Bridgnorth Bank (Macmichael, Gitton & Co), £2, 22 November 18[13], serial number W2506, black and white, value at low left, bankers initials at left, arms at top right centre, signature of John Macmichael, countersigned by John Harvey (Outing 277b), pinholes, annotations and stamps on obverse and reverse, attractive and fine £150-200
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Bridgnorth Bank (Macmichael, Gitton & Co), £2, 11 May 18[14], serial number E589, black and white, value at low left, bankers initials at left, arms at top right centre, signature of John Macmichael, countersigned by John Harvey (Outing 277b), pinholes, dividend stamps and annotations, presentable and about fine £150-200
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Bridgnorth Bank (Macmichael, Gitton & Co), £5, 23 October 18[12], serial number E2688, black and white, value at low left, bankers initials at left, arms at top right centre, signature of John Macmichael (Outing 277c), pinholes, annotations on reverse, overall clean and fresh, a solid fine £200-300
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Bridgnorth Bank, proof £5 (4), all 18- (from c1868-88), all different partnership names, these are (George Pritchard, John Pritchard, Rich Boycott & Wm Nicholas), (John Pritchard, William Nicholas, George Potts, Wm Gordon & Rich Boycott), (John Pritchard, Wm P. Gordon, Edw B. Potts & Ernest W. Shorting), and (John Pritchard, Wm Nicholas, Wm P. Gordon, Edw B. Potts & Ernest W. Shorting), all black and white, arms at centre, value at top right and low left, (Outing 278d, 278e, other two partnerships not seen), pencil annotations, some with signature strip removed, mounting traces on reverse, overall good very fine to extremely fine (4) £300-400
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Bridgnorth Bank (John Pritchard, Wm Nicholas, Wm P. Gordon, Edw B. Potts & Ernest Shorting), £5, 25 November 18[79], serial number 2248, black and white, arms at centre, value at top right and low left, signature of W. P. Gordon (Outing 278f), cancelled with red ink, various stamps and annotations, an attractive good fine £150-200
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Bridgnorth Bank (John Pritchard, William Nicholas, George Potts and William Pierson Gordon), proof £5 (2) and £10, 18- (c.1862-1870), black and white, arms at centre, value at top right and low left (Outing 278, partnership not seen), mounting traces on reverse, one £5 about fine, others about very fine (3) £200-300
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Bridgnorth Bank (Cha Cooper, John Henry Cooper and Tho Pardoe Purton), £5, 6 March 18[41], serial number 14833, black and white, vignette of town and river at top left, value at top right and low left (Outing 279b), toned and with some small holes at right, but presentable enough very good, rare £150-200
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Bridgnorth Bank (Charles Cooper), proof £1, 6 March 18- (c. pre 1817), black and white, vignette of town and river at top centre, value at top right and low left (Outing 279, partnership not seen), central fold but an attractive about very fine, a lovely vignette £150-200
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Bridgnorth Bank, a group of proof cheques (6) and sight bills (7), all dated 18-, 186-, 187- or 188-, black and white, five cheques with arms at left (Outing 278 for partnerships), many with mounting traces on reverse, some foxing but overall presentable about very fine to about extremely fine (13) £150-200
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Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, George Pritchard & John Pritchard Jun), proof £5, 18- (c.1888), black and white, ornate bankers initials at left, value at low left and top right (Outing 278g), top right tip missing, mounting traces on reverse, otherwise very fine £150-200
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Broseley & Bridgnorth (John Pritchard, George Pritchard & John Pritchard Jun), specimen £1, 18- (c.1888), black and white, ornate border and values at left and right, bankers initials at top left, value at low left and top right (Outing 343), mounting traces on reverse, clean and presentable good very fine £150-200
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Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, George Pritchard and John Pritchard Jun), proof £10, 18- (c.1860-88), black and white, ornate vignette with bankers initials at left, value at top right and low left (Outing 343 partnership not seen), lower left tip dis-attached, but present, pencil annotations, very fine £120-150
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Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, William Nicholas, George Potts and William Pierson Gordon), proof £10, 18- (c.1862), black and white, ornate vignette with bankers initials at left, value at top right and low left (Outing 343 partnership not seen), small tear at top left, pencil annotations with date 1862, very fine £150-200
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Broseley Bank (George Pritchard, John Pritchard and Richard Boycott), specimen £5 (2), 18- (c.1846-50), black and white, ornate vignette with bankers initials at left, value at low left and top right (Outing 343, not seen), both hand stamped SPECIMEN, ink annotations, one with damage at top left corner thus fine, other very fine (2) £200-300
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Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, Wm Nicholas, Wm P. Gordon, Edw B. Potts & Ernest W. Shorting.), £5, 11 April 1882, serial number 5546, black and white, ornate vignette with bankers initials at left, value at low left and top right, signed by Wm Nicholas (Outing 343, not seen), cancelled with red ink, cut and rejoined, about fine £150-200
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Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, Wm Nicholas, Wm P. Gordon, Edw B. Potts & Ernest W Shorting), proof £5, 18- (c1877), black and white, ornate bankers initials in vignette at left, value at centre and top right (Outing 343d), pencil date 1877 in low margin, approx 10mm removed from the top and 20mm from the bottom of the note, mounting traces on reverse, very fine £50-80
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Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, William Nicholas, George Potts, Wm P. Gordon & Richd H. Boycott), proof £5, 18-(c.1850-84), black and white, ornate bankers initials in vignette at left, value at centre, low left and top right (Outing 343e), pencil annotations and marks on obverse, mounting traces, attractive and very fine £150-200
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Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, William Nicholas, George Potts and William Pierson Gordon), proof £5, 18- (c.1850-1884), black and white, ornate bankers initials in vignette at left, value at centre, low left and top right (Outing 343 partnership not seen), pencil annotations on obverse, mounting traces on reverse, very fine £150-200
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Broseley Bank (George Pritchard, John Pritchard, Richd Boycott & Wm Nicholas), proof £5, 18- (c.1846-50), black and white, ornate bankers initials in vignette at left, value at centre, low left and top right (Outing 343 partnership not seen), mounting traces on reverse, low left corner missing thus about fine £100-150
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Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, William Nicholas, William P. Gordon & Edwd B. Potts), proof £5, 18- (c.1873), black and white, ornate bankers initials in vignette at left, value at centre, low left and top right (Outing 343 partnership not seen), pencil annotations on obverse, pencil date 1873, mounting traces on reverse, very fine £150-200
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Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, Wm P. Gordon, Edw B. Potts & Ernest W. Shorting), proof £5, 18- (c1884-88), black and white, ornate bankers initials in vignette at left, value at centre, low left and top right (Outing 343g), pencil annotations on obverse, mounting traces, signature strip removed, very fine £120-150
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Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, Wm P. Gordon, Edw B. Potts & Ernest W. Shorting), proof £5, 18- (c1884-88), black and white, ornate bankers initials in vignette at left, value at centre, low left and top right (Outing 343g), pencil annotations on obverse, pencil date 1884, mounting traces, signature strip removed, very fine £120-150
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Broseley Bank (John Pritchard, Wm P. Gordon, Edwd B. Potts & Ernest W. Shorting), £5, 14th October 1884, serial number 7940, black and white, ornate bankers initials in vignette at left, value at centre, low left and top right, signed by Ernest W Shorting (Outing 343g), cancelled in pink ink, several stamps and annotations on reverse, an attractive and presentable about fine £150-200
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Broseley Bank, a selection of proof cheques and sight bills (7), dated 18-, 186- or 187- (5), for several different partnerships (Outing 343 for bank), most with annotations and mounting traces, fine to good very fine (7) £80-100
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Cranmere near Bridgnorth (Valentine Vickers, Son & Co.), five guineas, 1795, no.530, monogram top left, black and white, signed by Valentine Vickers Jun'r (Outing 614a), repair at top left, small edge splits, fair but scarce £200-300
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Coalbrook-dale Bank (Partners & Self, Coalbrookdale Company), a proof £5, 18- (circa 1820), black and white, lovely vignette of Iron Bridge across the Severn, printed by Perkins and Petch (see Outing 573 for type, this partnership not seen), laid down on white card, small piece missing in centre of vignette, foxed but otherwise very fine and rare £300-400
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Ludlow Bank (G. Braithwaite), sight bill for 19/-, 17 February 1813, no serial number, black and white, addressed to Leonard Gammon esq, Fleet Street, London, all text appears to be printed including the signature, accompanied by a receipt dated 21 August 1972 for £88/2/- (not seen in Outing), about very fine (2) £30-40
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Ludlow & Bishops Castle Bank (Coleman & Wellings), £1, 26 October 1825, serial number F.8607, black and white, ornate border, shields with arms of the two towns top centre, handsigned by Wellings, five pence Congreve revenue stamp on reverse (Outing 1292b), fine £120-150
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Ludlow Bank (Giles, Edward & James Prodgers), £1, 7 September 1820, serial number F5824, black and white, ornate border, arms at left, handsigned by Giles Prodgers, bankruptcy stamp on reverse (Outing 1293a), fine £120-150
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Ludlow Bank (Giles, Edward & James Prodgers), unissued £1, 18- (c.1805), no serial number, black and white on watermarked paper, arms at top left (Outing 1293b), extremely fine £150-200
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Ludlow Bank (Giles, Edward & James Prodgers), unissued £1, 18- (c.1805), no serial number, arms at top left, black and white, on attractive watermarked paper (Outing 1293b), slightly toned at extreme left edge otherwise extremely fine £150-200
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Ludlow Bank (Giles, Edward & James Prodgers), proof £1, 18- (c.1805), no serial number, black and white, arms at top left, on thin card (Outing 1293b), light foxing, mount marks on reverse, good very fine £120-200
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Ludlow Bank (Giles, Edward & James Prodgers), £1, 7 September 1807, serial number C413, black and white, arms at top left, handsigned by Giles Prodgers, bankruptcy stamp on reverse (Outing 1293b), some foxing, fine £150-200
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Ludlow Bank (Giles, Edward & James Prodgers), £5, 14 August 1818, serial number D1544, black and white, arms at top left, handsigned by Edward Prodgers (Outing 1293c), trimmed on all edges, fine £100-150
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Ludlow Bank (Giles, Edward & James Prodgers), unissued £10, 18- (c.1805), no serial numbers, black and white, arms at top left, on attractive watermarked paper (Outing 1293f), extremely fine £200-300
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers Brothers), unissued, probably proof, £1, 182-, no serial number, black and white, ornate border, scrollwork in centre, printed by Palmer & Co. (Outing 1293h), some damage at left edge with small loss of paper otherwise about extremely fine £120-150
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers Brothers), £5, 4 December 1821, serial number 3047, black and white, ornate border, arms in centre, handsigned by Giles Prodgers, Congreve revenue stamp on reverse (Outing 1293 but denomination not listed), trimmed, fine £120-150
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers Brothers), £20, 8 February 1819, serial number P589, black and white, arms at top left, handsigned by Edward Prodgers, bankruptcy stamp on reverse (Outing 1293 but denomination not listed), trimmed, about fine £300-400
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers & Compy), unissued £1, 18- (c.1820), no serial numbers, black and white, arms at left, Congreve revenue stamp on reverse (Outing 1293i), extremely fine £150-200
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers & Compy), £1, 1 January 1824, serial number G1945, black and white, arms at left, Congreve revenue stamp and bankruptcy stamp on reverse, handsigned by Edward Prodgers (Outing 1293i), good fine £120-150
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers & Compy), £5, 1 January 1824, serial number F2576, black and white, arms in centre, Congreve revenue stamp on reverse, slip of paper with new London Bankers attached to front, handsigned by Edward Prodgers (Outing 1293j), trimmed, good fine £120-150
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers & Compy), £5, 1 January 1824, serial number F1122, black and white, arms in centre, Congreve revenue stamp on reverse, handsigned by Edward Prodgers (Outing 1293j), about fine £120-150
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers & Compy), unissued £5, 18- (c.1824), no serial number, black and white, arms in centre, Congreve revenue stamp on reverse with new London Bankers now printed (Outing 1293j), nearly extremely fine £150-200
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers & Compy), £5, 1 October 1824, serial number B1491, black and white, arms in centre, Congreve revenue stamp and bankruptcy stamp on reverse, handsigned by Edward Prodgers (Outing 1293j), trimmed, very fine £150-200
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers & Compy), £20, 21 September 1824, serial number A73, black and white, arms at left, bankruptcy stamp on reverse, handsigned by Edward Prodgers, slip of paper with new London Bankers attached to front (Outing 1293k), slightly trimmed, near extremely fine £200-300
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Ludlow Bank (Prodgers & Compy), unissued £20, 18- (c.1824), no serial number, black and white, arms at left, embossed revenue stamp, new London Bankers now printed (Outing 1293l), extremely fine £200-300
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Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, a pair of proof £5 (2), 18- (c.1840), no serial numbers, black and white on paper (1) and card (1), vignette of castle in centre, both with slightly different layout for directors signatures, printed by Perkins, Bacon & Petch, accompanied by a proof payment order (Outing 1294c), both with remains of mounts on reverse, couple of small splits but very fine to extremely fine (3) £400-500
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Shrewsbury & Ludlow Bank (Rocke, Eyton, Campbell & Bayley), an unissued £10, Ludlow Branch, 183-, black and white, Britannia in centre (Outing 1955 but partnership not seen), extremely fine £300-400
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Market Drayton Shropshire Old Bank (Jervis, Dicken & Bromby), £1, 1 August 1815, serial number 1338, black and white, arms at left, handsigned by Thomas Dicken (Outing 1392a), very good £100-150
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Market Drayton Shropshire Old Bank (Jervis, Dicken & Bromby), £1, 2 April 1817, serial number 6009, black on white, arms at left, handsigned by Thomas Dicken, slightly different layout to the previous lot (Outing 1392a), very good £100-150
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