Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
British Banknotes
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 2nd October 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing Details:
Friday 26 September 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Monday 29 September 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
All other times by appointment only
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Auction Lots - Page 1

ENGLAND

EARLY ENGLISH FINANCIAL PAPER

1830
Click to view full image... Mr Child, a request for a delivery to Cornside of £500, dated 1st April 1685 and signed Beaufort perforated, very fine £250-300
1831
Click to view full image... A selection of Child related 'pray pay to', dated 1689, 1705, 1713, 1724, 1727, all manuscript on parchment like paper, perforated, fine to very fine (5) £180-240
1832
Click to view full image... A selection of receipts and payment orders, comprising a receipt from his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, 1691, a three date sight bill dated 1723, signed by Sir John Trelawny, a 'please to pay to' signed by Carmarthen dated 1723, a payment request to a Holborn coach maker dated 1719 signed by Peterboro and a payment request for £20 dated 1704 and signed by Rochester for Sir Francis Child and a payment for the attention of Sir Francis Child dated 1737, perforated, generally very fine (6) £200-300
1833
Click to view full image... Sir Francis Child within Temple Bar, a payment request to Cumberford Brooks Esq. the sum of £300 dated August 3rd 1709, manuscript text on parchment like paper and signed by Weymouth, perforated, toned at left otherwise very fine, rare £200-250
1834
Click to view full image... Sir Francis Child, bearer note for £25, 19 March 174(?), serial number 90, black and white, gateway into City of London at Temple Bar at top left (Outing 2512q), small piece missing from low right, otherwise a reasonable very good, quite rare £150-200
1835
Click to view full image... A 'pray pay to', Thomas Thatcher or bearer £100, dated 4th October 1788, black manuscript text on parchment like paper, 'to Mr Child or Mr Rogers' perforated, a red wax seal at left, good very fine £180-240

SKIT NOTES

1836
Click to view full image... Bank of Elegance (Self and Comp), an advertising/skit note, 20 January 1921, a promise to cut any Lady or Gentleman's hair superior to any man in England, or forfeit on demand the sum of £50, printed signature of C.M'Alpine, arms at top left, 'value' at low left (Outing 4048a), previously mounted but fresh and original, good fine to about very fine £80-120
1837
Click to view full image... Isle of Thanet Bank (Messers Kilderkin, Co. & Self), a skit note made out to Mr. Timothy Takeall or bearer, for 2 pence, 10 April 1793, serial number 10021, black and white, engraving of 'two thieves carrying a pick pocket' at top left, value at low right, manuscript signature of Titus Taptub at low right, and Simon Screwkey at low left (Outing not listed), previously mounted, but a solid fine, completely intact and very early, a really fantastic item, rare £200-250
1838
Click to view full image... No Trading Name (Self, Grumble & Bearmuch, Stephen Starvation), a skit note for 2 pence, England, 1 August 1795, with a 'promise to pay Sir Marmaduke Monopoly or Bearer on the Conquest of France and the Establishment of Royalty', black and white, engraving of of John Bull in the guise of a robber, with a bag of taxes over his shoulder, saying 'God Save the King', at top left, value at low left, printed name of Daniel Discontent at low left (Outing not listed) previously mounted, and showing sizable glue stains at each corner, but otherwise completely original and fresh, about fine and a fantastic note, rare £200-250
1839
Click to view full image... B.W. Mountain & Co., an advertising note for Post Coaches & Diligences, ND (pre 1865), black and white, sign of the Cross Keys Inn, Wood Street, Cheapside, at top left, 'With a Guard' in black tablet (in the style of a £1000 note) at low left, details of the service include a list of locations called at, and an assurance that the trip from London to Edinburgh would be made in 'four easy days', (unlisted), the Cross Keys Inn was taken down in 1865 so this note must predate that year, previously mounted but a relatively clean very good to about fine, interesting and very rare £200-250

ENGLISH PROVINCIAL NOTES

Bedford

1840
Click to view full image... Bedford Bank (Thomas Barnard & Co.), £5, Bedford, 8 April 1914, serial number C2783, black and white, arms at top left, value at low left and top right, reverse blue (Outing 117f), cancelled in red ink across signature, an attractive original very fine, scarce £400-600
1841
Click to view full image... Bedford Bank (Thomas Barnard & Co.), £10, Bedford, 6 October 1905, serial number A5797, black and white, arms at top left, value at low left and top right, reverse blue, also a headed memo signed by Thomas Barnard in which he gives the note to a gentleman named Wyatt (Outing 117g), cancelled in red ink across signature, multiple bank stamps and graffiti on both sides, an original good fine, scarce £350-450

Birmingham

National Equitable Labour Exchange

1842
Click to view full image... National Equitable Labour Exchange (Robert Owen note), unissued 1 hour, Birmingham, 22 July 1833, black and grey, beehive (Industry) top left, scales (Justice) top right, also Warwick and Warwickshire, £10, Leamington, 19 April 1886, serial number L 2176, black and white (Outing 3010h, 1121b), extremely fine (2) £100-120

Bridport

1843
Click to view full image... Dorsetshire General Bank (William Fowler, William Good & Company), unissued £1, Bridport, 180- (1809-1812), black and white, ship building cradle at left, value in black tablet low left (Outing 290a), good extremely fine £100-200

Brighton

1844
Click to view full image... Brighthelmston Bank (Wigney & Compy.), £10, 1 January 1834, serial number 2115, black and white, maiden and anchor within oval frame top left, manuscript signature of William Wigney low right (Outing 293b), an attractive fine, scarce £200-250

Cranbrook

1845
Click to view full image... Weald of Kent Bank (Argles, Bishop, Brenchley & Bishop), £1, Cranbrook, 18- (c.1813), serial number 123, black and white, partners initials in oval frame at left, oak tree above (Outing 608a), a clean and presentable very fine £50-80

Denbigh

1846
Click to view full image... Denbigh Bank, £1, 24 September 1811, serial number 3579, black and white, partners initials at left, for Clough, Mason and Price, manuscript signature of David Mason low right (Outing 659a), VG to fine and rare £150-200

Maidstone

1847
Click to view full image... Kentish Bank (Penfold, Springer & Penfold), £1, 12 January 1915, serial number 36226, black and white, white horse at top left, also Rochdale Bank (Clement Royds & Compy), unissued £5 (3), 183-, black and white, Saint George slaying the dragon at top left (Outing 1327a, 1807e), first very good, others about uncirculated (4) £150-200

Manchester

1848
Click to view full image... Commercial Bank of Manchester Limited, printers archival specimen £1, 187- (1875-1879), serial number 1750, black text on green, arms top centre, value low left (Outing 1378a), good extremely fine and very rare £600-800

Stafford

1849
Click to view full image... Stafford Commercial Bank, proof £1, ND, black and white, arms at left, value at top right and low left (Outing bank not listed), 10mm tear at top left, thus good very fine to about extremely fine, very rare £300-400

Wellington

1850
Click to view full image... Wellington and Somerset Commercial Bank, £1, 1 June 1815, serial number 2479, black and white, arms at left, for Wood, Carpenter and Son, signed by Carpenter (Outing 2308a), VG £100-120

York

1851
Click to view full image... York City and County Banking Company, unissued £5, York, 18-, serial number D2663, black and white, Fountains Abbey to centre (Outing 2456d), extremely fine and attractive £150-180

BANK OF ENGLAND TRIALS

1852
Click to view full image... Applegarth and Cowper, a trial £1, ND (ca 1818), grey, Britannia top left and right, 'pay to Henry Hase' in text top centre, RIPPON in tablet low centre, value in red central tablet, caduceus at left and right, almost extremely fine £200-250
1853
Click to view full image... Applegarth and Cowper, a trial £1, ND (ca 1818), blue, pink and red, Britannia top left and right, 'pay to Henry Hase' in text top centre, RIPPON in tablet low centre, value in red central tablet, caduceus at left and right, about very fine £150-200
1854
Click to view full image... Applegarth and Cowper, a trial £1, ND (ca 1818), pink and grey, value at centre, background of squares and engine turnings, almost extremely fine £140-180
1855
Click to view full image... Applegarth and Cowper, a trial £5, ND (ca 1818), black, grey and white, Britannia top left, 'Bank of England' and pay to Henry Hase' in text top centre, about extremely fine £140-180
1856
Click to view full image... Applegarth and Cowper, a trial £5, ND (ca 1818), black, grey and white with a blue and brown central panel, Britannia top left, 'Bank of England' and pay to Henry Hase' in text top centre, reverse a blue and brown central panel, about extremely fine, unusual with colour on reverse £200-250
1857
Click to view full image... Bank of England, a proof/trial for a £1, ND (c.1825), black and white, Britannia top left, trade top right, Neptune and sea deities and cherub top centre, pay to Henry Hase in text at centre (unlisted), good extremely fine, scarce and attractive £200-250

BANK OF ENGLAND

Henry Hase

1858
Click to view full image... Bank of England, Henry Hase, £1, London, 22 June 1816, printed serial number 67043, black and white, crowned Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left, printed Henry Hase in text, manuscript signature low right (EPM B201b), signature eaten away due to ink corrosion, toned, otherwise good £350-450
1859
Click to view full image... Bank of England, uniface proof, £1, no date or serial number, black on cream paper, seated woman in circular panel at centre with bank title below and at low centre, denomination low left and top centre central fold, however extremely fine, a great opportunity to purchase an unusual proof £200-300
1860
Click to view full image... Bank of England, Bradbury & Evans, specimen £10, 1 January 1856, serial number 12345, uniface, black on cream, seated Britannia and lion at left, red Specimen overprint top, centre and low right (Pick not listed), extremely fine, a beautiful specimen £200-300

Matthew Marshall

1861
Click to view full image... Bank of England, M. Marshall, forged £5, London, 28 January 1854, serial number U/V 59608, black and white, crowned vignette of Britannia at top right, value in tablet at low left, several black FORGED handstamps (B203a for type), an attractive very good, quality printing with impressed watermark £150-200
1862
Click to view full image... Bank of England, M. Marshall, forged £5, London, 4 September 1854, serial number U/V 99500, black and white, crowned vignette of Britannia at top right, value in tablet at low left, two red FORGED handstamps (B203a for type), very good, impressed watermark £150-200
1863
Click to view full image... Bank of England, M. Marshall, forged £5, London, 4 May 1855, serial number I/E 96009, black and white, crowned vignette of Britannia at top right, value in tablet at low left, two red FORGED handstamps (B203b for type), a clean and presentable fine, impressed watermark £180-220
1864
Click to view full image... Bank of England, M. Marshall, forged £10, London, 12 April 1852, serial number F/N 94059, black and white, crowned vignette of Britannia at top right, value in tablet at low left, several black FORGED handstamps (B203d for type), very good, a quality reproduction other than an impressed watermark £150-200
1865
Click to view full image... Bank of England, M. Marshall, forged £10, London, 3 October 1855, serial number J/B 51403, black and white, crowned vignette of Britannia at top right, value in tablet at low left, two red FORGED handstamps (B203e for type), a very clean and presentable good fine, impressed watermark £200-300

An Extremely Rare Frank May £10 of 1888

1866
Click to view full image... Bank of England, Frank May, £10, London, 24 January 1888, serial number 36/X 65910, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia at top left, value in black tablet at low left (B206b), some toning and water damage but still fresh and relatively clean, a solid very fine and extremely rare £8,000-10,000

John Gordon Nairne

1867
Click to view full image... Bank of England, J. G. Nairne, £5, Leeds, 11 January 1917, serial number 3/U 09746, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (EPM B208bd), bankstamp top right, a presentable good fine and quite rare £400-600
1868
Click to view full image... Bank of England, J. G. Nairne, £5, London, 22 September 1913, serial number 97/A 17438, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia at top left, value in black tablet at low left (EPM B208b), an original good very fine and scarce £350-450

TREASURY SERIES

John Bradbury

1869
Click to view full image... Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1, ND (1914), serial number L/23 (dot), black and white, head of George V at right, value in black tablet at centre (EPM T4 for similar style), watermarked and possibly experimental, L not listed in EPM T3 and is listed under T4 but with a dash, this a dot, damage at right margin, split at centre, otherwise about fine and very unusual £200-250
1870
Click to view full image... Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1, ND (7 August 1914), serial number D/27 009706 (dash), black and white, George V at left, value in black tablet at centre (EPM T5.3b), several light folds, an original good very fine and a lovely fresh example £700-900
1871
Click to view full image... Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1, ND (1914), serial number AA/20 00032, black on white, head of George V at left, pound symbol at right, value in black tablet at centre (EPM T6), original good very fine to about extremely fine, very rare £2,100-2,300
1872
Click to view full image... Treasury Series, John Bradbury, 10 shillings, ND (1914), serial number A/7 429825, red and white, head of George V at left, value in red tablet at centre (EPM T9), good very fine, a tidy example £200-250
1873
Click to view full image... Treasury Series, John Bradbury, forged £1, ND (1914), serial number G1/45 88349, black, George V at top left, Britannia at top right, value at low left and in tablet at centre (T11 for type), completely hand drawn in black ink, very good, rare and interesting £100-150
1874
Click to view full image... Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1 ND (23 October 1914) serial number B/15 49060, black and white, portrait of King George V top left, coat of arms top right, value in ornate border at centre (EPM T11.1), small split at top otherwise about uncirculated £200-300
1875
Click to view full image... Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1, ND (1914), serial number H1/59 58724, black and white, crowned head of George V top left, arms top right (EPM T11.2), creased otherwise about extremely fine £300-400
1876
Click to view full image... Treasury Series, John Bradbury, 10 shillings, ND (1915), serial number L1/68 66082, red and white, crowned head of George V top left, arms top right (EPM T12-2), a De La Rue printing, pinholes, very fine £140-160
1877
Click to view full image... Treasury Series, John Bradbury, 10/-, ND, (1915), prefix V1/47, red on white paper, portrait of King George V top left, coat of arms top right, (EPM T13.2), an attractive and original good very fine £180-240
1878
Click to view full image... Treasury Series, John Bradbury, 10 shillings, ND (1915), serial number Z1/50 073260, red and white, crowned head of George V top left, arms top right (EPM T13-2), a Waterlow engraving, pinholes, very fine £150-180
1879
  Treasury watermarked paper, manufactured by William Joyson & co with multiple watermark of Vandyck diagonal lines, incorporating the Royal Cypher, the denomination ONE POUND and the four British emblems, minute mark top right reverse, otherwise uncirculated £50-60
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
British Banknotes
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 2nd October 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing Details:
Friday 26 September 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Monday 29 September 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
All other times by appointment only
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