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Sight note, South Australia, £12.17.9, 1st July 1892, payable to Mr A. Scholz at Bank of Victoria, Kaniva, bank stamps for Eng. Scot. & Aust. Chart. Bank and Bank of Victoria Limited on front, duty stamps for both Victoria and South Australia also on front. Very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $180
Sight note, Adelaide, August 1st, 1876, drawn on English Scottish & Australian Chartered Bank, for £6.4.0. Very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
India, Madras, second of exchange, 1823, for 841 pounds sterling, dated Madras, 14 August 1823, No. 150, payable five months after sight; another, Madras, 1827, second of exchange for fifty pounds sterling, dated Madras, 12th July 1827, No. 1072, to Messers Coutts & Co, Bankers, London. Very fine; nearly very fine, both very rare. (2)
Estimate $60
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India, Calcutta, second of exchange, 1823, for five hundred pounds, dated Calcutta, 25th November, 1823, No. 2187, payable twelve months after date; another, London, 1846, second of exchange for 5200 rupees, dated London, 4 August 1846, payable sixty days after sight, at the Bank of Madras. Very fine and rare, especially the first item. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Second of Exchange, on Royal Bank of Scotland paid to Rev W.R.Campbell at Bank of New South Wales, Christchurch, NZ, 5 October 1905, also dividend and interest payment instructions to banks re New South Wales, Victorian and South Australian government stock, Milnow Spinning Co (1920) Ltd, on Midland Bank, Rochdale and finally a receipt dated 1941 for monies due to His Grace the Duke of Westminister. Mostly fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $50
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Promissory notes, and documents, English, Scottish and Irish, includes an Irish document dated 1790 for a court judgement, other documents 1795-1890s, also includes a First of Exchange dated 1918 to Bank of New South Wales to pay Johnstone & Wilmot Ltd, Launceston, Tasmania. A few with tears, fine - very fine. (19)
Estimate $100
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Cheques, travellers cheques including specimens and other banking related documents, mostly England, Scotland and Ireland, some unused, 1820s-1980s but mainly pre WWII. Many have glue marks and were used to illustrate proposed books on foreign cheques, otherwise mostly fine - extremely fine. (100s)
Estimate $100
SOLD $440
Cheques, travellers cheques including specimens and other banking related documents, mostly England and Scotland, some unused, 1870s-1990s but many pre 1940 and some pre 1900, includes some Australian travellers cheques on London office. Many have glue marks and were used to illustrate proposed books on foreign cheques, otherwise mostly fine - extremely fine. (100s)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Cheques, travellers cheques including specimens and other banking related documents, mostly England and Scotland, some unused, 1860s-1990s but many pre 1940 and some pre 1900, noted one completely handwritten cheque dated 1868 on The North Wilts Bank. Many have glue marks and were used to illustrate proposed books on foreign cheques, otherwise mostly fine - extremely fine. (100s)
Estimate $100
SOLD $360
Cheques, and a quantity of various type travellers cheques including many specimens and other banking related documents, world issues mostly French, German and Dutch, some unused, mostly 1900s-1990s, many post 1970, noted one First of Exchange issued at Gothenburg 6 Sept 1851 payable at London. Some have glue marks and were used to illustrate proposed books on foreign cheques, otherwise mostly fine - extremely fine. (100s)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Cheques, travellers cheques including specimens and other banking related documents, world issues from Algeria through to Cyprus, some unused, 1880s-1980s, includes several interesting Chinese issues. Some have glue marks and were used to illustrate proposed books on foreign cheques, otherwise mostly fine - extremely fine. (100s)
Estimate $100
SOLD $350
World cheques, Australia, Tooth & Co. Limited, Kent Brewery, Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 Feb 1922, perforated paid; Tooth & Co. Limited, Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Feb 1922, perforated paid (both large forms with company horse logo), also includes an unused Meat Ration Coupon Change Docket; Canada, N.Smith Belting Works Limited, Imperial Bank of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, 1943; Canadian Hospital Council, Bank of Montreal, Toronto, Ontario, 24 August 1951, perforated paid; Scotland, P.R.Jefferies, The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, Stornoway, 8 February 1957; another but Edinburgh branch, 29 January 1937; USA, The H.B.Smith Company, Hampden National Bank, Westfield, Massachusetts; Pleasant Valley Wine Company, Steuben County Bank, Hammondsport, N.Y., 30 January 1875; Atlantic Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co, First National Bank Provincetown, Massachusetts, 18 June 1878; State of New York, The Central National Bank of Rome, 5 February 1874; L.V.F.Randolph, American Exchange National Bank, New York, 3 July 1883; Seamen's Savings Bank, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 12 April 1884; Estate of Chas. M.Reed (see footnote), First National Bank of Erie (Pennsylvania), 25 April 1873. Fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $80
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Federal Council of Australasia, Journals and Printed Papers, 1895 and 1897; including Votes and Proceedings, 1895, 6th Session, No. 1, 2 and 3; Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day, 1895, No. 1 and 2; Expenditure of Session of 1893; Report of Standing Committee 1893; Report of the Standing Committee 1895; Report on the Colonial Conference at Ottawa, 1894 (54 pages); Royal Assent to Act, 1893; Constitution of the Council-Increase to Members, 1895; 1897, Vol II, containing List of Members of the Federal Council 1897; Index to the Votes and Proceedings; Votes and Proceedings, 7th Session No. 1, 2, 3 and 4; Federal Council of Australasia Act, 1885; Australasian Naturalisation; Australasian Testamentary Process; Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day, No. 1, 2 and 3; Expenditure of Session of 1895; Referring Act of the Colony of Victoria; Report of the Standing Committee of 1895, printed by William Grahame Jun., Government Printer, Hobart, bound into two books. Covers and some pages loose in both books, first book has been repaired with tape down spine, first page with tears, good. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Colony of New South Wales, in the Supreme Court, documents, handwritten on vellum, including Letters of Administration, in the estate of Mary Aitken, 1874; Louisa Davis, 1885; Alexander Cameron, 1887; Lindsay Brind Fawcett and Euphemia Jane Fawcett, 1906; Probate, in the will of Colin Campbell,1853; Christina McCasker, 1897; also Marriage Settlement, between Laura Alexandra Pearson and Patrick Morrison Flinn, 31st December 1895; Great Britain, Probate in the will of Thomas Bingham of Ashtead in the County of Surrey, 1865; James Martin of Shipbourne near Tunbridge in the County of Kent, 1867. Fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Colony of New South Wales, documents, mostly handwritten on vellum, including Release and Confirmation, by way of mortgage of twelve hundred and eighty acres in the County of Macquarie on the River Forbes, Archibald Clunes Innes to the Trustees of the Savings Bank of New South Wales, 26th November 1853; Release, James Norton to James John Falconer and James Henderson, 10th April 1854, of land in Sydney; Deed of Partition (3), John Cuthbert, Shipbuilder, of Sydney, and John Simms, Shipwright, of Balmain to Richard Driver, Solicitor, of land in Balmain, Petersham and Parramatta, 4th october, 1871; Deed of Partnership, between Robert Thomas Ford and Robert Adams, in the business of Customs House Agents, 1st July 1871; Release, Stephen Newby Warren Brock to Alexander Bell and John William Harris, 25th November 1885; George Martin, Benjamin Martin, Rebecca Stowe Martin to John Wreford Budd and others, 14th September 1892; Agreement, between Hermann Adolph Holtermann of Sydney and Ferdinand Franze Mette of Riverstone, for an advance of four hundred and fifty pounds for the purpose of business, 12th June 1899. Good - very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Colony of New South Wales, a group of documents, handwritten, mostly on vellum, including Assignment, of Lease, Thomas Hicks to William Hicks, both of Newtown, of a subdivision in Alexandria, 3rd March 1867; of Equity of Redemption, James Brown and Alexander Brown, both of Newcastle, and the Bank of Australasia, of cattle, sheep and horses and other livestock on the Stations of Redbank, Woodbank, Whitebank, Linkwater and Barwood in the District of Burnett, Colony of Queensland, 30th April 1869; Thomas Shipman and Lewis George Fitzmaurice, saw-millers, and John Alexander Hunter, saw-miller, to enter into a partnership under the name 'Shipman and Hunter', and concerning land on the Camden Haven River, a sawmill, punts, gear and effects, 20th May 1886; Assignment of Leaseholds, John Dawson, William Harkness and Margaret Harkness to James Kermond and Charles Kermond, of land in Bishopthorpe, Petersham, 22nd October 1888; Reconveyances, Alexander Brodie and Andrew Loder, to Helen Stirling, of land in Alexandria, 2nd June 1869; Sarah Wentworth of Vaucluse, Fitzwilliam Wentworth of Greycliff near Parramatta, and Alexander Scott Morrison and George Morrison, of land in Alexandria, 16th October 1876; Further Charge, Frederick Wright Unwin, William Dawes and John Brown, and the Bank of Australasia, of land in Argyle Street, Sydney, 2nd March 1847; George McCallum, as mortgagor and Robert Forbes as mortgagee, of an advance of fifty pounds, by the mortgagee to the mortgagor for the purpose of completing certain buildings upon the leasehold property in Bishopthorpe, 19th January 1857; Deed of Covenant, John Higgins senior, grazier of Coolah, and Duncan McMaster, grazier of Darling Point, of land in the County of Bligh. With some foxing, fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Colony of New South Wales, land documents, handwritten, including Conveyances, William Lowder Lees of Mount Druitt to Robert Champley Rutter, Surgeon, of Parramatta, 11th May 1855, of land in Mount Druitt; Robert Champley Rutter, to Thomas Smith of Ropes Creek, Licensed Victualler, 1857, of land in Mount Druitt; John Morphett, Farmer, of Ropes Creek, to Thomas Smith, 1857, of land in Rooty Hill; Abstract of the Title of Richard Thomas Hall to land at Double Bay, 1885 (original and two copies); Land Grant by Purchase of Unnecessary Road, typed on vellum, to Frederick William Edwards of Coonabarabran, a road to the Castlereagh river, 28th May 1889, signed and sealed by Governor Charles Robert, Baron Carrington; Memo of Deposit of Deeds & Land at Ashfield, from William Freshwater to William Jeffress of Chippendale, in consideration of a loan of one hundred and fifty pounds, 5th January 1865, handwritten on blue paper. Fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Colony of New South Wales, Land Conveyances, handwritten on vellum, Felix Wilson to John Stirling, 28th August 1844, of land known as Fowlers Lower Pottery Ground, on Parramatta Street, Sydney; Alexander Macleay, George Macleay, William Dumaresy to Archibald Clunes Innes, 16th July 1845, of land and buildings in Port Macquarie; Vincent Woodcock Dowling, Arthur Hodgson, James Sheen Dowling, Dame Harriet Mary Dowling to John Stirling, 31st December 1846, of land in Alexandria; George Alfred Lloyd and Kosciusko McDonald, 21st December 1853, of land in Petersham; Henry John Drew Martyn, William Matthews Martyn and Robert William Robberds to Oliver Lodge, 12th October 1870, of land in the village of Moruya Parish; Conveyance and Assignment, Alexander Kenneth Mackenzie to Thomas Jarman Hawkins and William Henry Mackenzie junior, 1878; Release of the Equity of Redemption, between Archibald Clunes Innes, his wife Margaret Clunes and John Stirling, as Chairman and James Norton, John Gilchrist and Stuart Alexander Donaldson, Directors of the Board of the Bank of Australia, of four parcels of land at Lake Innes, 7th August 1846; Assignment of personalty (sic) and covenant to pay proceeds of shares in capital stock and livstock Archibald Clunes Innes, Alexander Macleay, George Macleay and William Dumaresy to the Bank of Australasia, 16th July 1845. With some foxing, good - fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Colony of New South Wales, Land Conveyances, handwritten on vellum, Walter Beames the Elder to Walter Beames the Younger, 21st November 1856, of land in Leichhardt; Meredith Duke Ferguson to Charles Henry Ferguson, 19th September 1860, of land in Concord; William Whaley Billyard to Allan Campbell, 17th July 1862, of land in the town of Rirketon near Yass; Randolph John Want to Mary Jane Sophia Ridley, 10th April 1864; of land in Carrington; Edward Lord and John Samuel Smith to George Dunn McKay, 1st May 1873, of land in Sydney; John Church to William Wiley, 6th December 1883, of land in Camden; Elizabeth Smith and the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited to Alfred Reginald Fremlin, 5th February 1896, of land in Botany. All documents with foxing, fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Colony of New South Wales, Leases for a Year (2), handwritten, between Samuel Peek, Merchant, Sydney and William Parsons, Master Mariner, Sydney, of land in the County of Northumberland, Parish of East Gosford, 29th December 1840; John Jones, Dealer, Sydney and James Chapman, Butcher, Sydney, of land in Fort Street, Sydney, 4th June 1840; Release of Land, between John Jones and James Chapman, on the Fort Street land, 5th June 1840; Reconveyance, William Percy to James Chapman, of land in Fort Street and George Street in the City of Sydney, 24th November 1845. With wear around edges, some foxing, good - fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Colony of Victoria, miner's right, Ballarat, all issued to Emily Kisler, Series/No./date, as follows, I/138/21 August 1888, J/2/30 September 1889, K/22/29 September 1890, O/95/24 September 1894, Q/139/23 September 1895, R/142/22 September 1896, S/195/24 September 1897, Victoria, Book/No./date, as follows 362/25/23 September 1898, 720/4/22 September 1899, 743/115/22 September 1900. Mostly fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Colony of Victoria, Land Grant by Purchase of thirty seven acres one rood and one perch in the County of Grenville, Parish of Coringhap to John Elder and William Elder of Rokewood, 21st November 1859; another, of ninety one acres one rood and eight perches in the County of Grenville, Parish of Wurrook, to Thomas Russell of Wurrook, 6th June 1860, both on vellum and signed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Colony of Victoria, Lease of land, measuring one hundred and twenty nine acres and six perches in the County of Dundas, Parish of Toolka to James Bush of Mulgrave, 1st June 1865; another, of seventy five acres in the County of Dundas, Parish of Redruth to Anne Taylor of Dunmore, Belfast, 23rd August, 1865, both printed on vellum and signed and sealed by Governor Sir Charles Henry Darling. Seal cracked on first document, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Colony of Victoria, Lease of land, measuring three hundred and seventeen acres one rood and seventeen perches in the County of Normanby, Parish of Glenaulin to Lewis Johnson, Farmer of Glenaulin, signed and sealed by Governor John Adrian Louis Hope, Earl of Hopetoun, 1st December 1890. With some staining and seal cracked, fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Victoria, The Victorian Agricultural & Horticultural Gazette, Volume 1, 1857-8, Heath & Cordell Printers Geelong, ex Melbourne Library copy, bound into one book. Notation inside front cover 'Vol 1 April No. missing noted 11.11.86', pages discoloured with age, cover worn, good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Tasmania, Bill of Lading, for William Johnstone of one hundred bags fine flour and two hundred and ninety two bags of oats to be shipped to Geelong on board the 'Native Lass' dated Launceston, [21st July] 185[7], signed for the Master, William Shaw, with vignette of sailing ship, Charles Wilson, Printer, Launceston, thin paper, black print on grey. With spike hole top left, light centre fold, slight foxing to left and top edges, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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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 $50
SOLD $20
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 $80
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Federation 1901, program for Naval and Military State Banquet to commemorate the Inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia, Town Hall, Sydney, Jan. 5th, 1901, decorated in colour with State shields and Royal arms, size 224mm x 142mm, fold open with Menu and Toasts and Music; also invitation from The Citizens' Royal Reception Committee to a State Concert in presence of The Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York, May 31st 1901, multi coloured design work and addressed to Mr John Muir, signed by the Mayor, James Gration, size 167mm x 250mm, has been in a picture frame. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $200
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 $40
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