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AFAIK, these are bills of exchange, money orders made by one person to another to pay money to a third. A bit like checks, only the bill is not drawn from a bank account. Such bills usually incurred a fee depending on the sum involved.
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I see that the top three bills are from Crosse and Blackwell. They are a British food production company that has been in business since 1709. They obtained a Royal Warrant in 1839. They are a British equivalent of Heinz, only a bit smaller. I have a fondness for their baked beans.
I can't make out who is the payer on the bottom bill.
All the bills are issued/drawn on (?) Barings Bank, a merchant bank founded in 1762, which suffered a spectacular collapse in 1995 after the trader Nick Leeson went crazy on their futures market in Singapore and lost billions. I believe they even made a film/movie about it.
This is one of the things I love about philately. My Millstone thinks it is all boring but neither has she a sense of history.
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Thanks for all the imput. I believe the bottom is Crosse and Blackwell as well since the signature matches the one above it, I will have to research bills of exchange. If anyone knows of any reference material on them I would love to read up a little
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09:28:42pm
I found these buried in a collection years ago and I have not been able to find anything on them. Does anyone have anything on these?
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02:39:56am
re: GB Revenue Stamp paper
AFAIK, these are bills of exchange, money orders made by one person to another to pay money to a third. A bit like checks, only the bill is not drawn from a bank account. Such bills usually incurred a fee depending on the sum involved.
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re: GB Revenue Stamp paper
I see that the top three bills are from Crosse and Blackwell. They are a British food production company that has been in business since 1709. They obtained a Royal Warrant in 1839. They are a British equivalent of Heinz, only a bit smaller. I have a fondness for their baked beans.
I can't make out who is the payer on the bottom bill.
All the bills are issued/drawn on (?) Barings Bank, a merchant bank founded in 1762, which suffered a spectacular collapse in 1995 after the trader Nick Leeson went crazy on their futures market in Singapore and lost billions. I believe they even made a film/movie about it.
This is one of the things I love about philately. My Millstone thinks it is all boring but neither has she a sense of history.
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08:21:25am
re: GB Revenue Stamp paper
Thanks for all the imput. I believe the bottom is Crosse and Blackwell as well since the signature matches the one above it, I will have to research bills of exchange. If anyone knows of any reference material on them I would love to read up a little
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