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	= FOREIGN CHEQUES =

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Drawee Name	Address	Date	Comments	Image	Ref:	Cost (UK£)
AUSTRALIA
National Bank of Australasia	Belmont, Victoria	1954	Un-used		D243	£1.75
BERMUDA
Bank of Bermuda	Hamilton	194x	un-Used - very nice red oval duty stamp		B194	£2.50
BURMA
Imperial Bank of India	Corporation of Rangoon	1949	Used		8212	£2.50
Imperial Bank of India	Corporation of Rangoon	1949	Used		7302	£2.50
Imperial Bank of India	Corporation of Rangoon	1953	1 x 2 anna Burma stamp at top		A127	£1.75
Imperial Bank of India	Corporation of Rangoon	1953	2 x 1 anna Burma stamps at top		A128	£1.75
Imperial Bank of India	Corporation of Rangoon	1953	2 x 1 anna stamps - Municipal Fund		A110	£1.75
Imperial Bank of India	Corporation of Rangoon	1953	2 x 1 anna stamps Education Fund		A117	£1.75
CANADA
Bank of Hamilton	Port Elgin	1922	Used		313	£2.60
Bank of Montreal	Morrin, Alberta	1936	Used		8493	£1.50
Bank of Montreal	Rowley, Alberta	1926	Used		8431	£1.75
Bank of Montreal	Rumsey, Alberta	1931	Used		8221	£1.50
La Banque Nationale, St Valentin, Quebec	St. Jean, Quebec	192x	un-used with counterfoil - very nice vignette		9011	£2.45
The Canadian Bank of Commerce	London (Ontario) Branch	Modern	Un-used with counterfoil. Watermark w/caduceus		311	£1.95
CEYLON (Sri Lanka)
The British Columbian Bank	Colombo	c.1860	Imp: ASH - Un-used - SPECIMEN - WATERMARKED 1860. A copy of the front and back covers of the SPECIMEN book is included.		A133	£9.95
CHINA
Tai Sang Bank Ltd	Hong Kong	1962	Nice Chinese cheque with vignette at left, and numerous hand-stamps across it. There is a green 15 cent duty stamp affixed to the back.		C012	£3.50
CUBA
Banco Cubano del Comercio	Santiago de Cuba	1921	Used with large paid "PAGADO" stamp - lightly stained at right. One reverse stamped "RECIBIMOS The Royal Bank of Canada"		8211	£3.50
EGYPT
Bank of Alexandria	Alexandria	1958-71	Order - small format - Un-used - black on a green on white underprint, with a darker panel of white on green - single fold - green oval duty stamp for 10 mills + additional adhesive stamp of the U.A.R. for 10 mills. Handstamped with a large (Arabic) '6' in purple - good vignette of Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria		1234	£3.50
Barclays Bank (District Colonial & Overseas)	Cairo		Order - black on pale green underprint with darker green security panel - Un-used with attached counterfoil - green oval duty stamp for 5 mills - Superb DCO vignette - Handstamped with a large (English) '6' in purple - Personalised (with a John Bull printing set??) for Price Waterhouse Peat & Co, United Exp Egt Ltd		C282	SOLD 14/2
Barclays Bank (District Colonial & Overseas)	Cairo		BEARER - black on very pale green with darker green security panel - Take-over cheque "with which is Amalgamated THE ANGLO EGYPTIAN BANK LIMITED - Un-used - No duty stamps - Great  DCO vignette with Sphinx - Handstamped with a large (English) '6' in red - Personalised Yorkshire Eng Co Egypt Ltd		C281	SOLD 1/2
Bank Misr	Cairo		Order - brown on cream with pale underprint panel - Un-used - 20 mills green duty stamp at left - Award winning bank logo at right with a red (Arabic) "2" handstamped at top right.		1232	£3.95
Bank Misr	Cairo		Order - brown on multi-coloured underprint - Un-used - 2 adhesive duty stamps (10  & 20 piastres) stuck to reverse - Award winning bank logo as part of underprint		1223	£2.45
National Bank of Egypt	Cairo		Order - Un-used - black on green underprint - green oval duty stamp for 25 mills - large vignette of bank building - Personalised for use by the Embassy of the Republic of Guinea in Cairo, Students a/c N/R D A/c		1133	£1.95
National Bank of Egypt	Cairo	c. 1962	Order - Large format - Un-used - dark blue on cream - green duty stamp for 5 mills plus a brown adhesive stamp for 5 mills (1939-1949 vintage) - large machined vignette - Personalised in lower margin: Grecia Lodge No 1105 - Imprint: Waterlow & Sons, London		C302	£4.95
National Bank of Egypt	Cairo	c. 1961	Order - Large format - Un-used - red on cream - Take-over cheque printed "EX LLOYDS BANK LIMITED, CAIRO" - no duty stamps - large machined vignette - Personalised above bank titles "Price Waterhouse Peat & Co, Special A/c" - Imprint: Waterlow & Sons, London		C293	£6.95
National Bank of Egypt	Gedaref		Order - Small format - Un-used - maroon on cream - green duty stamp for 10 mills - Imprint: Waterlow & Sons, London		1363	£2.95
FRANCE
Banque Genéral du Nord	Paris	1934+	Un-used see notes		4284	£3.75
Societé Lyonnaise de Depôts de Credit Industriel	Hyères, Lyon	c.1955	Un-used see notes		D216	£3.50
GREECE
Bank of Greece	Athens	1979	Order - brown on yellow - A foreign use cheque drawn on Morgan Guarantee Trust, New York to pay Heimat. Great vignette of the deity "Athena" seated with a winged goat		4311	£2.75
Bank of Greece	Serres	1979	Order - brown on yellow - A foreign use cheque drawn on Société Génerale, Paris to pay Publications Louchel. Great vignette of the deity "Athena" seated with a winged goat		4303	£2.75
INDIA
Ramchandra Lakshman Bank	Dungarpur	1943	Un-used see notes		D227	£1.20
MALTA
Comptoir National D'Escompte de Paris - Paris, France. Drawn in Malta	Malta	mid 50's	Order - Pink on white - Un-used SPECIAL for C. Colombos, Drawn on the Comptoir National D'Escompte de Paris - Paris, France by this world famous cigarette manufacturer. They commenced trading, in 1868, and continued until they sold out in the 1950's. For further information see The Malta Independent online  http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=136009		C382	£3.30
Drawers name not completed	Malta	mid 50's	Order - Green on white - Un-used SPECIAL for C. Colombos,This world famous cigarette manufacturer commenced trading, in 1868, and continued until they sold out in the 1950's. For further information see The Malta Independent online  http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=136009		C381	£3.30
PAKISTAN
United Bank Ltd, Hotel Dacca InterContinental,	Dacca	late 20th.c.	Un-used		312	£1.95
RHODESIA - became Rhodesia in 1980 (from Southern Rhodesia) and Salisbury changed to Harare in 1982
Barclays Bank D.C.O.	Que Que (Southern Rhodesia)	1980	Branch 14-916 - Black on all over purple microprint of bank name -  Orange 1d duty stamp - C/B: Standard Bank of S.A. Gatooma 8. Rhodesia, large round purple handstamp - another oval stamp from Standard Bank of S.A. Que Que, and a square stamp of the paying bank. Reverse has a signed receipt with a 1 penny red stam of Geo VI attached.		5122	£5.95
Barclays Bank D.C.O.	Que Que (Southern Rhodesia)	1980	Branch 14-916 - Black on all over very pale purple microprint of bank name -  Green 2d duty stamp - C/B: Standard Bank of S.A.Welo, S. Rhodesia, large round purple handstamp - another oval stamp from Standard Bank of S.A. Que Que, and 2 large round stamps of the paying bank on the reverse which has a signed receipt with a 2 penny brown/green stamp of Southern Rgodesia (after U.D.I.) attached.		5113	£5.95
Standard Bank	Salisbury, Manica Road West	1980	Un-used - SPECIMEN Cheques with 3d duty paid stamp serial no:371-00000		C371	£4.95
SOUTH AFRICA
Standard Bank of South Africa	Johannesburg	l933	Bearer - Brown on all-over micro-print of the Bank name - Take-over of the African Banking Corporation Ltd - blue bi-lingual duty stamp for 2d - Really superb vignette of Brittania standing with a large flag - Watermarked with the banks initials.- payee the Adminstrators Inheritance Account		H082	£5.50
SPAIN
Crédit Lyonnais	Barcelona	c.1899	Un-used cheque and counterfoil - one light central fold. This large cheque is from the account of an Ambassador - probably France to Spain, and resident in Barcelona. It is printed with the name of the account holder. Her husband was José Gras y Font		D167	£1.50
Crédit Lyonnais	Barcelona	c.1899	Cheque as above - This items is for one cheque - the back & front covers, a compliment slip, and a business card of the owner		D167CB	£2.50
THAILAND
Agricultural Bank Ltd, 260 Thanon Yao Warat	Bangkok	1966	Bearer cheque. Usual holes where filed and torn out. This bank was later taken over by the Krung Thai Bank. Adhesive stamp - 25 satang - black attached to back of cheque		D154	£1.25
Bangkok Bank of Commerce	Bangkok	1961	Bearer cheque. Filing punch hole at top left. Adhesive stamp - 25 satang - black attached to lower left corner		D169	£1.25
Krung Thai Bank Limited, 260 Thanon Yao Warat	Bangkok	1967	Bearer cheque. Usual filing punch holes at top left. Has handstamp of Lee Heng Saw Mills at lower right, and collecting bank stamp of The Bank of Ayudhya, Bangkok on back of cheque. Adhesive stamp - 25 satang - black attached to back, and cancelled with the handstamp of the Krung Thai Bank		D168	£1.25
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bloomsburg Banking Co	Bloomsburg, Pa	1881	Order - Black on pale green - large yellow diamond in centre background "United States Internal Revenue, Two Cents" and a female head at centre - back stamped "For collection for the Seventh National Bank, Philadelphia" - punch cancelled with a voided cross (partly sealed to prevent tearing)		C421	£1.25
City National Bank of Binghampton	Binghampton N.Y.	1902	Order - Black on buff - Vignette of the Bank office - punch cancelled with PAID & date		C424	£1.75
Clay County National Bank	Spencer, Iowa	1932	Deposit Certificate - Black on buff - Excellent vignette of a farm scene -  Security punched with amount, and large PAID punch cancellation		C423	£2.75
Commercial National Bank	Charlotte, N.C.	1884	Order - Black on mauve with "Safety Patented" ghosted into the background - SPECIAL for Glencoe Cotton Mills, Company Shops, N.C. with the names W.E. & J.H. Holt sideways on a cartouvhe at the left. Nice round vignette of two women seated, a cornucopia of food between them, one with a pole with a phrygian bonnet at top - Security punched with amount - 3 spike holes		C422	£2.75
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank	Washington D.C	1923	Order - Black on Black on pale green - Payable to Myrtle Brown,and re-assigned to the order of The National Metropolitan Bank, Washington D.C / the Potomac Savings Bank, Washington D.C - signed by B.A. Boles, Cashier - Prior endorsements guaranteed - William Marbury, the first bank President on vignette at left - Security punched with amount - punch cancelled with a voided cross		C433	£2.25
First National Bank of Burlington	Burlington, Vermont	1870	Order - Black on grey/blue - deposit certificate detailing interest payable for varying periods of deposit - vignette at left to indicate placement of the revenue stamp which is attached. 5¢ pale brown impressed by the bank seal.		C461	£1.75
First National Bank	Cooperstown N.Y.	1893	Order - Black on grey/blue - to the Chase National Bank, New York - Assigned on the back to Cosmopolitan Magazine, and paid to the Astor Place Bank, New York with their oval hand-stamp - great vignette at left - Security punched with amount - punch cancelled with a voided cross		C411	£1.75
Greybull Bank	Greybull, Wyoming	1914	Order - Black on buff - Nice vignette of a bull's head - Payee: Head Banker M.W.A. Signed and stamped by him on the back. Also on back are the stamped endorsements of the State Bank of Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, and the South West National Bank of Commerce, Kansas City, Missouri - stamped on the front by the Omaha National Bank - Punch cancelled with date		C431	£2.75
Marion Central Bank	Marion, Alabama	1910	Order - Black on buff - Large round stamp of the paying bank - vignette of a cornucopia of coins at left -  spiked and sealed		C412	£1.25
Marion Central Bank	Marion, Alabama	1933	Order - Black on pale blue - Large round TRANSIT stamp on front - vignette of a bald eagle carrying the American flag (13 stars) at left - Adhesive label of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Ga - Payable to, and stamped on back by Atlanta Clearing House, and punch cancelled with date.		C413	£1.75
Mechanics Loan & Savings Institute	Hagerstown, Maryland	1908	Bearer amended to Order - Black on buff - spiked and archivally sealed to prevent accidental damage - Paying bank stamp on front		C453	£1.15
Merchants National Bank	Burlington, Vermont	1866	Bearer - Green on cream - Spiked - Vignette covered by an orange adhesive stamp U.S. Inter Rev 2¢		C454	£1.95
Merchants National Bank	Burlington, Vermont	1885	Order - Black on cream - punch cancelled with double circle - great vignette of a 'look-out' sailor with telescope in the rigging of a ship		C414	£2.50
National Bank of Commerce	New London, Conn.	1890	Order - Black on buff - Security surface over figures - SPECIAL for Nichols & Harris, Dispensing Apothecaries, No 55 State Street - Paying bank stamp on front - punch cancelled with triangle - Stamps on the back of the Peoples Bank, The Union Bank of New London, The Hartford National Bank, and the Thames National Bank, Norwich, Conn with all cashiers named - Light staining at left edge		C451	£3.25
Oneida Valley National Bank	Oneida, N.Y.	1901	Order - Black on pale green - SPECIAL for the Westcott Chuck Co - good vignette of chuck - Punch cancelled with triangle - spiked and light folds - Yellow duty stamp printed at centre United States Internal Revenue 2c		C452	£2.75
Pacific Bank	New York, 470 Broadway	1879	Order - All over buff under-print on cream paper - Handstamp on back of the Importers & Traders National Bank - US Inter Rev 2¢ stamp top left un-cancelled - spiked		C441	£1.75
Planters Loan & Saving Bank	Augusta, Ga	1903	Order - Purple on cream - PAID stamp of the paying bank - spiked and light folds		C423	£2.75
Riggs National Bank	Washington D.C.	1906	Order - Black on buff - Punch cancelled "PAID" - spiked and light centre fold - superb vignette of the bank façade -		C442	£2.25
Sterling National Bank	Sterling, Illinois	1908	Order - Black on buff - spiked - vignette is a monogram of the bank initials - large round stamp of the paying bank		C443	£1.15
1st National Bank	Eugene, Oregon.	1918	Order - Black on all-over buff micro-print of the bank name - Personalised for the Elliott Implement & Seed Store - Punch cancelled "PAID" - Hand-stamp of the U.S. National Bank on reverse		C444	£1.15
ZIMBABWE see RHODESIA (above)