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).
Bank of EnglandHollomTen Shillings to Five Pounds (21) a mixed grade high grade group includes about UNC - UNC comprising Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues 1963 (10) including a Replacement issue B296 series M20 415822, B294 (4) FIRST series K65 292958 along with Y33 138543 and a consecutive pair Z54 020436 & Z54 020437 and B295 (5) series 35A 070745, 65A 140325, 02K 083290, 89K 111536 & LAST series 20R 682653. One Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues 1963 (9) including a Replacement B291 series M05R 592344, B292 (2) FIRST and LAST series A17N 240990 & L04X 614778 and B288 (6) series D28N 168651, D84X 625062, L70T 109021 and a consecutive trio K99X 194748 to K99X 194750. Five Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issues 1963 (2) series A92 620603 & B54 906890
Bank of England (27) a rich group Peppiatt (7) Ten Shillings B262 Red/Brown Threaded issue 1948 Fourth Period, last series 09E 383453, about UNC, Ten Shillings Emergency Issue (2) B251 Mauve Metal Thread issue 1940, series O73D 260948 about UNC & A58D 057059 UNC, One Pounds Emergency Issue (3) B249 Blue/Pink Metal Thread issue 1940, series K43D 902092 GEF - about UNC, D22H 224767 GVF & M38H 559024 VF light stains, and One Pound Green B238 First Period issue 1934, series 86U 519578, GVF, Beale (3) Ten Shillings (2) B266 Red/Brown Issue 1950, series T50Z 798118 Fine & E10Z 733491 about UNC, One Pound Green B268, series T75C 988661 about VF, O'Brien (5) One Pound Green B273 issue 1955 VF, Five Pounds Lion & Key (2) B277 issued 1957, series C55 518957 & C63 099191 both VF, One Pound QE2 portrait and seated Britannia B282 issued 1960, series 97J 898820 about UNC, Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issue 1961, first series A16 708574 VF, Hollom (3) One Pound QE2 & seated Britannia B288 issued 1963, series K91W 720387 about UNC, Ten Shillings (2) the first B294 issue1963 series Y42 502805 GEF & the second B295 issued 1963, series 36D 516999, Fine, Hollom (4) One Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B305 issued 1967, series U23B 534761 UNC, Ten Shillings(2) QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B310 issued 1967, last series D03N 504903 UNC & C69N 148439 about VF, Five Pounds QE2 & child Britannia B314 issued 1967, series 27B 287191 about VF, Page (3) One Pounds(2) the first QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B321Replacement Issue 1970, series S64M 944900 about UNC and the second B340 QE2 & Sir Isaac Newton issue 1978, series B26N 197348 UNC, Five Pounds QE2 & child Britannia B324 issued 1971, series 16D 210497 Fine, Somerset(2) One Pounds QE2 & Sir Isaac Newton, B341 "W" Reverse issue 1981, series BN62 631000 interesting serial with a little bit of extended security thread coming from the bottom & BN74 575440 both UNC
Bank of EnglandTen Shillings to Five Pounds (36) a mixed mostly high grades group comprising Ten Shillings B271 Red/Brown issues 1955 (5) a consecutive set of 4 notes series W98Y 629125 to W98Y 629128 and series X24Y 726915. Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia (10) Fforde 1967 issues (4) including B309 (2) series 90S 691882 & first series 89R 494317 and B310 issues (2) consecutive set A81N 259209 & A81N 259210, Hollom 1963 issues (3) including B295 prefix 86N and B294 prefixes U61 &X27 and O'Brien issues 1961 (3) close serial numbers all prefix E20. One Pounds Green O'Brien B273 issues 1955 (13) prefixes T89K, Y19J, Y90J, L73J, J73L, J16L, C46L, H25L, H51L, E05L, E94L, C12L and D35L. One Pounds Green BealeB268 issue 1950 (3) prefixes D63C, K28B and first series H44B. One Pounds O'Brien QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B282 issues 1960 (4) a consecutive set of 4 notes series 46K 252377 to 46K 252380. Along with Five Pounds WhiteB276 dated 16th September 1955 series A80A 061908
Bank of EnglandTen Shillings to Five Pounds (47) a mixed high grade group comprising Ten Shillings HollomB295 issues 1963 (8) a near consecutive set series 31K 355917 to 31K 355925 missing only 31K 355924. One Pounds Hollom B292 issues 1963 (6) includes a consecutive set of 4 first series A27N 217135 to A27N 217138, first series prefix A19N and a prefix D94T. One Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton 1978 issues (8) consecutive set of 3 notes B337 series T13 377313 to T13 377315 and a consecutive set of 5 notes B339 series 18D 600799 to 18D 600803. One Pounds Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issues 1970 (23) a consecutive set of 20 series HN50 136742 to HN50 136761 and a consecutive set of 3 series HT43 150705 to HT43150707. Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington (2) Page B336 issue 1973 series CS21 066032 and GillB353 issue 1988 series RE33 474728
Bank of England a small group in mixed grades VF - UNC (14) comprising Catterns (1) One Pound Green B225 issued 1930 last series Z55 448173. Peppiatt (5) Ten Shillings B236 Unthreaded issue 1934 series 86W 003755, One Pound Green B238 issued 1934 last series 97Z 230070,One Pound Emergency Issue from the Second Period B249 Blue/Pink Metal Thread issue 1940 (2) - the first being the last series A35H 802356 and the second being last series shades X58H 227632, Ten Shillings Emergency Issue B251 Mauve and with a Metal Thread issued 1940 series M71D 626135. Beale (2) Ten Shillings B266 issued 1950 first series Z46Z 892995 and One Pound Green B269Replacement issue 1950 series S36S 421731. O'Brien (4) Ten Shillings (2) the first being B271 issued 1955 first series D92Z 630560 and the second being B286 QE2 portrait issued 1961 series D06 384029, along with One Pound Green (2) the first being B274 a later Replacement issue 1955 series S18T 549046 and the second being B273 an earlier issue 1955 series L98J 869831 .Hollom (2) One Pound a consecutively numbered pair B288 issued 1963 series D11U 519394 and D11U 519395
Bank of England (15) a mixed group in various circulated grades VF to about UNC comprising Ten Shillings Fforde (6) prefixes C25N, C97N, C97N, C25N and a last run series D38N 549306. Five Pounds Fforde issues 1967 (2) B312 first series R99 408255 and B314 series 59D 086211. Five Pounds HollomB297 issues 1963 (2) series H88 860212 and J84 125650. Five Pounds Page (3) B324 issued 1971 (2) first series 78C 889523 & 97C 689651 along with B332 The Duke of Wellington issue 1971 first series A24 049720. Ten Pounds GillB354Florence Nightingale issue 1988 last series JR22 803967. Ten Pounds KentfieldB366 Charles Dickens issue 1992 series A05 561901
Ten Shillings (20) O'Brien (2) 1961 B286 a consecutively numbered set of 2 - C03 511214 and C03 511215 both GEF. Hollom (14) - a near consecutive set of 4 notes 1963 B295 - series 65C 226743, 65C 226745, 65C 226747 and 65C 2246749 EF to about UNC, along with a fully consecutive set of 10 notes B295 - series 92L 815501 through 92L 815510 generally Unc one with a stain. Fforde (4) - 1967 B309 (2) 95X 500292 GVF and 39X 539115 VF, B310 C21N 483600 VF, along with a LAST RUN REPLACEMENT issue B311 serial number M80 373636 about UNC - UNC
Ten Shillings Hollom QE2 portrait & seated Britannia Red/Brown 1963 issues (4) comprising B294 series Z91 809708 UNC. B295 (2) series 02A 416565 about UNC & last series 20R 682658 UNC. And the last one being B296Replacement issue series M41 701314 about UNC
Ten Shillings (72), O'Brien, Hollom and Fforde, scarce Fforde last run 99Z and Hollom last run Z99, REPLACEMENT notes (9), first and last series and consecutively numbered sets also seen, the 99Z is Fine, the Z99 is VF and the rest of the notes are about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
One pound QE2 portrait notes (32) consecutively numbered runs of O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde and Page signature types, mostly GEF to UNC, along with a further group One Pound (16) O'Brien (4), Hollom (2), Page (10), Ten Shillings Hollom (3) in mixed higher grades with some consecutives, along with a further group One Pound (5) of minor miscuts, ink fades and an interesting serial number, these in mixed grades
Ten shillings Beale (2) B266 issued 1950, series X62Z cleaned & pressed EF and K90Z GEF to about UNC, also Fforde £5 series W71 GVF and Hollom £10 series A30 small stain reverse GEF
Ten Pounds Page (4) B326 UNC consecutives, Ten Pounds HollomB299 (3) VF to EF one with an inked number on the obverse, Five Pounds Hollom B297 (3) VF to EF, Five Pounds Fforde (15) B312 and B314 EF to UNC, Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Fine, Ten Shillings Hollom B295 (66) EF to UNC, Fforde (52) B309 and B310 mostly UNC , many groups of consecutives, one note with an inked figure on the obverse, plus Scotland (12) Five Pounds (2), One Pound (10) various banks, in mixed grades, Isle of Man Fifty Pence 1969 issue Fine
Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve (11) Hollom (1), One Pounds Peppiatt Blue (7), Green (2), Fforde (1) from circulation along with a small group ofcirculated coinage which includes pre 47 and pre 20 silver issues (lot)
ERRORten shillings HollomB295 issued 1961 series 91D 808326 with extra paper folded out at right side causing diagonal white strip, comes with normal note for comparison, Fine
Ten shillings HollomB294 (22) issued 1963, QE2 portrait, various prefixes from L23 to scarce last run Z99 in Fine a few consecutive numbers, some lower grades but mostly GVF-EF or better
One poundHollomB290 QE2 portrait issued 1963 replacement prefix 38M, GEF, One pound Hollom B292 (3) QE2 portrait issued 1963 prefixes A13N first series GVF, D99T UNC and L22X last series about UNC, Five pounds LowtherB362 issued 2000 serial QM10 000092 (from C152 presentation set), Queen Mother commemorative, UNC, One pound FfordeB301 (6) QE2 portrait issued 1967 prefixes D45Y, H85Y, A11Z, D01Z, J96Z and last series L23Z, mostly EF to about UNC, One pound PageB340 (5) issued 1978, Newton on reverse, different letter prefixes, first series A13N UNC, B78N UNC, C02N aU-UNC, D34N UNC and last series E79N in UNC Ten shillings Fforde B310 (4) issued 1967, prefixes A44N UNC, C42N GEF, D01N UNC and D02N UNC
Ten shillings FfordeB309 (8) issued 1967 prefixes 47R 1st series, 54S, 74T, 99X, 72U, 28W, 94Y and last series 95Z, average about UNC to UNC, Ten shillings HollomB294 (9) issued 1963 prefixes L30, N93, R99, S42, T08, U87, W82, X49 AND Y22, a couple lower grade, rest mostly GEF to aUNC, Ten shillings O'BrienB286 (8) prefixes A38, B96, C03 (has slight stain GVF), C16, D54, E55, H55 &J94, these all average aUNC to UNC
Ten shillings FfordeB311 (3) issued 1967, all replacement prefixes M57 about UNC, M78 GEF and M79 about UNC, Ten shillings HollomB294 (2) first series K67, slight wave to paper, aUNC and last series Z16 UNC
A collection in an album (80) Ten Shillings - £20 dating back to Catterns many in high grades including Lion and Key Fives, and some better prefixes such as Hollom £10 A01 and Fforde £20 A01
A collection in an album (61) Twenty Pounds (5) Lowther Duggleby B385 (2) consecutive numbers, Kentfield Duggleby B370 (2) consecutive numbers, Gill Duggleby B355, Ten Pounds (6) Gill B354 (2) consecutive numbers, Kentfield Duggleby B366 (4) two pairs of consecutive numbers, WhiteFive Pounds (2) London December 4 1944, O,Brien July 23 1956, Five Pounds (9) Kentfield Duggleby B362 R36 prefix (2 consecutive numbers), Gill Duggleby B353 RD prefix (4,two pairs of close consecutive numbers), Hollom Duggleby B297 , One Pound (24) Catterns (1), Peppiatt Blue (1), O'Brien (1), Page (15) Somerset (5) later notes with many consecutives, Ten Shillings (23) Fforde (7), Hollom (6), O'Brien (4), Beale (1), Peppiatt (4), Catterns (1), Royal Bank of Scotland One Pound (5) 1992 consecutive numbers, in mixed grades many VF or better some later notes in UNC
Banknotes in Frames (5) Five Pounds Hollom Duggleby B297 A33 prefix, O'BrienOne Pound Duggleby B273 prefix A71L, One Pound O'Brien Duggleby B281 prefix A72, Ten Shillings O'Brien Duggleby B271 prefix C14Y, Ten Shillings Fforde Duggleby B309 prefix 98Z all appear in high grade BUYER MUST COLLECT, NO POSTAL SERVICE
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