Important British, Irish and World Banknotes

The Guernsey Banking Co, One Pound, 7 May 1872, uniface proof on paper, pencil annotation ‘from this’ in signature area (McCammon GN 4; Pick S181). Glue residue on backs of corners, otherwise good very fine to about extremely fine (£500-600)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Godfrey Burr Collection.

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Provenance:
Perkins Bacon Archive, Part II, Spink Auction, 6 October 1995, lot 353 (part)
A.L.T. McCammon Collection, Baldwin Auction 20, 11 October 1999, lot 330 (part).

The Guernsey Banking Co was established in 1827 by Thomas Priaulx, John Le Marchant and Hilary Rougier; for a few years it was the only bank on the island. Note issue commenced in 1827 and continued until 1924 when the bank was taken over by the National Provincial & Union Bank