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Great Britain. George II, Reduced 3% Annuity, [25 August] 180[3], for £350 interest or share in Capital or Joint Stock of Reduced £3 per cent Annuities, black and red print with handwritten insertions. Piece missing from top left corner, pin holes, fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Great Britain. George II, Consolidated 3% Annuity, [2nd Octr] 180[7], for £600 interest or share in Capital or Joint Stock of Three per cent Annuities, black print with handwritten insertions. Piece missing from top left corner, 4mm tear along centre fold right side, figures handwritten in ink on back, fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Tasmania. Tasmanian Government Debenture for £500, No.1129, Hobart Town, 31st October 1867, Coat of Arms top centre, blue print and ornate border with 'Paid' twice in red overstamped on signatures, 'London 9.3.68 P' stamped in black. With folds, pin holes, wear to edges, very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Tasmania. Tasmanian Government Debenture for £100, No.220, to James M Wilson and I L Tabart, Trustees to the Estate of the Late Henry Degraves, Hobart Town, 25th September 1872, Coat of Arms top centre, black print and plain border, overstamped 'Cancelled' nine times. With folds, pin holes, two rust spots, wear and some foxing to edges, nearly very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $320
Tasmania. Tasmanian Government Treasury Bill, No.311, for £100 on presentation at the Consolidated Bank Limited, London, 8th December 1895, dated at the Treasury, Hobart, 8th December 1892, Coat of Arms top centre, with two shillings and sixpence red embossed stamp, hole punched and stamped 'Paid' in signature fields. Light stain in bottom border, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Tasmanian Government Treasury Bill, for one hundred pounds sterling, No.324, dated at Treasury, Hobart, 8th December, 1892, with watermark, two punch holes for cancellation through signatures and stamped paid. Some paper missing at right edge, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Tasmania shipping. The Hobart Steam Navigation and Trading Company, Hobart, 188[5], eight £50 shares of 512 on offer, blue and gold print, with attractive gold border and two small vignettes of steamships left and right side; together with typed and signed Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 6th December 1898. With three vertical folds, good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $130
SOLD $1,100
Australia mining. Assorted share certificates and receipts, including Alliance Gold, Western Creek, Pitfield, 186[4], £10 share (2) consecutive, of 120 on offer, black on grey; Sir Henty Havelock & Martin Lyons Gold, Charters Towers, 188[6], one hundred 10s shares (2) consecutive, mauve print; Black Jack Consols Gold, Charters Towers, one hundred £1 shares (2) consecutive, red print, company stamp in blue right side; Fultons Creek Gold, Gippsland, 190[4], one hundred 10/- shares (2) consecutive, mauve on buff with company stamp in red; Nuggetty-Ajax South Gold, 190[6], fifty 5s shares (2) consecutive, brown on green with company stamp in blue top right; New Pyrenees Alluvials, 193[4], one hundred 10/- shares, green on green; Upper Watut Gold Alluvials, New Guinea, 193[5], one hundred 5/- shares (2) consecutive, brown on green, overprinted 'Fully Paid / Vendors Shares' in red; Hastings Exploration, 1970 (2), black print; together with receipts from Newington and Pleasant Creek Quartz, 187[7]; Great Western Gold, 186[7] (3); Bolivia Reef Company, 18[59]; Mount Hope Quartz, [1859]; Maryborough Mining, Sluicing & Quartz Crushing, [1860] (3); Bank of Victoria, [1859] (3); Emil Pohl, 18[59]; notice of share allotment from Emu Reef Company, Bolivia Reef Company and Mount Hope Quartz, 1859; Notice of Extraordinary Meeting of the Lord Nelson Gold Mining Company, St Arnaud, for 31st March 1909. Some with pin holes, folds, tears to edges, stains, fair - good very fine. (total of 31 items)
Estimate $200
SOLD $800
Australia mining. Carisbrook United Company, Carisbrook, 188[2], twenty five £1 shares, black print, with broker's stamp in blue; Cordillera Hill Silver Mining and Smelting, 18[88], fifty 10/- shares, black on grey, scrollwork at left, with 'Third Call Paid' in blue; Mount Garnet and Chillagoe Exploration, 189[9], £5 share, blue print, scrollwork at left. With pin holes, light folds and creases, very fine. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Australia mining. Flora Bell Proprietary Silver, Northern Territory, 188[8], one hundred £1 shares, blue and pink on blue and white; North Queen Gold, Charters Towers, 190[3], one hundred 7s 6d shares, blue print, with 'Fully Paid Up' in red; Barrambie Ranges Gold, Murchison District, Western Australia, 19[07] (2) for fifty and one hundred 20/- shares, blue on blue; Pani-ilota, 1910, one hundred 10/- shares, black print; Oxide Creek Limited, Mount Oxide, Queensland, 191[3], one hundred 5/- shares, black print, with 'Fully Paid'in red; Lode Hill Tin, Cooktown, Queensland, 191[4], one hundred 10s shares, blue print, Return Creek Tin, Mount Garnet, Queensland, 192[8], one hundred cumulative preference shares, brown on yellow; Silver Mountain Mining, Pine Creek, Northern Territory, 192[8], one hundred 10/- shares, brown on grey, also one hundred vendors' shares, 192[8], with blue border and 'Fully Paid' in red; Georgetown Gold, Queensland, 1934, one hundred 10/- shares, black on grey; Daisy Hill Alluvials, 193[5], £5 share, black on grey with 'Vendor's Share Fully Paid' in red; Great Boulder Mining and Finance, Adelaide Register, 19[35], one hundred 5/- shares, brown print; Chrome Alluvials, 19[37], fifty £1 shares, black on grey; Illabarook Alluvials, 19[37], one hundred 10/- shares, black on blue; Normanby Tin, 19[43], one hundred 2/- shares, blue on blue; Mountain View Gold, 19[49], one hundred 4/- shares, black and gold on grey; Whippet Consolidated, 19[53], one hundred 1/- shares, black on yellow; Morning Star (C.M.A.), [1955], one hundred 4/- shares, brown on yellow; Australasian Mining, [1968], one hundred shares, black on grey. Some with pin holes, light folds, fine - good very fine. (20)
Estimate $180
SOLD $300
Australia mining. Ironclad Gold, Marble Bar, Pilbarra, West Australia, 189[4], one hundred £1 shares, black print, with 'first call' stamp; Morning Star Quartz, Mount Magnet W.A., 189[7], twenty £1 shares, green print, scrollwork at left; Mount Drysdale Gold, 189[5], ten £1 shares, brown print; Tingha Consolidated, 190[6], one hundred 10/- shares, black print, with 'Fully Paid Up / Preferential' in blue; Tingha Tin, 192[4], one hundred £1 shares, blue print; Mount Battery Tin, Torrington, 192[8], one hundred 10/- shares, blue print; Consolidated Gold, 19[39], one hundred shares, red print; Blue Spec Mining, 19[53], one hundred shares, blue on yellow, with 'Fully Paid Up' in red; Shaw River Alluvials, 1955, one hundred shares, red on pink. With pin holes, light folds, very fine. (9)
Estimate $120
SOLD $260
Australia mining. Victorian Fuel Economising Co., 189[7], one hundred 10/- shares, black on green, gold border; Australian Oil Wells, Melbourne, 191[4], one hundred 1s shares, black print; Lampeh (Siam) Tin, 192[7], one hundred £1 shares, blue on blue; Tasmanite Shale Oil, 192[8], one hundred £1 shares, blue on buff and blue; Irowat Gold, New Guinea, 193[5], one hundred 2/6 shares, brown on pink; British New Guinea Gold, 193[4], £5 share, brown on yellow; Misima Limited, 193[6], £10 share, brown on tan; Upper Watut Gold, 193[6], one hundred 5/- shares, brown on green; Enterprise of New Guinea Gold and Petroleum, 19[65], one hundred shares, black on grey; Roma Oil Corporation, 19[29], black print over vignette of oil wells, repaired with tape down centre; Borneo Options, 193[8], ten £5 shares, blue on blue, with 'Vendor Shares' in red; Exoil, 196[9], one hundred shares, black print; Oil Search Limited, 195[9], one hundred shares, black on green; Timor Petroleum, 192[8], one hundred shares, black print, with 'Fully Paid Shares' in blue; Golden Fleece (Cracow), 193[2], one hundred 5/- shares black on grey, with Queensland 6d duty stamp affixed. With pin holes, light folds, fine - very fine. (15)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Australia mining. Queensland Mining Prospecting & Investment, 18[99], five £1 shares, green on pink; North Australian Exploration, 191[2], £10 share, blue print; Coronet Hill Development, Mount Davis, Northern Territory, 191[8], £10 share, blue print, with 'Fully Paid Up' in red; Great Boulder Mining and Finance, 19[35], one hundred shares, brown print; Marvel Lock Gold, 193[6], one hundred shares, red print; Consolidated Gold, 19[39], one hundred shares, red print; Mountain View Gold, 19[49], one hundred shares, black and gold on grey; Blue Spec Mining (2), 195[3], one hundred shares, blue on yellow, with 'Fully paid Up' in red; Pioneer Mines, 19[54], one hundred shares, black on green; Shaw River Alluvials, 1955, one hundred shares, red on pink; Australasian Mining, 1968, one hundred shares, black on grey. Most with pin holes, light folds, fine - good very fine. (12)
Estimate $140
SOLD $150
Australia mining. Radium Hill Company, 19[13], £10 share, mauve print, with 'Contributing' in red; Pacific Gold, [1935], £10 share, black print; Consolidated Gold Areas, 19[39], one hundred shares, red print; Evanston Gold 19[47], one hundred shares, blue on grey; New Butlers Tin, Torington, 194[8], one hundred £1 shares, black on green; Mountain View Gold, 19[49], one hundred shares, black on grey; Blue Spec Mining, 19[51], one hundred 5/- shares, black on yellow, 19[53], blue on yellow, with 'Fully Paid Up' in red; Pioneer Mines, 19[54] (2), one hundred shares, black on green; Lancefield, 1954, one hundred shares, blue print; Shaw River Alluvials, 1955, one hundred shares, red on pink; Australasian Mining, 1968, one hundred shares, black on grey. Most with pin holes, light folds, fine - good very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, mostly mining, The Argus and Australasian Limited, newspaper, Victoria, fifty preference shares, 12 August 1937; Broken Hill South, NSW, one hundred shares, 13 July 1923; Broken Hill South Silver Mining, NSW, fifty contributing shares, 25 February 1914; Golden Gate Corporation, Queensland, five hundred shares to Dr Clement Godson, a prominent English physician, 22 July 1903; Hannan's Kalgoorlie (Hannan's Find Western Australia), fifty shares, 4 October 1899; North Broken Hill Mining, fifty shares to Walter Gurner, Vice President of Adelaide Stock Exchange, 16 June 1911; King Solomon's Gold Mines, one hundred shares to Charles James Inwood, property developer of Brighton in England, 26 May 1898; Mount Elliott Limited, Anglo-French share warrant for one share with dividend coupons 9-20 attached, 26 November 1912; Queensland Copper Coy, Anglo-French share warrant for five shares with dividend coupons 5-20 attached, 1 November 1906; 'W.A.G.' Assets Coy, twelve shares, 22 November 1917; also specimens of certificates for BP Developments Australia, bonds dated 19 April 1991 and Tasmanian Public Finance Corp, medium term notes dated 29 December 1994. The last two uncirculated, the rest mostly very fine. (12)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
New South Wales mining. Lake Bathurst Australasian Gold, undated (c1850s), ten £1 shares,black print, Jeffree & Gelland's Amalgamated Gold, Hawkin's Hill, 187[3], one hundred £1 shares, grey print with 'Paid Up' in mauve; Butcher's Reef Gold, Bear Hill, 18[89], one hundred £1 shares, mauve, red and gold print; West Sunlight Reef, Hillgrove, 189[2], one hundred 10/- shares, black on pink with 'Paid Up' in blue and company stamp in pink. First with pin holes, all with light folds, fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
New South Wales mining. Outward Bound Consolidated Silver, Thackeringa, 188[8], one hundred £1 shares, pink print, with brokers' stamps; West Sunlight Reef Company, Hillgrove, 189[2], one hundred 10s shares, black on pink, with brokers stamps, scrollwork and Coat of Arms at left; vignette of Coat of Arms in centre; Capertee Kerosene Shale & Oil, 189[7], twenty £1 shares, black print, capital changed in ink, company stamp in blue. With pin holes, folds and creases, fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
New South Wales mining. Mount Drysdale Gold, Cobar, 189[5], ten £1 shares, brown print; Tingha Consolidated, Tingha South, 190[6], one hundred 10/- shares, black print, with 'Fully Paid Up / Preferential' in blue; Radium Hill, 19[13], mauve print, with 'Contributing' in red; Tingha Tin, 192[4], one hundred £1 shares, blue print; Marshall-Longton Lucknow Gold, 192[5], one hundred 2/- shares, black on blue, with 'Contributing' in red; New Butlers Tin, Torington, 194[8], one hundred £1 shares, black on green; Shaw River Alluvials, (1955), red on pink. With pin holes and light fold, very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Northern Territory. Northern Territory Land Company, 188[2], one hundred £1 shares, black on pink, with handwritten 'Cancelled'; another, 19[71 typed], one thousand and fifty £1 shares, black on pink with 'cancelled' handwritten twice in blue. With pin holes, light folds, very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Queensland mining. London registers, Croydon Consols Limited, 189[9], fifty 5/- shares, green print with 'Fully Paid' in blue; Reine D'Or Gold, 189(1900), one hundred £1, blue print; Croydon Consols Mines Trust, 19[03], fifty 2/6 shares, purple print with 'Fully Paid' in blue; Croydon Goldfields, 19[05], two hundred 5/- shares, blue print with 'Fully Paid' in blue; Mills' Day Dawn United Gold, 190[8], two hundred and fity £1 shares, blue print; Etheridge Gold, 19[11], fifty 10/- shares, blue print and at scrollwork left with 'Fully Paid' in pink; Pfeiffer's Gold, Charters Towers, 191[3], eight £1 shares, blue print with 'Fully Paid Up' in red; Chillagoe Limited, 19[13], fifty 10/- shares, brown print and scrollwork at left (rust marks around pin holes); St George & Moonstone Gold, 191[4], fifty 5s shares, black print; New Brilliant Freeholds Gold, 19[16], twenty five 5s shares, black print. With pin holes, folds fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $420
South Australia mining. Great Northern Copper, 1859, five £2 shares, green print and scrollwork at left, with two call paid stamps; South Australian Petroleum Fields, 18[94], fifty £1 shares, blue print and scrollwork at left. With pin or spike holes, folds, fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Tasmania mining. Mount Victoria Gold, 188[9], one hudred 5s shares, brown on pink, with brokers' stamp; Long Plains Extended Gold, 189[8], one hundred 5s contributing shares, black print; Back Creek Deep Lead Gold, near Lefroy, 191[4], one hundrd 5s shares, blue print with 'Paid Up' in red. First with pin holes, all with very light folds, very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $250
Tasmania mining. Godkin's Amalgamated Silver, Whyte River, 189[0], five £10 shares, black print; Balstrup's Manganese Hill Silver, Mount Zeehan, 189[1], one hundred 10s shares, red print, with paid up and brokers' stamps in blue; 'Bell's' Reward Silver, Whyte River, 189[1], one hundred £1 shares, green print, scrollwork at left, with broker's stamp in blue; Tower Hill Gold, Mathinna, 192[2], black on yellow. With pin holes, folds and creases, fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Tasmania mining. North Steam Silver, 189[0], Mount Zeehan, one hundred 1s shares, blue print with 'Lima Scrip Issue' in mauve twice and brokers' stamp; Sylvester Silver, Mount Zeehan, 189[7], thirty three 4/2 shares, green print, vignette of mine shaft top centre, scrollwork at left; Oonah Silver, 190[7], twenty five 5/- shares, mauve print with 'First Distribution 2/- per share Paid' overstamped in blue. With pin and spike holes, folds, fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Tasmania mining. Golden Light Gold, 189[2], Lefroy, one hundred 2s shares, brown and blue on buff; New Welcome Gold, Lefroy, 189[5], twenty 1s shares, light mauve print; Recruit Gold, Lefroy, County of Dorset, 189[6], one hundred 2s shares, blue print, with several monthly call paid stamps in pink. With pin holes, light folds, fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $730
Tasmania mining. East Pinafore Gold, Lefroy, 189[5], fifty 10s shares, brown and gold print; New Bendigo Gold, Lefroy, 189[5], thirty 2s 6d shares, blue on blue. First with 7mm and 10mm tears top edge, pin holes, both with folds, fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $500
Tasmania mining. Golden Point No.1 Gold, lefroy, 189[5], one hundred 2s 6d shares, blue print and border; Amalgamated West Tasmania Gold, Beaconsfield, 188[97], one hundred 5s shares, pink print, broker's stamp in blue; Louise Gold, 190[3], twenty five 4s shares, black on pink; New Shepherd & Murphy Mining, Moina, 19[23 typed], one hundred 5s shares, black on buff. With pin holes, folds, small tear bottom edge of second scrip, fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Tasmania mining. Appalachian Tin, 189[7], five hundred 2/- shares, black print, scrollwork at left; Rajah Tin, Wyniford River, 1926, one hundred 3/- shares, blue print with 'Paid Up' in red, Tasmania 6d duty stamp affixed; Garfield Tin, 192[6], Gladstone, one hundred 5/- shares, black on buff, with Tasmania 6d duty stamp affixed; Delta Tin, Boobyalla, 19[34], fifty 4/- shares, blackprint with 'Paid Up' in red. With pin holes, folds, fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Tasmania mining. Mount Lyell Extended, 189[8], one hundred £1 shares, black print with 'Fully Paid Up' in red; Mount Lyell Copper Estates, [1899], one hundred £1 shares, red print; Mount Lyell Comstock Copper, 189[9], one hundred £1 shares, red print; Tasman & Crown Lyell Extended, [1903], one hundred £1 shares, orange print with several 'call paid' stamps; Mount Lyell Consols, 190[8], fifty 7/6 shares, black on pink with 'Fully Paid' and 'Cancelled' in blue. With pin holes, folds, fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Tasmania. Colonel North Mines & Railway Company, Zeehan, 7th March 1901 (date written), one hundred 10/- shares, black print, vignette of steam engine in centre. With light vertical folds, extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170