Watch List notes:

BANKNOTES, Great Britain, Provincial Notes and Cheques, Durham, Darlington, Jonathan Backhoue & Company, Cheque for £5, 10 January 1837, Darlington, no cheque number entered, payable to Joseph Darby, his signature vertically at left, drawn and signed by James Backhouse (he died just six months after this cheque was issued, 26 July 1837), vignette of St Cuthberts church at left. Small amount of spotting and tiny tears in left edge, otherwise clean and fresh, good very fine, a very rare early cheque.

Estimate: £250-300