One PoundBradbury 5 digit serial number, dash T4/2. K/12 22630. a scarce issue probably VF for wear and pleasant a few small brown marks and a faint brown stain left bottom light shines through a few tiny holes along a crease at the centre and left middle, a collectable example of this rare early type
One PoundBradbury First Issue T3.3 Black Six-digit serial number Dot in No. 1914 series A/14 004852 probably Fine for wear but has been repaired (re-joined) with tape reverse and with another tear almost as deep as the note and with pencilled annotations reverse
One PoundBradbury First Issue T3.3 Black Six-digit serial number Dot in No. type 1914 series E/3 001520 original and relatively crisp VF/GVF with a tear stretching from just beneath the 5 in the serial number to the bottom edge and one tiny pin hole a Scarce and pleasing early note
One PoundBradburyT1 issued 1914 series A.568538, perhaps VF for overall wear but with a central brown stain both sides where once taped together over a tear
A collection in an album TreasuryTen Shillings 1922 T30 K/79 45792 Fine, One PoundBradbury 1917 T16 A/76 798706 about Fine, Warren Fisher 1919 T24 U/88 701061 aVF one or two pinholes. Bank of England Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve K51D 706121 about Fine, Hollom (2) Prefix N40 and R48 both VF, Fforde 47U 583969 GVF, One Pound Peppiatt Blue U28D 545801 Fine, Peppiatt Green 1948 B260 Z99A Fine, Beale 1950 B260 B26C Fine, O'Brien 1955 B273 C75L Fine, Somerset DX11 014009 Fine, Five Pounds George Stephenson reverse Kentfield (3) EF-Unc, Gill (2) consecutive numbers D24 002006 and 002007 Unc, Elizabeth Fry Lowther (2) consecutive numbers HD41 751091 and 751092 Unc, Winston Churchill Cleland (9) Unc including consecutive number runs, Ten Pounds Hollom A14 482465 VF, Charles DarwinBailey (5) AU-Unc including two consecutive pairs, Jane Austen Cleland (5) Unc consecutive runs a three and a two, Twenty Pounds Bailey AD27 835409 AU, Turner reverse Cleland (3) Unc two being a consecutive pair
One PoundBradbury First Issue T3.3 Black Six-digit serial number Dot in No. type 1914 series E/3 001520 original and relatively crisp VF/GVF with a tear stretching from just beneath the 5 in the serial number to the bottom edge and one tiny pin hole a Scarce and pleasing early note
One PoundBradburyT1 issued 1914 series A.568538, perhaps VF for overall wear but with a central brown stain both sides where once taped together over a tear
Bradbury and Wilkinson advertising fantasy No 1 A Dark Orange uniface New Malden windmill scene AU, One Pounds O'Brien S32K prefix Fine, Page X26C prefix GVF, Ten Shillings Beale prefix K49Z O Brien (4) prefixes N81Y, 54A, A86, B03 and Fforde 37Z 603651 these mostly VF
One PoundBradbury Third Issue T16 Waterlow Bros & Layton photogravure printing in Brown, Purple and Green and Dot in No. issue 1917 FIRST series prefix A/24 431942, VF or about with a set of pinholes to upper left and 3 small pinholes to centre right
One PoundBradbury FORGED in red stamped twice GVF, Ten Pounds Somerset AZ42 960280 AU, One Pounds Page (13) VF-Unc one a printing error with a dark green 3 mm colour bar at left edge, British Military Authority (3) 10/ 03R 481345 EF, 1/- Fine and Tripolitania 10 Lire Fine, BAF Sets £5-5p 7 notes sets in Unc (2 sets) and France 5 Francs 1944 Fine
One PoundBradbury First issue T3.3 Black Dot in No. Six digit serial issue 1914 serial number F/31 009978, an Exceptionally Rare and very well preserved over a century old note in GVF to about EF with very minor signs of wear and no observable flaws. These were Emergency notes issued just at the brink of World War I - Lord Atterbury, Controller of H.M Stationery Office and Sir John Bradbury, the Secretary to the Treasury met at his house and produced this design overnight. These were printed rather rapidly on simple Royal cypher and Postage watermarked postal paper with the use of different numbering machines resulting in many varieties, along with the further increase in productivity by printing extra notes sideways on the sheet's margins resulting in another variety - the sideways watermark. A very pleasing and collectible example
Bank of England & Treasury (40) a private collection in an album comprising wide range of cashiers and denominations , circulated mostly in average VF-GVF some better. Comprising Treasury George V period 1 Pounds (2) including the Bradbury Second issue T11.1 De La Rue Black Type 1 Letter only prefix issue 1914 serial number B/6 66235 along with the Fisher Second issue T31 Dot in No. Ireland in title issue 1923 serial number G1/82 141090. Accompanied by Bank of England examples (38) consisting of various cashier as Catterns 1930's issues (3) 10 Shillings B223 prefix L55 910575 along with 1 Pounds B225 (2) prefixes T33 & S76. Peppiatt Britannia medallion examples (5) including Second Period World War II Emergency issues as the 1 Pounds B249 Blue/Pink issues 1940 (3) prefixes C70E, O85D and T52D along with a 10 Shilling B251 Mauve example prefix M73D. Also includes a Post-war threaded example 1948 prefix D48B. An interesting fact about this period is that all pre-war Britannia medallion issues were unthreaded but a metal thread was incorporated into the Emergency issues and the ones to follow, so perhaps the war is what sparked the integration of this additional security measure. Beale 1 Pounds B268 issues 1950 (3) prefixes D05J, D99J and M26C. O'Brien examples of the last Britannia medallion issues and the new QE2 portrait (6) comprising 10 Shillings B271 prefix E37Y. 1 Pound B273 prefix R08J. The last of the White notes example 5 Pounds B276 dated 13th December 1955 serial number B56A 092487. 1 Pounds QE2 portrait (11) including the B281 prefix H63 along with B282 (10) prefixes 92K, 93K (2), 95L, 93N, 80N, 47R, 55S and 95S (2). Hollom (5) including 10 Shillings B295 (3) prefixes 01C (2) and 99B. 1 Pound B288 prefix J78S. And a 5 Pounds seated child Britannia B288 prefix J78S. Fforde (3) including 10 Shillings (2) B309 prefix 03Y and B310 prefix C02N. Also, a 1 Pound B305 prefix S98B. Page 1 Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton 339 W Reverse issue 1978 prefix 77A. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (3) including a consecutive pair prefixes CU10 along with a DU81.
Bank of England & Treasury (78) a collection in an album in various grades mostly in average VF-GVF but also includes several higher grades to About UNC - UNC. Comprising the now little over a century old Treasury George V period 1 Pounds Bradbury Third issue T16 (2) serial numbers including a FIRST series A/12 529939 along with D/44 205890. Along with Bank of England various cashiers and designs issues from the various periods (47) including Catterns 1 Pound B225 prefix Y75. Peppiatt (4) consisting of 10 Shillings First Period B236 Unthreaded prefix 82W. Along with Second Period World War II Emergency issues (3) 10 Shillings B251 prefix Z17E and 1 Pounds B249 (2) prefixes B62H and U62D. Beale 1 Pound B268 prefix X55C. O'Brien 1 Pound B273 prefix H25K. Hollom 10 Shillings QE2 portrait B295 prefix 66C. Fforde 10 Shillings B309 (2) prefixes 78X and 93W. Page 1 Pounds (4) including a QE2 portrait B322 prefix DR10 along with QE2 pictorial (3) B337 (2) prefixes T71 and W71 and B339 prefix 75K. Somerset (3) including 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial B341 W reverse (5) prefixes CU80, AR11, BY64, BZ84 and DW39. Along with a 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B343 L reverse prefix DY05. Together with a selection of Lowther 5 Pounds (27) consisting of B393 (26) prefixes HA89, HB02, HB06, HB08 (2), HB10 (2), HB11, HB14 (2), HB15 (2), HB17, HB19, HB22, HB28, HB29 (2), HB31 (2), HB36, HB37, JA63, JA67, JA69 and JA70. Along with B395 prefix HD38. The lot also comes with a small selection of world notes from various countries including China (14) Foreign Exchange Certificates - 10 Fen Pick FX1b (2), 50 Fen Pick FX2, 1 Yuans Pick FX3 (6) and 5 Yuan Pick FX4. Together with 1 Fen Pick 865, 1 Jiaos Pick 881a (2) and 5 Yuan Pick 886. Belgium (2) 20 Francs Pick 138 and 100 Francs Pick 140. India 10 Rupees Pick 81. South Africa 20 Rand Pick 121c (2). Indonesia (3) 100 Rupiah 1977 Pick 116, 500 Rupiah 1977 Pick 117 and 1000 Rupiah 1980 Pick 119. Spain 100 Pesetas Pick 152. Turkey 100 Turk Lirasi Pick 194a. Hong Kong 10 Dollars Pick 191a. Russia Soviet Union 1 Ruble Pick 222a. Zimbabwe 2 Dollars Pick 1b. And USA (2) 1 Dollar Pick 468a and 2 Dollars Pick 382a. An interesting amalgamation certain to attract some attention
Ten Shillings Bradbury First Issue T10 Red De La Rue Dot in No. 5 Digit serial number issue 1914 series B/23 30179 and a scarcer type note with "P" of "POSTAGE" visible in watermark at top left above George V medallion, presentable Fine with small edge nicks and very minor pinholes to upper left, expected for the note's age. In 1914 just prior to the outbreak of World War I Lord Atterbury, Controller of H.M Stationery Office and Sir John Bradbury, the Secretary to the Treasury met at his house and they produced a design for these 10 Shillings and 1-pound notes just overnight. Due to no banknote paper available at the time except for the one in use for the White notes of Bank of England and for a rather rapid issuance of the notes simple cypher watermarked postal stamp paper was utilised. In addition to this, in order to increase the effectiveness of the productivity, a small number of notes were printed sideways at the edges of the sheets to fill the blank space resulting in another rare watermark variety known as the sideways watermark. In short, these watermark varieties are rather Rarer compared to the other notes as there would be a very limited number of them per sheet, on top of the fact that these notes are over a century old now with very few survivors seen nowadays. Therefore, this provides an exclusive window of opportunity for any collector to acquire this excellent example
One PoundBradbury Second issue T11.1 De La Rue black Five digit serial prefix letter only issue 1914 serial number P/20 70847, a presentable VF or better with minor wear and no observable flaws and a pleasing century old example
One PoundBradbury Second issue T11.2 De La Rue black Five digit serial prefix letter & small number 1 issue 1914 serial number K1/7 61078, VF with very minimal wear mostly around edges expected for this Scarce century old note
One PoundBradbury Third Issue T16 Ireland in title & Dot in No. issue 1917 serial number D/20 143631, VF and always collectable note now being a little over a century old and similar notes of the type featured in the popular British Drama series Peaky Blinders with cast including popular actors as Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy CBE, Paul Anderson, Aiden Gillen, Sam Neill and others. For any fans of the show this could be a unique chance to acquire a real piece of history from that period.
One PoundBradbury Third Issue T16 Waterlow Bros & Layton photogravure printing in Brown, Purple and Green and Dot in No. issue 1917 FIRST series prefix A/24 431942, VF or about with a set of pinholes to upper left body and 3 small pinholes to centre right body. Rare and always collectable note now over a century old
One PoundBradbury Second Issue T11.1 De La Rue Black Type one prefix with letter only issued 1914 serial number F/17 37790, VF or about and an overall pleasing appearance with a small 3mm tear at centre fold at top margin and a 22x3 mm oblong tear to lower margin and both tears not extending to design. a scarcer note , now over a century old note watermarked with the denomination, the four British emblems (Rose, thistle, shamrock and daffodil) and the George V Royal cypher.
One PoundBradbury First Issue T3.3 Black Six-digit serial number Dot in No. issue 1914 series G/21 015545 original and relatively crisp GVF Rust Paper Clip Marks, Minor Edge tears one at paper clip mark, a Scarce and pleasing early note
One PoundBradburyT11.2 Second issue 1914 (2) a consecutive pair series H1/37 68894 & H1/37 68895 both in PMG holders graded Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ, Exceptional Paper Quality. Type 2 serial number prefix with a letter accompanied by a small number "1". Printed by De La Rue on banknote paper manufactured by William Joynson & Co. with watermark of wavy lines incorporating the Royal Cypher
One PoundBradbury T16a issued 1918 series B/1 334505, a rare Admiralty Anchor note with small anchor under clock tower on reverse, Good - VG a very collectable example of this very rare note which is missing from most collections
One PoundBradburyT16 Third issue Dot in No. 1917 very low serial number very first series A1 000073 about VF faint ink smear along bottom edge and lower right on obverse and some faint ink smears to bottom left quadrant on reverse and Exceptionally Rare. This is a rare opportunity to acquire this low serial and first prefix note
One PoundBradburyT5.3a Black Dash in No. rounded noughts ( 0 ) First issue 1914 series D7 012962 VF with faint rust marks along left and right edges otherwise Scarce type
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).
Treasury (6) comprising Bradbury (3) Ten Shillings T20 Dash in No. Third Issue December 1918, series B62 729277, small centre holes and light staining to right, VG. One Pounds (2) T16 issued January 1917, the first being series C10 678532, good Fine with 2 pinholes at centre, and the second being series D84 889316, Good with edge nicks and missing top left corner, and Fisher (3) Ten Shillings T30 Second issue November 1922 the word "No." omitted, series R30 931877, good Fine with red residue mostly reverse, One Pounds(2) T31 Second Issue February 1923, the first being series B1/76 195198, VF or about with rust spots from paper clip and a minor tear near rust spot, the second being series F1/6 269550, GVF
TreasuryBradbury (4) group comprising One PoundT3.3 First Issue August 1914 tears with small missing pieces to left and right and some pinholes, Good, One Pound T11.1 Second Issue October 1914 first series A1 71074 edge nicks, light tear along centre fold and some pinholes, VG, Ten Shillings (2) T12 issued January 1915 the first being Type 1 series K5 80947 small tear along centre fold and pin holes, VG, and the second being Type 2 series J1/25 32965, about Fine with pinholes
One PoundBradburyT11.1 De la Rue black Five digit serial Second Issue 1914 series G52 85517 GVF with small faint rust mark on bottom right corner and scarce
One Pound & Ten Shillings Treasury (6), Bradbury One Pound (2) T16 issued 1917 series C/84 313918 & F/84 962717, Warren Fisher One Pound (2) T31 issued 1923 series E1/96 268014 & L1/91 464343, Warren Fisher Ten Shillings (2) T25, T30 issued 1919 and 1922 series F/37 177430 & R/40 410895, mixed grades Fine to good EF, needs viewing
One PoundBradbury (4), T16 issued 1917 two first series notes, A/6 977396 & A/96 904681, King George V portrait at right, the first about EF, the second pressed EF with 2 pinholes, One Pound Bradbury T16 issued 1917, series E/81 922055, portrait King George V at right, (Pick351), cleaned and pressed good VF, plus a Treasury One Pound watermarked paper for use on Bradbury T16, slight toning about Uncirculated
One PoundBradburyT11.1 issued 1914, series F/1 40300, King George V at top left, light dents to paper, (Pick349a), original about UNC, very scarce in this condition
One PoundBradbury (2), T11.1 issued 1914 series S/38 50940 & T16 issued 1917 series C/6 996928, King George V portrait, (Pick349a & Pick351a), the first about Fine with pinholes, small rust mark, corners missing the second good Fine with 2 pinholes and some dirt on reverse
Treasury (4), BradburyOne PoundT16 issued 1917 edge nick and bank stamp on reverse, Warren Fisher One Pound (3) T24 & T31 issued 1919 & 1923, including first series note K/81 083037 with inked annotations on reverse, some with pinholes, Fine or better
One PoundBradburyT11.2 issued 1914, series G1/28 52188, portrait King George V at top left, (Pick349a), light toning, tiny edge nicks, minor rust marks, good Fine
Treasury (3), Ten Shillings BradburyT12.1 issued 1915 series G/10 76981, hole, stains and taped repair, Good, One Pound Bradbury T16 issued 1917 series F/54 146733, annotations on reverse, Fine & One Pound Warren FisherT24 issued 1919 series T/46 001675, good Fine
One PoundBradbury (2) T11.2 issued 1914, a consecutively numbered pair series H1/37 68894 & H1/37 68895, KGV at top left, original good EF to about UNC, very scarce as a pair
One PoundBradbury (2) T11.2 issued 1914, a consecutively numbered pair series D1/82 42991 & D1/82 42992, KGV at top left, 3 vertical folds, original EF very scarce as a pair
One poundBradburyT3.3 issued 1914, series R/36 079030, Pick347, pinholes & stains, (watermark in a horizontal format with letters "PO" of Postage visible), Fine+
One poundBradburyT5.3b issued 1914, series D/17 000321, contemporary script on reverse "In memory of 1914-George Ralston Warner-August 7.", Pick347, EF
Treasuryone poundBradburyT3.2 issued 1914 series B/8 No.60741, (watermark has the vertical sideways word (P)OSTAG(E) visible), large tears on central crease and pinholes, about Fine
One poundBradburyT3.3 series X/2 088051, issued 1914, the words "POST" and "TAGE" (POSTAGE) visible in watermark, this note is larger than usual by approximately 4.5 mm vertically, EF and a scarce variety
One poundBradburyT1 issued 1914 series C.447034, tiny pinholes & light surface dirt reverse, very few C prefix notes exist for this early type, gFine and scarce
One poundBradburyT3.3 issued 1914, series F/38 090667 (fully visible watermark POSTAGE inverted across centre), a few tiny pinholes & surface dirt, almost VF
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