Lot 3255

Sale 65 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes

Description

Van Diemen's Land, bill on the English Treasury, Commissariat Office, Hobart Town, 20 August 1823 (182 printed), No.145, to Capt. James Dixon, for £150.0.0, hand signed by Lt. Governor William Sorell and A. Moodie, black on white, unwatermarked paper, for presentation to Whitehall, London, engraved by Samuel Clayton, (MVR illustrates a similar example Fig.12 [p.11-12]. Extremely fine, and very rare, probably the only example in private hands.

Estimate
$5,000
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$5,000