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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
01/09/2019 Auction 166	English Banknotes	Lot 30	Bank of England & Treasury (25) collection in an album in mixed grades comprising Treasury issues (6) including Bradbury (2) Ten Shillings T13.2 Type 2 Six Digit Serial issue 1915 serial number P1/18 059624 and 1 Pound T16 Dot in No. issue 1917 serial number F/52 316685 along with Fisher (4) consisting of 10 Shillings (2) T25 Dot in No. issue 1919 LAST series H/6 579715 Scarce and T30 No. omitted issue 1922 serial number L/9 098585 and 1 Pounds (2) T24 Dot in No. issue 1919 serial number R70 673931 and T31 Dot in No. issue 1923 CONTROL note serial number Z1/38 591956 Scarce. Bank of England issues (17) consisting of Peppiatt White notes (2) a 5 Pounds B255 Thick Paper Metal thread Scarcer earlier issue dated 30th November 1944 serial number E77 003795 London branch and an Operation Bernhard Forgery 10 Pounds B242 dated 18th December 1936 serial number K/179 89453. Beale White 5 Pounds B270 Scarcer later dated issue 19th August 1952 serial number Y63 002774. O'Brien 5 Pounds Lion & Key (3) including B277 Shaded Symbol issue 1957 serial number C48 904966 and B280 White Symbol issues 1961 (2) serial numbers K22 542106 & First series H70 687181. Hollom (3) including 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issues 1963 (2) serial numbers A09 201764 & A13 717477 along with 10 Pounds Lion & Key B299 issue 1964 FIRST RUN serial number A01 261771. Fforde (4) comprising 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B312 issue 1967 serial number Y81 342627 along with 10 Pounds Lion & Key B316 issues 1967 (3) a consecutive trio serial numbers A48 369328 through A48 369330. Page (4) consisting of 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B324 issues 1971 (2) serial numbers 75E 771785 & FIRST series 39C 149102 along with 10 pounds Lion & Key 1971 issues (2) consisting of a B327 Replacement issue serial number M07 822804 along with B326 serial number B17 851613. The group accompanied by a Barclays Bank Limited Hereford. cheque for 18 Pounds and 5 Shillings dated 11th July 1923 number 30/C 04380 and a Postal Order for 3 Shillings to pay R. Haylett and signed Richard Haylett number D7/71 483638 More banknotes like this	£550
01/09/2019 Auction 166	English Banknotes	Lot 25	Toy Cheques & Money (45) in mixed grades including Cheques London circa 1800's Miss. rs M & J. Nenton (31) includes some unfilled, partially and completely filled in. Along with Toy Money - Toy & Juvenile Bank 1817 (14) including 10 Pounds dated 15th November 1817 London with promissory text to pay Mr J. Nenton (4) and 5 Pounds dated 15th November 1817 London with promissory text to pay Mr J. Nenton (10), both denominations featuring an Allegorical Bust of Hermes & the Caduceus staff at upper left believed to be the symbol of Commerce. Scarce More banknotes like this	£280
02/09/2018 Auction 162	English Banknotes	Lot 172	Cheques, a quantity from assorted British Banks, all used. Generally GVF. (64). More banknotes like this	£90
04/12/2017 Auction 159	English Banknotes	Lot 1443	Cheques (88), an assorted selection of British cheques, interest notes and one part used cheque book from Bangladesh, English (11), Scottish (44), Irish (29), interest notes (3) and cheque book with 10 unused cheques remaining Comilla Union Bank Bangladesh, some early 19th Century dates seen, interesting lot needs viewing More banknotes like this	£85
04/06/2017 Auction 157	English Banknotes	Lot 15	British bank cheques (c.180) nearly all different ranging from mid-1800s to modern, many interesting banks from all areas, a few older travellers cheques included, needs viewing More banknotes like this	£200
04/06/2017 Auction 157	English Banknotes	Lot 75	English Provincial Bank cheques and bills of exchange (6) all 19th century proofs for Brosely Bank (3), Bridgnorth Bank, Ludlow and Tenbury Bank & Shrewsbury & Welsh Pool Bank, mount marks, stains, some edge damage etc., an interesting group, EF or better More banknotes like this	£80
04/06/2017 Auction 157	English Banknotes	Lot 56	Cheques, British banks, (21) including Messrs Hammerleys & Co. 1836, Mesrs Ladbrokes, Kingscote & Gillman 1836 (this scarce). Some unused, generally VF or better. (21) More banknotes like this	£38
05/03/2017 Auction 156	English Banknotes	Lot 56	Cheques (42), all used, assorted British banks including a scarce Bassett Son & Harris Bankers Dunstable 1894, a good mix, along with a further group (19) of assorted British including Messrs Morlands & Co. London 182-, and a few world banks including Barclays Bank D.C.O. Cairo, a good selection of unused cheques. EF. More banknotes like this	£120
05/03/2017 Auction 156	English Banknotes	Lot 55	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 More banknotes like this	£90
05/12/2016 Auction 155	English Banknotes	Lot 1667	A collection mostly GB including Treasury, two White Five Pounds 1947 and 1950 these in high grades others ranging from Catterns Pounds to Bailey Twenties and with an O'Brien Pound serial H63L 000026 along with some World issues these include Falkland Islands One Pound 1974 in high grade and two cheques June 1940 Barclays Bank North Street Brighton More banknotes like this	£800
05/12/2016 Auction 155	English Banknotes	Lot 1797	Retford Bank proof cheque dated 187x (1875) for Beckett & Co., eagle vignette at left, corner damage bottom right, mount marks reverse, GEF More banknotes like this	£32

05/06/2016 Auction 153	English Banknotes	Lot 246	Warwick & Warwickshire Bank book for the Greenway, Smith & Greenways Bankruptcy Record of Proceedings, contains pasted newspaper clippings from the 1880s relating to the bankrupt bank and owners, a few loose cheques in cheque book with stubs, used condition More banknotes like this	£100
05/06/2016 Auction 153	English Banknotes	Lot 20	English & Scottish bank cheques (81) dates range from late 1800s to 1970s, some duplication but most are different, also 2 USA cheques, a mixture of issued and unused some with counterfoils still attached More banknotes like this	£85
06/03/2016 Auction 152	English Banknotes	Lot 81	British & Foreign cheques, GB postal orders and various ephemera (70+ items), mostly 20th century with some duplication, worth viewing More banknotes like this	£85
06/03/2016 Auction 152	English Banknotes	Lot 166	Cheques (100) British and World Bank issues, most used (40) Together with Barclays Bank Ltd., London and Provincial Bank, Kings Lynne used cheques (60). Generally good condition (100). More banknotes like this	£70
06/12/2015 Auction 151	English Banknotes	Lot 75	British Bank cheques and bank related ephemera (64) mostly English cheques from 1830s to 1920s, some later, plus some Scotland & Ireland, some duplication, a good mix needs viewing More banknotes like this	£140
06/12/2015 Auction 151	English Banknotes	Lot 44	Cheques (25), British and World Banks, all unused & specimens, most with counterfoils. More banknotes like this	£32
06/12/2015 Auction 151	English Banknotes	Lot 45	Cheques (58) British and World Bank issues, most used. Generally good condition (58). More banknotes like this	£30
06/12/2015 Auction 151	English Banknotes	Lot 74	British Bank cheque, Bank of British West Africa Limited, London branch for the Gold Coast Cocoa Marketing Board to pay the Crown Agents for the Colonies/Gold Coast Government to the value of £5,250,000, dated 2nd November 1951, perforated PAID 12-11-1951, small hole & pinholes, good Fine More banknotes like this	£22

06/09/2015 Auction 150	English Banknotes	Lot 88	Box of old bank cheques and solicitors ephemera, mostly 19th century but some 20th century, majority are English cheques (70+) with some duplication, also Scotland and some foreign including Palestine Mercantile Bank Ltd issued in Haifa, viewing recommended More banknotes like this	£160
06/09/2015 Auction 150	English Banknotes	Lot 148	Cheques (50), assorted British banks, all but one used. Generally good used condition. More banknotes like this	£75
07/06/2015 Auction 149	English Banknotes	Lot 257	Cheques (48), British Banks, all used, generally good used condition. More banknotes like this	£60
07/06/2015 Auction 149	English Banknotes	Lot 256	Cheques & finance documents (14), Prescott, Dimsdale, Cave & Tugwell & Co. Ltd, used cheques, c 1894 (9), Bombay Bills of Exchange 1871 (2), Phoenix & Sun Fire Insurance policies 1879 & 1905 (2), hand written letter from the Secretary of The National Bank of Scotland to Perkins & Heath re. engraving banknotes, 1825. (14). More banknotes like this	£40
07/06/2015 Auction 149	English Banknotes	Lot 259	Cheques and receipts (19), British and World Banks, all used, generally good used condition. More banknotes like this	£25
07/06/2015 Auction 149	English Banknotes	Lot 258	Cheques (9), National Provincial Bank Ltd. London, "Duplicate Drafts" dated 1926 payable to The Bank of Australasia and Bank of New Zealand More banknotes like this	£20
07/06/2015 Auction 149	English Banknotes	Lot 90	English bank cheques (7) and 1 Scottish cheque dated from 1868 to 1939, all different includes some specials, VF or better More banknotes like this	£13
01/03/2015 Auction 148	English Banknotes	Lot 29	Cheques (25), British and World Banks, all unused & specimens, most with counerfols. More banknotes like this	£42
01/03/2015 Auction 148	English Banknotes	Lot 30	Cheques (50), British Banks, all used, generally good condition. More banknotes like this	£20
07/12/2014 Auction 147	English Banknotes	Lot 35	English cheques and related ephemera (43) a good range with some duplication from 1860s to 1960s include Backhouse, Coutts, many still with counterfoil, Specials, needs viewing, mixed grades More banknotes like this	£95
07/09/2014 Auction 146	English Banknotes	Lot 7	Cheques (39) British Banks, all used, generally good used condition More banknotes like this	£45
07/09/2014 Auction 146	English Banknotes	Lot 6	Cheques (18) British and World Banks, all unused, includes some Specimens. EF More banknotes like this	£26
01/06/2014 Auction 145	English Banknotes	Lot 26	Cheques (26), unused examples from English & Scottish banks. EF. More banknotes like this	£42
01/03/2014 Auction 144	English Banknotes	Lot 101	Bank of England and world group (18) plus assorted 19th Century USA cheques (13) includes face value GB £23 mostly high grade earlier Page £1s and Gill £5 (2), also includes a US probate document dated 1867 More banknotes like this	£75

01/03/2014 Auction 144	English Banknotes	Lot 224	Cheques, assorted banks, mainly Kent & Sussex Branches. A large quantity, all used. Generally good condition More banknotes like this	£50
30/11/2013 Auction 143	English Banknotes	Lot 118	A mixed group including Treasury and a white note (38 + 2 cheques) mixed grades More banknotes like this	£190
30/11/2013 Auction 143	English Banknotes	Lot 107	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 More banknotes like this	£85

31/08/2013 Auction 142	English Banknotes	Lot 45	Bank of England accumulation (65) face value £171, ranges from Mahon £1 to Lowther £20 includes Catterns £1, Peppiatt blue £1 (4) EF & unthreaded £1 S05A GEF, O'Brien £1 A01N experimental, inked numbers Fine plus many other also some Armed Forces and old cheques More banknotes like this	£480
31/08/2013 Auction 142	English Banknotes	Lot 165	Cheques, sight notes, etc (25) dates range from 1825 to 1890, mostly private issues, includes Kirby Thure (Thore), Lima Peru, Montevideo Uruguay, London, New York and Oriental Bank Corporation, needs viewing More banknotes like this	£120

31/08/2013 Auction 142	English Banknotes	Lot 53	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. More banknotes like this	£10
02/03/2013 Auction 140	English Banknotes	Lot 368	Printers promotional and test notes in folder, quantity, includes Bradbury Wilkinson, Giori, French echantillon plus various issues from Antarctica, Jason Islands, cheques, etc., viewing well recommended More banknotes like this	£90

01/12/2012 Auction 139	English Banknotes	Lot 96	Traveller's Cheques (28) Barclays £2, £5, £10 & £20 (21), Lloyds Bank £10 & £20 (7), all used in 1960's & 70's More banknotes like this	£16
04/12/2011 Auction 135	English Banknotes	Lot 112	Treasury, Bank of England and Provincial issues in album (approx 120) all better types includes 10/- T12.2, £1 T16 (2), Warren Fisher £1 (3) and 10/-, white Harvey £5 1920, Mahon 10/- and Mahon £1 (6), Peppiatt white £5 1945, Beale £5 1950, Bernhard forgeries & modern copies, a selection of British Provincials (11) includes Dartmouth General Bank £1 1822 and £5 1819, Ringwood & Hampshire £1, Newcastle Joint Stock Bank £5 1836, also GB military issues and various old receipts and USA cheques, viewing well recommended More banknotes like this	£1,500

04/12/2011 Auction 135	English Banknotes	Lot 170	A mixed group in an album including trials, cheques and provincials and including and Isle of Man One Pound 20th May 1940 in low grade (lot) More banknotes like this	£50
06/03/2011 Auction 132	English Banknotes	Lot 365	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. More banknotes like this	£20
06/03/2011 Auction 132	English Banknotes	Lot 366	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. More banknotes like this	£20
05/09/2010 Auction 130	English Banknotes	Lot 288	British bank Cheques (50)including Barclay's kings Lynn and 3 unused cheques: one from Stuckey's Bank Clevedon & two from Wilts & Dorset Banking Corp. Clevedon More banknotes like this	£48
06/08/2010 Auction 129	English Banknotes	Lot 511	Cheque accumulation (60+) with some duplication includes Burma, Ireland, 19th century British, also a 1951 Vernon's pools cheque presented on card, BofE collectors book 2004 plus assorted world notes (35), viewing recommended More banknotes like this	£48
07/12/2009 Auction 127	English Banknotes	Lot 133	Bank of England Exchequer Bill for £100 11 March 1892 serial number 1 signed by the secretary to her majesty's treasury probably presented to a dignitary GVF or better with 8 centrally punched holes, rare More banknotes like this	£1,500
07/12/2009 Auction 127	English Banknotes	Lot 204	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 More banknotes like this	£60
07/06/2009 Auction 125	English Banknotes	Lot 335	English cheques (20) all different varieties including a few specials and some unused with counterfoils, mostly 1920s to 1960s a few earlier More banknotes like this	£34
07/12/2008 Auction 123	English Banknotes	Lot 375	GB travellers cheques (56) mostly 1960's with a few 1970's, much duplication, all issued, National Provincial & Lloyds Bank, mostly EF or better More banknotes like this	£60
06/09/2008 Auction 122	English Banknotes	Lot 320	Cheque collection in album, British cheques (102), travellers cheques (64) and USA cheques (482) with some foreign also noted, a good range with many 19th century issues to some modern, viewing well recommended More banknotes like this	£340
01/03/2008 Auction 120	English Banknotes	Lot 308	English Bank cheques (13) some late 1800's to 1970's includes Barclays Bank DCO, Cairo unissued-2 different, a few 20th century specials, mostly issued More banknotes like this	£26
01/12/2007 Auction 119	English Banknotes	Lot 186	English cheques & ephemera (8) includes Yorkshire Penny Bank (3) 1907-1919 & Darlington Backhouse dated 1866, all different and issued More banknotes like this	£28
02/09/2007 Auction 118	English Banknotes	Lot 210	Taunton Bank unissued 19th century sight note for John, Daniel & Henry Badcock, tower vignette at left, GEF plus a Taunton Bank unused cheque for John More banknotes like this	£55
02/09/2007 Auction 118	English Banknotes	Lot 216	English bank cheques (48 ) Burnell & Co. Ellesmere Port 1930's (14), Barclays Bank, Cairo (2), Coutts, London 1888 (3), London & Westminster, Islingto More banknotes like this	£40
02/09/2007 Auction 118	English Banknotes	Lot 218	Whitby Bank circulated cheque for £10 dated 24 June 1823 for Robert & John Campion, staple hole at centre, (reads: ten pounds on account of rebuilding More banknotes like this	£18
03/06/2007 Auction 117	English Banknotes	Lot 161	Cheques & ephemera (40) mostly all different English & Scottish 19th & 20th century, a few specials and travellers cheques noted, some are unissued, v More banknotes like this	£36
03/09/2006 Auction 114	English Banknotes	Lot 21	English cheques (22) all different specials with business headings dated from 1890's to 1970's, includes West Bromwich Football Club, Breweries, etc., More banknotes like this	£50
05/03/2006 Auction 112	English Banknotes	Lot 24	British cheque collection in an album (circa 249) little duplication mostly 20th century English, early unissued types and a Specimen noted, some Scot More banknotes like this	£200
05/03/2006 Auction 112	English Banknotes	Lot 20	British and world cheque collection in an album (circa 226), 20th century, some English, Scottish and Irish, also British Colonial including Rhodesia More banknotes like this	£110
05/03/2006 Auction 112	English Banknotes	Lot 23	British cheque accumulation (circa 250) all 20th century mostly 1940's to 1960's, mostly English & a few Scottish plus circa 150 travellers cheques f More banknotes like this	£44
05/03/2006 Auction 112	English Banknotes	Lot 29	British & world 19th & 20th century cheques (20) all different includes England (10), Scotland (7), India Punjab (2) and USA Corry Hide & Fur Co., ear More banknotes like this	£22
27/11/2005 Auction 111	English Banknotes	Lot 32	British and colonial cheques (65) good range includes 1850's Darlington Backhouse (2) and Darlington 1897 York City & County, some 19th century Scotti More banknotes like this	£70
27/11/2005 Auction 111	English Banknotes	Lot 31	British and colonial cheques and bank receipts (6) includes Penzance Bank receipt 1889 plus 3 others, Bexleyheath cheque with counterfoil 1954 headed More banknotes like this	£20
05/09/2005 Auction 110	English Banknotes	Lot 16	British cheques (18) all different mostly 1800's some 1900's includes 3 different Darlington Backhouse dated 1852, 1853 and 1866, a good selection More banknotes like this	£50
05/09/2005 Auction 110	English Banknotes	Lot 15	British cheques (12) ranging from 1914 to modern plus modern Spanish cheque from Banco de Andalucia More banknotes like this	£14
05/06/2005 Auction 109	English Banknotes	Lot 21	British & foreign sight notes, cheques and ephemera (26) includes items from Manchester 1815, Patrasso, Greece 1862, Letterkenny Railway, Northern Ire More banknotes like this	£48
05/06/2005 Auction 109	English Banknotes	Lot 15	British cheques (18) all different & mostly 19th century includes Kelso 1830 and Manchester sight note 1827, interesting More banknotes like this	£30
06/03/2005 Auction 108	English Banknotes	Lot 18	British cheques (20) all different, mostly England with a few Scottish, inc More banknotes like this	£42
06/03/2005 Auction 108	English Banknotes	Lot 19	British cheques (50) all Burnell & Co., Ellesmere Port for Midland Bank Ltd More banknotes like this	£25
28/11/2004 Auction 107	English Banknotes	Lot 251	Six guinea cheque issued London 1767, Boldero, Carter, Barnston & Snaith, signed by Ja:Gordon (Gordon's gin family), edge damage bottom left otherwise More banknotes like this	£36
02/11/2003 Auction 103	English Banknotes	Lot 13	Cornish Bank cheque for £195 1840 Good VF More banknotes like this	£26
06/07/2003 Auction 102	English Banknotes	Lot 36	Margate Isle of Thanet Bank £50 (cheque) 20th Jan 1799 better than Fine one central hole More banknotes like this	£30
31/03/2003 Auction 101	English Banknotes	Lot 14	Margate and Thanet Bank 15th August 1799 cheque for Eight Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Five Pence Fine More banknotes like this	£36

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