A late but very welcome arrival this is my first private issue from a English Bank

Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Co Ltd
£5 3rd April, 1902
Black on White
Signed by ? Young for the Company
Rev quite heavily countermarked
#L9445

Bit of the Banks History

The Stamford , Spalding, Boston and Lincolnshire Banking Company Limited came into being as a joint stock bank with this title in 1880. It carried on issuing its own notes into the early 20th century when it finally merged with Barclays Bank. The Stamford Spalding, Boston and Lincolnshire Banking Company never went bust. When the merger occurred, the whole note issued was honoured by Barclays. To show this had been done each note was given a V shaped cancellation cut over the signature area.

Stamford & Spalding Joint Stock Banking Co – 1831
Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Co – 1836
Became “Ltd” in 1874
Branches = 38
Taken over by Barclays – 1911

Please have a look and let me know what you think of it

That's a really nice note. Another great piece of history being saved by a collector.

I was so pleased to win this one on ebay, every other private note I have gone for i have lost LOL but was lucky on this one, The workmanship that has gone into the note is impressive & now i am trying to find out more info on the bank itself