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Ireland - Northern 1929 - Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound Uncut Sheet of 3 Proofs with Specimen Perforation (Pick Unlisted)

This Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound uncut sheet of 3 proofs belongs to the Northern Ireland Issue design group of 1929-1934 and survives in a format not represented by the standard single-note Pick listing. It is cataloged here as Pick Unlisted, while the individual proof design is associated with Pick 306p. The sheet preserves three proof impressions before separation, making it a broad production artifact rather than a single cut proof. Read more →

Ireland - Northern 1929 - Ulster Bank Limited Large-Format Watermarked Security Paper

The large format is important. The piece is substantially larger than a single note and appears comparable to multiple oversized banknote panels in scale. This gives the watermark greater documentary presence, because the bank-name pattern can be seen across a wider sheet area rather than through a small cut fragment. The paper surface appears fresh and clean, with strong watermark visibility and preserved uncirculated quality. Read more →

Scotland 1962 - National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds Photographic Back Proof, Edinburgh Castle Design (Pick Unlisted)

This 1962 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds photographic back proof preserves the Edinburgh Castle reverse design that belongs to the visual development of the bank's early 1960s 5 Pounds issue. The proof is cataloged here as Pick Unlisted and stands as a separate production artifact for the reverse side of the design, centered on Scotland's capital rather than on the legal and textual structure of the face. Read more →

Scotland 1962 - National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds Photographic Back Proof, Landscape Design (Pick Unlisted)

This 1962 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds photographic back proof preserves a separate landscape reverse concept from the same design period. Cataloged here as Pick Unlisted, it records a proposed scenic direction for the bank's 5 Pounds reverse, with the design organized around countryside, water, trees, distant hills, and open Scottish terrain. Read more →

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

Photographic proof for the 20 Dollars traveller's cheque prepared for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited during the 1965 Bradbury Wilkinson and Company design and approval sequence. Dated 31 March 1965 in manuscript below the proof image and preserved mounted on cardstock, this piece records the earliest known photographic review stage for the 20 Dollars denomination, appearing only eight days after the 23 March 1965 submitted design proof of the same value. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

The cardstock-mounted photographic format is central to the piece's importance. It records the design as an unpunched photographic review state, isolating density, contrast, text hierarchy, and background strength during the first review phase of the top denomination. This is especially meaningful when viewed beside the later 15 June 1965 revised 50 Dollars photographic proof, where the bank-name field is brought forward on a lighter horizontal reserve and the proof carries the single round control punch associated with the formal proof sequence. Together, the two 50 Dollars photographic proofs preserve the movement from early photographic review to revised approval-stage presentation. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Approval-Stage Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Within the surviving Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 1965 traveller's cheque group, this proof is the pivotal top-denomination link. The March 20 Dollars and 50 Dollars submitted proofs establish the first formal design stage. The 31 March 20 Dollars photographic proof and 1 April 50 Dollars photographic proof record immediate proof-room review. This 15 June 1965 50 Dollars approval-stage photographic proof records the corrected high-value design in the same approval cycle as the 10 Dollars proof, tying the top denomination directly to the accepted June design direction and the July approval stage. Read more →

Great Britain 1922 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The reverse carries the corresponding Thomas Cook and Son Bankers Limited payment language, with the 5 Pounds denomination repeated prominently and receiver signature lines arranged for controlled redemption. This back design is especially important because it shows how the instrument functioned as more than a decorative financial form. It was a practical document built around verification, countersignature, and authorized payment channels, placing it directly in the lineage of modern global travel-payment systems. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

This 5 Pounds Circular Note proof is a discovery-level survivor within the history of Thomas Cook and Son's private financial instruments. Its importance lies not only in its individual rarity, but in its place within a wider linked sequence of circular note and later traveller-payment material. When viewed beside the 1904 50 Dollars circular note proof, the alternate 1919 5 Pounds proof, and the later 1922 5 Pounds traveller-payment proof and specimen, it helps document the evolution of secure portable money for international travel from Edwardian circular notes into the mature twentieth-century travel-payment system. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note Photographic Proof, Alternate Design (Pick Unlisted)

Photographic proof of the 5 Pounds Circular Note prepared for Thomas Cook and Son Limited in 1919, representing an alternate design approach within the firm's post First World War circular note production. Mounted on cardstock and identified by Professional Coin Grading Service as a 5 Pounds 19xx circular note proof from about 1919, this piece preserves a distinct proof-stage design for the same denomination and payment system as the companion 1919 photographic proof. Read more →

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

The printer is identified directly on the face. Along the lower margin appears the imprint "Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company Limited Engravers, London," placing the piece within the London security-printing tradition. Bradbury Wilkinson and Company Limited was responsible for the engraved structure, dense guilloche work, central eagle vignette, value devices, lettered security field, and formal instrument layout. The imprint is a key part of the object's identity and confirms that this is a London-produced security-printing proof, not an anonymous mounted image. Read more →

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

As a dated photographic proof, this piece is a separate production-review survivor within the Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars travellers cheque sequence. Its ornamental oval design, United States and Canada payment wording, 50 Dollars denomination, mounted proof format, and relationship to the companion 1919 50 Dollars proof make it a museum-grade reference artifact for the study of private travel finance, North American dollar-payment forms, and early twentieth-century security printing. It stands as an R9 Extremely Rare proof-stage record within the development of Thomas Cook and Son Limited's international traveller-payment system. Read more →