Description and research notes
Specimen One Pound of the British Linen Bank dated 13 June 1967, printed by Thomas De La Rue. The face shows the royal arms above the title and an ornate security panel at center. Standard De La Rue SPECIMEN oval handstamps and a specimen control number are present, together with a cancellation punch.
PMG notes Sorting Lines on Back, the vertical coding lines adopted in the late 1960s to facilitate mechanical bank sorting. Specimens like this documented production features for institutional archives and do not represent circulation pieces.
PMG 55 EPQ About Uncirculated indicates original paper with minimal handling. A textbook De La Rue specimen from the last years of the independent British Linen Bank before it was absorbed into the Bank of Scotland group.