Collection PL

Australia 1961 - Bank of New South Wales Sterling Travellers Cheques, Complete Printer’s Proof Set £2-£50 (Pick Unlisted)

The 10 Pounds sheet functions as the supervisory master proof for the group. It retains a perforated binding stub at the left edge, includes printed facsimile signature placement on the face, and carries a small alphanumeric control mark at the upper right. On the reverse, a red handwritten approval line and date record final sign-off on 29 April 1961, one day after the initial numbering submission. These features identify the 10 Pounds as the controlling approval sheet that finalized layout, signature position, and numbering logic for the entire series. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 20 Dollars Travellers Cheque Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

The proof reproduces the 20 Dollars design in monochrome, allowing the engraved structure, text hierarchy, border density, central Australia map motif, and signature placement to be examined without the distraction of full colour. In this form, the design reveals the technical skeleton of the March submission: the broad denomination tablets, the C.B.C. Travellers' Cheque title panel, the central bank name, the scripted amount line, the printed facsimile signature area, and the fine security underprint carrying repeated banking text across the field. Read more →