Canada, Government of Quebec bond for £20/500 francs, Quebec 1880, Royal Coat of Arms top centre, green & black, text in English & French. Punch cancelled. GVF.
Mexico, Ferrocarril Mineral de Chihuahua, bearer Certificate for 100 Mexican Silver Pesos. Chihuahua 1900. Illustration of Passenger Train in Canyon. Text all in Spanish but printed in St Louis. Large format attractive blue printing, with coupons. Central fold GVF.
Palestine, The Marine Trust Ltd., Certificate for 2 shares of 1 Palestine Pound each. 1937. Shipping in overprint, blue and olive printing, weak at folds. Relief & Consolidation Housing Co. Ltd., certificate for One 10 Palestine Pound share. 1947. View at top and in underprint of modern style housing estate, Text in Hebrew and English, fine green and blue printing. VF. (2).
South Africa, The Rietkuil Gold Mines Ltd. certificate for five shares1895, Printers Proof by Blades East & Blades, red with vignette of child working in mine, with coupons, Punch cancelled. EF.
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 poundWarren FisherT24 (5) issued 1919, series P/18, R/72, T/3, T/9 & X/16, Pick357, some with pinholes and 1 with bank stamps reverse, Fine to good Fine
Bank of England group (46) includes O'Brien Britannia £5 (3), Peppiatt blue £1 (13), green Peppiatt £1 (5), Beale £1 (3), Obrien £1 (3), purple 10 shillings Peppiatt (3, various brown Peppiatt to O/Brien 10/- plus later issues, mostly Fine to VF, some better, a good mix
ERROR £1 SomersetB341 issued 1981 series CR21 889020, an ERROR with a thin strip of extra white paper along the right edge, faint printers ink top edge reverse, slabbed in plastic graded ICG 63 UNC*
Twenty Pounds Lowther. B384 (2) First run. DA01 000927 and 000928 Unc, B386 AA01 647283 AU, £20 Lowther (1), £10 Kentfileds (4) £10 Lowther (1) and £5 Bailey these in high grades along with a small group of world notes from circulation
Provincial copper printing plate for 5 shillings & 5 pence 180x, Bank name and place difficult to determine, possibly Welsh or Irish, some engraving unclear, scarce
Beverley, East Riding Bank 5 guineas copper printing plate 180x for Robert Carlile Broadley & Company (Outing 129c for type) clear engraving, very scarce
Gloucestershire Banking Company £5 copper printing plate 183x for The Company by Order of the Board of Directors (Outing 828a for type), clear engraving, very scarce
Halifax Bank £5 steel printing plate (c.1830s) for Rawdon Briggs & Sons (Outing 885f for type), hanging sheep vignette, some rubbing but clear engraving, very scarce
Leeds Bank £10 copper printing plate 18xx, Owl vignette, no partnership but Outing 1133 for type, this denomination unlisted, slight rubbing but clear engraving, very scarce
Leek & Congleton Bank £1 copper printing plate, 182x for Fowler, Haworth & Gaunt (Outing 1161 for type), this denomination and bank are as yet unlisted, clear engraving, very scarce
Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company £5 (10) all dated 1900, triangular cut cancelled, (Outing 2036f) numerous Post Office & bank stamps, average About Fine
Wirksworth £1 copper printing plate 181x for Richard Arkwright, John Topliss & Co. (Outing 2380a for type), a few scratches but clear engraving, very scarce
Experimental and advertising notes (16), Waterlow & Sons Limited advertising/promotional note c.1950s, Sir Philip H. Waterlow portrait at centre, reverse is inverted, thin border. about UNC, Test notes inc Euro and Experimental Trafalgar (IBSS Congress 1995) and RABOBANK set of five. EF. (16)
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).
Australia, Tasmaniacheques (59), mainly National Bank of Tasmania from 1880's to 1920's, many printed with Tasmanian companies. Multiples of some types. Overall good used condition
Austria (3) International Refugee Organization (IRO) 1 unit, 5 units & 10 units issued 1945, (Schwan & Boling 181, 182 & 183), a few marks otherwise all about UNC
Bahrain, a matching serial number set of Specimen notes (7) 100 Fils, Quarter Dinar, Half Dinar, One Dinar, Five Dinars, Ten Dinars and Twenty Dinars UNC from the 'Specimen Banknotes from around the World' set Pick 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 10s UNC from the 'Specimen Banknotes from around the World' set
British Caribbean Territories $1 (2) dated 2nd January 1964, a consecutively numbered pair, series R4-058884 & R4-058885, QE2 portrait at right, Pick7c, cleaned & pressed, look EF
Ceylon group (10) includes KGVI50 cents 1942, 1 rupee 1946, 1 rupee 1951, later issues include 100 rupees 1968 Pick71b, mostly VF to UNC, a few are pressed
China 20 copper coins dated 1938 series D3544547, Ho Pei Metropolitan Bank, Picks1710M, VF, China Central Reserve Bank 10000 yuan dated 1944 series U/A 534567T, Japanese Puppet Bank WW2, PickJ37b, GVF, China Federal Reserve Bank (3) 10 yuan 1938 PickJ63a aFine, 100 yuan 1938 PickJ59 aFine and 100 yuan 1945 PickJ88a, about UNC to UNC, China Federal Reserve Bank 1 Dollar dated 1938 series E1839051, Japanese Puppet Bank WW2, PickJ54a, VF to GVF
ChinaBank of Communications (10) 10 yuan issued Tientsin 1927 series A090842T, Pick147Ca, Fine, 100 yuan issued 1942 series Q985779, train and ship, Pick165, edge dirt reverse, VF+, 25 yuan issued 1941 series D370168, Pick160a, Fine with a small ABNC original black & white print of the centre vignette showing a Zeppelin, ship, train etc. 5 yuan issued Shanghai 1927 series B015199S, Pick146B, Fine, 5 yuan issued Shantung 1927 series C118084L, Pick146Ca, about Fine, 5 yuan issued Tientsin 1927 series A340921T, Pick146D, ink marks, pressed Fine, obverse proof issued 1931, Specimen overprint in black & perforated in English and Chinese, serial number S000336A, uniface, mount marks reverse, Pick148s1 for type, about EF, obverse proof issued SHANTUNG 1927, Specimen overprint in black & perforated in English and Chinese, uniface with red overprint SPECIMEN No.1985 on reverse and some ink smudges, 2 punch holes, Pick145Bs for type, about UNC, reverse Specimen proof issued FENGTIEN 1927,uniface with overprint SPECIMEN No.1559 on the front side, 2 punch holes, Pick145s for type, faint stains, GEF, 50 yuan issued 1942 seriesM490815, steam train at left, Pick164a, edge wear, Fine
China, Bank of China 1 dollar issued AMOY October 1930 series No.541521, Pick67, Fine, China, Bank of China 10 dollars issued AMOY October 1930 series No.468835, Pick69, GVF, China, Bank of China 20 cents issued 1941, an obverse SPECIMEN proof series A000000, uniface, as Pick90s, UNC, China, Bank of China 5 yuan issued Shanghai 1926 series U329569, black signature, Pick66a, pressed VF, China, Bank of China 5 yuan reverse proof in brown, dated September 1918, stuck on card & uniface, Pick52f for type, printer ABNC, HANKOW issue & Hankow in script top edge, some edge wear at right, otherwise UNC
China, Farmers Bank Specimen proofs (8) 1 yuan (2) issued 1935, De La Rue Specimen No.31, both notes are uniface, unlisted but Pick457(s) for type (has multicolour underprint, so not Pick457A), mounting stains left edges, almost UNC, 10 yuan (2) issued 1935, De La Rue Specimen No.35, both notes are uniface, Pick459s for type, mounting stains reverse, GEF or better, 5 yuan issued 1935 (2), De La Rue Specimen No.34, both notes are uniface, Pick458s, mounting stains left edges, almost UNC, 50 cents issued 1936 (2) , De La Rue Specimen No.00220, both notes are uniface, Pick460s for type, small rusty pinholes, mounting stains reverse, about UNC
China, People's Bank of China (2) 10000 yuan front & back Specimen proofs dated 1949, trace number 20717, series (I II III) 00000000 , both notes uniface, Pick854s for type, mount marks on reverse, GEF to about UNC
China, The National Commercial Bank, Ltd. 1 yuan reverse Specimen proof issued October 1st 1923 series No.000000, overprinted SPECIMEN & CANCELLED in red, 2 small punch holes, Cockerel at left, mount marks on the uniface front side, Pick517s for type, GEF
Estonia (2) 10 krooni SPECIMEN dated 1928 series No.0012345--6789000, PROOV in red diagonally across centre front & large red X on reverse , Pick63s1, about UNC to UNC, 500 marka reverse proof dated 1923, front side is uniface, overprint proov diagonally in red, Pick52 for type, about UNC
FrenchPacific Territories 500 francs (4) issued 1992, a consecutive numbered run series X.010, Pick1b, all slabbed and graded ICG 60 AU/UNC (3) and one at 63 UNCIRCULATED
Germany 20000 Mark dated 1923 with a Scottish Unionist political overprint on reverse, "Vote Unionist and Protect Your Interests against unfair competition from abroad, where men work long hours for low wages and are paid in notes like this, which were formerly worth about £1000 and now cannot buy a crumb of bread, Defend your home industry and Vote Unionist", printed in Glasgow, edge tear, about VF
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