln & Lindsay Banking Company Limited (1), Liverpool Trustee Savings Bank (1), Liverpool Union Bank Limited (1), Lloyds Bank and related (22) with some as Lloyd Banking Company Limited, Lloyds, Barnetts, Bosanquets Bank Limited (1) and Lloyds & National Provincial Foreign Bank Limited (1), a few slightly faded, mostly unwritten, the vast majority in higher grades, most with counterfoils
Cheques (84) includes 19th Century types (61) Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company (2), Parr's Banking Company Limited and related (18), Messrs. Parsons, Thomson, Parsons, Old Bank Oxford (1), Messrs. Pease & Sons, Bankers, Beverley (1), Preston Old Bank (2), Messrs. Praed, Fane, Praed & Johnson and related (3), Prescott, Dinsdale, Cave, Tugwell & Co. (3), Prescott, Grote, Cave & Cave (1), The Preston Banking Company (2), The Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited (1), Messrs. Paget, Bainbridges & Co. (1), Messrs. Pybus, Call, Marten & Hale (1), Messrs, Ransom, Bouverie & Co (1), Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock & Company (3), The Royal Bank of Canada (1), The Royal Bank of Liverpool (2), The Royal bank of Scotland (5), Messrs. Rufford, Biggs & Rufford (1), Messrs. Ruffords & Wragge (1), Messrs. Sanders & Co. Exeter Bank (2), Sir Samuel Scott, Bart & Company (1), Sharples, Tuke, Lucas & Seebohm, Hitchin (2), The Sheffield Hallamshire Bank Limited (1), The Sheffield Union Banking Company Limited (1), Sheffield Banking Company and related (3), Sheffield and Rotherham Bank (1), Messrs. Simpson & White, Peterborough (1), Messrs. Simpson, Chapman & Co. (2), Messrs. Samuels Smith Bros & Co.(1), Messrs. Samuel Smith & Co. (2), Messrs. Smith, Payne & Smiths (2), Stamford and Spalding Banking Company and related (3), Messrs. Stephensons, Batsom, Remington & Smith (1), Messrs. Stephensons, Remington, Smith & Co. (1), The Standard Bank (1), Messrs. Stilwell & Sons. (1), Stockport & District Trustees Savings Bank (1), Town & Country Building Society (1), Stuckey's Banking Company and related (7), also includes photocopies of the winding up order of Prescott's Bank 1903 and takeover of the Sheffield Union Banking company by the Midland Bank 1901 (now HSBC), many different branches represented, the vast majority in high grade and unused with counterfoils
Cheques (56) includes 19th Century types (41) The Huddersfield Banking Company (4), Fox, Fowler & Co (1), Sheffield & Rotherham Bank (1), Barclays Bank and related (4), Gurneys, Birkbecks, Barclay & Buxton (2), The Barnsley Banking Company Limited (2), The Birmingham, Dudley & District Banking Company (1), Messrs. Crickett, Bacon & Wood (1), The Cumberland Union Banking Company Ltd (1), Crompton & Evans Union Bank Limited (2), London County of Westminster Bank Limited (1), Messrs Cox & Co. London (1), Wilts & Dorset Banking Company Limited (1) The County of Gloucester Bank (1), Messrs. Willm and Saml Evans & Co. Bankers, Derby (1), Yorkshire District Bank (1), Messrs. Curteis, Pomfret & Co. Bankers, Rye (2), Farrow's Bank Limited, Hove (2), Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co. (1), The Lancaster Banking Company (1), Lloyd, Barnetts & Bosanquets Bank Limited (2), London & County Banking Company Limited (1), The London & Midland Bank Limited (1), London County Westminster & Parr's Bank Limited (1), The London Joint Stock Bank Limited (1), Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Co. Ltd (1), The National Bank Limited (1), The National ProvincialBank of England (1), Messrs. Nunn and Company Bankers, Manningtree (1), Preston Old Bank - Messrs. Pedder & Company (1), Messrs. Samuel Smith & Co. (1), The Union Bank of Manchester Limited (1), Westminster Bank Limited (1), District Bank Limited (2), York City and County Banking Company Limited (2), The Yorkshire Banking Company (2), Messrs. Woodhead & Co. London (1), Wilts & Dorset Banking Company Limited (1), Midland Bank Limited and related (2), almost all with counterfoils, all but one are unwritten, many in higher grades, along with a chequebook (12 pages) The National Provincial Bank Limited, (formerly The National Provincial Bank of England) - Portishead Branch, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd. all unwritten
Cheques (49) includes 19th Century types (14) The London City & Midland Bank Limited and related (13), London and County Bank and related (4), London County & Westminster Bank Limited and related (12), London City and Midland Bank Limited (2), London Joint Stock Bank and related (11), The London & Northern Bank Limited (1), The London and Provincial Bank Limited (3) and London & South Western bank Limited (3), together with photocopied letter detailing the winding up of the London & South Western Bank Ltd, many different branches represented, most in high grade and unused
English Provincial Bank cheques and bills of exchange (6) all 19th century proofs for Brosely Bank (3), Bridgnorth Bank, Ludlow and Tenbury Bank & Shrewsbury & Welsh Pool Bank, mount marks, stains, some edge damage etc., an interesting group, EF or better
Cheques (100) British and World Bank issues, most used (40) Together with Barclays Bank Ltd., London and Provincial Bank, Kings Lynne used cheques (60). Generally good condition (100).
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.
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