Five Pounds WhiteBealeB270 October 8th 1949, O63 020860 VF with some brown stains and inked number front top corner, in Westminster's presentation folder
Five Pounds BealeWhite Note B270 dated 26th April 1950 serial number R35 083143,Good VF with an original most likely a Bank teller's annotation for accounting purposes at upper right corner on face
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270London 19th April 1951 serial number U43 082016 Pick344 VF penned number lower left corner, pencilled number at the top and bank stamp reverse
A collection in an album Five Pounds WhiteBealeLondon 1 June 1949 N51 078308 EF, Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key C33 027570 GVF, FfordeB314 03D prefix Unc, One Pounds Peppiatt Blue O64D prefix VF some faint brown stains, Beale K34C prefix about EF, O'Brien 1955 prefix O53J B273 Unc and B282 prefix 21A Unc, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve X27D 670057 AU, O'Brien B271 1955 Unc, Fforde B310 prefix C43N Unc along with USA Dollar SERIES 1981 AU
Five Pounds White (2) Pappiatt London 11 June 1945 and Beale London 13 February 1952 F-VF the Beale with some stains at each edge in the centre, the Peppiatt with a bankers stamp reverse
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270, issued May 17 1952, X82 084161 NVF with some foxing and a pencil annotation on the reverse, comes in a Westminster folder with certificate
Bank of England (18) whiteFive Pounds Beale 22 May 1952 X86 080468 About Fine with some ink marks and inked annotations, Ten Pounds BaileyB400 (1) JE66 996049, Five Pounds Salmon (3) B407 LK28 223091, LH53 528180 and LH65 464039 , One PoundSomerset (6) DT34 781938, DU79 673755, DU79 673756, DX09 895305, DX16 895241 and DY06 726174, Ten Shillings (7) O'Brien B271 Last Series Z72X 085602 GVF, Ten Shillings O'Brien B286 D11 538331 Fine, HollomB294 X55 316895, FfordeB309 (4) 41Z 304609, 02Y 689652, 02Y 689656, and 43Z 927743 in mixed grades some EF
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270London 19th April 1951 serial number U43 082016 Pick344 VF penned number lower left corner, pencilled number at the top and bank stamp reverse
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270 U13 068165 dated 14 March 1951 Good Fine with a small pencil annotation on the reverse, and a small crease on the lower right corner
Five Pounds Bealewhite note B270 dated October 3rd 1949, series O58 035872, (Pick344), EF with some faint brown discolouration and a small section of the top left corner missing
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 30th June 1952 serial number Y20 052976, a pleasing high grade example about UNC - UNC
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 7th March 1952 serial number X22 011451, GVF and pleasing. For a consecutively numbered note to this see next lot
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 14th November 1950 serial number T10 089165, VF pressed and washed with watermark thinned at right resulting in a minor inner split but a presentable note
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 7th March 1952 serial number X22 011450, GVF and pleasing. For a consecutively numbered note to this see previous lot
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 29th January 1951 serial number T74 068542, VF lightly pressed and presentable note
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 6th September 1950 an interesting "declining" serial number S50 056055, VF a very tiny Pinhole at upper left
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 11th October 1950 serial number S80 023773, presentable VF or very slightly better
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 1st January 1952 serial number W64 084923, VF or slightly better multiple pinholes to upper centre left body of the note and minor faint pencilled W in upper right
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 25th May 1949 serial number N45 053689, presentable VF with an inked signature on reverse W S Wilkes and a handstamp at upper right
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 13th October 1950 serial number S82 097280, VF stained with minor thinning and a tape repair at the place of thinning
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 21st September 1949 serial number O48 011901, presentable VF pressed with 2 inked signatures on reverse Kemp at left and R. Best at right
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread dated 31st March 1952 serial number X42 005187 London branch and an original GVF. Printed at St. Luke's Works, London
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread dated 24th July 1952 LAST series serial number Y41 080420 London branch GVF - about EF and a scarcer later issue. Printed at St. Luke's Works, London
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread dated 15th August 1949 serial number 016 021567 London branch. Printed at St. Luke's Works, London. Fresh and crisp about UNC or near so
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread dated 22nd January 1952 serial number W82 013817 London branch EF very Minor Rust but not affecting the design or the general appearance of the note. Printed at St. Luke's Works, London
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread dated 15th November 1950 serial number T11 035339 London branch about EF. Printed at St. Luke's Works, London
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread issue dated 6th June 1952 and a nice serial number with the last number for its prefix X99 013311. VF and a Scarce later note for this type
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread dated 20th January 1951 serial number T67 070545 London branch. Printed at St. Luke's Works, London. VF Minor Annotations, Pinholes
White notes (3) comprising Peppiatt (2) Five pounds B241 dated 2nd October 1934 serial number A/125 68296 VG and Ten Pounds Operation Bernhardforgery as B242 dated 19th April 1934 serial number K134 50235 Fine along with BealeFive Pounds B270 dated 25th October 1949 serial number O77 031420 Fine
Five Pounds White notes (2) comprising O'Brien B275 dated 2nd May 1955 serial number Z61 019938 and BealeB270 dated 3rd August 1951 serial number V35 087337. VG - about Fine
Collection in an album (56) mostly Bank of England in mixed circulated grades comprises Five Pounds BealeWhite Note B270 dated 25th November 1949 series P05 090648. Ten Shillings BradburyT12.2 De La Rue Red issue 1915 series D1/3 01409. Ten Shillings Fisher (2) T26 Red Dash in No. First issue 1919 last series H38 112465 and T30 Second Issue Red No. omitted prefix P77. Ten Pounds Page Lion & Key B327 Brown Replacement issue 1971 first series M01 693529. Peppiatt (7) Ten Shillings to One Pounds includes Emergency Issues and One Pound Green B239 First Period issued 1934 first series prefix A52A. Beale (12) Ten Shillings to One Pounds. O'Brien (12) Ten Shillings to Five Pounds includes Lion & Key 1957 issues (2) B277 Shaded Symbols prefix D41 and B280 White Symbols first series prefix H22. Hollom (4) Ten Shillings and a Five Pounds. Fforde (7) 10 Shillings and One Pounds. One Pounds Page (4). LowtherTwenty Pounds prefix AA08. Along with Scotland (2) and Jersey (2).
Small group of GB (7) predominantly Bank of England (6) comprising Five Pounds BealeWhite Note B270 dated 4th April 1950 series R17 055636 Fine, Five Pounds O'Brien Lion & Key (2) B277 issued 1957 series B77 925410 about EF and B280 issued 1961 first series H25 774529 UNC, Five Pounds HollomB297 issued 1963 series K66 474547 EF with light dirt on reverse, Five Pounds Gill (2) - Duke of WellingtonB353 "L" Reverse issued 1988 series RJ60 681466 UNC and George StephensonB357 issued 1990 series D07 655321 UNC, along with Charles Laffitte & Company Limited 1866 £20 Unissued Share Certificate with some staining
Bank of EnglandTen Shillings to Five Pounds (36) a mixed mostly high grades group comprising Ten Shillings B271 Red/Brown issues 1955 (5) a consecutive set of 4 notes series W98Y 629125 to W98Y 629128 and series X24Y 726915. Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia (10) Fforde 1967 issues (4) including B309 (2) series 90S 691882 & first series 89R 494317 and B310 issues (2) consecutive set A81N 259209 & A81N 259210, Hollom 1963 issues (3) including B295 prefix 86N and B294 prefixes U61 &X27 and O'Brien issues 1961 (3) close serial numbers all prefix E20. One Pounds Green O'Brien B273 issues 1955 (13) prefixes T89K, Y19J, Y90J, L73J, J73L, J16L, C46L, H25L, H51L, E05L, E94L, C12L and D35L. One Pounds Green BealeB268 issue 1950 (3) prefixes D63C, K28B and first series H44B. One Pounds O'Brien QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B282 issues 1960 (4) a consecutive set of 4 notes series 46K 252377 to 46K 252380. Along with Five Pounds WhiteB276 dated 16th September 1955 series A80A 061908
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 dated 15th August 1952 last series Y60 VG stained with inked and stamped numerals, along with Darlington Bank Five Pounds dated 30th October 1891 for Jonathan Backhouse & Comp., Grant 930C, signature cut-cancelled & bank stamps, VG
Bank of England (11), BealeFive Pounds white note B270 dated 2nd February 1950, series P64 048409, (Pick344), some edge damage, Fine, plus 5 Pounds signed Gill (2), 1 Pound signed Somerset (6), and 10 Shillings signed O'Brien and Fforde, mixed grades
Five pounds (6), O'Brien (4) white notes B275, a consecutively numbered series Y88 028238 - Y88 028241 dated 5th February 1955, all VF and Beale (2) white notes B270 dated 23rd May 1950 & 29th October 1951 series R58 086055 & W10 031048, Fine
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