England (4) consisting of a ProvincialStamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Company Limited 5 Pounds dated 18th October 1899 No. L4330, signature cut-cancelled (Outing 2036f; Grant 5636C), VG with a 4mm oblong centre hole, bank stamps on reverse and still presentable. The note comes with a descriptive short historical background printout. Along with a Wales - Cwmni y Ddafad Ddu Cymreig, 'Black Sheep/Bull Bank' SPECIMEN 5 Swllt (Shillings) Menai bridge type with 3 feathers at Fleur de Lis top left and overprint ENGHRAIFFT (translated from Welsh meaning Example) in blue to lower left and serial number 990953, UNC. Also included in the lot are a Bradbury Wilkinson Promotional Test note in main blue and multicolour value of 100 portrait of King Charles I at right and uniface, along with a display cardboard postage stamp sheet - Her Majesty's stamps from The Stamp Show 2000, Earls Court, London.
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
Bank of England & Provincial Issue (7) in mixed grades G - about UNC comprising Provincial Issue Dartmouth General Bank £1 dated 20th January 1821 series No.B4266 for John Hine & Henry Joseph Holdsworth (Outing 639a) some tears and top right comer missing. One Pounds Green (4) comprising CatternsB225 issue 1930 (3) a consecutive trio series R74 567827, R74 567828 & R74 567829 along with BealeB268 issue 1950 series S95C 319218. One Pound Peppiatt Second Period Emergency IssueB249 Metal Thread Blue/Pink issue 1940series E42E 008466. Ten Shillings Peppiatt B236 Red/Brown Unthreaded First Period issue 1934 series 65U 337795
Bank of England (70), a very interesting and varied collection with FIRST RUN, LAST RUN, EXPERIMENTAL, REPLACEMENT and consecutively numbered runs seen, O'Brien 1 Pound B283experimental series A01N, B281 first run series A01, and a number of replacement notes, Hollom 10 Shillings, 1 Pound & 5 Pounds a selection of replacement notes, Hollom 10 Shillings B295 first run series 01A, Fforde 1 Pound, a collection of replacement notes and first and last runs, 5 pounds 2 replacement notes, Page 5 Pounds (28) in 2 consecutively numbered runs, Page 1 Pound B339A scarce experimental issue series 81R, first run notes series A01 and A01N, Gill 50 Pounds series C12 348300, signature range O'Brien to Lowther with values from 10 Shilling to 50 Pounds, plus a Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds provincial note, mixed grades veiwing recommended
EnglandProvincial notes (2), Plymouth-Dock Bank, Devonshire 5 Pounds dated 1st September 1923 series No.1624, for Thomas Clinton Shiells & Henry Incledon Johns., (Outing 683e) Fine, Dartmouth General Bank 1 Pound dated 1822 series No.B7092 for John Hine & Henry Joseph Holdsworth (Outing 639a), Fine
Bank of England & Treasury (149) in 2 Lindner albums, including a Mahonwhite 10 Pounds branch note MANCHESTER dated 1927, Harvey white 5 Pounds dated 1919 & Beale white 5 Pounds dated 1952 with RADAR serial number Y52 006600, Warren Fisher 1 Pound (7), T31 & T34, other Bank of England from Peppiatt to Bailey in denominations from 10 Shillings to 50 Pounds, consecutively numbered runs seen, also Provincial Banks and British Armed Forces notes, mixed grades and viewing highly recommended
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