Collection

Australia 1877 — City of Melbourne Bank Limited £20 (Specimen, Pick Unlisted)

A rare high-denomination survivor from Victoria’s private banking era, this £20 specimen represents the City of Melbourne Bank Limited at its late-19th-century zenith. Produced from Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. master plates, the note captures the visual language of confidence adopted by colonial issuers during Melbourne’s boom decades. ... Read more →

Australia 1961 — Bank of New South Wales Sterling Traveller’s Cheques, Complete Proof Set (Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., London)

Complete archival proof set of five Sterling Traveller’s Cheques produced by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., London, for the Bank of New South Wales in April 1961. The set comprises 2 Pounds, 5 Pounds, 10 Pounds, 20 Pounds, and 50 Pounds, each bearing the printer’s manuscript control notations and dated approval workflow marks from the same submission. Across the set, the faces show the full engraved traveller’s cheque design used by the bank in the early 1960s: multitone intaglio guilloche backgrounds, denomination tablets at the corners, central payable text panels, and the Bank of New South Wales London address at 29 Threadneedle Street. ... Read more →