Watch List notes:

Fort Garry, Hudsons Bay Company, Canada, £5, Fort Garry, 10 May 1870, manuscript serial number 1599, black text on cream paper with manuscript date and serial numbers, manuscript signature of Mctavish for Hudsons Bay Company low right, value in bold black text top centre, oval blue handstamp W.MCTAVISH RED RIVER SETTLEMENT MAY 12 1870 low centre, (Pick S1102), in PMG holder, 25 Very Fine, red manuscript 'Cancelled' across face of note, a very rare high denomination note in excellent condition. The cataloguer can find no other record of this note coming to the market..

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500