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Treasury Series, John Bradbury, watermarked paper (3) of the type used on all first series Treasury notes, both 10 Shilling and £1 denominations, each piece glued into cream paper frames and annotated ‘English Stamp Paper’, since this is what was used due to the extreme urgency of the printing of the first issue, as produced, remarkable survivors of a turbulent time (3 papers) EPM T1-T10 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £120
Treasury Series, John Bradbury, watermarked paper (3) of the type used on all first series Treasury notes, both 10 Shilling and £1 denominations, each piece glued into black frames of thin card and annotated ‘English Postage Stamp Paper’, since this is what was used due to the extreme urgency of the printing of the first issue, as produced (3 papers) EPM T1-T10 £100-£150
£100–£150
Treasury Series, John Bradbury/Warren Fisher, watermarked paper for 10 Shillings (2) and £1 (2), third issue, as used on all notes printed from 1917 until 1928, each piece glued into cream paper frames, with annotations in the border, as produced, attractive and very scarce (4 papers) EPM T16-T34 £100-£150
Treasury Series, John Bradbury/Warren Fisher, watermarked paper for 10 Shillings (2) and £1 (2), third issue, as used on all notes printed from 1917 until 1928, each piece glued into black frames of thin card, with annotations in the border, as produced, attractive and very scarce (4 papers) EPM T16-T34 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £110
Treasury Series, John Bradbury/Warren Fisher, watermarked paper for 10 Shillings and £1, third issue, as used on all notes printed from 1917 until 1928, each piece glued into blue frames of thick card, with annotations in the border, as produced, attractive and very scarce (2 papers) EPM T16-T34 £50-£70
Hammer Price: £90
Treasury Series, John Bradbury/Warren Fisher, complete sheets of watermarked paper for 10 Shillings (2 sheets, 40 notes) and £1 (2 sheets, 42 notes), third issue, as used on all notes printed from 1917 until 1928, in original archival folder with annotations detailing contents, as produced, each sheet folded twice, generally clean, white and in lovely condition, attractive and rare (4 sheets, 82 notes) EPM T16-T34 £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £800
Bank of England, Cyril P. Mahon, watermarked paper for £1 (3), Series A, each piece glued into a cream paper frame, with annotations in the border, as produced, attractive and very scarce (3 papers) EPM B212 £120-£160
Hammer Price: £140
Bank of England, Cyril P. Mahon, watermarked paper for £5, produced 38th week of 1925, glued into cream paper frame with ink annotations, as produced, rare EPM B215 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £130
Bank of England, Cyril P. Mahon, watermarked paper for £5, produced 40th week of 1925, glued into cream paper frame with ink annotations, as produced, rare EPM B215 £100-£150
Bank of England, Basil G. Catterns, watermarked paper for £1 (2), Series A, each piece glued into a black frame of thin card, with annotations in the border, as produced, attractive and very scarce (2 papers) EPM B225 £80-£100
Bank of England, Basil G. Catterns, watermarked paper for £5, produced 19th week of 1929, glued into cream paper frame with ink annotations, as produced, rare EPM B228 £100-£150
Bank of England, Basil G. Catterns, watermarked paper for £5, produced 6th week of 1931, glued into black frame of thin card with white ink annotations, as produced, rare EPM B228 £100-£150
Bank of England, Basil G. Catterns, watermarked paper for £5, produced 9th week of 1931, glued into black frame of thin card with white ink annotations, as produced, rare EPM B228 £100-£150
Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, watermarked paper for 10 Shillings and £1, Series A, each piece glued into a blue card frame, with annotations on the paper, as produced, attractive and very scarce (2 papers) EPM B235-B239 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £100
Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, watermarked paper for £5, produced 38th week of 1935, glued into blue card frame with black ink annotations, as produced, rare EPM B241 £100-£150
Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, watermarked paper for £10, produced 30th week of 1939, glued into blue card frame with black ink annotations, as produced, rare EPM B242 £150-£200
Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, watermarked paper for £50, produced 1st week of 1939, glued into blue card frame with black ink annotations, as produced, rare EPM B244 £180-£240
Hammer Price: £240
Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, watermarked paper for £100, produced 29th week of 1939, glued into blue card frame with black ink annotations, as produced, rare EPM B245 £200-£260
Hammer Price: £600
Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, watermarked paper for 10 Shillings and £1, Series A, with metal security thread, each piece glued into a blue card frame, with annotations on the paper, as produced, attractive and very scarce (2 papers) EPM B249-B252 £100-£150
Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, slightly oversized watermarked paper for £1, Series A, with metal security thread, as produced, attractive and very scarce EPM B251 £50-£70
Hammer Price: £200
Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, watermarked paper for £5, produced on thicker paper in 1945, with security thread, glued into blue card frame with black ink annotations, as produced, extremely rare, this being the only example of this paper in the Portals archive EPM B255 £150-£200
Bank of England, Percival S. Beale, watermarked paper for £5, produced in 1949, with security thread, glued into blue card frame with black ink annotations, as produced, extremely rare, this being one of only two examples of this paper in the Portals archive EPM B270 £100-£150
Bank of England, Percival S. Beale, watermarked paper for £5, produced in 1950, with security thread, glued into blue card frame with black ink annotations, as produced, extremely rare, this being one of only two examples of this paper in the Portals archive EPM B270 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £160
Bank of England, two different watermarked papers used for trials during the late 1940s and early 1950s, intended for £5 notes to replace the venerable ‘black and white fiver’. The watermarks feature a border of wavy lines with the image of William and Mary, and are each annotated ‘Houblon’. They were intended for use with the designs drawn up by Stephen Gooden (the designer of the ‘Lion & Key £5’), all of which featured Sir John Houblon, the first Chief Cashier of the Bank of...
Hammer Price: £340
Bank of England, Leslie K. O’Brien, watermarked paper for £5, series B (1957), glued into blue card frame with annotations on paper, as produced, rare, this being the only example in the Portals archive EPM B277, B280 £120-£160
Hammer Price: £280
British Military Authority, watermarked paper, complete with metallic security thread, for 10 Shillings and £1, ND (1943), glued into blue card frames, annotated with the denomination and ‘B.M.A. Note’ in black ink, as produced, the only examples of each in the Portals archive and as such, probably unique (2 papers) Pick M5, M6 £150-£200
The National Bank Limited, watermarked paper as used on the 1929 to 1934 issue including the £1, £5, £10 and £20, glued into blue card frame with ink annotation, as produced, the only example of this watermark in the Portals archive, extremely rare PMI NA 74-77, Pick 151-154 £100-£150
The National Bank Limited, watermarked paper as used on the 1937 to 1964 Northern Irish issues (2), used on all denominations including the £1, £5, £10 and £20, one example unmounted, the other glued into a cream paper frame with ink annotation, as produced, the unmounted example with one fold, rare (2 papers) PMI NA 78-87, Pick 155-161 £100-£150
The National Bank Limited, watermarked paper as used on the 1937 to 1964 Northern Irish issues (3), used on all denominations including the £1, £5, £10 and £20, glued into a blue card frame with ink annotations, as produced, rare (3 papers) PMI NA 78-87, Pick 155-161 £150-£200
£150–£200
Currency Commission, Ploughman Series, watermarked papers as used on the £1, £5 and £10, issued from 1929 to 1940, including the coloured fibres found on the issued notes, all in blue card frames, with ink annotations, as issued, the only examples of the £5 and £10 paper in the Portals archive, very likely unique examples of this iconic issue (3 papers) PMI CBI 1-3, Pick 8a-10a (and other banks) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £320
Currency Commission, Ploughman Series, watermarked papers as used on the £1 issued from 1929 to 1940 (3), including the coloured fibres found on the issued notes, all in thin black card frames, with ink annotations, as issued, extremely rare (3 papers) PMI CBI 1, Pick 8a (and other banks) £200-£260
Hammer Price: £220
Currency Commission/Central Bank of Ireland, Lady Lavery Series, watermarked paper featuring the head of Erin, as used on 10 Shillings, £1, £5 and £10 from 1928 until 1977, making this one of the longest running watermarks ever produced, all glued into blue card frames, with ink annotations, as produced, these are the only examples of the 10 Shillings, £5 and £10 in the Portals archive, and may represent the only surviving examples, extremely rare (4 papers) PMI LTN 1-4, Pick 1A-4A...
Hammer Price: £480
Currency Commission/Central Bank of Ireland, Lady Lavery Series, watermarked paper featuring the head of Erin (3) as used on the £1 from 1928 until 1977, all glued into cream paper frames, with ink annotations, as produced, very rare (3 papers) PMI LTN 2, Pick 2A (and later issues) £200-£260
Currency Commission/Central Bank of Ireland, Lady Lavery Series, watermarked paper featuring the head of Erin (3) as used on the £1 from 1928 until 1977, all glued into thin black card frames, with ink annotations, as produced, very rare (3 papers) PMI LTN 2, Pick 2A (and later issues) £200-£260
Currency Commission/Central Bank of Ireland, Lady Lavery Series, watermarked paper featuring the head of Erin (3) as used on the £1 from 1928 until 1977, all glued into blue card frames, with ink annotations, as produced, very rare (3 papers) PMI LTN 2, Pick 2A (and later issues) £200-£260
Hammer Price: £150
North of Scotland Bank Limited, watermarked paper of the type used on all £5 notes from 1910 until 1934 (2), featuring George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, paper with coloured fibres as per the issued notes, also watermarked paper for bank cheques (3), featuring the bank name only, all glued into cream paper frames with ink annotations, as produced (5 papers) PMS NS 27, 33, 39, 40 £120-£160
North of Scotland Bank Limited, watermarked paper of the type used on all £5 notes from 1910 until 1934 (3), featuring George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, paper with coloured fibres as per the issued notes, all glued into thin black card frames with ink annotations, as produced (3 papers) PMS NS 27, 33, 39, 40 £120-£160
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