Catalogue
Tasmania mining, South Mount Reid Silver, Mount Reid, County of Montagu, 189[3], No.1 of five £1 shares of 1000 on offer, black print, scrollwork at left; Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold, 1[900], one hundred ordinary $4 shares, blue print and border on buff; South Murchison Silver and Lead, Mount Farrell, 190[7], one hundred 2/- shares, black print; Tasmania Gold Mine, 191[0], one hundred 7s 6d shares, blue print; North Mount Farrell Company, Mount Farrell, 19[30 typed], one hundred £1/5/- shares, brown print. With light folds, pin holes on most, fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Tasmania mining, Success Extended Silver Mining, Dundas, 189[1], one hundred 5s shares, black on pink, scrollwork left side; Silver Treasure Silver Mining, Mount Dundas, County of Montagu, 189[1], one hundred 1s shares, brown print and border. With light folds, pin holes on first scrip, good very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Tasmania banking, Bank of Gratitude Limited, Leven Municipality, Ulverstone, 191-, No.1145, uninssued, red and blue print, blue scrollwork left side. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
Tasmania sundry, The Bass S.S. Co Limited, 19[24], thirty £1 shares, black print, scrollwork left side, blue stamped company seal; Rupert Johnston Proprietary, forty four £1 shares, blue on grey, scrollwork left side, blue stamped company seal; Prince of Wales Prospecting, Lefroy, 19[34 typed in words), £1 share, black on buff, with Tasmania 6d duty stamp affixed; Mole Creek Hotel Proprietary (typed), 19[53 typed], No.1, for five hundred £1 shares, black on buff, red stamped company seal. With folds, pin holes on first two, heavy spotting on third, fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Tasmania, Launceston Gas Company, Transfer No.81, of ten shares for the sum of one hundred pounds, 186[2], black on blue; also certificates for ten £10 shares, 186[9] and twenty five £10 shares, 186[76], black on light blue; Consolidated Gates Association, 189[6], one £5 share of 100 on offer, crimson print; Tasmanian Metals Extraction Company, 19[10 date written], one thousand £1 shares, red print. Light folds, pinhole on second and third, very fine - nearly extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $130
SOLD $350
Tasmania pastoral, North Western Co-Operative Dairy Co Ltd, 19[22], five 10/- shares, black print, thin paper; 19[37], 10/- share, black print; 19[72], one hundred and four $1 shares, black on grey, with Tasmanian duty stamp affixed; Yolla Dairy Company, 192[2], four £5 shares, black print, scrollwork left side, handwritten 'cancelled see 142' on front, light stain at centre; Scottsdale Co-operative Dairy Co Ltd, 19[38 written], £1 share, black print; North-Western Co-operative Freezing & Canning Company, Burnie, 191[30], one hundred £1 shares, brown on light green, with Tasmania 6d duty stamp affixed. With folds and creases, pin holes, fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Debenture for £100, No.856, Hobart Town, 31st October 1867, Coat of Arms top centre, blue print and ornate border with 'Paid' overstamped twice in red in signature fields, with two shillings sixpence impressed stamp top left inside border. With light folds, pin holes, wear to edges, 120mm cut left side margin, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Debenture for £100, No.133, to James Robertson, Hobart Town, 1st May 1880, Coat of Arms top centre, black print and plain border, overstamped 'Cancelled' five times in signature fields. With folds, pin holes, small area of light staining, wear and some foxing to edges, handwritten pencil notations in top margin, nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Treasury Bill, No.355, 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' across signature fields. Two stains right side, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Tasmania, Tasmanian Main Line Railway Company Limited, 6% Debenture Stock Certificate, 187-, unissued, brown on blue and buff, scrollwork at left and attractive border, printer Waterlow & Sons Limited, London Wall, with embossed seal, '724' stamped in top right corner. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
Tasmania, The Van Diemen's Land Company, Colonial Register, 'B' share certificate, 19--, No.B 199, with a capital of £520,000 in 220,000 'A' shares of £1 each and 10,000 'B' shares of £30 each, unissued, blue on buff, scrollwork left side, 'B' in green. With some spotting, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $350
Banking, Alliance Bank of Simla Limited, share certificate for 300 shares of one hundred rupees each, No.446, 3rd November 1916. Very fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Banking, The Indian Specie Bank Limited, share certificate for one share of 100 rupees, 16th May 1911, No.80580. Good very fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Oil share script, Baku Consolidated Oilfields, unused binder of 100 with 87 numbered unissued share script forms with attached butts; registered office Cannon St. London, c1920-1930. Very fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
The Sumatra Syndicate Limited (formerly the Java Syndicate Limited), ordinary share certificate for 4,500 shares of one shilling, No.19, 19th October 1904; another, 1,350 preference shares of one pound, 6th October 1905, No.7. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Canteen chit, British Army, WWII (Apr 1945), authority to purchase tobacco &/or cigarettes, A 211682. Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Military chits, Royal Artillery Canteen Woolwich (QVC), bronze twopence countermarked 'BAR' across centre (26mm) (Yarwood BMT014A); NAAFI, Egypt and Sudan, plastic quarter piastre, 1953/54 (22mm) (Yarwood NE2); also, J.W.Cox, Berkley Arms, Purton, bronze threepence token (26.5mm). Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
Passed in
WWII military chits, Great Britain, NAAFI, 1/2 franc token in brown laminated plastic, octagonal 24mm (Yarwood NF4); New Zealand, YMCA, 5 M/M token in brass (27mm) (Yarwood NZMT08a). Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
The New Zealand Banking Company, unissued sterling cheque form dated 184., (1840-45). One of the earliest known examples of New Zealand Banking history, extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $300
The Bank of Australasia, third issue, one pound, Dunedin, 1st Jany. 1904, A 74,949, imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co, London (Robb B.321; L.406; P.S117). Large cancellation section removed at right bottom, heavy 'cancelled' bank stamps on back, fair.
Estimate $300
SOLD $520
Bank of New Zealand, third issue, ten pounds (copy), Wellington, date not legible, 169948 booklet edge (cfRobb D.35; L.447, P.S193). Rips and tears with corner missing, fair, a contemporary forgery.
Estimate $700
Passed in
Bank of New Zealand, third issue, ten pounds (copy), Wellington, 1 Oct 1913, 169948 booklet edge, FORGERY in red letters in three places across note (cfRobb D.35; L.447, P.S193). Good, a contemporary forgery.
Estimate $700
SOLD $500
Bank of New Zealand, seventh issue, ten shillings, Wellington, 1st April 1920, No. B 437976, words and figures omitted from back, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ld. London (Robb D.711; L.458; P.S224). Limp paper, very good/nearly fine.
Estimate $900
Passed in
Bank of New Zealand, seventh issue, one pound, Wellington, 1st day of ... ....(dated faded), No. 589496, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, Engravers, London (Robb D.721b; L.459; P.S225). Fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $640
Bank of New Zealand, seventh issue, one pound, Wellington, 1st April 1918, No. B023643, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, Engravers, London (Robb D.721e; L.459; P.S225). Fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $950
Bank of New Zealand, uniform issue, ten shillings, Wellington, 1st October 1924. No. 368,468, £1/2 in corners, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ld, New Malden, Surrey (Robb D.811a; L.465; P.S231). Many creases and folds, dirty back, otherwise nearly fine and scarce.
Estimate $700
SOLD $650
Bank of New Zealand, uniform issue, ten shillings, Wellington, 1st October 1924. No. 072,605, £1/2 in corners, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ld, New Malden, Surrey (Robb D.811; L.465; P.S231). Many creases and folds, a 2mm tear in top margin, otherwise fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $500
Bank of New Zealand, uniform issue, one pound, straight bank name, 1st October 1929, No. H663,440, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ld, New Malden, Surrey (Robb D.821d; L.468; P.S234a). Nearly fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $600
The National Bank of New Zealand Limited, uniform issue, ten shillings, Wellington 1st Decr. 1925, 768140, imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co. Ld. London (Robb J.81a; L.511; P.S316). Many creases and folds and somewhat dirty, very good.
Estimate $400
SOLD $600
The Union Bank of Australia Limited, uniform issue, one pound, Wellington, 1st October 1923, No. 6/N 101280, imprint of Waterlow & Sons Limited, London (Robb M.82; L.543; P.S372a). Washed, very good.
Estimate $400
SOLD $750