Fiji Young QEII at right (3) 5 Pounds 1.9.1959 Fine with some inked annotations, 1 Pound 1.12.1961 VF, 10 Shillings 1.12.1961 aVF all with evidence of having been mounted on the 4 corners reverse
Southern RhodesiaGeorge VI portrait (2),10 shillings dated 1st March 1944, Pick9b and 5 shillings dated 1st February 1945 series D/21 004629. VG - Fine
Bermuda QE II Young Portrait (4) 10 Shillings and 5 Shillings both 1.5.1957 both Unc but both with evidence of adhesive reverse, along with 10 Shillings 20.10.1952 Fine and 1.5.1957 VG
Bahamas Young QE II portrait (1953) (3) 10 Shillings Sweeting and Bethel Pick 14c AU but with two areas of adhesive staining reverse 4 Shillings (2) both about Fine
GB and World mixed grades some in album pages dating back to PeppiattTen Shillings Mauves including higher denominations such as Channel Islands £5 (circa 80 notes)
World with some in frames Uganda 5000 Shillings 1986 Unc, Scotland RBS Pound 1993 (2) and USA (8) being $48 face these from circulation and dating back to 1935, in frames Confederate States of America $1,000 1863, £1 Somerset and 10/- Fforde this D15N 277777, France Assignat 1793, Confederate Stated $10 Richmond 1864, Zimbabwe and Vietnam 10,000000000 2008 and 10 Dong, Peppiatt £1 with a 1944 coins set so the 6d, Shilling, 2/- and 2/6 .5 silver the notes in frames in mixed grades, Banbury Old Bank cheque 13th July 1870. UK Proof Set 1970 (no outer wrapper) along with a small group of mixed world coins in mixed grades some of these in silver with two sets in perspex holders
World War II emergency issues (2) Fiji 2 Shillings 1 January 1942 black on red words 3 signatures Pick 42r remainder without serial number Unc. Ceylon The Government of Ceylon 5c 1 June 1942 Commission of Currency with 2c and 3c stamps S/N on plain reverse C 056521 without roulettes Pick 42a a VF
Australia 10 Shillings Riddle and Sheehan with TEN SHILLINGS in red in the margins Pick 20 (1934) George V facing portrait S/N C/39 551935 Good VF a seldom offered type especially in this pleasing grade, desirable thus
Australia 10 Shillings (3) orange George VI facing portrait (2) Armitage and McFarlane S/N F/36 112616, Coombs and Watt S/N A/59 681843, Mathew Flinders at right Coombs and Wilson S/N AF/64 327787 all VF or near so
Guernsey (3) 10 shillings dated 1966 serial 23/F 3625, Pick42c, AU, 1 Pound 1 July 1966 serial 48/U 2923 about Fine and 1 Pounds signed Brown H859095 Unc
World - Europe a collection in an album a wide variety in mixed grades many in Unc, some higher denominations and better countries such as Cyprus £5, Italy 10,000 L, Swiss 50 Francs, a young QE II Malta 10 Shillings Pick 25 in high mid grade and more
Isle of Man (6) 10 Shillings red (1961) (3) Garvey and Stallard (2), 50 Pence Stallard and 1 Pound Dawson (2) consecutives M007264 and M007265 a high grade group all Unc or very near
Ireland Republic ( 15 ) 10 Shillings (2) both 1949 and both Fine, 1 Pound 11.8.49 VF small nick at bottom edge, 30.9.76 AU, Queen Medb (6) these Unc. 5 Pounds 14.09.88 EF and 22.10.96 Fine. 10 Pounds 19.06.89 VF and 06.05.97 EF. 20 Pounds 06.02.89 EF
Guernsey 10 Shillings 1 July 1966 prefix 22/P EF, prefix 23/T VF light stains, 1 PoundPick 45 (2) signed Bull and signed Hodder these Unc, 5 Pounds signed Bull Pick 46c EF
Advertising and Promotional (10) Bradbury and Wilkinson and Thomas De La Rue generally large colourful issues in high grade including IBNS Congress 1986, Trafalgar Experimental, 1989 Annual European Congress and more. Along with blank whitewatermarked paper post horn watermark with imprint at top left ONE POUND FIVE SHILLINGS 1815
New Zealand D.C.B Practice Money (FOR TRAINING PURPPOSES ONLY) (9) Ten Shillings Brown, One Pound Purple and 5 Pounds Blue, $1 Brown, $2 Purple, $5 Orange, $10 Blue, $20 Green and $100 Red ISSUED BY THE DECIMAL CURRENCY BOARD Unc
World (circa 100) a wide variety some with George VI portrait, a BealeTen Shillings in decent grade, a few Notgeld and Germaninflation and some fantasies viewing recommended, generally in circulated grades
Rhodesia and Nyasaland 10 Shillings 3rd April 1953 W/1 000024 PMG 63 EPQ Pick 20a. W/1 is the first series of this issue so this is just the 24th note printed also in choice grade at 63 EPQ so a rare and desirable note that ticks all the boxes
Gibraltar Government 1965 issues (2) 1 Pound series G229658, rock of Gibraltar at bottom centre, Pick18a EF and 10 Shillings D573509 Fine inked annotation reverse
Jersey World War II German Occupation 1 ShillingPick 2a (BY JE2; Rosenberg ZWK-100e (formerly 656e)) issued in April 1942 and June 1942 ND with the prefix JN only and serial number 37423, graded 66 EPQ by PMG Choice Uncirculated Exceptional Paper Quality and rare in this top grade
Bahamas 4 Shillings 1953 signed Sweeting and Roberts VG, QE II portrait 50 Cents signed Allen, 1 Dollar Pick 27 (1), Pick 35 (1), Pick 43 (9), series 1996 (3) many of these VF or better. 2001 (3), 2008 (1) these from circulation. Barbados $5 and $20 signed Blackman VF-EF, Belize 1 Dollar 1.7.1983 VF, $2 2003-2011 (4) F-VF, Bermuda 1 Dollar 6.2.1970 VF. Cayman I 1 Dollar 1974 Pick 5 prefix A/5 EF. East Caribbean QEII $5 and $10 F-VF, Trinidad and Tobago 1 Dollar 2.1.1939 Fine and 2008 1 and 5 Dollars VF
AustraliaGeorge VI at right (3) 10 Shillings orange Armitage and McFarlane GVF with some black marks and Coombs and Wilson about Fine. 1 Pound Coombs and Wilson Fine 1 pinhole
Malta 1 Shilling issued 1943, George VI portrait facing at centre uniface prefix A/1 1st run (2) A/1 001021 and 001023 Pick16,one about EF with a couple of small rust marks the other (1021) VF with a small tear at the top
Jersey (3) 10 Pounds Pick 13A ND 1976 signature Clennet serial number CB ,1 Pound Pick 8b ND 1972 signature J. Clennet, 10 ShillingPick 7 ND 1963 Signature Padgham All About EF
Wales - Black Sheep Company 10 Shillings Laugharne Castle (5) red dragon and two pence blue stamp at right all with pink cancellation stamp Dec 1970 or Jan 1971 and all five UNC
Guernsey 10 Shillings Pick 42c (BY GU32b) a LAST date for this type 1st July 1966 signature Guillemette serial number 22/P 2463, about EF lightly pressed. Lilac on green underprint on obverse and the reverse with a large purple panel with Guernsey's Coat of Arms and motto at centre.
Australian 5 shilling uniface Vignette of 1946 RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA. NOTE PRINTING BRANCH. CRAIGEBURN VICTORIA (2) numbers 1242 and 1243 both Unc as issued and in the outer AUSTRALIAN NOTE VIGNETTE brown on white envelope. Along with THE LANDING AT BOTANY BAY Vignette paper green on white drawing of James Cook at Botany Bay in Note Printing Australia presentation pack
East Africa QE II young portrait at right (5) 5 Shillings 31.3.1953 and 1.2.1956, 10 Shillings 31.3.1953 and 1.2.1956, 20 Shillings 1.2.1956 average VF
Rhodesia & Nyasaland 10 Shillings dated 16 January 1961 prefix W/27 signed Richards, Pick20b, good Fine along with Rhodesia 10 Shillings 1 June 1966 VF with a stain at the top
Scotland Stornoway £1 or 20 shillings dated 1st February 1823 series No.b/137, unsigned remainder, these notes were a private issue by J. Stewart Mackenzie from the Island of Lewis (Douglas 1), about UNC
Gibraltar (3) Ten Shillings 1965 issue, dated 1st May 1965, Pick 17, serial number D548059 About Fine with some tiny pinholes, Rare. 1 Pound and 5 Pounds 3 Oct 1958 Pick 18 and Pick 19 the Pound GVF the Five Good Fine with inked annotations reverse
World (180) a mixed group which includes some earlier 20h century Far East, WWII military, B of E £1s and Ten Shillings and more, mostly from circulation the earlier material in lower grades
Malta 10 Shillings L1949 signed Cuschieri Pick 23a VF pin holes, L1949 Shepherd issues 1 Pound Pick 24b pleasant Fine and Five Pounds nVF some dirt, 1 Pound L1949 Soler Pick 26a Fine small tear top right, 10 Shillings Green (1963) Pick 10 about Fine, 1967 issues 10 Shillings, 1 Pound, 5 PoundsPick 10,11 and 12 VF or near so
Bermuda QE II Young Portrait (3) 5 Shillings Hamilton 1 May 1957 VF, 10 Shillings Hamilton 20 October 1952 Fine with two pin holes, 10 Shillings Hamilton 1 May 1957 AU and desirable thus
Southern RhodesiaTen Shillings Salisbury 10th September 1955 Pick 16 serial number A/186 037,030 VF or near so (part of a trio held by the vendor's family since his father obtained them in Salisbury in the fifties)
Fiji Young QE II issues (3) 5 Shillings 1.10.1965 Fine, 10 Shillings 1.6.1957 Fine, 1 Pound 1.6.1957 VG-Fine small tape at top, 1 Pound 1.12.1961 Good Fine
Jamaica 5 Shillings signed Hall Pick 49 AU but with multiple pin holes, 1 Pound Payton Pick 51 about Fine, 10 Shillings and 1 Pound signed Hall Pick 51B and 51C these about Fine, 1 Pound Brown pick 51C EF but small tear at top
Rhodesia (4) Reserve Bank of Rhodesia all with Cecil Rhodes watermark Ten Shillings 10.9.1968 EF and Ten Dollars (3) 15.12.1973, 19.11.1975 and 1.3.1976 these Fine
GB and World B of E Fforde Britannia Medallion Ten Shillings (19) consecutives D29N 387244 -387262, One Pounds (3) R05H 660026 to 28 AU-Unc, mixed world (33) mostly late 20th century issues in mixed grades
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