Collection PL

Argentina 1871 - Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 10 Pesos Rosario Specimen No. 000001 (Pick Unlisted)

This specimen represents an archival control note of the Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 10 Pesos issue prepared for the Rosario branch, dated Rosario, 10 de Noviembre de 1871, and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company in London. It was produced as part of the bank internal authorization and registration process for provincial issues and was never intended for circulation. The Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata, incorporated in London in 1862, operated as a British controlled private bank with branches in Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, and Montevideo. ... Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques Photographic Proof, Control Layout Design (Pick Unlisted)

Photographic proof of the 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques prepared for Thomas Cook and Son Limited in 1919, representing a highly developed control-layout design for the firm's post First World War international traveller-payment system. Mounted on cardstock and dated 29 March 1919 on the reverse mount, this proof records a more operationally structured 50 Dollars form than the companion United States and Canada design proofs, with serial-number placement, formal payment instruction text, and a detailed international exchange-rate grid built directly into the face. The upper field is dominated by the Thomas Cook and Son name, with New York printed beneath it, immediately identifying the design as part of the firm's transatlantic payment network. ... Read more →