Gregory Peck (1916 – 2003), American Actor, named one of the Greatest Male Stars of All Time by the American Film Institute. DS. 8 ½” x 3 ½”. Check issued on “The Trial of the Catonsville Nine Limited Partnership” account. Dated November 16, 1971, drawn on the United California Bank and payable to Norman L. Webster in the amount of $223.49. Bank stamp cancellations not affecting Peck’s signature. Very Fine. The Catonsville Nine were nine Catholic activists who protested the Vietnam War by burning draft files. A play was written about the events and in 1972 a film version of the play was produced by Gregory Peck.

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.

1856, Illinois. Bank check. Black. Vignette at top right of an allegorical child with dog and a safe. Vignette at left of a sailing ship. Payable to Wadsworth & Wells for $76.00. Cut cancelled with all paper intact. Fine.

1890, Pennsylvania. Bank check. Black. Vignette of ranchers herding cattle at top right and small vignette at left of a sailor, farmer with sickle and blacksmith. Payable to T. Mellon & Sons (banking house established in 1869) for $17.35. Stamp, hole punch and cut cancelled with all paper intact. Fine.

Charlton Heston (1923 – 2008), born John Charles Carter, was an American actor of theatre, film and television. DS. 8 ½” x 3 ½”. Bank check drawn on the City National Bank, Beverly Hills, Calif. Dated Jan. 23, 1978 and payable to David Capell & Company in the amount of $1,500.00. Red pen cancellation at top right, and stamp cancellation on verso with light bleed through, neither affecting Heston’s signature. 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.