Cheques (98) includes 19th Century types (65) Messrs. Beckett & Co. (2), Messrs. Beechings, Hodgkin & Beeching Bankers, Tonbridge (1), The Belfast Banking Company (3), Messrs. Berwick, Lechmere, Isaac, Isaac & Martin (1), Messrs, Berwick, Lechmere, Isaac, Martin & Co. (1), Messrs. Bingel & Schumann (1), Birkbeck Bank (1), The Birmingham Banking Company (4), Birmingham District & Counties Banking Company Limited (2), Birmingham & Midland Bank (1), Birmingham , Dudley & District Banking Company and related (2), Bolitho, Foster, Coode & Co. Limited (1), Bradford Old Bank Limited (1), Bristol and West of England Bank Limited (1), British Linen Company/Bank (6), Messrs. Brocklehursts Company of Bankers and related (2), Messrs. Brown, Janson & Company (1), Messrs. Brown & Reeves Bankers, Shepton Mallett (1), Messrs. Brown, Shipley & Co. (1), The Bucks & Oxon Union Bank (4), Messrs. John, Henry & George Bugg Bankers, Spalding (1), The Burton, Uttoxeter and Ashbourn Union Bank (2), North Devon Bank (1), Caledonian banking Company (1), The Capital & Counties Bank Limited and related (9), Carlisle City and District Banking Company Limited (2), The Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company (7), Sir Charles R. McGregor (2), The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China (1), The Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Banking Company (1), Messrs. Child & Co. (4), The City Bank (2), The Civil Service Bank Limited (1), The City of Glasgow Bank (3), Messrs. Clarkes and Philips Banker, Leicester, Messrs. Claypon, Garfit & Claypons, Bankers, Boston (1), The Clydesdale Banking Company (6), The Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited (1), The Commercial bank od Scotland Ltd and related (7), Aberdeen Commercial Banking Company (1), The Consolidated Bank Limited (3), Messrs. Cooper & Purton, Bridgnorth (1), The Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited (2), The Co-operative Bank (1), all unwritten in mixed high grades most with counterfoils
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite note B255 Thick paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue and an earlier example for type dated 9th September 1944 serial number E07 078718, VF various bank and hand stamps - 2 on face one of which a date "Feb 22 1946", 2 inked numerals on face. The reverse an inked signature Mr/Mrs James and pencilled signature A. Sargeson and 2 hand stamps from Manchester stores - The Great Universal Stores Limited and the Montague Burton Ltd, 49 Piccadilly, Manchester a clothes shop established by Sir Montague Maurice Burton and still operating to this day under Burton Menswear London
Provincial notes (4) in various grades VG - Fine and comprises some scarcer notes as the Birmingham Bank 5 Pounds dated 25th March 1829 No. 3075 For Rot tons, Smith & Scholefield (Outing 172 for type) hand stamp Cancelled twice. Leominster Bank 5 Pounds dated 1st January 1824 No. B2071 For Coleman, Morris & Sons (Outing 1176c; Grant 1653) missing corner piece and originally paper repaired on reverse, dividend & bankruptcy stamps. Burton upon Trent Bank 1 Pound dated 11th January 1815 No. J3005 For Harding, Oakes and Willington (Outing 373a; Grant 588). Together with the Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds dated 19th June 1882 No. Z1758 For Jonathan Backhouse & Company (Outing 373a; Grant 588). An interesting selection
Burton upon Trent Bank 1 Pound dated 1817 for Harding, Oakes and Willington, signed by James Harding, (Outing 373a). Bankruptcy stamp on back and other inked numbers, pinholes, limp about Fine
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