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.

Battle Creek, Michigan. Oct. 21, 1873. Partly-printed check payable in the amount of $125.00. Vignette of standing liberty at left. Litho. Pen cancellations on front. Couple of folds. Fine.

Buffalo, March 7, 1884. Green. Partly-printed check payable to American Express Co. in the amount of $297.82. Vignette of a steam locomotive at left. Litho. Stamp canceled. Small margin tear at bottom. Fine.

Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. (1915 – 2007), U.S. Air Force Brigadier General. He is best known for piloting the Enola Gay which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. DS. 6” x 2 ¾”. Check drawn on Bank One, Columbus, Ohio. Dated March 4, 1995 and payable to AT & T Universal Card in the amount of $45.71. Signed by Paul W. Tibbets as maker. Bank cancellation along top margin. Fine.

1883, Hagerstown Bank Check. Vignette of an allegorical female blowing a horn sitting atop a globe with a vignette of the bank at right corner. Dated Aug 20, 1883. Measuring 7 3?4” x 3 ¾”. Very Fine.

Massachusetts. Hope Bank, Warren. September 22, 1832. To the cashier of “Marine Bank, New Bedford, pay Joseph Adams, $513.58. Bank cut cancellation, all paper intact. Folds. Extremely Fine.

James Russell Lowell (1819 – 1891). American poet, editor and diplomat. One of the “Fireside Poets”. DS. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 5, 1877. 1 page. 8” x 3”. Partly-printed bank check drawn on the Charles River National Bank payable to J. H. Wyeth & Co. in the amount of $51.00. Accomplished in Lowell’s hand and signed by him as maker. Couple of bank punch cancellations not affecting the manuscript text. Excellent.

Mississippi. Planter’s Bank, Natchez. June 5, 1833. Payable in the amount of $250. Engraved vignette of seated female allegorical figures at bottom. Chartered in 1830, the bank became the largest in the state. Pen cancelled and Very Fine.

Rupert Hughes (1872 – 1956). Historian, novelist film director and composer. Uncle of Howard Hughes. DS. 1 page. 6 ¼” x 3”. New York, March 20, 1931. Partly-printed bank check drawn on The Fifth Avenue Bank payable to Porto Rico Child Feeding Committee in the amount of $25. Signed by Hughes as maker. Bank punch cancelled. Fine.

Baltimore, 18--. Uncut sheet of three remainders of a printed check for D. Tanners Stereograph, Philadelphia account. Litho. Excellent.

Omaha, Nebraska. July 6, 1872. Partly-printed check payable for $1,00l.05 for the may balance due to the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago railway. Vignette of a steam locomotive at left. Attached adhesive revenue at upper right. Litho. Fine.

186-. Wytheville, Virginia. Black on blue paper. Vignette of an American Indian at left. Printed by D. A. St. Clair’s Power Press, Wytheville, Virginia. Litho. In excellent condition

Unissued remainder. 186-. Virginia. Printed by Bacon & Company. Excellent