Leamington, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (12) dated 1885 to 1887, for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 1121), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, bank stamps, etc, average Fine
Leamington, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 dated 188x, an unissued remainder series No.L27663 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 1121), foxing spots at left, GVF
Berwick Bank £5 dated 1803 series D11945 for Surtees's, Burdon, Brandling & Embleton, (Outing 124f), bankruptcy stamp on reverse, some edge wear, about Fine, scarce
Berwick, Tweed Bank £5 dated 1831 series No.H3383 for Batson, Berry & Langhorn, signed by John Wilson (Outing 127c), usual 5 dividend stamps on face, a Congreve & a bankruptcy stamp on reverse, missing small piece of bottom right corner, about Fine and a scarcer earlier date type
MargateIsle of Thanet Bank 14 day sight note dated 1786 series No.641 for £103-7-6, signed Francis Cobb & Son, a much earlier date than usual and ink cancelled, about Fine
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
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (10) dated 1885 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, etc, average Fine
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (10) dated 1885 to 1886 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, etc, average Fine
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (10) dated 1885 to 1886 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, etc, average Fine
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (10) dated 1885 to 1886 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, etc, average Fine
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (10) dated 1885 to 1887 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, etc, average Fine
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (10) dated 1886 to 1887 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, etc, average Fine
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (11) dated 1885 to 1887 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, etc, average Fine
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (2) dated 1887 series No.W28378 & W28379 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (2) dated 1887 series No.W28380 & W28381 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (2) dated 1887 series No.W28385 & W28386 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (2) dated 1887 series No.W28393 & W28394 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (3) dated 1887 series No.W28313, W28354 & W28366 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, VF or better
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (3) dated 1887 series No.W28389, W28390 & W28391 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 (4) dated 1887 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, etc, Fine or better
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 dated 1884 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, signed by Kelynge Greenway (Outing 2279e), earlier date (does not have the usual cancellation & Bankruptcy stamp across signature), Fine+ and a scarcer signature type
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 dated 1887 series No.W28377 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 dated 1887 series No.W28383 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279e), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (10) dated 1884 to 1886 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, average Fine
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (10) dated 1884 to 1887 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, a few rejoined, average Fine
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (10) dated 1886 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, ink annotations, average Fine
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (2) dated 1886 series No.W5616 & W5617 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (2) dated 1886 series No.W5621 & W5622 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, one GEF the other about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (2) dated 1886 series No.W5623 & W5624 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (2) dated 1886 series No.W5625 & W5626 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (2) dated 1886 series No.W5630 & W5631 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (2) dated 1886 series No.W5635 & W5636 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (3) dated 1886 series No.W5618, W5619 & W5620 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (3) dated 1886 series No.W5632, W5633 & W5634 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 (3) dated 1886 series No.W5638, W5639 & W5640 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, GEF to about UNC
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £10 dated 1886 series No.W5642 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279f), cancelled Bankruptcy stamp across signature, EF
Warwick, Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £50 dated 1869 series No.125 for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, (Outing 2279g), split & rejoined, pinholes, cancelled bankruptcy stamp & numerous ink annotations, VG and a scarce high denomination
Canterbury Union Bank £10 dated 1839 series No.2131 for Halford, Baldock & Snoulten (Outing 415f), split & rejoined with bankruptcy stamp on reverse, almost Fine
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).
One pounds Peppiatt prefix H86D, facsimile German propaganda notes dropped on North Africa WW2, Arabic on reverse, about UNC, scarce high grade for type (3) each accompanied with a Translation of Rommel Propaganda Note to English
One poundBradburyT5.3b issued 1914, series D/17 000321, contemporary script on reverse "In memory of 1914-George Ralston Warner-August 7.", Pick347, EF
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
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
Five pounds PeppiattwhiteB241 dated 2nd January 1935 series T/183 50183, MANCHESTER branch issue, Pick335c,small centre hole & internal split bottom centre, good Fine
One poundPeppiattB239A Guernsey overprint series H59A 310221 (a recorded number), "Withdrawn from circulation September 18th, 1941", Pick363h, a scarcer prefix, Fine+
One poundPeppiatt blue B249 (8) issued 1940 includes a consecutive run of 4 notes last series X64H 006806 to X64H 006808 about UNC to UNC, the other notes VF or better
Ten shillings Peppiatt mauve B251 (4) all wartime issues 1940, series J76D, S05D, S48D and W93D GVF to EF and blue £1 B249 (6) a consecutively numbered run series H71H 982730 to H71H 982735 GEF
Ten shillings Peppiatt mauve B251 issued 1940 series L44D 264361, a short snorter, the reverse is signed by a WW2 RAF crew plus other names, possibly Icelandic, comes with some information (needs verifying), Pick366, GVF
Five pounds PeppiattwhiteB255 thick paper dated 21st March 1945 series H72 091505, tear at top centre, edge nick and right side corners both clipped, Pick342, about VF
Five pounds PeppiattwhiteB255 thick paper dated 22nd February 1945 seriesH49089358, surface dirt, inked annotations & a Harrods oval stamp on reverse, Fine+
Five pounds PeppiattwhiteB255 thick paper dated 8th December 1944 series E84 089028, internal splits, mount marks & written addresses, etc on reverse, Pick342, Fine
Ten shillings BealeB266 (7) issued 1950 series L01Z, R49Z (3) includes a consecutive pair, S10Z, X01Z and Y05Z, Beale £1 B268 (2) series E04J and W04B, average EF to GEF
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