Treasury and Bank of England Forgeries & Training notes (3) in various grades VG to about UNC - UNC comprising a Treasury 1 Pound Bradbury signature Training note prefix F without serial number, punch-hole cancelled and red overprints NOT VALID and FOR TRAINING USE ONLY. Peppiatt 1 Pound Green Britannia medallion B239 pre-war Unthreaded issue 1934 with a forged Guernsey "Withdrawn from circulation..." overprint and serial number K84A 269068 this the VG note. Along with a forged 1 Pound Bradbury Dardanelles overprint with black FORGED overprint twice and serial number J/44 71335.
World War I group of Four awarded to Pte. CH16430 Frederick Edwards R.M.L.I comprising 1914 Star R.M. Brigade, British War Medal 1914-1920 R.M.L.I, First World WarVictory Medal R.M.L.I, and Royal NavalService and Good Conduct Medal Type (2nd Type Obverse) MNE. R.F.R. GVF-NEF. Pte.Edwards joined in London in 1909 and was sent to Deal Depot. He joined the 9th (Chatham) Battalion RMLI , and, as part of the Royal Marine Brigade, served at the defence of Antwerp in 1914, and was part of the MediterraneanExpeditionary Force in Dardanelles and Gallipoli (Feb 1915-March 1916). Comes with copies of Pte. Edwards service record
Turkey (3) comprising 50 Kurus (2) Pick 133 L. 1930 President Mustafa İsmet İnönü at right & Community Center, Ankara series B25 386933 EF or better slight wrinkling considered from water damage given its history along with the later note which got issued after the bombing Pick 134 President Mustafa İsmet İnönü at centre & Central Bank building Ankara series C2 090520. Also the 100 Lira Pick NL unrecorded L.1930 President Mustafa İsmet İnönü at right & Dardanelles view at reverse series H19 02888 Fine - about VF small piece missing from bottom right corner, a small tear at upper centre at fold and a small light rust mark to left but very well kept and an Exceptionally Scarce notes as our research could find that this issue was on a ship (SS City of Roubaix) bombed by Germany while at Piraeus Harbour (Greece) April 6, 1941 near the beginning of WWII. The Turkish government cancelled the issue and arranged for another instead. All available examples were rescued from the sea therefore signs of salt water damage are to be expected. "There is no official recovery record of the 100 Lira notes from the wreck. They were not handed over by the Greek authorities to the Republic of Turkey like the 50 Kurus notes. It is believed the notes that escaped confiscation were also introduced by Greek and non-Muslim tradesmen and put into circulation in the smaller provinces of Turkey, where communications were poor. The variety of notes confused the public, who were not in a position to tell if the notes were legitimate or not. What is certain is these original notes are extremely rare. Only two pieces were reportedly seen in Turkey in the last few decades. The same is true for the 50 Lira note (P136). Not more than a couple has ever been reported. Although also very hard to acquire, Thomas De La Ruespecimen notes remain the best bet for filling this historic gap in a bank note collection of Turkish Republic issues." (source: International Bank Note Society Journal 50.2, Sep. 2011)
Ten shillings BradburyT15 a contemporary forgery of DardanellesArabic overprint, Cancelled with "Army Pay Office 2 Sept.1918 Gibraltar" on reverse, gFine, also a group (12) of Hungarian, Greek, German & Yugoslavian common WW2 period banknotes all with modern forged Nazi and Jewish overprints, mostly Fine
Treasury 10 shillings BradburyT15 prefix Y/23 "Dardanellesoverprint" issued for Turkey Gallipoli campaign 1915, toned with pinholes & edge wear at left, almost Fine and scarce
Bank of England accumulation (16) includes Britannia £5, Page £1 1st type, Beale £1 replacement S55S, mauve 10/- (2) Z07E & L88D, blue £1 E06E, also a recent copy of T15 10/- Dardanelles ovpt, average VF or better
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