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Elizabeth I, paper indenture for transfer of money between M.Forster of Lancashire and Robert Dalton, signed with an X, with wax seal and witness signatures; George II, paper indenture recording a loan of one hundred and sixty pounds between Robert Dalton of Thurnham Hall Lancaster, John Walmsley of Park Hall, Elizabeth Bateman and Agnes Bateman of Lancaster, dated 10th March 1749, with signatures, wax seal removed. Both very fine, the first scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
George II, vellum indenture dated 22nd August 1748 between William Settle of Scosthrop, Yorkshire and Francis Petty of Kirksike for a transfer of lands, signed and sealed, three sixpence duty stamps, witnessed on the reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, Lease for one year, handwritten on vellum, between George Martin of the Parish of Bradford, County of Wilts and Julius Samuel Rich of Trowbridge, Wilts, of workshops, stable and garden in Trowbridge, dated 7th April 1783; Conveyance, handwritten on vellum, between Frederic Wallis Bourne of Hastings in the County of Sussex and George Sacre of land and four houses in the Parish of Saint Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings, dated 2nd May 1869; Conveyance, handwritten on vellum, between Julius Maslin and Isaiah Cheale, of a piece of land in the Parish of Saint Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings, dated 29th May 1894. With some foxing, otherwise fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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France, Arras, Department du Pas-de-Calais, hand written on letterhead style document (24.6cm x 17.7cm) with French Republic logo, judgement of the Tribunal of the District of Arras handed down by the magistrate of the canton of Aplincourt to Citizen Morval, dated 16 Spring (20 April - 19 May) in the 5th year of the French Republic (1794), signed 'Devienue'. A few holes and tear at bottom edge from being on a spike and another small hole at top left corner, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
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Clunies Ross documents, probate document and Testament extract of Will, dated 17 May 1871 of John George Clunis (sic) Ross late of the Cocos or Kelling Islands in the Indian Ocean, Ship Owner and Merchant, both documents on vellum, Court of Probate document stamped and sealed at London 19.2.(18)74, based on copy of Will as extracted by A.M.Mertens L.S. according to the law of Batavia. Historic documents relating to the Australian administered territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $350
Mortgage indenture, dated 14th May 1901 between Henry Francis Maguire of Bondi and Mrs Ann Brindley Maguire of Barkston Gardens in the County of Soudan, England for £1,300 sterling, witnessed by solicitor, E.L.Dunhill, Sydney and with impressed stamp of Registrar General, New South Wales, 20 May 1901. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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King Edward VII, personal handwritten letter of three pages on Buckingham Palace letterhead, dated January 11th 1909, to Dear 'Sister Agnes', and signed off, Believe me Dear 'Sister Agnes', Sincerely yours, Edward R & I, content revolves around operations of King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
English monarchs, stamped signatures of three succeeding Royals, all on military appointment documents, George V appointing Edmund Cuthbert Stuart as 'an officer in Our Special Reserve of Officers', 13 September 1917; George VI appointing Horace William Applin M.B. as Lieutenant, 27 June 1941; Elizabeth II appointing Horace William Applin M.B. as Lieutenant, 4 July 1952, the first with seal of George V, the second with ratification seal of Elizabeth II on issue of the new, third certificate to the same person, this also with the Elizabeth II seal, the first two (30.5cm x 40.5cm), the last (33.5cm x 40.5cm). The first with three vertical folds, the second with light foxing, all with light creasing, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
Territory of New South Wales. Purchase of a Town Allotment by auction in the town of Broulee, County of St Vincent, by William Hindson and Henry Eldred Hindson, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir George Gipps, 31st March 1841. With folds and some foxing on bottom edge, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Colony of New South Wales. Documents, handwritten on vellum, including Conveyance of Land in Surrey Hills, Sydney, between Daniel Cooper, merchant, of Sydney and London and Thomas Swindells, Master Mariner, of Pyrmont, Sydney, signed and dated 6th and 7th March 1840 with receipt attached; Mortgage in Fee of premises in Surrey Hills, Sydney, between Thomas Swindells and John Forster Church, signed and dated, 9th February, 1844; Surrender of Mortgage, between Mrs Barbara Ann Church, widow, and Thomas Swindells, signed and dated 17th August 1848; Conveyance between Reverend William Schofield, Wesleyan Methodist Minister of Windsor, Thomas and Marian Swindells and Henry Thompson and Robert Miller, grocers, Sydney, of land in Surrey Hills, signed and dated 5th May, 1849. First document stained, all with some foxing, fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
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Colony of New South Wales. Conveyances (4), handwritten on vellum, the Trustees of the Late Mrs Esther Hughes to Ebenezer Scott of land in the Parish of Alexandra, County of Cumberland, signed and dated 6th November 1877; Cornelius Pendergast to John Kidd, of allotments in Campbellfield, signed and dated 23rd June 1880; Mrs Eliza Jane McNeill to Ebenzer Scott of land in the Parish of Alexander, signed and dated 19th May 1884; Edwin Hallett Fieldhouse to John Kidd, of land in the Parish of St Peters, County of Cumberland, signed and dated 30th June 1914; Probate in the Will of the Honorable John Kidd, late of Campbelltown, dated 29th July 1919. All with some foxing, fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
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Colony of Queensland, Conveyance, on vellum, between Ellis Read and the Australian Joint Stock Bank, of land on the County of Herbert, Town of Bowen, dated 8th October 1867; Colony of New South Wales, Release, on vellum, between John Piper Mackenzie and The Australian Joint Stock Bank in the matter of the insolvent estate of William Ray, dated 4th October 1869. Second document stained along one foldline, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria. Documents, handwritten on vellum, including Conveyance, of land in Collingwood, between Robert Knox Sconce, Richard Hanmer Bunbury and Sarah Bunbury and Richard Clark, signed and dated 29th March 1851; Mortgage, on land in Melbourne, between Richard Clarke and David Stead, signed and dated 14th August 1851; Conveyance, of land in Melbourne, Richard Clarke to Richard McLelland, signed and dated 7th July 1853; Conveyance, of land in Collingwood, Richard McLelland to Robert McDonald, signed and dated 8th September 1853; Release of Equitable Mortgage, between Robert Elwall Jacomb and Robert Macdonald, of land in Melbourne, signed and dated 1st March 1855. With some foxing, fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
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Victoria, 19th November 1851, copies of correspondence (May - Oct 1851) between the Government of this Colony (Vic) and the Government of Van Diemen's Land on the subject of the manumission and dispersion through the adjacent Colonies of convicts sent out under sentence of Transportation to Van Diemen's Land, 3-page printed document. Foxing on back of last page, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $60
Colony of Victoria. Documents, handwritten on vellum, including Conveyance of an Allotment in Kilmore, between Harvey E.Combe of Geelong and Horace M. Wright, Barrister at Law, Melbourne, signed and dated 11th August 1856; Conveyance of Land in Murgheboluc between Robert Beckham and Stephen, Robert and John Ritchie, farmers, signed and dated 18th January, 1878, with a Victoria 2/6 stamp affixed; Memorial, thirty acres in the Parish of Murgheboluc, between Stephen, Robert and John Ritchie and Thomas Keanan, signed and dated, 24th February, 1881; Mortgage (printed and handwritten on paper) of one hundred and twenty one acres in the Parish of Nabdallah, between John, Stephen and Robert Ritchie and Thomas Keanan, signed and dated 24th February 1881, with two Victoria 1d duty stamps affixed; Reconveyance by Endorsment, between Thomas Keanan and Stephen, Robert and John Ritchie, signed and dated 23rd may 1884. With some foxing, fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
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Colony of Victoria. Documents, handwritten on vellum, including Conveyance, between Robert McDonald and Hugh Kneen, of land in Collingwood, signed and dated 16th December 1856; Grant of Right of Way, John Walters to James Blackwood and John Matheson, Trustees of the Will of John Aitken, signed and dated 21st July 1859; Deed of Gift, of Land in Richmond and Collingwood, to Mrs Eliza Freeman, signed and dated 20th July 1863; Conveyance, of land in the township of Epping, between Mrs Mary McDonald and Mrs Mary Fitzgerald, signed and dated 8th March 1870; Probate, in the will of John Watson, late of 'Trevlyn', Wattle Valley Road, Canterbury, signed and dated 23rd November 1910; Conveyance, between Thomas Callaghan and Joseph McCarter of land at Epping, signed and dated 18th August 1910; New South Wales, Conveyance, between The Ringwood Estate Coy Ltd, Norman B Goodsir, Stanley G Radnedge and Stanley G Radnedge, of land at Eugalong, signed and dated 10th December 1912; Release of Mortgage, typed on paper, between the Australian Mutual Provident Society, Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, City Mutual Life Assurance Society, the N.S.W. Realty Co Limited, Arthur Rickard & Co, Nellie Crudge Rickard, Arthur Rickard and the Ringwood Estate Company Limited, of land in the County of Cunningham, signed and dated, 2nd December 1912. With staining and foxing, good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $170
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Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase of a Town Lot, on vellum, in the Parish of Muckleford, to James Monks, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 25th March 1859. Seal cracked, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Colony of Victoria. Letters Patent for Improvements in treating Fatty Matters in the Manufacture of Stearine and Sperm Candles to Godfrey William Praagst, civil engineer of Williamstown, signed and sealed by Governor Henry Barkly, 24th November 1862, on vellum; together with share certificate for The Melbourne Patent Stearine Candle Company Limited, 3rd January 1866, for one £300 share, made out to Adalbert Kruge Esq, signed by Henry Henty as Director and a completed transfer from Adalbert Kruge to David Masterton, dated 10th April 1866. Slight foxing to vellum document, folds, pin holes on share certificate and transfer and 15mm tear along centre fold of transfer, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,100
Abstract of Will, of James Bevan, late of the City of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, coach proprietor, will dated 25 January 1865, entered at end of handwritten abstract, '10th January 1866 The said testator and the said Elizabeth Bevan were lost in the Steam Ship 'The London', document marked 1894. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria. Crown Lease of Land, of one hundred and seventy six acres two roods and twenty four perches in the county of Dundas, Parish of Toolka to William Forsyth, farmer, of South Hamilton, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Charles Henry Darling, 17th June 1865. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Colony of Victoria. A group of documents relating to the Chiltern Sons of Freedom Mining Company, including Consolidated Miner's Right, No.24, on vellum, issued to Henry Nickless of Chiltern, Manager of the Sons of Doma Consols, at Beechworth Chiltern, 27th Feby 1874, to be in force until 25th Febry 1875 and representing 80 Miner's Rights as endorsed on back hereof, handwritten names listed alphabetically on back, signed by Daniel Oliver front and back; Miner's Rights issued to the Chiltern Sons of Freedom Mining Company, Beechworth Chiltern, dated 12th April 1876, Nos 97003-97062 consecutive run of 60 attached together with pin; another, No.84936, issued to The Bank of New South Wales, Melbourne, 24th April 1876; Lien Ticket from the Chiltern Sons of Freedom Mining Company to the Bank of New South Wales, upon its Alluvial Mining Claim for sixty men in the Valley of the Black Dog Creek as security for due payment of £7,000 owing to the bank, dated 8th March 1875, with attached Certificate for Claim and Certificate of Amalgamation, both dated 21st January 1875; Conditions of Sale between the Bank of New South Wales and John Alston Wallace of Melbourne, for the machinery and mining plant and chattels of the Chiltern Sons of Freedom Mining Company, dated 3rd August 1876; Assignment from the Bank of New South Wales to The Hon J.A.Wallace M.L.C., of Machinery Plant and Chattels of the Chiltern Sons of Freedom Mining Company, dated 1877. With folds and stains on some, otherwise mostly good very fine, and scarce as a group. (67 items)
Estimate $3,000
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Victoria. Documents, dated between 1879 and 1910 including Transfer of Land Statute (2), Particulars & Conditions of Sale of Freehold, Lease, Transfer of Land, Agreement; stationery of E & M Roughton Adornments, 284-8 Bourke St Melbourne, with vignette left of the company's building and view down Bourke St to the GPO (approx 100 sheets); also, USA, Copy of the Charter of the T.C.Williams Company, signed and sealed by Joseph T.Lawless secretary of the Commonwealth of Virgina and with attached certification with metal seal of the Governor of Virgina, Chas T. O'Ferrall, signed and dated 1st February 1894; Extract from Deed of Conveyance (2), in relation to the firm of Thomas C. Williams & Co, 30th July 1894, letters (3) regarding trade marks and other matters of the T.C.Williams Co, Extract of the By Laws of the T.C.Williams Co. Fine - good very fine. (approx 113)
Estimate $100
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Victoria. Land Sale posters, c1880, advertising Purchase of Freehold Property at Sandhurst, by subscription, in 5000 shares of £1 each, illustrated with three of the five properties available, black print, together with two Sandhurst Freehold Property Company receipts being subscription for one share each, both dated 12th October 1880; Township of Lilydale, public auction of 64 allotments in the Mount View Estate, 24th April 1886, with map showing the allotments for sale. Second poster with torn edges, both with folds, some foxing, fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Colony of Victoria. Conveyance, between William Alexander Fettes and James Stewart McLagan Birrell both of South Melbourne of land in the Parish of South Galla, County of Bourke, dated 18th August 1886, with Victoria duty stamps affixed of £2, £1 (4), 25/- (2), 10/-, 5/- and 2/6. Stamps fiscally cancelled, document fine.
Estimate $150
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Victoria, New South Wales, England. Assorted documents, dated 1820 to 1918, including Particulars and Conditions of Sale, of land at Jumbunna (2); Application for Seventh War Loan; Sale of Land, and receipts; business letters; Survey Report and Plan; Birth Certificates; Baptisms; Certificate of Marriage; Plans and Specifications done by H.Desbrowe-Annear Architect, Melbourne, 1918, for a timber and rough cast residence at Alphington for W.B.McInnes. Good - very fine. (approx 50 items)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Victoria, Melbourne, promissory notes nos.1003 and 1004, dated 15th Oct 1877, due twenty five and twenty six months after date for £7.0.0 each, payable to Messrs S.Soleberg & Son at Oriental Bank, Sandhurst, signed by Thomas A.Rogers, various stamps and writing on back of each and two bank stamps on front of each, vignette at left, printed by Evans Bros Melbourne; Charlton, promissory note, unnumbered, dated 9th June 1881, due six months after date for £50.0.0, payable to The Bank of Australasia, signed by Thos ?reehnan, affixed one shilling Victoria duty stamp, vignette at left, printed by Sands & McDougall, Melbourne. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
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Victoria, Boort, promissory note, unnumbered, dated Feb 16th 1885 due three months after date for £15.10.0, issued by David Beattie payable to W.Kirk at the National Bank, vignette at left and affixed Victoria sixpence duty stamp, marked on back 'Refer to Drawer' 21/5/85 and signature of payee. Very fine.
Estimate $40
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Victoria, Birregurra, promissory note, no.427 dated 1st May 1888 due six months after date, for £100.0.0 payable to The Colonial Bank of Australasia, Birregurra, signed by John Keeghan, stamped 'PAID', purple and white embossed Victoria duty stamp for two shillings, printed By Authority John Ferres, Government Printer; another, unnumbered, dated 13th May 1892 due three months after date, for £5.3.0, payable to Colonial Bank of Australasia, Birregurra, signed by Thomas Kettle with his mark (X) with witness signature, pink and white embossed Victoria duty stamp for six pence, printed By Authority Robt.S.Brain, Government Printer. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
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Tasmania, Table Cape, promissory note no.68 dated April 18th, 1889 due four months after date, for £44.0.0, payable to C.Webb at National Bank of Tasmania, Stanley, name of R.W.MacKenzie, Table Cape in vignette at left, printed by Aikenhead & Button, red and white embossed Tasmania duty stamp for sixpence, oval stamp (twice) of The Commercial Bank of Tasmania Limited, Latrobe, signatures and stamp on back. Very fine.
Estimate $40
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New South Wales, Willow Tree, promissory notes, nos.29 and 30, dated 22nd Sept 1917, due on demand for £20.0.0 each, payable to M.L.O'Brien at Commercial Banking Coy of Sydney Ltd, Willow Tree, signed by J.O'C.Danes, both with embossed red and white six pence duty stamp; Bank of New South Wales, Letter of Introduction, 19-, printed in red diagonally across, 'SPECIMEN', four punch holes cancelled. Extremely fine - good extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $70
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