Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The David Kirch Collection of English Provincial Banknotes Part III: Wales & The West Midlands (Sale 13032)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 18th April 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Wednesday 17 April 10 am to 5 pm
Any other viewing by appointment only
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Auction Lots - Page 1

ENGLAND

CHESHIRE

CHESTER

3001
Chester Bank (Rowton & Morhall), £10, 21 December 18[08], serial number 6, black and white, value at lower left and top right, facade of historic Chester Bank building at centre, manuscript signature of Thos. Morhall at lower right (Outing 519, this denomination not seen), numerous ink annotations, bankruptcy commission stamp on reverse, split and rejoined, a couple of pinholes, otherwise a clean good fine, and a low serial number £300-350
3002
Chester Bank (Rowton & Morhall), £1, 1 June 18[10], serial number 2948, black and white, value at lower left, right and top right, bankers' initials at centre, manuscript signature of Thos. Morhall at lower left, printed by R & E Williamson of Brook Street London (Outing 519a), pinholes, some small tears at edge and light toning, yet crisp, good fine £200-250
3003
North and South Wales Bank, £5 proof, 18- (c.1848), no serial number, black and white, arms at top left, value at lower left, top right, and centre in tableau, printed by Perkins, Bacon & Petch (this type not seen from Chester), mount marks on reverse, SPECIMEN stamped in black at lower right, toning at right edge, light pencil annotation at lower left dated 1848, otherwise extremely fine £150-200

CONGLETON

3004
Congleton Bank (John Johnson & Son), £1, 18 April 182[3], serial number E790, black and white arms at top left, value at lower left, top right and centre, manuscript signature of John Johnson at lower right (Outing 585a), laid down on thin card with mount marks on reverse, heavy toning, very good £200-300
3005
Imperial Bank of England, £5, 10 April 18[38], serial number 7/124, black and white, value at lower left and centre, vignette of St. George and bird with arrows at left, engraved by C.Swain of Manchester (Outing 587a), heavily toned, piece missing at lower left, very good £80-120
3006
Imperial Bank of England, £5, 1 January 18[39], serial number 1/26, black and white, value at lower left and centre, vignette of St. George and bird with arrows at left, engraved by C.Swain of Manchester (Outing 587a), heavily folded at edges, several holes, very good £100-150

KNUTSFORD

3007
Imperial Bank of England, £5, 11 February 18[37], serial number 191, black and white, value at lower left and centre, vignette of St. George and bird with arrows at left, engraved by C.Swain of Manchester (Outing 1090a), cut cancelled, handstamped BANK OF LIVERPOOL, heavily toned, piece missing at lower left, London partnership altered to 'Wright, Selby & Co' in ink, good £50-80
3008
Imperial Bank of England, £5, 11 February 18[37], serial number 6/4, black and white, value at lower left and centre, vignette of St. George and bird with arrows at left, engraved by C.Swain of Manchester (Outing 1090a), some toning, pinholes at left, folds and tears at edges, piece missing at top left, otherwise very good £150-200

MACCLESFIELD

3009
Macclesfield (Thos. Critchley & Francis Sadler), £1, 14 December 18[04], serial number a269, black and white on watermarked paper, bankers' initials at top left, manuscript signature of Robert Turner at lower left (Outing 1318a), partnership part ink cancelled, suggesting this note was issued under Critchley & Sadler and cancelled under Critchley & Turner, heavily toned, numerous pinholes, very good £100-150
3010
Macclesfield Bank (Thos. Critchley & Rob. Turner), £1, 10 December 18[14], serial number 993, black and white, value at lower left and centre, bankers' initials at top left, manuscript signature of Robert Turner at lower right, bank name on reverse in blue (Outing 1318b), some toning and rust spot, ink annotation on reverse, about fine £120-160
3011
Macclesfield Bank (Thos. Critchley & Rob. Turner), £1, 1 October 18[15], serial number a968, black and white, bordered edge, value at lower left and centre, bankers' initials at left, manuscript signature of Robert Turner at lower right, bank name on reverse (Outing 1318b), heavily toned and folded, small tears at edge, very good £120-180
3012
Macclesfield Bank (Thos. Critchley & Rob. Turner), £5, 20 October 18[13], serial number A783, black and white, value at lower left and centre, bankers' initials at top right, manuscript signature of Robert Turner at lower right and Critchley at lower left, bank name on reverse (Outing 1318c), cut cancelled, ink annotations on reverse, about fine £80-120
3013
Macclesfield & Cheshire Bank (Daintry Ryle & Co), partial proof £1 on paper, 18-, no serial number, black and white, value at lower left, centre and right, Britannia vignette at top left, arms at centre (Outing 1319a), mount marks on reverse, small tears at corners, otherwise a fresh extremely fine £140-180
3014
Macclesfield & Cheshire Bank (Daintry Ryle & Co), £1, 21 January 18[25], serial number 9720, black and white, value at lower left, centre and right, Britannia vignette at top left, arms at centre, revenue stamp on reverse in black and red, printed by Perkins, Fairman & Heath (Outing 1319a), heavily ink stained and toned, pinholes, sections missing from lower edge, good £150-200
3015
Macclesfield & Cheshire Bank (Daintry, Ryle & Co), £100, 27 January 18[40], serial number 265a, black and white, value at lower left, top right, top centre and centre (Outing 1319a), halved and rejoined, ink annotations on both sides, toning at top right, very good, extremely rare £700-900
3016
Macclesfield & Cheshire Bank (Daintry, Ryle & Co), £5, 13 February 18[40], serial number 1223, black and white, value at lower left, top right and centre (Outing 1319b), handstamps in red and black on obverse, bankruptcy handstamp dated 1841 on reverse, numerous ink annotations, very good £50-80
3017
Macclesfield & Cheshire Bank (Daintry, Ryle & Co), £5, 19 January 18[41], serial number 1755, black and white, value at lower left, top right and centre, manuscript signature of J.C.Ryle (Outing 1319b), handstamps in red and black on obverse, numerous handstamps on reverse, signed by the banker's son, who later became a clergyman and was the first bishop of Liverpool, about very fine £100-150
3018
Macclesfield & Cheshire Bank (Daintry, Ryle & Co), £50, 27 January 18[40], serial number 1162, black and white, value at lower left, top right and centre, arms at top left (Outing 1319d), handstamped NANTWICH, left portion of note discoloured, otherwise a solid good fine, exceptional £800-1,000
3019
Macclesfield Bank (Wm., Jn. & Thos. Brocklehurst & Co), a sight bill for £5.17.10, 26 March 18[52], serial number 5043, black and white, bankers' initials at left, manuscript signature of Robert Bagshaw, printed by Rowe, Kentish & Co, also includes two unissued sight bills from Northwich, dated 17- and 180- respectively, both with duty stamps (see Outing 1320a for this partnership, initial on unissued sight bills resemble Outing 3030a), heavily annotated, otherwise very fine, the two cheques good extremely fine (3) £30-40
3020
Macclesfield Bank (Wm., Jn. & Thos. Brocklehurst & Co), £5, 6 April 18[57], serial number 10205, black and white, value at lower left, top right and centre, beehive vignette at top left, manuscript signature of P.P.Brocklehurst at lower right (see Outing 1320 for type, this partnership not seen), heavily toned, some pinholes, about fine £140-180
3021
Imperial Bank of England, £5, 25 September 18[38], serial number 1/169, black and white, value at lower left and centre, vignette of St.George at top left with bird holding arrows, manuscript signature at lower right (Outing 1323a), trimmed, some ink annotations, a couple of pinholes, about fine £80-120

NANTWICH

3022
Nantwich Bank (Broughton & Garnett), £1, 27 September 182[3], serial number J985, black and white, value lower left, top right and centre, bankers' initials at top left, manuscript signature of Broughton at lower right, revenue stamp on reverse in red and black (Outing 1473a), heavily discoloured, pinholes at left, very good £140-180
3023
Nantwich Bank (Broughton & Garnett), £2, 4 January 182[3], serial number 303, black and white, value lower left, top right and centre, bankers' initials at top left, manuscript signature of Broughton at lower right, revenue stamp on reverse in red and black (Outing 1473b), halved and repaired on reverse, pinned to a separate paper, good and a rare denomination £200-300
3024
Nantwich Old Bank (Benjamin Hewitt, Eldowes Bowman & John Eldowes Bowman), £1, 14 June 18[13], serial number F1982, black and white on watermarked paper, value at lower left, top right and centre, bankers' initials at top left, manuscript signature of J.E.Bowman at lower right (Outing 1474a), mount marks and bankruptcy stamp on reverse, duty stamp at left, heavily folded, otherwise about fine £120-160
3025
Nantwich Old Bank (Benjamin Hewitt, Eldowes Bowman & John Eldowes Bowman), £5, 24 March 18[13], serial number a650, black and white, value at lower left, top right and centre, bankers' initials at top left, manuscript signature of Eldowes Bowman at lower right (Outing 1474c), cut cancelled, ink marks and some pinholes at left, about fine £80-120

NORTHWICH

3026
Northwich Bank (Thomas Walter Williams), £1, 16 July 18[14], serial number 114, black and white, value at lower left, top right and centre, vignette at left, manuscript signature at lower right, value, partnership name and town of issue in Old English text on reverse (Outing 1590a), heavily toned, trimmed, very good £100-120
3027
Northwich Bank (Thomas Walter Williams), £1, 8 April 18[25], serial number J645, black and white, bordered edge, value at lower left, top right and centre, vignette at left, manuscript signature at lower right, revenue stamp in red and black on reverse (Outing 1590a), toned and discoloured, otherwise a solid about fine £150-200
3028
Imperial Bank of England, £5, 4 April 18[38], serial number 2/42, black and white, value at lower left and centre, vignette of St.George at left with bird holding arrows, manuscript signature at lower right, printed by C.Swain of Manchester (Outing 1592a), trimmed, some light staining in places, otherwise a solid and clean good fine £120-180
3029
Imperial Bank of England, £5, 27 March 18[39], serial number 3/39, black and white on watermarked paper, value at lower left and centre, vignette of St.George at left with bird holding arrows, manuscript signature at lower right, printed by C.Swain of Manchester (Outing 1592a), some speckled staining, otherwise a pleasing and fresh very fine £140-200

STOCKPORT

3030
Stockport Bank (Day, Barton, Dumbells & Robinson), unissued 10 guineas, no date (c.1791-93), no serial, black and white on watermarked paper, value at centre, vignette of lion, sunrise and beehive at top left, duty stamp at lower left (Outing 2039b), folds, tear at right, otherwise a fresh good fine, very rare and an unusual style £300-500
3031
Stockport & Cheshire Bank (William Miller Christy, Isaac Lloyd, John Kenyon Winterbottom & John Worsley), £1, 1 March 182[5], serial number 3, black and white, value at lower left, top right, centre and centre as protector, bankers' initials at left, manuscript signature of Isaac Lloyd at lower right, revenue stamp on reverse in red and black (see Outing 2042 for type, this partnership not seen), evidence of mounting on reverse, otherwise about very fine and the earliest £1 known for this rarely seen partnership. Very rare and attractive £350-550
3032
Stockport & Cheshire Bank (William Miller Christy, Isaac Lloyd, John Kenyon Winterbottom & John Worsley), unissued £20, 182-, no serial number, black and white, value at lower left, top right and centre, bankers' initials at top left (Outing 2042a), minimal staining at edges, otherwise about uncirculated, rare £200-300

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

BERKELEY

3033
Berkeley Bank (Marklove & Co), unissued £20, 180-, no serial number, black and white, value at lower left, centre and top right, vignette of Berkeley Castle at top left (Outing 120a), evidence of mounting on reverse and one hole, otherwise very fine £200-300
3034
Berkeley Bank (Marklove, Hickes & Marklove), unissued £1, 18- (c.1800), no serial number, black and white, bankers' initials at top left, value at lower left, centre and top right (see Outing 120 for type, this partnership not seen), mounted on blue paper, otherwise good extremely fine £150-200

CHELTENHAM

3035
Cheltenham Bank, unissued sight bills (2), 17-, no serial numbers, black and white, coat of arms at left (not seen in Outing), some discolouration, evidence of mounting on one and the other mounted on blue paper, good very fine (2) £100-120
3036
Cheltenham & Winchcomb Bank (Thos. Fisher & Thos. Ashmore), £1, 1 August 18[18], serial number G1000, black and white, value at lower left and right, bankers' initials at left, manuscript signature of Thos. Ashmore at lower right, duty stamp at left (Outing 487b), ink cancelled, annotation on reverse relating to Bankruptcy Commission at the Royal Hotel (Cheltenham) dated 11th August 1819, about fine £120-160
3037
Cheltenham & Winchcomb Bank (Thos. Fisher & Thos. Ashmore), £5, 5 September 18[18], serial number E2805, black and white, value at lower left and centre, bankers' initials at left, manuscript signature of Thos. Ashmore at lower right, duty stamp at left (Outing 487c), trimmed, some ink annotations, otherwise fine £80-120
3038
Cheltenham & Winchcomb Bank (Thos. Fisher & Thos. Ashmore), £5, 4 June 18[18], serial number E1590, black and white, value at lower left and centre, bankers' initials at left, manuscript signature of Thos. Ashmore at lower right, duty stamp at left (Outing 487c), ink annotations on reverse, trimmed, halved and rejoined by tape, otherwise fine £100-150
3039
Cheltenham Bank (Sir Paul Baghott, Sons & Co), proof £1 on thin card, 18- (c.1819), no serial number, black and white, value at lower left and top right, vignette of Sherbourne Spa at left (see Outing 488 for type), evidence of mounting on reverse, light staining, otherwise good extremely fine £200-300
3040
Cheltenham Bank (Sir Paul Baghott, Sons & Co), £1, 11 January 18[19], serial number B291, black and white, value at lower left and top right, vignette of Sherbourne Spa at left, manuscript signature of Paul Baghott at lower right (Outing 488), toning, a couple of pinholes at left, otherwise fine £150-200
3041
Cheltenham & Gloucestershire Bank (William Henry Bayly), £1, 10 April 18[20], serial number 1415, black and white, value at lower left and centre, arms at left, manuscript signature of W.H.Bayly at lower left (Outing 489), ink annotations on reverse, toned, about fine £100-150
3042
Cheltenham Bank (Nathaniel Hartland, John Allis Hartland and N. Hartland Junr), unissued £1, 182-, no serial number, black and white, bordered edge, value at lower centre and center, vignette of stock bound by rope at centre (Outing 490), small tears at edges, rust marks on reverse, otherwise a solid fine, bold £100-150
3043
Cheltenham Bank (Nath. Hartland, John A. Hartland & N. Hartland Junr), unissued £5, 183-, no serial number, black and white, value at top, left, right and lower centre, vignette of sticks bound by rope at centre (see Outing 490 for type, this partnership not seen), line of rust marks on reverse, light toning, a solid good fine, a lovely design £300-400
3044
Gloucestershire Banking Company, unissued £5, 183-, no serial number, black and white, value at lower left, top left, top right and centre, vignette of Montellier Rotunda at left (Outing 493a), a fresh and crisp good very fine and a lovely design £300-400
3045
Gloucestershire Banking Company Limited, £10, 14 April 187[5], serial number B978, black and white, value at lower left, top right, and centre, vignette of sticks bound by rope at left, manuscript signature at lower right (Outing 493g), cancellation holes and stamped cancelled in blue, toning and ink annotations, about fine £300-400
3046
National Provincial Bank of Cheltenham, proof £10 on thin card, 183-, no serial number, black and white, value at lower left and top right, head of William IV at top left (Outing not seen), mount marks on reverse, stains, toning, top corners damaged, very good £120-160

CHIPPING CAMPDEN

3047
Campden Bank (Edward & John Horsman), 5 guineas, 4 December 17[94], serial number B3578, black and white, value at lower left, top right and centre, bankers' initials at top left, manuscript signature of Edward Horsman at lower right (not seen), annotations on reverse related to bankruptcy dated October 31 1797, repaired with tape on reverse, some holes and staining, very good, rare £300-400
3048
Campden Bank (Edward & John Horsman), £10, 23 November 17[95], serial number 63663, black and white, value at lower left and centre, bankers' initials at top left, manuscript signature of Edward Horsman at lower right (Outing not seen), annotations on reverse relating to a fourth dividend paid and bankruptcy dated 9th November 1798, trimmed, toned, good, rare £300-400

CHIPPING SODBURY

3049
Chipping Sodbury Old Bank, unissued 5 guineas, no date, no serial number, black and white, value at lower left, top right and right, bankers' initials at top left (not seen), mounted on blue paper, light toning otherwise a crisp and fresh good extremely fine £200-300

CIRENCESTER

3050
Cirencester Bank (Pitt, Bowly, Wood & Croome), £5, 4 May 182[0], serial number L7816, black and white, value at lower left and centre, phoenix vignette at top left, manuscript signature of Bowly at lower right, duty stamp at left (see Outing 563 for type, this denomination not seen), light toning, otherwise a fresh and crisp good very fine, lovely, very rare in this grade £400-500
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The David Kirch Collection of English Provincial Banknotes Part III: Wales & The West Midlands (Sale 13032)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 18th April 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Wednesday 17 April 10 am to 5 pm
Any other viewing by appointment only
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