BANKING EPHEMERA
1695 INDIA, postal orders (8), 1975-80 [8]. Mostly good very fine to extremely fine 1696
1697 1698 1699 1700 1701 £40-50
INDIA, specimen travellers’ cheques (34), from Bank of India (5), Indian Overseas Bank (4), State Bank of India (22), Syndicate Bank (3), various values from Fifty to One Thousand Rupees [34]. About uncirculated to uncirculated
£90-120
IRAQ, Operation Desert Shield, a collection of propaganda notes, safe conduct passes, rules of engagement and EPW card [41]. Uncirculated
£60-80
MALAYA, a black and white proof vignette of King George VI in ceremonial uniform of the Admiral of the Fleet, as used on banknotes in 1941 and 1946-52. Good extremely fine
£80-100
NETHERLANDS, specimen travellers’ cheques (34), 1966-9, Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank (7), all 1972, Amro Bank (15), Algemene Bank Nederland (9), Nederlandse Credietbank nv (3); together with correspondence [Lot]. Good extremely fine to uncirculated
£80-100
PORTUGAL, Bills of Exchange (9), 1790-1819, drawn on Lisbon (4) and Porto (5) [9]. Plainblackandwhitebut early and scarce, good very fine
£90-120
SCOTLAND, Bank of Scotland, booklet ‘Specimen Signatures of Signing Officers’, 30 October 1937 and ‘Specimen Signature List’, June 1960, letters of credit and of indication, travellers’ cheques (2), facsimiles and correspondence, 1952-62; The National Bank of Scotland Ltd, booklet of specimen signatures, March 1932; National Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd, specimen letters of credit (2), facsimiles of travellers cheques [Lot]. Extremely fine to uncirculated
£80-100 1702 1703 1704
SOUTH AFRICA, The National Bank of South Africa Ltd, booklets (2), ‘Specimens of Signatures of the Signing Officers at the London Offices and Branches of the Bank’, October 1923, second with ink annotation ‘revised to 30/6/25’ [2]. Extremely fine
£60-80
SOUTH AFRICA, The Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd, booklet, ‘Duplicate Drafts for General Purposes‘, including 36 unissued cheques; together with specimen bank cheques (13) and an unissued cheque, 194–, Fox Street, Johannesburg [50]. Good extremely fine to about uncirculated
£80-100
USA, Bank of America, specimen letter of credit and introduction, travellers’ cheques (2), facsimiles, correspondence, booklet of authorised signatures, 1935, gummed ‘pasters’ of new signatures, 1937; First National Bank of Boston, specimen letter of credit and introduction, travellers’ cheques (3), bankcard check, facsimiles, correspondence, etc [Lot]. Varied state
£60-80 1705
USA, Wells Fargo & Co, specimen and unissued travellers’ cheques (5); issued Bill of Exchange, 1868; issued (2) and unissued cheques, 187[–] –1901; specimen letters of credit from Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co and Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank; together with correspondence [Lot]. Onetravellers’chequesplitandrepairedonleft side, otherwise good very fine to uncirculated
£80-100 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712
USA, Bills of Exchange (13), 1859-1901, from Bank of Louisiana, London, Paris & American Bank Ltd (San Francisco), Union Bank of New Orleans and various business issues in Chicago, New Orleans, New York and Portland (Oregon) [13]. Mostly good very fine
£80-100
USA, specimen letters of credit and of identification from The Chase National Bank, New York (8), The Chase Manhattan Bank (4), The Farmers Loan and Trust Co, New York (4); together with specimen travellers’ cheques (4) and correspondence from Chase National, 1920-32 [Lot]. Varied state
£60-80
Canada and USA, share certificates (264), 1920-49, including Thornhill Golf and Country Club Ltd, Alberta Hard Coals Ltd, British Canadian Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Hudson-Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd, Imperial Royalties Co, Queens Park Plaza Co Ltd, etc [264]. Mostly good very fine to good extremely fine
£100-150
P & O Banking Corporation Ltd, specimen Bills of Exchange (4, London, Calcutta (2), Madras), cheque (Bombay), letter of credit, travellers’ cheque, together with related paperwork (4) [Lot]. Letterofcreditwithdamagededges, two Bills trimmed down on right edges, otherwise good very fine to about uncirculated
£90-120
Visa, specimen travellers’ cheques (26), in various currencies; together with facsimiles and correspondence [Lot]. Good extremely fine to uncirculated
£80-100
ANON,ReportoftheCommitteeoftheSocietyofArts…relativetothemodeofPreventingtheForgeryofBankNotes, London, 1819, 72pp, 6 engraved plates. Foxing on some pages, recently re-bound
£100-150
HAXBY, J.A., StandardCatalogofUnitedStatesObsoleteBankNotes1782-1866, 4 vols, Iola, 1988, xx + 2,702pp, [4]. Good condition
£40-60 END OF SALE
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