Watch List notes:

BANKNOTES, Great Britain, Provincial Banknotes Specimen Book, issued by the printing company Blades, East & Blades (London), c.1850, 32 card pages containing a variety of front and back designs for provincial banknotes, mainly British, some overseas, including Geraldton Champion Bay (Australia), Aylesbury Old Bank, Scarborough Old Bank, Tiverton & Devonshire Bank, Kington & Radnorshire Bank, and some sample vignettes, bound by string along the left edge, this would have been used by the company salesman to show potential clients the quality of their work, 263mm x 135mm. Cover a little ragged and some spotting to the sample notes, otherwise as issued and very rare.

Estimate: £1500-2000