Provincials a small collection (6) as per Outing Darlington Bank Five Pounds 1887 Fine cut cancelled O629, Durham Bank Five Pounds Jonathan Backhouse 1891 Fine cut cancelled and with red cancellation stamps O729, Newcastle upon Tyne Five Pounds 1840 O1515 pleasing Fine, Stamford and SpaldingTen Pounds 1901 Fine triangular cancellation cut bottom right O2036, Tees Bank One Pound Hutchinson & Hutchinson Stockton O2048 Good large parts of the note missing, Wantage One Pound Matterly, Kent, Benj, Kent this seldom seen but only Good O2261
Great Britain Provincial issues along with a Rent receipt (8) in mixed grades Good/VG to Fine comprising a cut left hand piece believed to be Andover Old Bank 10 Pounds with number J367 for Joseph, William & Robert Wakeford, showing entered manuscript signature Wm. Wakeford (Outing 36h). Darlington Bank (2) including 1 Pound 17th September 1813 number B732 for Mowbray, Hollingsworth, Wetherell, Shields, Boulton & Co. manuscript signatures entered Taylor & signed Hollingsworth (Outing 630e) along with 5 Pounds cut-cancelled number F/X 171 17th December 1879 for Jonathan Backhouse & Co. (Outing 629r), paper tape repaired on reverse with bank stamps. Derby Bank 1 Pound 27th June 1812 serial number W 562 for Bellairs, Sons & Co. manuscript signatures entered John Bromley & signed T. Bellairs, with bankruptcy exhibit stamp on reverse. Durham Bank 5 Pounds cut-cancelled 14th September 1882 number C/N 682 (Outing 722g). Stockton & Cleveland Bank 1 Pound 11th November 1812 number P2863 for Lumley, Wilkinson & Snondon manuscript signatures entered Marshall & signed Snondon (Outing 2046b), bankruptcy stamp on reverse. Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds cut-cancelled 16th October 1882 number A/A 0095 for Jonathan Backhouse & Co. (Outing 2050c), paper tape repair & stamps on reverse. The Rent receipt from His Grace the Duke of Portland and signed by Ths. Benson for (?) of Blackwell in the sum of 1 Pound and 15 shillings and valid for one whole year dated 16th October 1764.
Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds For Jonathan Backhouse & Company, cut-cancelled (Outing 2050c; Grant 2766) dated 1st September 1887 (2) No. A/C 1588 & A/C 1380, both VG multiple pinholes, bank stamps and inked numerals
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
Provincial issue 5 Pounds (2) comprising a very early number and bearing the bank's creation year example Newcastle upon Tyne Joint Stock Bank SOLID No. 88 FIRST date for this type 2nd July 1836 ink-stamp cancelled twice and John Morrison signature for Manager,(Outing 1515b; Grant 5507), VG or slightly better and surely to attract a significant amount of attention by provincial collectors as such early dated survivors, considering this example is more than 2 centuries old, are very rarely seen. Also accompanied by a Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds No. A/D 0659 dated 14th October 1887 for Jonathan Backhouse & Comp. cut-cancelled across main signature, (Outing 2049c; Grant2766), usual bank stamps/inked annotations & few small pinholes, Fine.
Provincial 5 Pound notes For Jonathan Backhouse & Co. (7) all cut-cancelled and all VG comprising Darlington Bank 5 Pounds (2) both dated 1887 (Outing 629t) numbers G/I 309 and G/H 919. Durham Bank 5 Pounds (3) dated 1886,1887 and 1888 (Outing 72g) numbers C/Q 823, C/Q 892 and C/R 454. And Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds (2) dated 1887 and 1890 (Outing 2050c) numbers A/D 0531 and A/F 0069.
Bank of England (70), a very interesting and varied collection with FIRST RUN, LAST RUN, EXPERIMENTAL, REPLACEMENT and consecutively numbered runs seen, O'Brien 1 Pound B283experimental series A01N, B281 first run series A01, and a number of replacement notes, Hollom 10 Shillings, 1 Pound & 5 Pounds a selection of replacement notes, Hollom 10 Shillings B295 first run series 01A, Fforde 1 Pound, a collection of replacement notes and first and last runs, 5 pounds 2 replacement notes, Page 5 Pounds (28) in 2 consecutively numbered runs, Page 1 Pound B339A scarce experimental issue series 81R, first run notes series A01 and A01N, Gill 50 Pounds series C12 348300, signature range O'Brien to Lowther with values from 10 Shilling to 50 Pounds, plus a Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds provincial note, mixed grades veiwing recommended
English Provincial Banknotes (4), Liverpool Bank 1 Guinea dated 1801 series No. 4105, for Sir Michael Cromie, Bart., Pownoll, Hartman & Co., (Outing1209a), small inked annotations on reverse, edge and corner damage, some holes & splits, about VG, Dartmouth General Bank 5 Pounds dated 1818 series No.B522 for John Hine & Henry J. Holdsworth, (Outing 639b) ink annotations on reverse, pinholes, good VG, Durham Bank 5 Pounds and Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds, both cut cancelled and with inked annotations and bank stamps on reverse, about Fine
Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds (3) dated 1895 & 1885 for Jonathan Backhouse & Comp., signatures cut cancelled, two notes about VF the other Fair with taped repair
Five Pounds Durham Bank 1887, Five Pounds Darlington Bank 1889, Five Pounds Stockton on Tees Bank 1887, Jonathan Backhouse issues, all cut cancelled, around Fine, along with One Pound Christchurch and Wimborne Bank 1825 around Fine, cut cancelled
Durham Bank £5 dated 10th May 1886 for Jonathan Backhouse & Co. Grant 1071, Signature cut cancelled, Fair, Stockton on Tees £5 dated 17th October 1887 for Jonathan Backhouse & Co.Grant 2766, Darlington Bank £5 dated 16th march 1888 for Jonathan Backhouse & Co., all Fair with some holes and inked annotations
Ramsgate Old Bank One Pound, Nathaniel Austen & Son unissued (Outing 1766a) EF with some light foxing, Stockton on Tees Bank Five Pounds 1883 Jonathan Backhouse issue Fine, Darlington Bank £5 1889 , Jonathan Backhouse issue, cut cancelled, Fine
Darlington Bank £5 dated 1891, Durham Bank £5 (2) dated 1890 (split & rejoined) & 1891 about VF, Stockton on Tees Bank (2) both dated 1895 (one is split & rejoined) all for J. Backhouse and cut-cancelled, average Fine-VF
Darlington Bank £5 (2) dated 1882 and 1887, Stockton on Tees Bank £5 (2) dated 1882 and 1890, for Jonathan Backhouse & Co., all signature cut-cancelled VG to Fine
Darlington Bank £5 dated 1895, Durham Bank £5 dated 1889 (repaired) & Stockton on Tees Bank dated 1887 (split & rejoined) all for J. Backhouse and cut-cancelled, average Fine
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