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
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
Great Britain Provincial issues along with a Rent receipt (8) in mixed grades Good/VG to Fine comprising a cut left hand piece believed to be Andover Old Bank 10 Pounds with number J367 for Joseph, William & Robert Wakeford, showing entered manuscript signature Wm. Wakeford (Outing 36h). Darlington Bank (2) including 1 Pound 17th September 1813 number B732 for Mowbray, Hollingsworth, Wetherell, Shields, Boulton & Co. manuscript signatures entered Taylor & signed Hollingsworth (Outing 630e) along with 5 Pounds cut-cancelled number F/X 171 17th December 1879 for Jonathan Backhouse & Co. (Outing 629r), paper tape repaired on reverse with bank stamps. Derby Bank 1 Pound 27th June 1812 serial number W 562 for Bellairs, Sons & Co. manuscript signatures entered John Bromley & signed T. Bellairs, with bankruptcy exhibit stamp on reverse. Durham Bank 5 Pounds cut-cancelled 14th September 1882 number C/N 682 (Outing 722g). Stockton & Cleveland Bank 1 Pound 11th November 1812 number P2863 for Lumley, Wilkinson & Snondon manuscript signatures entered Marshall & signed Snondon (Outing 2046b), bankruptcy stamp on reverse. Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds cut-cancelled 16th October 1882 number A/A 0095 for Jonathan Backhouse & Co. (Outing 2050c), paper tape repair & stamps on reverse. The Rent receipt from His Grace the Duke of Portland and signed by Ths. Benson for (?) of Blackwell in the sum of 1 Pound and 15 shillings and valid for one whole year dated 16th October 1764.
Great Britain & the Channel islands (10) all in average good Fine to VF and various issuers and issues. Comprising England (4) consisting of a Treasury 1 Pound Fisher Second issue T31 Dot in no. 1923 serial number C1/7 117577. Bank of England 1 Pound CatternsB225 Green Britannia medallion 1930 series M22 258760. Together with a provincialNewcastle upon Tyne Joint Stock Banking Company 5 Pounds Cancelled twice in ink handstamp (Outing 1515b) and a British postal order George VI for 2 Shillings issued office Babington Lane, Derby 1948 with no paying office stamp. Also Scotland (3) including The Royal Bank of Scotland 1 Pound Pick 336 1975 signature Burke prefix A/95. The Royal Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds Pick 337a 3rd May 1977 signature Burke prefix A/51. And the British Linen Bank 1 Pound Pick 162a 30th September 1961 signature Anderson prefix T/3. Isle of Man Government (2) including a 50 New Pence Pick 28c signature Paul together with 1 Pound Pick 38 Tyvek signature Dawson. Also a Jersey 1 Pound Pick 11a signature Clement. A varied and interesting group
Derby Bank One Pound dated 1812 series No.V40 for Bellairs, Sons & Co., (Outing 673d), Bankruptcy exhibit stamp on reverse, pinholes and edge nicks, good VG
British Provincial Banknotes (10) a low grade group includes Derby Bank £1 (2) 1811 & 1813, 1901 StamfordSpalding £5 cut cancelled, Newport Bank £1 1812-half note only, Huddersfield Commercial Bank 1 guineas (2), Tamworth Bank £1 trimmed 1814 and Yeovil Old Bank £5 (2) and £10-half notes or re-joined, average Good to VG some better
Crickhowell guinea c.1817, Leicester Bank £1 c.1811, Derby Bank £1 1813, Tamworth Bank £1 1814, Newport Bank £1 1812, Yeovil Old Bank £5 (2) and £10 (3), all space fillers, missing pieces, etc, average Good to VG
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