Lot 2895

Description

Henry & John Cooke Melbourne, issued at Bendigo Diggings, promissory note or order, proof on paper, not dated (185- printed), with provision for number, watermarked HODGKINSON & CO, vignette of miners and arms, another of building, imprint of HAM Sc, stating on front 'At Sight Pay ...... To Messrs. Henry & John Cooke, Melbourne', in centre H & J COOKE in block, black on white. Light toning on two edges, otherwise good extremely fine and extremely rare.

Ex S.V. Hagley and Walsgott (lot 545 part) Collections, Spink Australia Sale 1 (lot 263) and Dr. Alan Nicholson Collection, Sale 49 (lot 1626). This note, an issue of Thomas Ham, is another interesting example from the gold rush era in Victoria.