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Tasmania mining, Mount Zeehan Silver Lead Mining, 18[89], twenty £1 shares, maroon on buff, together with Prospectus (torn and waterstained in places); Nike Mining, Zeehan, 19[17 typed], one hundred 2s shares, black on pink, scrollwork left side and centre, overprinted 'Fully Paid Up' in red; Magnet Silver-Lead Mines, 193[7 typed), one hundred 5s shares, black print, scrollwork left side. With light folds, spike hole on first, rust paper clip mark on last scrip, fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Tasmania mining, Native Youth Tin Mining, 188-, Frome River, Ringarooma, with hand drawn line through company name and place, transfer of shares on back in the name of Republic Extended (handwritten in black ink), dated [8th October] 188[7], black on mauve; together with receipt from Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, 1897 for first instalment of £2 per share; Hobart Stock Exchange, 189[8], receipt for two and a half guineas, overstamped 'Receipt under Rule 14A' in blue; Godkin Silver Mining, Whyte River, Notice of Extraordinary Meeting, Hobart, 16th September 1892, with Proposal for Floating in London and Form of Proxy attached. First with tears repaired with tape, faded, all with folds, creases, pin holes, third also with small tears along crease lines, good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Tasmania mining, North Oceana Silver Mining, Zeehan, 189[1], fifty five 2s 6d shares, brown print, with agent's stamp in blue; Star of Dundas Silver Mining, Mount Zeehan, 1891, two hundred and fifty 2s 6d shares, pink print and scrollwork left side and surrounding company name. With light folds, pin holes on first scrip, good very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Tasmania mining, Phillips River Gold and Copper Company, 5«% Debenture of £1, 1910, No.229, black print, attractive green border, with orange threepence embossed duty stamp top left corner; together with share certificate, 19[12], for one hundred £1 shares, dark blue print, changes to capital and share amount overstamped in blue, with handwritten annotations in red regarding liquidation across top of certificate. Both with centre fold, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Tasmania mining, Ringarooma Dredging Co, Ringarooma River, 189[9], one hundred 2/- shares, blue print; Tasmanian Exploration Company, 190[8], five hundred 10/- shares, black print and border on light green; Ringarooma Bay Prospecting Association, 1909, one £1 share of 180 on offer, black on pink; Tasman Oil Company, Barn Bluff, 192[2], £10 share, black print, overprinted 'Fully Paid Up' in red, company stamp in pink; Tasmanian Petroleum [Mining stamped], 1923, one hundred 2/- shares, black on yellow, blue company stamp. First with pin and spike holes, others with light folds, third with small tear along crease line, fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $130
SOLD $120
Tasmania mining, Seymour Coal Mining Company Limited, Hobart Town, 186[4], one £5 share, No.2383, black print. Light vertical folds, extremely fine.
Estimate $130
SOLD $400
Tasmania mining, Silver Crown Extended Prospecting Association, Mount Zeehan, 188[8], one £5 share of 250 on offer, green print and border on buff; Cambria Silver Mining, 18[91], one hundred 2s shares, red print and border on blue and buff. With light folds, two pin holes on first scrip, good very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Tasmania mining, South Curtin Davis Proprietary, North-East Dundas, 189[6], one hundred 10/- shares, black print and ornate border, with brokers stamp in pink; Minerals Assets Company, 189[9], one hundred 2/6 ordinary shares, black print and scrollwork left side; Mount Reid Mining (2), 19[01], one hundred and fifty £1 shares, blue print and ornate border; 19[02], fifty seven £1 shares, green print and ornate border; Mount Arthur Properties Limited, [1909 written], one hundred 4/- 'B' shares; Dundas Mines, 19[49 stamped], one hundred 2/6 shares, brown on grey (tears to top edge). With folds and pin holes, fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
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
Captain G.E. Read, private paper money, one pound, Poverty Bay, undated (except for 186-) and unsigned, No. 6102, uniface issue, (Robb P.T.U.15a). With four heavy folds, holes at all crease junctions, stains on face, otherwise good fine and of great rarity.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,000
Southland Treasury Note, five pounds, un-issued, Payable at the Treasury, Invercargill, not dated 18- (c1865), No., imprint of Fergusson and Mitchell, Dunedin (Robb P.T.U.16b; Sutherland 255 [p184]). Quarter folds with creases, several margin tears and pin holes at left, otherwise good fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $2,900
The Bank of Australasia, second issue, proof five pounds, uniface, Christchurch, 12th Septr. 1865, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co. London, Patent Hardened Steel Plate, 'from this' added in pencil in Manager area at bottom (Robb B.24b; L.402; P.S112). Remnants of glue on back corners, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $2,000
Passed in