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26 & 27 May 2022
The Bank of Affection, Proper Cupid, Dart & Co., a very passable imitation of a payment order, denominated simply in Love, 25 December 1889, serial number and signature blank, to be filled in by the giver, promising to pay ‘a sum which can never be computed by any commercial method as it consists of your undivided love’, an attractive very fine piece, very scarce Outing unlisted £150-£200
£150–£200
Bank Restriction Bill a small scale reproduction of an 'Anti-Hanging note', ND (originally 1819), a satirical note designed by George Cruickshank, signed by J. Ketch (the hangman), design very similar to the Bank of England white notes, printed area probably half the size of the original, although the paper is larger, it is unclear when it was produced, but likely in the latter half of the 19th Century, very fine and scarce Outing 4040a for type £150-£200
Hammer Price: £240
Bank of Mudros, a note for £5, 25 December 1918, serial number 9/U 450984, issued in the name of the United Kingdom of Lemnos, Imbros and Tenedos, and stating that the note is Illegal Tender for the payment of any amount, with a purple handstamp ‘Captain of the Base, Mudros’ and the date, very fine, very scarce, and an amusing item apparently produced during or after the Gallipoli campaign in the First World War, with the Islands mentioned all being British or Commonwealth bases Outing...
Hammer Price: £100
Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, a proposed Municipal Note Issue in the style of a Treasury third issue £1, denominated in pounds, 1932, on watermarked paper, along with a 1970s newspaper cutting explaining that the note was proposed by a local councillor, J.W.Barker, as a method of abolishing rates and taxes, among other things, extremely fine and very scarce Outing unlisted £150-£200
Hammer Price: £320
Royal Borough of Birkenhead, a proposed National Municipal Note Issue in the style of a Treasury third issue £1, denominated in goods pounds, 1 June 1934, with an explanation printed on the reverse, claiming that these notes would enable ‘your Corporation to abolish rates, build houses without interest, and turn poverty into plenty’, if only the public would have confidence in them, fine and rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
A note advertising Post Coaches & Diligences, departing from the Saracens Head Inn, Snow Hill, ‘with a guard’, ND (c. early 1800s), signature of B.W. Mountain, in the style of a £100 Bank of England note, with an engraving of a Saracen at top left, with an impressive list of destinations including Edinburgh ‘in four easy days’, York, Scarboro’, Whitby, Hull, Lancaster, and Grantham among others, printed on very thin paper, very good and rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
A note advertising Post Coaches & Diligences, departing from the Cross Keys Inn, Wood Street, Cheapside, ‘with a guard’, ND (c. early 1800s), signature of B.W. Mountain, in the style of a £100 Bank of England note, with an engraving of Crossed Keys at top left, with an impressive list of destinations including Edinburgh ‘in four easy days’, Carlisle, Penrith, Whitehaven, Dumfries, Glasgow and Leeds among others, printed on thin paper, very good to about fine and rare Outing...
Hammer Price: £120
Birmingham Bank, No.31, Bull Street, an advertising note for ‘novelty & fashion’, promising to ‘cut any Lady or Gentleman’s Hair and make Ornamental Hair in a most Superior manner, also to keep for sale Foreign and British Perfumery of the best Qualities or forfeit the Sum of One Hundred Pounds’, 26 April 1924, serial number 31, signature of M. Elmore, a remarkable engraving of a the shop front at left, showing the building and window display in perfect and meticulous detail, very...
Advertising Skit note for Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, the Public’s most Obed’t Serv’t, R. Ackermann, to the value of £100 more or less, 1 January 1803, promising to ‘pay one hundred pounds, more or less, for any fine drawings or execute orders for prints, drawings & ornaments & deliver them with expedition to any part of the world’, with a female allegory of art at left, very good and scarce Outing unlisted £150-£200
Bank of Enterprise, Sealfast Limited, an 1914 advertising note promising to ‘pay the user of Sealfast the sum of five pounds if he can prove same injures rubber’, serial number AI/OK 1914, signature of Leslie M. Lane and a vignette of a tin of the aforementioned Sealfast at top left, extremely fine and rare Outing unlisted £120-£160
Hammer Price: £110
Pure Tobacco, Wolverhampton, an advertising note for £5, 4 July 1895, serial number 16, signature of Lizzie Marrian, promising to supply ‘Guaranteed Genuine Irish Twist of Superior Quality’, at the premises on 145 Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton, fine and rare, unusual to find a female proprietor listed on a note of this kind Outing unlisted £120-£160
Bank of Elegance, a note promising to ‘pay on demand the sum of fifty pounds if I do not cut any lady or gentleman’s hair in the first style of fashion’, 4 May 1829, serial number 120, signature of J.G.Carver, with vignette of a lady with a very ornate and flowery hairdo at left, low right corner tip missing, otherwise about fine and scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
£100–£150
Dunville & Co. Limited, an advertising note for Old Irish Whisky, as produced by the Royal Irish Distilleries, Belfast, ND (mid 1800’s), small hole at top left, otherwise good very fine, a classic and widely circulated skit note Outing unlisted £100-£150
Hammer Price: £80
Bank of Elegance, an unnamed and un-addressed note for £5, 1 January 1852, serial number 230, made out ‘For Myself & Co.’ and promising to ‘Pay on Demand the sum of five pounds if I do not sell Articles cheaper than any Body else in the whole universe’, which feels like a bold claim, mounting traces, overall fine and scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
Beauty & Elegance, 29, Old Jewry, Cheapside, a note advertising the services of A. Gardner who ‘will Cut, Dress & Arrange any Lady or Gentleman’s Hair in a Superior style of forfeit the sum of one thousand pounds’, London, 29 May 1822, signature of Arthur Gardner and a lovely vignette of justice at left, remains of mounting on reverse, a few holes at folds, overall fine and very scarce, an attractive note Outing unlisted £150-£200
Bank of Elegant Engraving, a note denominated £100 advertising the services of H.H.Collins & Co., October 1855, signature of H.H.Collins, fine, rare and very nicely engraved note Outing unlisted £150-£200
Banque de Ste Farce, a relatively modern spoof note in the form of a 1000 Francs, 1 April 1983, serial number E.457 799, advertising what appears to be an antiestablishment and anticlerical bookshop or library in Paris, the note is meticulously designed to mimic the original note, down to every one of the original allegorical figures being redesigned and the borders changed into sausages or similar, very fine and scarce, an amusing item £100-£150
Bank of Keiths, an advertising note for Fixture and Electrical Work, denominated £5, London, July 1906, serial number 94635, with a vignette of an anchor and labelled ‘hope’ at top left, extremely fine and scarce Outing unlisted £80-£120
Hammer Price: £60
Bank of Elfland, a note for £100 advertising the performances of Wiljalba Frikell, often known as Professor Frickell, 11 May 1868, serial number W/F 74899, signature of Wiljalba Frikell, bearing more than a passing resemblance to a real Bank of England £100, including the wording and vignette, minor edge damage, overall very fine and scarce Outing unlisted £120-£160
Hammer Price: £130
Berkeley’s Bank, vouchers for 5 and 20 Berkeley Pounds, ND (1997-98), serial numbers BB5 0017626 and BB2 0007246, with a ‘security feature’ showing a holographic image of a young lady, and the terms of service on reverse, very fine and good fine respectively, and certainly not your usual skit note! (2 notes) Outing Unlisted (unsurprisingly!) £50-£70
Hammer Price: £40
Stage Money, a note in the style of an Austro-Hungarian 1000 Kronen, for private circulation only, 1922, signed by the great ‘Generalissimo Londonovich’ on behalf of ‘Nosuchbank’ and the ‘International Ranch of the League of Nations’, watermarked paper, good fine and rare, an attractive item Outing unlisted £100-£150
Please Note, a 1913 advertisement in the form of a £5 note for the ‘Fighting Parson’, at the Kursaal Picture Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, and boldly claiming that the show is ‘the Best Drama Ever Staged in 4 Scenes’, minor damage to left margin, overall very fine and scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
Please Note, a 1924 advertisement in the form of a £5 note for the “RATTLES” Revue at the New Theatre, Oxford, including performances by Ida Crispi, Uty Rowlands and Pip Powell and others, extremely fine and very scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
Please Note, a c.1925 advertisement in the form of a £5 note for the “CRASH” Revue, London, unusually well printed by Albinson, Oldham, extremely fine and scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
Bank of Rewards, a beautifully produced little note for 1 Penny, date unknown, serial number 1, promising to ‘give, as a reward of Diligence and Good Conduct, the value of one penny’, and made out by hand to Mary Lees, with the signature of A. Bowie, Teacher, with a very sweet vignette of two children, one gardening and the other playing with a bat and shuttlecock, unusual for being printed on both sides, very good and probably a unique survivor Outing unlisted £150-£200
24 February 2022
Bank of Folly, an April Fool note, denominated in a single Fool (i.e. the receiver of the note!), at the Temple of Folly, 1 April 1947, serial number A/F 71841, signature of ‘Wide Awake’, with an amusing vignette of a man waggling his fingers with his thumb on his nose, decent quality printing on very thin paper, clean and fresh, a few folds in upper and lower margins good very fine and rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
Fleet Bank in England, 25 Pence, 21 June 1811, serial number 64781, signature of R. Denton, some toning and small stains but a nice looking example, very fine and very scarce Outing 4018d £200-£260
£200–£260
Little Sheffield Bank, for Presto, Adagio, Moderato & Concertante, 5 Halfpence, 1797, no signature or serial number, fine and very rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
Bank of Love, denominated only in Love, 14 February, no year listed (likely c.1840-50 based on air and clothing), serial number 71742 , signed True Heart, promising to ‘give you on fair demand both heart and hand on the 14th February’, with a vignette showing a man and woman gazing adoringly at one another in a style popularised by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, about fine, a very touching piece and a much scarcer variety Outing 4061 for bank name £150-£200
Hammer Price: £220
Lovers Banking Company, denominated in Love, at the Temple of Hymen, 14 February 1877, serial number L/O 98657 V/E, signed by Cupid, promising to ‘pay you on demand the entire love of the supplicant who sends this’, with a vignette of a country church at top centre, red and black print, mounting traces, fine and very scarce Outing unlisted £150-£200
Hammer Price: £170
A Summons to the Court of Hymen, with blank spaces for full names and dates, the text ‘you have this day been charged before the undersigned, one of Cupid’s Justices of the Peace, in and for the said Court of Hymen, for that you wilfully, feloniously, and designedly waylaid, entrapped and stole from the plaintiff in this cause, A Heart, the whole, sole and real property of the said plaintiff’, and continuing with a summons to appear on the date to be filled in by the giver, signed by I...
Bank of Exchange & Co-operation, 1 Penny, dated/serial numbered 1879, signature of C. Wetum, with the address listed as ‘Dark Street, Bush Town, Founded by Adam & Eve’, and the text ‘Immense capital deposited in the vaults, of which every member has a special key’ and promising ‘to Preserve and Protect on demand the Morals of the Rising Generation’, with a crowned vignette entitled ‘The Fig Leaf Period’, showing an African man and woman and several spears, slightly ragged...
Hammer Price: £260
A Confusing but Clearly Political Skit Note, for Self, Ridiculous & Folly, promising to pay £5 to Sir Charles Spencer or Bearer on the return of Common Sense, 1 April 1796, serial number 9162, signature of Simon Skirtless, with a vignette of Antony Alltop, Boot-maker, walking past a milestone with XXXIX (39) on it, saying the words ‘I Am The Go’, laid down on paper, otherwise very nice condition, good fine and rare Outing unlisted £200-£260
Hammer Price: £160
Brotherly Love Bank, for the Three Grand Principles, a Masonic note promising to pay Brother Secrecy the sum of 1 Shilling, Newcastle, 7 April 1806, serial number A48, manuscript signature of Faithful Hope, with Masonic symbols engraved at left, with a small but beautifully executed hand coloured element, minor mounting remnants on reverse low left corner slightly damaged, overall very fine and rare Outing unlisted £240-£300
Hammer Price: £280
Brett’s, 109, Drury Lane, a note promising to ‘supply the bearer with pure Patent Brandy, Patent Holland's and every other genuine article in the Wine and Spirit Trade at fair and reasonable prices or forfeit £1000’, 1 December 1832, signature of Henry Brett, previously mounted and remains of blue paper still attached to reverse, low right corner top missing, overall fine and scarce Outing 4044a £150-£200
Trent Fall Bank, for Rich’d Boiler, Tho’s Nossle & Co., 5 Halfpence in cash or steam, 1 August 1817, serial number 8540, signatures of Tim’y Smoke and Benj’n Margrave, with a lovely vignette of a small paddle steamer, entitled ‘Albion’ at top left, fine and rare Outing 4088a £200-£260
Hammer Price: £180
Bank of Experience, £5, 10 February 1839, serial number 55, signature of Leukin Jones, the note promises to ‘pay on demand for the Governor of the World the sum of five pounds to any person who can find a better paper than the Paul Pry or, a greater fool than the bearer of this note’, very good and rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
Mendham’s Tea Warehouse, Ipswich, a note promising to pay the bearer 5 Shillings on demand, hand dated 1803, no serial number or signature, vignette of a tea chest at top left, complete with with naive depiction's of Chinese characters, wonderful condition, good very fine and extremely rare Outing unlisted £240-£300
Hammer Price: £200
Manchester & Gibralter Bank, for the Governor of the Gibralter Hotel, Pall Mall, a note promising to pay the bearer 2 Pence for winnings at Bagatelle, Manchester, 17 January 1810, serial number 1639, signed by William Murray, with a very nicely printed and ornate vignette of a contemporary steam train in a crowned frame at top left, partially stuck on card, very good, extremely rare and a wonderful item Outing unlisted £240-£300
Gillbank and Co, Spirit Establishment, a note promising to supply the bearer with any quantity of Old & Genuine Wines or Spirits from a Stock of Ten Thousand Pounds, 19 December 1933, serial number 21, printed signature of Gillbank, vignette of a cherub with a wine glass seated on a barrel at top left, very thin paper, making the condition even more remarkable, good very fine and very scarce Outing 4050a £200-£260
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