China, Shanghai yuyuan market Limited Company Stock Certificates 1987, text in Chinese with vignette of buildings, mauve (6). Nationalist Governmentloan for 500 yuan, brown & red. U.S.A. Town of JeffersonWaterworks and Sewer Reserve Bond of 1959 with coupons. AEF.
Russia, Armavir-Touapse Railway Co. £500 bond, loan of 1909, red & black with coupons (2) One GVF the other torn with section missing. Russia, City of St. Petersburg, 4% loan of 1913, Series B (1) & Series C (5) scrip certificates, AVF (6). Russia, Government of Russia 4% Consolidated Railroad Bonds, Series 1-3, for 125 roubles 1889, with coupons, mauve with coupons, AVF or better. (6). Russia, Government of Russia 4% Gold Loan of 1890, third issue bonds for 3125 roubles (3), fourth issue bonds for 3125 roubles (1), this with corner torn, mauve, with coupons, generally AVF or better (4). Bonds for 625 roubles (5), third & fourth issue, blue, with coupons, generally AVF or better (4). Government of State Loan of 1906 bond for 187.5 roubles (3), no coupons, Government of State Loan of 1909 bond for 187.5 roubles (1), with coupons. some damaged AVF or better (13).
Russia, City of Kieff, 22nd Loan, 1914, bond for £20, ornate border, City arms at top, green brown & black with coupons GVF (24). Russia, City of Kieff, 22nd Loan, 1914, bond for £100, ornate border, City arms at top, red brown & black with coupons GVF (20). Russia, City of Kieff (Municipal ElectricTramway) 5% Loan of 1914, scrip certificates for £20 bond (20) brown, £100 bond (1) green, £500 bond (3) pink. Pin holes AVF or better. (24).
Russia, City of Saratof 5% Loan 1909, bond for 937.50 roubles, ornate border, City arms at top, mauve with coupons, some with damage otherwise GVF (38)
Russia, RussianTobaccoCompany Ltd. bearer warrants for 50 brown (17) and 100 green (4) shares, dated 1915 &1916, with coupons, some creased generally VF. (21).
U.S.A., Railroad certificates (5), New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co. Lake Shore Collateral 1898, Columbus & Indianapolis Railroad Co. 1864, McKeesport and Belle Vernon Railroad Co. 1888, South CarolinaRailway Co. 1881, uncancelled, Rutland Street Railway Co. of Rutland, Vermont, 1885. Most with cancellation holes, GVF.
U.S.A., Railroad certificates (7), Baltimore and Annapolis short line Railroad Co. 1906, The Mohawk and Malone Railway Co. 1892, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co. 1880, Eire and Union Railroad Co. 1909, Utica and Black River Railroad Co. 1890, Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburgh Railroad Co. 1893, Escanaba Iron Mountain & Western Railroad Co. 1890. Some with cancellation holes otherwise GVF.
U.S.A., Railroad certificates (7), Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Co. 1894 (three types), Western New York and PennsylvaniaRailway Co. 1895, DetroitGrand Rapids and Western Railroad Co. 1897, Norfolk and Western Railroad Co. 1889, State of Texas International Railroad Co. 1871, unissued. Many with cancellation holes, generally GVF.
A collection in an album 10/- to £20 many in high grades and including Lion and Key Fives in high grades along with The Royal Mint Five Pounds Set and Ulster bank Presentation George Best £5
A collection in an album generally higher denominations £5 - £20 with some better prefixes such as Hollom £5 A01, and Gill £5 A01 includes some consecutive number runs, mixed grades many in high grades
Bank of England Applegarth & Cowper trial £5 circa 1821, "I Promise to pay Mr Henry Hase or bearer" at top, black with orange FIVE POUNDS at centre, Britannia at left & right, "Rippon" bottom centre, edge nicks & mount mark traces reverse GVF and scarce
Bank of England in an album and loose including consecutive runs and high denominations, along with Scottish issues these too containing higher denominatons, mixed graded but many in high grade
Twenty Pounds Lowther DA01 (2) Ten Pounds Lowther (2) AC13 676919 The Governor and The Company, AJ20 836336 The Governor and Company EF, plus Twenty Pounds to Ten Shillings £494 face, and a small group of World notes, in mixed grades
Twenty pounds PeppiattwhiteB243 dated 20th July 1936 series 52/M 30586, small stain & edge nick at top, (provenance ex-Colin Narbeth sale label attached), about VF and a scarcer high value
One Pound blue PeppiattB249A, Guernsey overprint 2Withdrawn from circulation September 18th 1941." series C63D 428817 (a recorded number), cleaned & pressed, good Fine to VF, scarce
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (2) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, first series consecutive numbers H72 927817 & H72 927818, GEF
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (4) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, consecutive numbered last series K44 446625 to K44 446628 (last prefix for this series only runs to K45), GVF to EF
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (4) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, consecutive numbered series J98 219287 to J88 219290, GEF to about UNC
Five pounds FfordeB314 (2) issued 1967, a consecutively numbered pair, very 1st run series 01A 473205 & 01A 473206, about Unc to UNC, very scarce and especially as a pair
Fifty pounds SomersetB352 (2) issued 1981, a consecutively numbered pair, first run A01 697129 & A01 697130 (this second note has a tiny inked number on the face), Christopher Wren on reverse, about UNC
Allied Anti-German World War 2 airdrop note, Operation Trondheim, one side is a forged 50 Reichspfennig and the other side has derogatory anti-German propaganda ( "50 Pfennig heiss' ich---Dass Hitler ihm was schenkt"), mainly dropped over the Channel Islands & Norway, edge wear, VF and scarce
Allied Anti-German World War 2 airdrop note, Operation Trondheim, one side is a forged 50 Reichspfennig and the other side has derogatory anti-German propaganda ( "Ich bin Hitlers Arschwisch---Fur mich kaufen kann"), mainly dropped over the Channel Islands & Norway, good Fine and scarce
Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd promotional note c.1930s-40s, King Charles I vignette at centre, orange & brown, centre vignette of woman with cherubs on reverse, in original full sheet state on watermarked paper from Office Francais des Papiers Fiduciaires, almost UNC
Huddersfield Commercial Bank £1 dated 1816 series No.2923 for Benjamin & Joshua Ingham & Co., (Outing 1004b) small bankruptcy stamp on reverse (exhibited at the Rose & Crown Inn, Huddersfield dated 1819), edge nicks, Fine
Ilfracombe Bank £5 dated 1835, 2 unmatched halves taped together, left half series No.958 and right half series No.786 (Outing 1039a) overall Fine condition and a scarce type
Leeds Bank £5 proof, soft card overprinted SPECIMEN for Wm. Williams Brown, Charles Barr & Co. (Outing1130 for type), printers ink stains, about UNC to UNC
Isle of Wight Bank, Newport £10 Post Bill dated 1801 series No.6279 for James, John & Joseph Kirkpatrick (Outing 1533 for type), internal holes from ink corrosion, Fine
Isle of Wight Bank, Newport 5 guineas dated 1790 series No.5209 for Henry & John Roberts, Mark Gregory & Geo. Barton (Outing 1534 for type), signature area cut cancelled & edge damage, about Fine
Newport bank, Isle of Wight £10 sight note dated 1788 series No.1008, signature ink cancelled, split in 2 and pasted onto card (Outing 1534d for type), Good-VG, presentable and scarce
Ramsgate Old Bank One Pound, Nathaniel Austen & Son unissued (Outing 1766a) EF with some light foxing, Stockton on Tees Bank Five Pounds 1883 Jonathan Backhouse issue Fine, Darlington Bank £5 1889 , Jonathan Backhouse issue, cut cancelled, Fine
Rochester Watt's Charity warrant dated 1853, instructions to give four pence to travellers to pay for a Night's Lodging, series No.6, (Outing 3044), small centre hole, GEF
Canada Champlain & St Lawrence Railroad unissued remainders dated 1837 (possibly contemporary) 2s6d, 15d and 7 1/2d, greaseproof type paper, uniface, about UNC
China 20th century issues including pre ww11 types over 150 some modern ones with duplication the early types mostly different mixed grades mostly from circulation
Estonia cardboard tokens (2) 40 kop (stamp dated 1908 on reverse) and 45 kop (stamp dated 1910 then also 1911 on reverse) both from Klosterhof, also includes information from the Estonian National Museum, slight wear, almost UNC and unusual
India100 rupees (2) Pick44 and Pick45, purple issues with staple holes & repairs plus assorted Germany (31) duplicated issues from 1010 to 1920s, average Fine but some better
Iran20 rials issued 1932 (AH1311) series A489445, Shah Reza portrait at centre, Pick20a, small edge tears top, cleaned & pressed, about Fine and scarce
Ireland Republic 10 shillings dated 26.1.1944 warcode letter E Pick1D, piece missing right edge plus Straits Settlements $1 1935 and Royal Bank of Scotland £1 dated 1961, average Fine
ItalyWW2 anti-Allied propaganda on a reproduced USA $1 dated 1935 series D85826026A, translation on the reverse of the note is roughly "American promises have always been in vain, bubbles are fine and good, as are soap bubbles ... just like this Banknote" pressed GEF or better
Scotland (6) Bank of Scotland £1 1941 series X, National Bank £1 1944, British Linen Bank £1 1942 & £20 1942 (inked numbers), Royal Bank £1 1944 and large size £5 1944, Fine or better
Scotland £1 notes (22) an assorted group from Clydesdale Bank 1940 to a Royal Bank £1 1991 consecutive run of 10 notes, includes BoS £1 1940, British Linen Bank £1 1968 plus Irish Lavery £1 dated 1965, average Fine to VF for earlier notes, high grades for later issues
ScotlandBank of Scotland £20 large size note dated 6th April 1955 series 2/A 3165, Pick94e first date of issue, tiny inked number reverse, Fine to good Fine
ScotlandClydesdale Bank 2009 World Heritage commemorative series with low matching numbers W/HS 000102 in commemorative folder, Pick229i to 229M, slight wear to outer folder, notes all UNC
Scotland Union Bank of Scotland Limited £1 proof with 2 large cancellation punch-holes dated 5th December 1931 series F, PickS815b, bank stamp & red printers annotations on reverse, almost EF
Scotland Union Bank of Scotland Limited £1 proof with numerous cancellation punch-holes dated 1st October 1921 series A, PickS810, red printers annotations on reverse, VF
Seychelles10 rupees (101) issued 2013, a consecutive numbered run, low series numbers AH000011 to AH000020, Pick36c for type (a new issue), counting flick only, about UNC to UNC
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