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British Banknotes (Sale 15036)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 6th May 2015 Time: 10:00AM
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Auction Lots - Page 6
3251
Click to view full image... Bradbury Wilkinson & Company Limited, an advertising note for 'Security & Financial Services', purple, brown and green, Charles Dickens at right, various buildings at centre and left, reverse black and purple on multicolour, Dickens characters across face, uncirculated and amusing, scarce £100-150

BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITY

3252
  British Military Authority, a partial set of the 1943 issue comprising, 1 shilling, black on grey and violet underprint, 2 shillings and sixpence, green on pink underprint, 5 shillings, brown on light green and blue underprint, 10 shillings, serial number 30D 329288, blue on olive and lilac underprint, £1, serial number 50C 172312, mauve on orange and olive green underprint (Pick M2, M3, M4, M5, M6), first three, about uncirculated, fourth, slight creasing, extremely fine or better, fifth, some discolouration on reverse, otherwise, good extremely fine, a crisp and colourful group (5) £150-250
3253
  British Military Authority, specimen set ND (1943) comprising 6d, brown, 1 shilling, lilac, two shillings and sixpence, green and pink, 5 shillings, brown, blue and green, also 10 shillings, prefix 00X, blue and pink, £1, prefix 00X, violet, all with crowned lion in field (Pick M1 to M6), small ink numeral on reverse, small red SPECIMEN above and below, mounting traces at right margin on reverse, otherwise pleasing and fresh good to extremely fine, rare (6) £1,200-1,500

BRITISH ARMED FORCES

3254
  British Armed Forces, a good sized group comprising, 1 shilling, purple, £1 (2), purple and multicolour, £5, dark blue, olive green and salmon pink, £1 (2), brown, pink and mauve, £1 (2), purple and green, 5 pence, red and green, 10 pence, green and purple and 50 pence, green and pink (Pick SM2, 22, 23, 29, 36, 44, 45, 46), the vast majority uncirculated, an excellent historical group (11) £100-130
3255
  British Armed Forces, specimen 5 new pence, red-brown and green, specimen 10 pence, violet and green and specimen 50 pence, green and pink, all 6th series, all ND (1972), no serial numbers (Pick M47s, 48s, 49s), uncirculated (3) £350-450
3256
  British Armed Forces, a large group comprising, first series, ND (1943), 1 shilling (4), two and sixpence (2), 5 shillings (2), 10 shillings, second series, ND (1948), 3 shillings, 5 shillings (hole punched), 10 shillings, £1 (5), £5 (3), third series, ND (1956), 1 shilling (hole punched), £1 (3), fourth series, ND (1962), 1 shilling (hole punched), 10 shillings (2) (hole punched), £1 (3), sixth series, ND (1972), 5 pence (4), 10 pence (4), 50 pence (4), first series, very good, remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated, a very useful group (42) £300-400
3257
  British Armed Forces, Special Vouchers, 2nd series De La Rue specimens ND (1946), 6d turquoise/green, 1/- red/green, 6d/1/- no prefix or serials, 5/- prefix DD/1 blue and orange, 10/- prefix BB/6 green/orange, £1 prefix AA/10 purple/pink, £5 prefix EE/1 purple/pink, 6d/1/-/5/- punch hole at signature area, 5/-/10/-/£1/£5 all with zero serial numbers, also, a bundle of 2nd series £5, prefix EE, in contemporary wrapper dated 'Dec. 9 1959' and signed twice on wrapper (Pick M17 to M22, M23, Schwan-Boling 428), first six, glue on reverse otherwise good extremely fine, remainder, as wrapped and not from the Ministry of Defence Hoard (106) £600-800

MIXED LOTS

3258
  Bank of England, a mixed group of notes comprising, K. O. Peppiatt, 10 shillings (2), (one an emergency issue), serial numbers L55D 760922 and 08E 657843, £1 (2), serial numbers J70E 595775 and Y18A 469452, P. S. Beale, 10 shillings, serial number D15Z 377586 (last series) and £1, serial number S40B 085889, L. K. O'Brien, 10 shillings (2), serial numbers C88Z 931578, B98 400419 and £1, serial number Z34K 037626, J. Q. Hollom, 10 shillings, serial number X43 154602 and £1, serial number A07X 953523, and lastly, J. S. Fforde, 10 shillings, serial number 17W 883825 and £1, serial number X02C 418777 (last series) largely extremely fine to about uncirculated, a useful group of different cashiers (13) £200-250
3259
  Bank of England, various cashiers including, K. O. Peppiatt, £1 (19), L. K. O'Brien, 10 shillings (4), £1 (2), £5, J. Q. Hollom, 10 shillings, £5, J. S. Fforde, £1, J. B. Page, £1 (4), D. H. F. Somerset, £1 (5), £5, also, Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, Bank of Scotland, £5, Guernsey, £1, Jersey, £1, Isle of Man, £1 (2), British Armed Forces, 3d and 5p, Central Bank of Ireland, £1 (3) mixed grades from poor to very fine (51) £200-300
3260
  A mixed group of British Isles notes, comprising the following, Bank of England, £5, ND (1961), serial number H98 652522 (first series), blue and multicolour, Isle of Man Government, £1, ND (1990), purple and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, Bank of Scotland, £1, 1987, serial number A/15187841, green, £5, 1988, serial number A/79813605 and Bank of Ireland, £5, 1992, serial number E276199 (EPM B280, Banknote Yearbook, IM35b), first, several light folds, very fine or better, second, fine to very fine, remainder, very good £50-70
3261
  Bank of England, a sizable group of 10/- and £1 notes, comprising Peppiatt, 10/- (2), mauve, Beale, 10/-, (3), red, O'Brien, 10/-, red, Hollom, £1 (9), Fforde, 10/- (3), red, and £1 (12), green, and Page, £1 (10), green, mixed grades, very fine to uncirculated (40) £70-90
3262
  Bank of England, a group of comprising 10/-, Peppiatt, ND (1940), prefix A52D, X21E, 10/-, Peppiatt, ND (1948), prefix 55H, Beale, prefix 72C, D66Z, O'Brien, prefix B11Y, N81Y, Z86Y, Forde prefix C01N, £1, O'Brien, prefix D71L, L39J and a British Military Authority 10/-, ND (1943), (EPM B251, B262, B265, B266, B271, B273), fine to about uncirculated (17) £200-300
3263
  A selection of notes from the British Isles, comprising Chief Treasury of Wales Limited, 10/-, £1, £5, £10, 1970, The states of Jersey £10 (3), 1993 (Banknote Yearbook JE33), Bank of England, £50, Kentfield, 1991, prefix E30, EPM 361 and B249, B295 (2), B353 (3), British Armed Forces, 6 pence (2), 1945, 1948, 5/- (2), 1961 extremely fine or better (22) £350-400
3264
  Bank of England, a large group of notes which include the following, K. O. Peppiatt, £1 (2) (1934 and 1940 emergency issue), EPM 239, 249, P. S. Beale, £1 (2) (1950), 268, L. K. O'Brien, 10 shillings (1961 - first series), £1 (4) (1955, 1960), £5 (1957), 286, 274, 281, 277, J. Q. Hollom, 10 shillings (1963), £1 (1963), £5 (1963), 295, 292, 297, J. S. Forde, 10 shillings (1967), £1 (1967), £5 (1967), 309, 305, 314, J. B. Page, £1 (3) (1970, 1978 (2)), £5 (2) (1971), £10, (1971), 322, 337 (one a first run), 332, 324, 326, D. H. F. Somerset, £5 (1980), £10 (1987), 343, 349, G. M. Gill, £5 (2) (1988, 1990), £10 (1988), 353, 357, 354, G. E. A. Kentfield, £5 (1993 first run), £10 (1992 (first run), 1993), 363, 366, 369, M Lowther, £5 (2002) (3), 393, 395, A Bailey, £5 (2002), £10 (2004), £20 (2007), B395, 400, 405, C Salmon, £5, £10, £20, Not yet listed mixed grades from very good to uncirculated, a wide range of denominations and cashiers, useful (39) £250-300
3265
  Bank of England, a group of commemorative notes and coins, comprising, uncut £5 (2), ND (2002), serial numbers HM02 000310 and HM03 000310, blue and green, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse, new design featuring Elizabeth Fry, M Lowther £5 commemorating the Queen Mother, serial number QM10 002460 with £5 coin and £5 stamp at top left, M Lowther, £5, serial number QC03 000600, commemorating the Coronation, with £5 coin, and G. E. A. Kentfield, £5, serial number HM70 004139, with £5 coin, also Royal Bank of Scotland, £5, serial number R&A0047776, commemorating St Andrew's Golf Club, as well as a specimen treasury note uncirculated, all as issued in original presentations £150-250
3266
  Bank of England mixed group, a small group of notes comprising, K. O. Peppiatt, £1, ND (1940 emergency issue), blue and salmon pink, P. S. Beale, £1 (3), ND (1950), green, L. K. O'Brien, 10 shillings, (2) ND (1955), reddish brown, £5, ND (1961) (first series), blue on multicolour underprint, J. Q. Hollom, £10, ND (1964), J. S. Forde, £10, ND (1967), and J. B. Page, £10, ND (1971), brown and multicolour (EPM B249, B268, B271, B280, B299, B316, B326), varying grades from very good to about uncirculated, an interesting group (10) £80-120

GUERNSEY

3267
Click to view full image... States of Guernsey, 10/-, 1 January 1943, serial number M1 2621, blue and white, value in red-orange underprint at centre, value at each corner, Marquand signature, reverse red and white, arms at centre (Banknote Yearbook GU29a), fine, rare £500-600
3268
  States of Guernsey, a group of notes comprising, £1 (2), ND (1991, 2013) serial number X000864 and a commemorative issue with serial number TD/LR265094, green, £5, ND (1996), serial number C836102, brown and multicolour, £10, ND, (1995), serial number B999853, £20 (2), ND (1990), serial number B701161 and a commemorative issue with serial number QE/60 037190, red and multicolour, £50, ND (1994), serial number A154838, brown, green and multicolour (Banknote Yearbook GU36c, GU45c, GU54a, GU62b, GU71a), all about uncirculated to uncirculated, a lovely group (7) £180-230

JERSEY

3269
Click to view full image... International Bank, Jersey, £1, 9 November 1865, serial number 2001, black and white, Town Vingtaine of St Helier, unissued £1, 18--, The States of the Island of Jersey, unissued £5, 18--, Bible Christian Church, unissued £1, ND, St Mary's Parochial Bank, unissued £1, 18--, Herm Island Coupon, £1, varying grades from good to about uncirculated, a superb group of Channel Islands items (6) £300-350

IRELAND

Bank of Ireland

3270
Click to view full image... Bank of Ireland, partial specimen set of the 1972 issue, comprising £5, £10 and £100, blue, brown and red respectively, all with Hibernia at right, head of medusa at left and in a row along top, reverse images of industry and transport, red SPECIMEN overprints and zero serial numbers (Banknote Yearbook NI.213bs, 223bs, 251bs), uncirculated (3) £120-160
3271
Click to view full image... Bank of Ireland, partial specimen set of the 1972 issue, comprising £5, £10 and £100, blue, brown and red respectively, all with Hibernia at right, head of medusa at left and in a row along top, reverse images of industry and transport, red SPECIMEN overprints and zero serial numbers (Banknote Yearbook NI.213bs, 223bs, 251bs), uncirculated (3) £120-160

Belfast Banking Company Limited

3272
  Belfast Banking Company Limited, £10, 3 December 1963, serial number A/N 6909, black with value in green at centre, arms top centre manuscript lower right, arms top centre (Banknote Yearbook SCN1303c), about uncirculated £80-100

Central Bank of Ireland

3273
Click to view full image... Central Bank of Ireland, 10/-, 28 July 1943, serial number 76G 098508, M in field, orange on multicolour, Lady Lavery at left (Banknote Yearbook E069), about uncirculated £100-150
3274
Click to view full image... Central Bank of Ireland, specimen £1, 31.12.99 (1959), serial number 01A 000000, green and pale yellow and brown, Lady Lavery at left in oval frame, McElligott and Whitaker signatures, reverse green and pale yellow, River Lee mask at centre (PMI LTN41as), red SPECIMEN overprint, mounting traces at left on reverse otherwise uncirculated and scarce £200-300
3275
  Central Bank of Ireland, £1 (4), £5 (3), £10 (2), £20, green, brown, blue and red respectively, all featuring Lady Lavery at left, together with Central Bank of Ireland, £1 (2), £5, (2), £10, £20, Bank of Ireland, £1, Provincial Bank of Ireland, £1, Northern Bank Limited, £1, £5, Ulster Bank Limited, £1, £5 (Banknote Yearbook E085, 086, 099, 111, 120) varying grades from good to about uncirculated (22) £250-350
3276
  Central Bank of Ireland, £1, 17 May 1974, serial number S 038560, green on pink and yellow underprint, Lady Lavery at left (Banknote Yearbook E086), about uncirculated to uncirculated £80-100
3277
Click to view full image... Central Bank of Ireland, £10, 10 February 1975, serial number T 381306, blue on green underprint, Lady Lavery at left (Banknote Yearbook E111), very fine £150-200
3278
Click to view full image... Central Bank of Ireland, specimen £50, 2.5.05 (1970), serial number 02Y 000000, violet and pale yellow and green, Lady Lavery at left in oval frame, Whitaker and Murray signatures, reverse violet and green, River Shannon mask at centre (PMI LTN58as), perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated and rare £400-500
3279
Click to view full image... Central Bank of Ireland, specimen £100, 19.7.66 (1963), serial number 01Z 000000, green and pale yellow and orange, Lady Lavery at left in oval frame, Muimhneachain and Whitaker signatures, reverse green and pale yellow, River Erne mask at centre (PMI LTN53as), perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated and scarce £400-500

National Bank Limited

3280
Click to view full image... National Bank Limited, £20, 20 November 1917, serial number 10685, black on green underprint, Hibernia seated at centre, value at centre (Pick 219), staining and holes at centre, fair, very rare £100-150
3280A
Click to view full image... National Bank Limited, £1, 1 September 1926, serial number O 394443, black and white with value in green central panel, arms top left, Hibernia top centre, signature of J Brown low right, reverse green and white, arms and value (PMI NA66), very good, scarce £150-200
3281
Click to view full image... National Bank of Ireland, specimen £1, 1 May 1964, red serial number A 000000, blue, yellow-brown and pale blue, Hibernia and wolf-hound and harp low left, value at centre, reverse brown, pale orange and green, arms at centre, value at left and right perforated CANCELLED, uncirculated £150-200

Northern Bank Limited

3282
Click to view full image... Northern Bank Limited, £5, 1 October 1968, serial number N-1/U 00001, black and green on white, vignette with sailing ship top centre, bank title above, reverse, bank initials in round ornate panel flanked by value (Banknote Yearbook N1.614), ink annotation on reverse, crisp, about extremely fine £150-180
3283
Click to view full image... Northern Bank Limited, a group of specimens comprising, £1, 1 August 1978, serial number C6982049, green and pink, £5, 1 January 1976, serial number D5015492, blue and light pink, £10, 1 June 1988, serial number E0000000, brown, pink and green, £20 (2), 2 March 1987 and 15 June 1988, both serial number F0000000, purple, all dockyard scene at centre, cattle in field at left and woman operating loom at right (PMI NR 89, 92, 100, 103, not listed), all red SPECIMEN overprint, about uncirculated to uncirculated, a pleasing group indeed (5) £400-600
3284
Click to view full image... Northern Bank Limited, specimen £5, 24 August 1989, serial number A0000000, blue and green, W A Traill at right, specimen £10, 30 August 1996, serial number B00000000, brown and multicolour, J. B. Dunlop at left, specimen £20, 24 August 1988, no serial number, purple and multicolour, H F Ferguson at left (PMI NR112, NR114, not listed), red SPECIMEN overprint, about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £300-350
3285
Click to view full image... Northern Bank Limited, £20 (3), 1 September 1999, 8 October 1999 and 10 January 2005, serial numbers NB0000000 (commemorative issue), CB0000000 and HE0000000, first two purple, third, blue, all H Ferguson at right (PMI NR 124, NR 123, NR 130), red SPECIMEN overprint, about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £300-350
3286
Click to view full image... Northern Bank Limited, specimen £100, 1 January 1980, serial number H0274050, red on multicolour underprint, also specimen £50, undated, serial number G0000000, brown, yellow and blue, both dockyard scene at centre, cattle in field at left, woman operating loom at right, reverse, bank arms flanked by value, bank title low centre (PMI NR 127, NR 105), red SPECIMEN overprint, both about uncirculated to uncirculated, a superb pair of specimens £300-400
3287
Click to view full image... Northern Bank Limited, specimen £100, 8 October 1999, serial number EA000000, multicolour, Sir James Martin at centre left, also specimen £10 (2), 24 February 1997, 19 January 2005, serial numbers BA0000000 and GE0000000, first, brown, second, green, both J. B. Dunlop at right (PMI NR 127, NR119, NR 129), red SPECIMEN overprint, about uncirculated to uncirculated £300-350

Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited

3288
Click to view full image... Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, £5, 8 May 1931, serial number 02 PK 011825, brown on light green sunburst, ploughman and horses at centre, bank title top left and right, reverse, brown, St Patrick's Bridge in ornate frame flanked by value (PMI CPB 6), an original and pleasing fine, scarce £500-700

Irish Republic

3289
Click to view full image... Irish Republic, bond for $20, 5 January 1866, serial number A842 159, black and green, Erin with harp, American Soldier, and Irish Wolfhound at top centre, Theobald Wolfe Tone at left, Robert Emmet at right (PMI FE 3), some rust spots but a presentable and attractive good fine, very scarce £600-800

Ulster Bank

3289A
Click to view full image... Ulster Bank Limited, £1, Belfast, 1 May 1895, serial number Q 39943, black and white, value in pale blue central panel, manuscript signature low right, the 56 constituent banks at left and right in vertical panels (PMI UB 27), date unlisted in PMI, a presentable VG and rare £800-1,200
3289B
Click to view full image... Ulster Bank Limited, £50, Belfast, 1 June 1929, red serial number 398, black and white with value in blue central panel, arms top centre, value at left and right, manuscript signature low right (PMI UB 51), top left hand corner missing otherwise fine and rare £300-400

ISLE OF MAN

3290
Click to view full image... Isle of Man Commercial Banking Company, £1, 1 May 1848, serial number A10107, black and white, depiction of boats in harbour top centre, allegorical maidens at low left and right, bank title top centre, value top left and right, centre and at low left, ornate border (IOMPM M245), good, rare, manuscript "Cancelled" at centre £2,000-2,500
3291
Click to view full image... Isle of Man, Dumbell's Banking Company, £1, 7 August 1895, serial number 108407, black and white, ornate border, bank title top centre with Triune flanked by lion and unicorn below, value top left and right and in grey tablet at centre and low left, manuscript signature (IOMPM M263), fine £1,300-1,500
3292
Click to view full image... Isle of Man Bank Limited, £1, 1 May 1926, serial number Q/1 5905, black and red on white, view of island top centre with bank title below, value in ornate tablet top left and right, coat of arms low left and Triune low right, reverse, bluish green guilloche pattern (IOMPM M275), fine £450-650
3293
Click to view full image... Isle of Man Bank Limited, £1, 1 August 1928, serial number W/1 7456, Cubbon and Quayle signatures, black and red on pale yellow underprint, vignette of Douglas Harbour at upper centre, value on either side, the old and new arms of the Lords of Man at lower left and lower right respectively, reverse green, triskeles at centre, value in ornate guilloches at left and right (Pick 4, Q.277), original fine and rare £400-500
3294
Click to view full image... Isle of Man Bank Limited, £1, 1 August 1928, serial number W/1 7589, Cubbon and Quayle signatures, black and red on pale yellow underprint, vignette of Douglas Harbour at upper centre, value on either side, the old and new arms of the Lords of Man at lower left and lower right respectively, reverse green, triskeles at centre, value in ornate guilloches at left and right (Pick 4, Q.277), original fine and rare £400-500
3295
Click to view full image... Isle of Man Bank Limited, $3, 1 December 1936, serial number 12517, brown on light pink underprint, view of Isle of Man top centre, bank title below, value top left and right and in dark brown tablet at centre, coat of arms low left, Triune low right, reverse, Triune at centre flanked by value (IOMPM M288), dark pink CANCELLED overprint, fine to very fine £650-850
3296
Click to view full image... Isle of Man Bank Limited, £1, Douglas, 5 May 1937, serial number V/2 4386, blue and pale green and lilac, view of Douglas harbour top centre, arms low left, triskeles low right, manuscript signatures of Ronan and Quayle, reverse blue-green, triskeles at centre, value at left and right (Banknote Yearbook IM3a), original very fine and rare £400-600
3297
Click to view full image... Martins Bank Limited, £1 (2), 1 June 1950, serial numbers 180123 and 182241; also £1 (2), 1 May 1953, serial numbers 199489 and 204831, all signature Verity, black on grey underprint, bank arms at left, Tower of Refuge at right, reverse triskeles at centre, Castle Rushen at left, Albert Tower at right (Pick 19b (4), Q.363(4)), the first three pinholes, otherwise original good fine, the second fine, the third three pinholes, good fine, the fourth ink figures on obverse, otherwise good fine (4) £120-150
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
British Banknotes (Sale 15036)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 6th May 2015 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
At Spink London
Friday 24 April 2015 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Monday 27 April 2015 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Tuesday 5 May 2015 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
All other times by appointment
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