Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Rejected Design Proof (Pick Unlisted)
Rejected design proof for the 50 Dollars traveller's cheque prepared by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, London, for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited. Submitted on 23 March 1965 and annotated in the left margin "Not approved, letter 12.4.65," this sheet preserves the top denomination from the first formal design stage of the bank's 1965 traveller's cheque programme. It forms the high-value counterpart to the 20 Dollars rejected design proof submitted on the same date, and together the two pieces define the March 1965 submitted design direction within the surviving Bradbury Wilkinson proof-room sequence. ... Read more →
AustraliaRejected Design Proof196550 DollarsPrinter's Archival Proof Travellers ChequeTravelers Check50 DollarsRejected Design ProofPrinter's Archival ProofSecurity Printing ProofBradbury Wilkinson and CompanyLondon Security PrinterControl PunchPrinted Facsimile SignatureAs Submitted 23 March 1965Not Approved Letter 12 April 1965Commercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedAustralian Banking HistoryDecimal Currency TransitionMarch 1965 Submitted Design StageTop Denomination ProofTraveller's Cheque Approval SequenceTravellers Cheque Approval TrailBradbury Wilkinson Approval TrailBank HistoryAustraliaAustralia 1965196523 March 196512 April 1965April 1965 Photographic Proof Link15 June 1965 Revision PhasePick UnlistedR9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level Archival ProofUnique Top-Denomination Submission-Stage ProofMuseum Grade
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