Five Pounds PeppiattLondon 1935 A/159 80380 Operation Bernhard VF top right corner missing, 5 - 500 Euro note collectors "SPECIMEN" set, as part of a larger group mostly recent issues from circulation including £120 face of Scottish (lot)
Ten Pounds Gill 1988 B354 prefix HS39 Unc, Five Pounds (4) Hollom 1963 B297 last series R12 586693 Fine, Page 1971 B324 first series 65C 102150 VF, Kentfield 1993 B364 BC52 prefix Unc , Lowther 2002 B393 A76 EF, Bailey 2004 B398 LC31 prefix Unc, One Pound Page 1970 B320 Y08L prefix VF. Travellers Cheques (6) five being Specimens Thomas Cook $US500 and $10 Australia $50 Pounds Sterling £100 and £20 Unc along with Zimbabwe $5000 Unc and cheques (2) Pina County Bank Tombstone Arizona 1880 and Barclays bank Dominion and Overseas 1927
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.
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard 5 Pounds No. A/B 9157 undated circa 1870's SPECIMEN For Robins, Foster, Goode & Bolitho's, punchole cancellation twice at signature area (Outing 1195d; Grant 1680), a Scarce note in GVF with a faint pencilled annotation in the upper left corner and a roughly 8 by 5 centimetre oblong stain to lower centre with minor tears to it. Bearing the Charles Skipper & East London imprint and no watermark can be observed, this note displaying a Coat of Arms to upper left on obverse and an elaborate panel with value and bank title on reverse.
One Pound Green CatternsSPECIMENB225s issue 1930 serial number Q00 000000 and red SPECIMEN. overprint in small solid capitals over signature once diagonally. Crowned Britannia medallion at left and value at right on obverse and Bank of England building across top of reverse. Printed at St. Luke's Works, London and watermarked with Helmeted Britannia bust. GEF - About UNC, Pinholes and an Exceptionally Scarce note seldom appearing on the market
Five Pounds Peppiatt pre-war SPECIMENWhite Note B241s dated 20th April 1934 serial number 000Q 00000. GEF - About UNC, Minor Foxing Horizontal lines perhaps from storage. Britannia medallion at upper left red SPECIMEN overprint in solid capitals twice diagonally at centre left and across signature at lower right. These notes were produced for the benefit of foreign central banks. They should have been returned and destroyed when no longer needed for reference, but that was not always the case.
British and world cheques and ephemera (approximately 60) dates range from 1850s to 1980s, mostly English cheques but also various Travellers cheques including Thomas Cook Specimens in folder
Ten pounds Kentfield REGISTRATION note B369r, series AA00 000000, word Specimen omitted, yellow phosphorescent line down centre, 2.5cm tear down security thread, Fine and scarce
Leeds Bank £5 proof, soft card overprinted SPECIMEN for Wm. Williams Brown, Charles Barr & Co. (Outing1130 for type), printers ink stains, about UNC to UNC
Specimen Sight Bills East Cornwall Bank Liskeard (Robins. Foster, Coode and Bolithos) 18xx (1829 -1846) Outing 1195 (2 pieces) Fine - VF along with a North Cornwall Bank cheque 26 January 1813 VG
Great Britain, Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd Bankers Traveller's cheque's, 5 SPECIMEN cheques pasted in folder dated September 1965. Co-operative Bank Traveller's cheque's, 5 SPECIMEN cheques pasted in folder dated January 1970 About EF.
Twenty pounds GillB358s type 2 series E22 200075 an issued note but overprinted on left hand serial number with Specimen Number in red A00 000000. Unusual and of the highest rarity and possibly unique, being the only one we have seen. EF.
Ten pounds Kentfield REGISTRATION note B369r, series AA00 000000, word Specimen omitted, faint yellow cancellation line down centre, tiny tear at top above the metal thread, GVF and scarce
Ten pounds Kentfield REGISTRATION note B369r, series AA00 000000, word Specimen omitted, yellow cancellation line down centre, small tear at top & bottom along metal thread, GVF and scarce
Twenty Pounds Gill. B358S Type 2. Number E22 200075. Issued note. Overprinted on left hand serial number with Specimen Number in red A00 000000. Unusual and of the highest rarity and possibly unique, being the only one we have seen. EF.
One Pound O'Brien B281s issued 1960, SPECIMEN in red across face, serial A00 000000, a mark at right side, having been in a picture frame about UNC and scarce
The York City & County Banking Company, SELBY BANK £5 proof on paper dated 18xx (1830-83), (Out.1908a; Grant 5729A), Lizars printing, "SPECIMEN" in black at bottom, mount marks, stains & residue, body overall aUNC
Great Britain SPECIMEN Travellers Cheques (7) Barclays Bank 1954 (facsimiles), Hambros Bank 1969, Martins Bank 1961, National & Grindlays Bank (facsimiles), National Provincial Bank 1962, (facsimiles), N.M.Rothschild & Sons 1966, Westminster Bank 1954. All with official bank correspondence.
Great Britain, Barclays Bank SPECIMEN Travellers Cheques (6) £2-£50 (facsimiles) 1963, £2, £5 & £10 (facsimiles) 1949, £20 (facsimile) 1954, £50 (facsimle) 1960, Barclays Bank D.C.O. £50 1960. All with official bank correspondence.
British and world cheques & ephemera (42) a mixed group with cheques from 1880's to 1970s, nearly all different, various receipts, South Africa Specimen cheques (2,) cheques from Hartlepool 1885, Bath 1885, viewing recommended
Bank of England on sleeves in file (75) face value £149.50, a good range from Catterns £1 to Somerset £1, includes Britannia £1 and 10/-, QE2 10/-, £1, £5 and £10's, some replacements, Jersey £1 Specimens (2), Lion & Key £5 (2) prefix A62 & H88, both Aunc, rest mostly high grade, viewing recommended
British Armed Forces (7) 1st series all perforated SPECIMEN, 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/6/-, 5/-, 10/- & £1, last 4 notes all have zero serial numbers, PickM9s to PickM15s, average about EF, some better and scarce
British Armed Forces 3rd series (4) de la RueSPECIMEN set, 2/6 shilling green, 5/- orange, 10/- red & £1 brown, PickM26A, M27, M28 & M29, some abrasion & mounting residue reverse right edge, average EF-GEF and scarce
Bank of England £5 P.A.Sparres patent anti-counterfeitSpecimen note dated 18th October 1858, stag vignette top left, word "Experimental" written across right side, some corner damage, unusual and scarce, VF
British Armed Forces (4) 2nd series 1948 issue Specimens (without over stamps or perforations), 2/6 shilling, 5 shilling, 10 shilling & £1 all with zero serial numbers, mounting residue reverse left edge, £1 has some slight edge damage, PickM19s to M22s,
Perkins and Bacon early 19th century £5 Bankers Specimen note, London issue, missing parts of top & bottom right corner and bottom centre, Britannia at top centre and George IV vignette top left similar to those used on early Irish notes, Fine
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