Keywords: text photo border A novelty cheque "issued" by the "Consolidated Bank of Success" and issued to the value of "three hundred and sixty-five days of Prosperity, good luck and happiness". Stamp in the lower right corner identifies this as Specimen series B. At the left there is a inset New Zealand scene of a bridge and road to a mountain, topped with a Maori tiki motif. At the top, Zealandia with the New Zealand flag, and a Maori warrior with a long spear, both flank the New Zealand coat of arms. There is a border of good luck slogans. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Coloured lithograph, with perforated left edge, 120 x 233 mm. Provenance: Transferred from Manuscripts (MS-Papers-7445-03) in 2002. May be part of the A F McDonnell papers at MS-Papers-0151. Transfers: FMSA. James Rodger & Co (Firm) :The Consolidated Bank of Success. May courage and good health your course keep clear, and fortune favour you through all the 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-1914-02. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22851347 A novelty cheque "issued" by the "Consolidated Bank of Success" and issued to the value of "three hundred and sixty-five days of Prosperity, good luck and happiness". Stamp in the lower right corner identifies this as Specimen series B. At the left there is a inset New Zealand scene of a bridge and road to a mountain, topped with a Maori tiki motif. At the top, Zealandia with the New Zealand flag, and a Maori warrior with a long spear, both flank the New Zealand coat of arms. There is a border of good luck slogans. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Coloured lithograph, with perforated left edge, 120 x 233 mm. Provenance: Transferred from Manuscripts (MS-Papers-7445-03) in 2002. May be part of the A F McDonnell papers at MS-Papers-0151. Transfers: FMSA. James Rodger & Co (Firm) :The Consolidated Bank of Success. May courage and good health your course keep clear, and fortune favour you through all the 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-1914-02. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22851347 |