Newcastle upon Tyne £5 Joint Stock Bank dated 1840 ink Cancelled overprint, (Outing1515b), No 7107 Fine and firm the best example of the group offered here
England (4) consisting of a ProvincialStamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Company Limited 5 Pounds dated 18th October 1899 No. L4330, signature cut-cancelled (Outing 2036f; Grant 5636C), VG with a 4mm oblong centre hole, bank stamps on reverse and still presentable. The note comes with a descriptive short historical background printout. Along with a Wales - Cwmni y Ddafad Ddu Cymreig, 'Black Sheep/Bull Bank' SPECIMEN 5 Swllt (Shillings) Menai bridge type with 3 feathers at Fleur de Lis top left and overprint ENGHRAIFFT (translated from Welsh meaning Example) in blue to lower left and serial number 990953, UNC. Also included in the lot are a Bradbury Wilkinson Promotional Test note in main blue and multicolour value of 100 portrait of King Charles I at right and uniface, along with a display cardboard postage stamp sheet - Her Majesty's stamps from The Stamp Show 2000, Earls Court, London.
Treasury and Bank of England Forgeries & Training notes (3) in various grades VG to about UNC - UNC comprising a Treasury 1 Pound Bradbury signature Training note prefix F without serial number, punch-hole cancelled and red overprints NOT VALID and FOR TRAINING USE ONLY. Peppiatt 1 Pound Green Britannia medallion B239 pre-war Unthreaded issue 1934 with a forged Guernsey "Withdrawn from circulation..." overprint and serial number K84A 269068 this the VG note. Along with a forged 1 Pound Bradbury Dardanelles overprint with black FORGED overprint twice and serial number J/44 71335.
Bradbury (4), 10 Shillings a pair of uncut forged notes without serial numbers, (T12 for type), 10 Shillings punched cancelled and overprinted 'Not Valid - For Training Use Only', (T8 for type), 1 Pound over printed 'Falsifikat' forgery, (t3 for type), and a John Cadbury 9/- note
Newcastle upon Tyne Joint Stock Banking Company 5 Pounds dated 1840 series No.7838, "Cancelled" overprints, (Outing1515b), ink annotations on reverse, Fine
Ten shillings BradburyT15 a contemporary forgery of DardanellesArabic overprint, Cancelled with "Army Pay Office 2 Sept.1918 Gibraltar" on reverse, gFine, also a group (12) of Hungarian, Greek, German & Yugoslavian common WW2 period banknotes all with modern forged Nazi and Jewish overprints, mostly Fine
Newcastle upon Tyne £5 Joint Stock Bank dated 1838 No.2919, ink Cancelled overprints, (Outing 1515b), VG mounted on card in a photo frame, Proof Sets 1970 (2) nFDC in the cases of issue, Royal Mint Year Set 1983 UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue, Britain's First Decimal Coins 1968/71 UC toned in the blue wallet of issue, Five Pound Crown 2008 UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue, Guernsey Five Pound Crowns 2000 (2) Century of the Monarchy UNC in the wallets of issue
Newcastle upon Tyne Joint Stock £10 dated 1836, series No.182, (Outing 1515e), ink Cancelled overprints, almost Fine and a scarcer high value for this type
Newcastle upon Tyne Joint Stock £10 dated 1838, series No.247, (Outing 1515e), ink Cancelled overprints, rejoined, Fine and a scarce high value for this type
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