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= FOREIGN CHEQUES =

Post costs are:- FREE for purchases of £10.00 or over - - Post costs within the U.K. are £0.75 for purchases below £10.00
(Subject to size limits within the U.K. )
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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	Ł1.75
Imperial Bank of India	Corporation of Rangoon	1953	2 x 1 anna Burma stamps at top		A128	Ł1.75
Imperial Bank of India	Corporation of Rangoon	1953	2 x 1 anna stamps - Municipal Fund		A110	Ł1.75
Imperial Bank of India	Corporation of Rangoon	1953	2 x 1 anna stamps Education Fund		A117	Ł1.75
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
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	Ł9.95
CROATIA (YUGOSLAVIA)
First Croatian Savings Bank	Jugoslavia	1920	Un-used		413	£3.50
CUBA
Banco Cubano del Comercio	Santiago de Cuba	1921	Used		8211	£3.50
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
INDIA
Bank of Bengal	Simla	1943	Un-used with three sharp folds - Duty stamp of "Govt of India, Stamp Office - Lahore - One Anna with head of Geo V left" - Superb vignette with Bengal Tiger		7184	Ł3.75
Commercial Bank of India	Agra	1948	Imp: MAP - BEARER cheque for 800 rupees as compensation from the Bank. Covering letter on Bank paper expressing regret. Excellent vignette of Britannia sat on the World - underprint from front is printed on the back in reverse. Single fold		C153	£ 3.75
Commercial Bank of India	Agra	1948	Imp: MAP - BEARER cheque un-used. Excellent vignette of Britannia sat on the World. underprint from front is printed on the back in reverse.		C154	£ 3.50
Ramchandra Lakshman Bank	Dungarpur	1943	Un-used see notes		D227	£1.20
ISRAEL
Anglo-Palestine Bank	Tiberias	pre1950	Un-used		2421	£1.50
Cooperative Bank	Hapoel-Hamizrahi beBne-Brak	1950's	Un-used		4292	£1.00
MALTA
Bank of Valletta, Dragonara Road,	St. Julians	1994	Underprint design of the city. Small part of front surface missing (a thin) - file punched		B181	£0.95
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	Ł3.30
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	Ł3.30
PAKISTAN
United Bank Ltd, Hotel Dacca InterContinental,	Dacca	late 20th.c.	Un-used		312	Ł1.95
RHODESIA - became Rhodesia in 1980 (from Southern Rhodesia) and Salisbury changed to Harare in 1982
Standard Bank	Salisbury, Manica Road West	1980	Un-used - SPECIMEN Cheques with 3d duty paid stamp serial no:371-00000		C371	Ł4.95
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	£2.50
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	£2.60
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	£2.40
ZIMBABWE see RHODESIA (above)

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