Colonial Currency
Lot 696 SESSION 3 (John Chapman Collection, 2.30pm Tuesday) Colonial Currency
Estimate $2,500
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SOLD $3,000
BILL OF EXCHANGE, G.Blaxcell, handwritten, Sydney, March 20th 1812, two hundred and fifty pounds, payable to Captain Joseph James, on or before 24th June 1812. Accompanied by a printed form of a notice of protest printed by George Howe, Sydney, 1813, signed by Ellis Bent, Judge Advocate of the Territory of New South Wales, showing that Blaxcell had not paid by 16th August 1813. Stained on right and left hand side, good fine and extremely rare. (2)
Garham Blaxcell (1778-1817).
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