K O Peppiatt £1 Third Issue B258 Unthreaded VF And Better

It was during the Second World War that the Bank of England introduced an embedded security thread in its notes to protect them from counterfeiters. They also changed the colour from traditional green to blue pink. Once the war was over, the Bank decided to use up its stockpiled pre-war supply of green Unthreaded paper before reverting to printing on the newer Threaded variety. This process took a mere three months making this the Britannia Pound with the smallest printing figures. Signed by Peppiatt as Chief Cashier this is referred to as the 3rd issue of his tenure is issue we can o er examples of this short lived post war Unthreaded £1 note (B258) Available in Crisp VF/GVF.