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Auction: 26100 - World Banknotes - e-Auction
Lot: 184

Bank of England, John Bradbury, £1, ND (1917), serial number E/53 298963,

A compelling note of historical interest, hand-signed by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) during the First World War. Signed on 14th October 1918 for the Welsh Prisoner of War Fund. Green, brown, lilac and white, St. George and the Dragon at left, crowned head of George V in oval frame at right, value in central panel, reverse brown and white, the Houses of Parliament.

(Pick T16), pinholes and light staining otherwise very fine

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Sold for
£340

Starting price
£280