The first records of the kind of activity we know today as banking can be traced back to around 2000 BC in Assyria and Babylonia, where merchants made loans to farmers and traders who transported goods between cities. Deposits initially consisted of grain and later other goods including livestock, farming tools and then precious metals such as gold. Temples and palaces were thought to be the safest places to store gold as they were constantly guarded and well built. As temples were considered to be sacred places, they presented an extra deterrent to possible thieves. In the ancient Greek and Roman Empires, lenders based in temples made loans but also began to accept deposits and change money. Around this time, there is also evidence of the development of money-lending in China and India. The development of banking in the modern sense of the word can be traced back to medieval Italy and later spread through Europe. During the last century, the rapid development in telecommunication and computing systems resulted in major changes in the way banks operated and allowed them to greatly increase in size and geographic spread. In recent years, there has been a significant number of bank failures, including some of the world's largest banks, and much debate about bank regulation.

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2023, New issue subscription Banking and Insurance

ayypmb5, New Issue Subscriptions, 2023

10.00
Mint NH

20.00

-10%

18.00

Postal History

135.00

-10%

121.50

Postal History

200.00

-10%

180.00

Postal History

1911, Lot with seals

sc9o!e2576, *Advertising seals, 1911

7.50
Unused (hinged)

1914, Lot with seals

sc9o!e2559, *Advertising seals, 1914

9.00
Unused (hinged)

35.00

-10%

31.50

Used Postal Stationary

35.00

-10%

31.50

Unused postal stationary

1933, Postal saving bank 1v :=:

szd0220, Sweden, 1933

4.50

-10%

4.05

Mint NH

2.00

-10%

1.80

Unused (hinged)

1933, Postal saving bank 1v

szd0220b, Sweden, 1933

2.00

-10%

1.80

Unused (hinged)

350.00

-10%

315.00

Mint NH

75.00

-10%

67.50

Mint NH

1935, Saving congress 1v

sfr0299, France, 1935

20.00

-10%

18.00

Mint NH

9.00

-15%

7.65

Unused (hinged)

1939, Envelope 15c, sent to Germany

ssuy!939b, Suriname, Colony, 1939

10.00
Used Postal Stationary

1943, 3.5c, Stamp out of set

lndjj13, Netherlands Indies, 1943

10.00
Mint NH
10.00
Postal History

1944, Japanese occupation Java, saving 2v

sndjj13, Netherlands Indies, 1944

25.00
Unused (hinged)
10.00
Used or CTO

1945, Saving bank 2v

szd0316, Sweden, 1945

0.70

-10%

0.63

Unused (hinged)

1945, Saving bank booklet

szdc0316, Sweden, 1945

6.00

-10%

5.40

Mint NH

3.00

-10%

2.70

Used or CTO

1945, Saving bank booklet pair

szdp0316dd, Sweden, 1945

1.00

-10%

0.90

Mint NH

1946, Bank of Portugal centenary s/s

spopb011, Portugal, 1946

140.00

-10%

126.00

Mint NH

1947, Postal saving bank 1v

sfi0335, Finland, 1947

0.70

-10%

0.63

Mint NH

1947, 125 years saving bank 1v

sfi0340, Finland, 1947

0.70

-10%

0.63

Mint NH

1947, Social insurance 1v

sja0389, Japan, 1947

2.00
Mint NH

1950, Saving fund 1v

sbe0866, Belgium, 1950

0.70

-10%

0.63

Mint NH

1950, Banking association 1v

sus0605, United States of America, 1950

0.70
Mint NH

1953, Bank of Brasil 1v

sbz0802, Brazil, 1953

0.70
Mint NH

1953, Banking congress 2v

stu1367, Türkiye, 1953

1954, Rothschild 1v

sis0104, Israel, 1954

1.00
Mint NH

1.00

-15%

0.85

Mint NH

1.00

-10%

0.90

Used or CTO

1955, Jacques Coeur 1v

sfr1060, France, 1955

1.00

-10%

0.90

Mint NH

1955, A.W. Mellon 1v

sus0693, United States of America, 1955

0.70
Mint NH
1.00
First Day Cover

1956, Postal saving bank 1v

sitp0978, Italy, 1956

0.70

-10%

0.63

Mint NH

1957, Saving week 2v

sdd0598, Germany, DDR, 1957

1.00

-20%

0.80

Mint NH

0.70

-10%

0.63

Used or CTO

1958, Financial conference 1v

sbz0938, Brazil, 1958

0.70
Mint NH
0.70
Unused (hinged)

1958, Saving bank imperforated sheet

sclp0541bl, Chile, 1958

120.00
Mint NH

1958, Saving 6v

sho1513, Hungary, 1958

2.60

-10%

2.34

Mint NH

1958, Saving 6v imperforated

sho1513b, Hungary, 1958

1958, Welfare, agriculture 4v

swd0297, Germany, Federal Republic, 1958

5.50

-20%

4.40

Mint NH

5.00

-10%

4.50

Used or CTO

12.00

-10%

10.80

First Day Cover

1959, Jakob Fugger 1v

ssg0445, Germany, Saar, 1959

0.70

-20%

0.56

Mint NH

1959, Central bank 1v

stt0548, Tunisia, 1959

0.70

-20%

0.56

Mint NH

1959, Jakob Fugger 1v

swd0307, Germany, Federal Republic, 1959

0.70

-20%

0.56

Mint NH

0.70

-15%

0.60

Used or CTO

1960, Hubert Frere-Orban 4v

sbe1218, Belgium, 1960

1.30

-10%

1.17

Mint NH

1960, Development bank 2v

sun0092, United Nations, New York, 1960

0.70
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO

1960, Saving week 2v

szk0300, Korea, South, 1960

3.00
Mint NH

1961, Postal saving bank 3v

sen0343, Great Britain, 1961

1.50

-10%

1.35

Used or CTO

1961, Central bank 1v

sfi0542, Finland, 1961

0.70

-10%

0.63

Mint NH

1961, Postal saving bank 1v

sfi0534, Finland, 1961

0.70

-10%

0.63

Mint NH

1961, Israel association 1v

sis0241, Israel, 1961

0.70
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO
1.00
First Day Cover

1961, Definitives 13v

sni0092, Nigeria, 1961

17.50

-10%

15.75

Mint NH

10.00

-10%

9.00

Used or CTO

1961, World banking congress 1v

soo1097, Austria, 1961

0.70

-20%

0.56

Mint NH

0.70

-10%

0.63

Used or CTO

1.00

-10%

0.90

First Day Cover

1961, Saving month 5v

spl1261, Poland, 1961

1.90

-20%

1.52

Mint NH

1962, National bank 1v

sbz1025, Brazil, 1962

0.70
Mint NH

1962, Bank of commerce centenary 1v

sfi0549, Finland, 1962

0.70

-10%

0.63

Mint NH

1962, Europa/Ceca/Miferma 1v

smvpvi, Mauritania, 1962

10.00

-20%

8.00

Mint NH

25.00

-15%

21.25

Mint NH

1962, Saving day 2v

sro2041, Romania, 1962

0.80

-10%

0.72

Mint NH

0.70

-10%

0.63

Used or CTO

1962, Saving bank 2v

ssq2702, Russia, Soviet Union, 1962

0.70

-10%

0.63

Used or CTO

1962, Postal cheque service 4v

svz0266, Vietnam, South, 1962

3.00
Mint NH

1963, Postal cheques 1v

sbe1331, Belgium, 1963

0.70

-20%

0.56

Mint NH

0.70

-10%

0.63

Used or CTO

1963, Banking day 4v

sin0408, Indonesia, 1963

0.70
Mint NH
0.90
First Day Cover

1963, Insurance inst. 1v

sit1143, Italy, 1963

0.70

-20%

0.56

Mint NH

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