H. DON ALLEN EPHEMERA COLLECTION SELECTIONS

Lot 79: General Electric Coin Advertisement Card

A truly interesting advertising by General Electric, the first seen by us. A coin display card in an envelope with "Here's Why Better G-E Lamps Give More For All Lighting Dollars" on the front. Inside the envelop a coin display card housing US uncirculated coins from 1956 1 x 1 cent; 6 x 10 cents, 2 x 25 cents &a 1922 US silver dollar. "Know where your lighting dollars go – and you'll know where you can save!" "To save money on these costs you either PAY LESS . . . or Get More". Don't miss this great piece of numismatic and advertisement history.

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H. Don Allen Collection - General Electric USA Coin Advertisement Card (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/H-Don-Allen-Collection-General-Electric-USA-Coin-Advertisement-Card_i38480776)

Lot 481: Australian Historical Medal

NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Golden Jubilee, 1976, in silver (45mm) by Pobjoy Mint (C.1976/11). Numbered 33 of only 100 on edge. With case of issue. Uncirculated.

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H. Don Allen Collection - Australian Historical Medal (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/H-Don-Allen-Collection-Australian-Historical-Medal_i38481178)

Lot 834: Early Canadian Cheques
People's Bank (Banque du Peuple), Montreal, 1843; Bank of Nova Scotia, New Glasgow, 1866; Bank of Toronto,1867. The last appears to have been drawn by Thomas Galt (1815-1901), Chief Justice of Ontario, knighted 1888. He was a son of novelist and Canada Company official John Galt, a brother of Canada's first Finance Minister Alexander Tilloch Galt, and uncle of John Galt, President of the Union Bank of Canada, 1912-1922. Galt's cheque was negotiated through the Commercial Bank of Canada.

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H. Don Allen Collection - Three Early Canadian Cheques (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/H-Don-Allen-Collection-Three-Early-Canadian-Cheques_i38481531)

Lot 847: British Financial Documents
Margate Isle of Thanet Bank, draft, signed by Fr. Cobb & Son, 1797, central hole cancellation; Hand written promissory note, 1854, and receipt, 1863. Whitby Bank cheques, 1822, 1823. Cheques (24) 1856 to 1977, good mix of banks, moderate duplication. Also two 1968 cheques or drafts on the Chartered Bank, London, from Hong Kong and Osaka with interesting revenue stamps.

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H. Don Allen Collection - British Financial Documents (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/H-Don-Allen-Collection-British-Financial-Documents_i38481544)

Lot 869: Early Bank Cheques, England and Australia

Inkersole, Goddard & Goddard, Harborough, 1829; Bartlett, Nelson & Bartlett, Buckingham, 1830; Monmouthshire & Glamorganshire Bank, Chepstow, 1848; Derwent Bank, Hobart Town, 1834.

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H. Don Allen Collection - Four Early Private Bank Cheques, England and Australia. (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/H-Don-Allen-Collection-Four-Early-Private-Bank-Cheques-England-and-Australia_i38481566)

Lot 876: Reversible Money Concept Notes
Top, bottom, face and back are all identical, to save time in arranging notes in a wallet. Design concept by Rene Laflamme, Hull, 1961: notes adorned with Grace Kelly portrait and provincial shields, not engraved. Eight $1 examples in various colours, UNC, one has been autographed, in the original envelope from the Canadian Numismatic Association Convention of 1961 at Hamilton, "with the compliments of Rene Laflamme B. L. Ph."

Also United States equivalents, also by Rene Laflamme, in denominations of $1 (2), $5 (2), $10 (3), $20 (1), and additional set of $1, $5, $10 and $20 which have been autographed. All UNC. Lot also includes a similar $5 but in huge format, AU.

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H. Don Allen Collection - Reversible Money Concept Notes (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/H-Don-Allen-Collection-Reversible-Money-Concept-Notes_i38481573)

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