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Specimen & Cancelled Overprints

 

The tables below show the measurements in millimetres to nearest half millimetre ish,

of all known Specimen Overprints on English banknotes

Overprints are Solid lettering or Cameo lettering (hollow). C = Cameo

Overprints in either Red or Black.  English Paper Money has further details 

 

 T31s  Specimen

 

 Treasury Specimens

Length		Depth	Value	Catalogue Number
?	x		£1	T3-2
?	x		10s	T8
?	x		£1	T11-1
?	x		10s	T13-1
32.5	x	5	£1	T31

 

T13c  Cancelled

 

Treasury Cancelled                 

Length		Depth	Denom	Catalogue Number
37	x	3	£1   *	T3-2
43	x	5	10s	T8
43	x	5	£1	T11-1
?	x		10s	T13-1
43	x	5	£1	T16
37	x	3	£1    *	T16   serials omitted
37	x	3	10s  *	T17   serials omitted
43	x	5	10s	T20
?	x		5s	T21
30	x	3.5	2s6d	T28
?	x		2s6d	T28   serials omitted
30	x	3.5	1s	T29
?	x		1s	T29   serials omitted
38	x	4.5	10s	T30
38	x	4	£1	T31

*  =  Full Stop after overprint not included in measurement

 

White Specimens 

Length		Depth	Denom/Prefix	Catalogue Number
?	x		£5 +     14 H	B206a
?	x		£5 +     01/Q	B209a
?	x		£5 +     001/Q	B215
53	x	4	£5 +  * 000/Q	B228
53	x	4	£5 +     000/Q	B241
54.5	x	4.5	£5        E00	B255   2nd  o/p  46.5  x  4.5
52	x	4	£5        L00	B264
53	x	4	£5        M00	B270
56	x	4.5	£5        Y71	B275

+  =  Also higher values £10 to £1000

* =  Full Stop after overprint not included in measurement

B255  Two different size overprints (o/p) used on the one note

 

B235s Specimen

 

Britannia Specimens

Length		Depth	Denom	Prefix	Catalogue Number
24	x	2.5	10s  *	Q00	B210
24	x	2.5	£1    *	Q00	B212
24	x	2.5	10s  *	Q00	B223
24	x	2.5	£1    *	Q00	B225
26+	x	2.5	10s	Q00	B235
26+	x	2	£1	Q00	B238
27	x	3	£1	A00D	B249
27	x	3	10s	Z00D	B251
30	x	3.75	£1	R00	B260
30	x	3.75	10s	R00	B262
95	x	9	10s	00	B265
95	x	9	£1	00	B268
49	x	4.5	10s	A00A	B271
49	x	4.5	£1	A00A	B273

*  =  Full stop after overprint not included in measurement

 

Lion & Key Specimens

Length		Depth	Denom/Prefix	Catalogue Number
53	x	6	£5      A00	B277  also perfed  50  x  8,  5 holes high
51	x	6	£5      A00	B280

B277 has £5 shaded reverse, B280 has £5 white reverse.

 

B301s  Specimen (solid)

 

 Pictorial Specimens

Length		Depth	Denom/Prefix	Catalogue Number
51	x	6.5	£1       A00	B281
53	x	6	10s     A00	B286
51	x	6.5	£1       A00	B288
53	x	6.5  C	10s     A00	B294
49	x	6	£5       A00	B297
51	x	6	£10     A00	B299
51.5	x	6	£1       A00	B301
50	x	6.	10s     A00	B309
51	x	10	£5       A00	B312
51	x	6	£10     A00	B316

 

B318s Specimen (cameo)

 

Portrait Specimens 

Length		Depth	Denom/Prefix	Catalogue Number
54+	x	7   C	£20    A00	B318
54	x	7   C	£10    A00	B326
54	x	7   C	£10    B00	B326
54	x	7   C	£20    A00	B328
61	x	8   C	£10    A00	B330
55	x	6	£5      A00	B332    black  o/p
54.5	x	7   C	£5      A00	B332    red  o/p
55	x	7	£5      00A	B334    black  o/p
54.5	x	7   C	£5      00A	B334    red  o/p
55	x	7   C	£1      A00	B337
55	x	7   C	£1      A00	B341
54	x	7   C	£1      AN00	B341
63	x	8   C	£5      RA00	B345    red  o/p
63	x	8   C	£10    A000	B349
?	x	C	£20    00A	B351
63	x	8   C	£50    A00	B352     black  o/p
63	x	8   C	£50    A00	B352     red  o/p
63+	x	8   C	£50    A00	B356

C  =  Cameo

 

Historical Specimens

Length		Depth	Denom/Prefix	Catalogue Number
55	x	7  C	£5     A00	B357
46	x	5.5	£5     A00	B358
?	x		£5     A00	B358   o/p over normal prefix
55.5	x	7  C	£5     AA00	B363
46	x	6  C	£10   A00	B366
45.5	x	6  C	£10   DD00	B369
46	x	6  C	£20   X00	B374
46	x	6  C	£50   A00	B377
?	x		£50   A00	B377

C  =  Cameo

 

New Historical Specimens

Length	x	Depth	Denom/Prefix	Catalogue Number
38.5	x	6.5	£20    AA00	B386
43	x	6	£10    AA00	B390   'and company'
35	x	5	£5      AA00	B393

 

 

 

T16  Proof  prefix/serials omitted