AN AUCTION OF British and World Paper Money The Richmond Suite (Lower Ground Floor) The Washington Hotel 5 Curzon Street Mayfair London W1J 5HE Thursday 29 September 2011 13:00 Free Online Bidding Service www.dnw.co.uk AUCTION Weekdays, Monday 12 September to Tuesday 20 September 16 Bolton Street, Mayfair, London W1 strictly by appointment only We regret there will be NO viewing on 21, 22 and 23 September Saturday 24 September to Wednesday, 28 September 16 Bolton Street, Mayfair, London W1 Public viewing, 10:00 to 17:00 Thursday 29 September 16 Bolton Street, Mayfair, London W1 Public viewing, 08:00 to end of the Sale Appointments to view: 020 7016 1700 or auctions @dnw.co.uk VIEWING Catalogued by Michael O’Grady Digital Imaging by Wioletta Madaj, Danielle Quinn and Emma Oxley In sending commissions or making enquiries please contact Christopher Webb Catalogue price £15 C ONTENTS Please note: Lots will be sold at a rate of approximately 150 per hour The Sale will be held in one Session starting at 13.00 A Collection of Treasury Notes, the Property of a Gentleman (Part II) ...................................4001-4035 The Celebrated Million Pound Note .........................................................................4036 A Presentation Album to John Benjamin Heath ................................................................................4037 British Banknotes from other properties ..................................................................................4038-4120 The Peter Stanton Collection of Paper Money of Guernsey (Part III) .......................................4121-4252 Paper Money of Guernsey from other properties ......................................................................4253-4257 Scottish Banknotes.....................................................................................................................4258-4285 The Collection of Irish Banknotes formed by the late Bob Blake (Part VI)..............................4286-4356 Irish Banknotes from other properties......................................................................................4357-4390 World Paper Money from the Collection of the late Julian da Graca (Part II) .........................4391-4481 Worl Banknotes from other properties .....................................................................................4482-4564 Bills of Exchange ........................................................................................................................4565-4583 Travellers’ Cheques, Circular Letters of Credit .........................................................................4584-4595 A UTUMN A UCTION C ALENDAR,2011 Monday, 26 September, 10.00 British Coins Tuesday, 27 September, 10.00 Ancient Coins Wednesday, 28 September, 13.00 British and World Paper Money Wednesday, 5 October, 10.00 18th Century British Trade Tokens INVESTMENT GOLD The symbol G adjacent to a lot indicates that, if purchased by a VAT-registered trader, he or she may claim back the VAT element on the buyers’ premium from HM Revenue and Customs. The Washington Hotel is located at 5 B E R O Curzon Street, in the heart of London’s K E L L A D S E L Y B Q B O Mayfair, two minutes walk from DNW’s T U E E A R N E D R R M T E D A S offices. S O R T L L R IL V E H E E R S E T T S R The auction takes place in the hotel’s T B R E Dix Noonan Webb E E E R E T 16 Bolton St K T Richmond Suite on the lower ground E L E The Washington Hotel Y S floor, access to which is via a short flight of T 5 Curzon Street R S E T E ST R T S stairs leading from the hotel restaurant. ES A T RL T CHA B T J O O A N M C LT L O S E The hotel is a 3-minute walk from the ET A S RE R N T ST G S S N H E T T RZO A S nearest Underground station, Green Park CU LF S M T Y O L O IL (Piccadilly, Jubilee and Victoria Lines, with N D S A T C IC Green Park P links directly to Euston, King’s Cross, (Piccadilly, Victoria andd Jubilee lines) Victoria [for Gatwick Airport] and Waterloo E TH stations). It is a 40-minute direct journey Green Park from Heathrow Airport. C ONSTITUTION HILL Numerous buses stop at Green Park station. Hyde Park There is limited meter parking in Curzon Corner Street and nearby streets. DIX N O ONAN WEBB DNW A uctione ers & Valuers L IVE I NTERNET B IDDING IN DNW ROSTRUM A UCTIONS DNW’s live internet bidding service is FREE and fully integrated into the company website and back office systems. You may bid in real time, with lots appearing on your computer screen as they are being sold and a live audio feed is provided so that you can listen to the auctioneer. Existing clients may use the service by logging in, but if you are new to us you should ideally register at least 24 hours prior to the start of the auction using the registration facility on our web site. To bid, select the current sale on the Coin Department home page and click on the Live Bidding link. You will need to log in before bidding if you have not already done so. For further details please call us on +44 (20) 7016 1700 or email [email protected]. S ALEROOM N OTICES Any saleroom notices pertaining to this auction are automatically posted at the head of the InterNews section on the coin part of the DNW website, www.dnw.co.uk. Prospective bidders are strongly urged to consult this facility before sending bids or bidding online. B UYERS’PREMIUM Please note that the buyers’ premium in this sale is 20%. C ATALOGUE I LLUSTRATIONS AND THE I NTERNET Prospective bidders are reminded that the DNW website carries enhanced high-resolution enlarged colour illustrations of all the items illustrated in this catalogue, and almost all other lots of manageable size are also depicted. B IDDING IN DNW AUCTIONS We are pleased to accept bids for items in this auction by several methods, apart from the FREE live internet facility detailed above. A commission form is enclosed with this catalogue for your convenience; this should be completed and mailed to us so that we receive it by the day before the auction. Bids can also be faxed on this form to +44 (20) 7016 1799 up to 18.00 on 28 September. If you are an established DNW client you may bid by email to [email protected] (we strongly advise that you request email confirmation that your bids have been received before the start of the auction); or you may telephone your bids to us up to 11.00 on 29 September. Alternatively you may bid directly via the Members’ Enclosure on the DNW website until 11.00 on 29 September. Bids placed electronically after that time will not be recognised. V IEWING All the lots in this auction are available to view, strictly by appointment only, at 16 Bolton Street, on weekdays from 12 to 20 September. All appointments to view MUST be made with the Coin Department by telephoning 020 7016 1700 and no viewing will be possible on 21, 22 or 23 September. The public view is at Bolton Street from 24 to 28 September, from 10.00 to 17.00, and on the auction day, 29 September, from 08.00 until the end of the Sale. P RICES R EALISED The hammer prices bid at DNW auctions are posted on the Internet at www.dnw.co.uk in real time. A full list of prices realised appear on our website after 18.00 on each auction day and a resumé of each auction is posted on the website the following day. Telephone enquiries are welcome from 09.00 the following morning. Separate printed price lists are no longer issued. A COLLECTION OF TREASURY NOTES, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Part II) A COLLECTION OF TREASURY NOTES, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Part II) John Bradbury (1914-19) 4001 One Pound, George V in garter right, three-quarter bust wearing Field Marshall uniform, essay prepared by Carlton Studios (De la Rue) (Dugg. TE 2a). Extremely fine £3,000-3,500 4002 One Pound, single colour partial proof on fully watermarked paper, prepared by B. Mackennal/Waterlow Brothers & Layton (Dugg. TE 3a). Extremely fine £1,500-2,000 4003 One Pound, W/87 000000, on plain paper prepared by B. Mackennal/Waterlow Brothers & Layton (Dugg. TE 3b). About extremely fine £2,500-3,000 Additional illustrations may be found on our website www.dnw.co.uk A COLLECTION OF TREASURY NOTES, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Part II) 4004 One Pound, W/87 191127, on fully watermarked paper, prepared by B. Mackennal/Waterlow Brothers & Layton (Dugg. TE 3c). About uncirculated to uncirculated £2,000-2,500 4005 One Pound, W/87 191127, on plain paper, standard size as issued note, notation upper right ‘Proof as approved “By W. Percy Thompson 19/10/1916”’ another on back ‘George & Dragon to be lighter top and bottom, overprinting to fit bar, signature not to impinge’ (cf. Dugg .TE 3d). Some thinning and tape residue, very fine £800-1,000. 4006 One Pound, W/87 191127, fully watermarked paper, standard size as issued note (Dugg. TE 3d). About uncirculated, scarce £1,200-1,500 4007 Proofs on paper, partial vignettes of George & Dragon, with and without ONE in central panel, artist initials and dates under print, larger one on paper with curving ONE POUND watermark [2]. Each with spot of foxing, good very fine £250-300 Additional illustrations may be found on our website www.dnw.co.uk A COLLECTION OF TREASURY NOTES, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Part II) 4008 One Pound, uniface essay on paper, prepared by B. Mackennal/Waterlow Brothers & Layton (Dugg. TE 4c). Two tears left edge, damaged bottom right corner, with top right corner taped back to body, about very fine £900-1,200 4009 One Pound, c.1916, essay on paper, P/10 00000, prepared by De la Rue, pencil notation top margin (Dugg.