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James Rodger & Co (Firm) :The Bank of Prosperity. Good fortune and good cheer throughout the coming year. [Draft novelty Christmas and New Year gift cheque / printed by] James Rodger & Co. Christchurch. 191[4].
- Date
- 1910 - 1919
- Reference
- Eph-A-CARDS-New-Year-1914-01
- Description
A novelty cheque "issued" by the "Bank of Prosperity", and issued to the value of "three hundred and sixty-five days of Unbroken Prosperity together with health and happiness. Stamp in the lower right corner identifies this as Specimen series A. At the left there is a inset New Zealand scene of a lake framed by cabbage tree and flax. A female figure holding a cornucopia stands at the top centre of the cheque, which is numbered No 5490. There is a border of holly leaves and berries.
Date confirmed by notice in Wairarapa Daily Times, 30 December 1914, Page 4
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Coloured lithograph, with perforated left edge, 120 x 233 mm.
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Transferred from Manuscripts (MS-Papers-7445-03) in 2002. May be part of the A F McDonnell papers at MS-Papers-0151..
- Additional description
Alternative form available: File print and colour transparency in Ephemera Room
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- James Rodger & Co (Firm) :[Two draft novelty Christmas and New Year gift cheques / printed by] James Rodger & Co. Christchurch. 191[4].
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Chromolithographs, Greeting cards, Coloured lithograph, with perforated left edge, 120 x 233 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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James Rodger & Co (Firm) :The Bank of Prosperity. Good fortune and good cheer throughout the coming year. [Draft novelty Christmas and New Year gift cheque / printed by] James Rodger & Co. Christchurch. 191[4].. James Rodger & Co (Firm) :[Two draft novelty Christmas and New Year gift cheques / printed by] James Rodger & Co. Christchurch. 191[4].. Ref: Eph-A-CARDS-New-Year-1914-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23146762More information can be found in our terms of use.