ERRORS (13), very scarce PeppiattOne Pound with heavy printers ink smudge to right edge issued 1948, about Uncirculated, FfordeFive Pounds design misplaced vertically on reverse, issued 1967, good VF, Page One Pound (3) all with ink smudges through portrait of Queen, issued 1970, good VF, EF and Uncirculated, Page Ten Pounds with heavy printers ink smudge through portrait of the Queen, issued 1975, good VF, Page Five Pounds (3) a pair of consecutively numbered notes with queens portrait only lightly printed, issued 1975, about Uncirculated & Five Pounds horizontally misplaced on obverse, issued 1975, about EF, Page One Pound approx. 5mm taller than a standard note, issued 1978, about EF, Gill 10 Pounds with silver security thread misplaced to left and completely exposed, unusual error, issued 1988, VF, Gill Five Pounds missing orange, yellow and green in underprint on back, issued 1990, Uncirculated, Bailey Ten Pounds missing 5 digits from serial number at top left, issued 2004, about VF, an interesting and varied collection of errors needs viewing
Bank of England (11) Page to Gill, face value £255, includes error Gill £50 with double signature GVF, £20 Kentfield mis-cut GEF, some AO1 first runs, average VF
ERROR £20 GillB355 (2) a consecutive pair issued 1988 series 27R 611817 & 27R 611818, both are missing major parts of design on front & back, light dirt marks, pressed VF to EF, scarce
ERROR £20 GillB358 series B29 018116, it has a small piece of extra paper top right plus an Isle of Man Tyvek £1 Pick38 with a scrunched up right side, possibly an error also, both VF to GVF
ERROR £20 GillB355 issued 1988 series 10R 103342, missing central part of reverse print including all of the balcony scene, tiny dot top left, pressed about UNC
ERROR £5 GillB357 issued 1990 (2) a consecutive numbered pair series A17 614220 & A17 614221, missing the pink underprint colour on face leaving borders blank, about UNC
ERRORS (13) includes 10/- O'Brien B271 faint double serial top right, £1 Fforde (2) one different serials and other diagonal white strip, £5 Page (2) one offset & other different serials £5 Somerset different serials, £1 Somerset (2) missing print on front, £20 Page missing signature, £20 GillB355 extra paper, £20 Gill different prefix letters, £20 Kentfield faded colours & £50 Somerset missing print, many with inked numbers, tears, etc, average Fine to VF, many better types, needs viewing
ERRORS (3) £5 GillB353 prefix RH06 missing single digit top left UNC plus £10 SomersetB348 AZ88 with watermark only slightly displaced in UNC & £20 Somerset B351 prefix 01H with small area of missing print top reverse good Fine
ERROR £20 GillB358 issued 1991 prefix D14, fold with large piece of extra paper at lower left showing lower half of Queen's portrait from previous note and numerous colour bars, unusual shape, GEF to about UNC
ERROR £20 GillB358 issued 1991 prefix D41, folds with large piece of extra paper at left, Faraday portrait pulled out & split into 3 parts leaving blank sections, EF
Error £20 GillB355, reverse is offset to right with a thin colour streak diagonally down centre, comes with a second normal consecutive note slightly stained on wmk area, both notes GEF
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