New York. City Bank. New York, November 30, 1824. Drawn on the Cashier of the City Bank, payable in the amount of $10.50. Nice woodcut vignette of the seal of New York City at upper left. Founded in 1812 as the City Bank Of New York, the company experience numerous transformations through growth and mergers to become what is today one of the largest banking concerns in the world. A choice early check from this bank’s early history. Cut cancelled, all paper intact. In excellent condition.

Ronnie Walter Cunningham (born 1932), Astronaut from 1963 to 1971, Lunar Module pilot in the Apollo 7 mission. DS. 6” x 2 ¾”. Houston, Texas, Oct. 23, 1992. Bank check drawn on River Oaks Bank and payable to Post Oak Bank in the amount of $2266.57. Signed by R.W. Cunningham. Bank stamp cancellation at center not affecting Cunningham’s signature. Very Fine.

George Burns (1896 – 1996), born Nathan Birnbaum, he was an actor, comedian and writer. Often with his wife Gracie Allen, his career spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. DS. 8 ¼” x 3”. Check on the joint account of “George N. Burns and Grace Allen Burns”. Hollywood, Calif. April 17, 1942. Partly-printed bank check drawn on Bank of America and payable to the Preferred Accident Ins. Co. in the amount of $37.71. Signed by George N. Burns. Staple at top left. Bank punch cancellation not affecting Burns’ signature. Very Fine.

Alabama. Bank of Mobile. Mobile, Sept. 8, 1841. Check to the cashier of Merchants Bank, New York payable in the amount of $591.07. Engraved vignettes of sailing ships at both corners. Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New Orleans. Pen cancelled and Very Fine.

Alabama. Bank of Mobile. Mobile, June 17, 1827. On order to the Cashier of Discount and Deposit, Bank of the United States, New York payable “to Capt. Alden Partridge or order, $400.” Folds. Uncancelled and Fine.

Caleb B. Smith (1808 – 1864). American Journalist and Politician. Secretary of the Interior in President Lincoln’s cabinet. DS. 1 page. 7 ½” x 3”. Cincinnati, September 22, 1853. Partly-printed check endorsed on verso “Pay to the order of Caleb B. Smith”. Nice opportunity for the signed check collector. Fine.

Baltimore, Jan. 28, 1880. Mauve. Partly-printed check payable in the amount of $89.83. Vignette of a steam locomotive at left. Couple of folds. Litho. Fine.

Milwaukee, October 31, 1882. Black. Partly-printed check payable in the amount of $3.15. Vignette of a steam locomotive and steamship at left. Litho. Stamp cancelled at right. Light bank cut cancellation at center VF.

Baltimore, March 4, 1878. Blue. Partly-printed check payable in the amount of fifty-six cents. Vignette of a steam locomotive at left. Litho. EF.