The Late Ralph Hayes Collection of Hotel and Pub Checks of Greater London

Borough of Barnet: Hendon, Old Welsh Harp, W[illiam] Warner, zinc Ninepence, copper Twelve Pence, both 28mm (Hayes 1a, 1b); Borough of Bromley: Anerley, Robin Hood, [Gertrude] Triebner, brass Threepence, 27mm (H 11); Borough of Camden: Bloomsbury, Bedford Head Hotel, brass Twopence by Spink, stamped 35, 31mm (H 11), Bedford Head Tavern, P[eter] Maclure, brass, 24mm (H 12a), Camden Town, Camden Arms, zinc Threehalfpence by Taylor, 28mm (H 51), Edinburgh Castle, T[homas] Middlebrook, copper (4), 1879 (2), both 28mm, undated and 1897, both 33mm (H 81, 81a, 81c, 81d); Covent Garden, Crown & Anchor, Coulson, brass Twopence after Taylor (2), both 28mm (H 71); Hampstead, Black Boy & Still, D[avid] Putney, brass Twopence by Daniell, 26mm (H 21); King’s Cross, Bagnigge Wells, G[eorge] Hall, brass Threepence by Taylor, 28mm (H 1) [14]. Generally fine to very fine, some better, but third pierced £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Ralph Hayes Collection of Hotel and Pub Checks of Greater London.

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This and the following 14 lots, comprising a total of 294 pieces, comprise the most complete collection of hotel and pub checks of Greater London in private hands. Many were the only specimens known to the late Ralph Hayes, author of the standard work on the series