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Australia mining, Minerals Assets Company, 189[9], one hundred 2/6 ordinary shares, black print and scrollwork left side (London register); Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining Co., incorporated 1899, 1[900], one hundred ordinary four dollar shares, Hong Kong register, blue print and border on buff; Mount Reid Mining Company, 19[01], one hundred and fifty £1 shares, blue print and ornate border, printer Rixon & Arnold, Poultry E.C.; Mount Read Mining Company, 1902 19[02], fifty seven £1 shares, green print and ornate border, printer Rixon & Arnold, Poultry E.C. (signature of Secretary same as previous scrip); Mount Arthur Properties Limited, (Tasmania), [1909 written], one hundred 4/- 'B' shares, London register, blue print (tear to top edge); Dundas Mines, 19[49 stamped], one hundred 2/6 shares, Adelaide register, brown on grey (tears to top edge). With folds and pin holes, fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
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 $100
SOLD $130
Australian mining, East Cobar Mining Company, New South Wales, 190[7], five 1/- shares of two thousand four hundred on offer, red print on pink, scrollwork at left, overprinted 'Contributing' in black; Northwest Tantalum, 195[4], one hundred 5/- shares, brown print and ornate border on buff, six certificates in sequential order, No.s 7851/56 issued to the one shareholder plus a seventh, No.7532, issued to another family member. With pinhole to first and last scrip, light vertical folds on Tantalum certificates, otherwise extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Australia mining, Tasman & Crown Lyell Extended, Mount Lyell, Tasmania, [1904], twenty five £1 shares, orange print on buff, scrollwork at left; Bux Tin Mining Syndicate, 192[7], Melbourne register, one �25 share of two thousand on offer, black print on light green; Brunswick Oil N.L., 1983 Options certificates (3) for four and a half thousand $1 shares, 20/05/83, one hundred and eighty one thousand five hundred $1 shares, 20/06/83 and fifty one thousand four hundred $1 shares, 8/08/83, brown print on white and peach, overprinted '1983 Options' in orange. Most with pinholes, light vertical folds, first with frayed right edge, otherwise good very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia mining, London registers, Loddon Deep Leads (Victoria) Limited, 190[9], thirty ordinary 5/- shares, black print and ornate border, red embossed seal; Loddon Deep Leads (Victoria) Limited, 191[1], twenty preferred 1/- shares, black print and ornate border on blue, red embossed seal; Murchison Gold Development Limited, 19[37], two hundred 5/- shares, brown print, ornate border, scrollwork at left, brokers stamp in pink bottom left corner; Youanmi Gold Mines, 19[37], one hundred and fifty ordinary 2/- shares, black print and ornate border on yellow, typed memo, 16th December 1954, attached, with instructions to add this certificate to Derelict Securities Register; another, 19[37] for one hundred ordinary 2/- shares; Paringa Mining and Exploration Company, 19[46 typed], three pounds of fully paid stock, black print, brown ornate border, changes overprinted in red. With pin or spike holes, some with pencil or pen annotations in borders, fifth with tear in top edge, fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $200
Passed in
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; South Curtin Davis Proprietary, North-East Dundas, Tasmania, 189[6], one hundred 10/- shares, black print, ornate border, with two brokers stamps; South Murchison Silver and Lead, Mount Farrell, Tasmania, 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 map of Tasmania on back in green showing position of Mount Farrell. With light folds, pin holes on most, fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Victoria mining, Alpine Gold, Stringers Creek, 9 Feby 186[6], black print, scrollwork at left With light vertical fold, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Victoria mining, Russells Amalgamated Gold, Lauriston, 18[89], fifty 10/- shares, mauve print; Sunny Hill Quartz, Wandiligong, 1892[3], one hundred 5s shares, black print, with company seal stamped in blue and Victoria one penny stamp affixed; Rowe's United Syndicate, Pitfield Plains, 1898, for 1/30th share in an Application for a Lease of 986 acres in the name of William Luplau, blue print. With pin holes, folds and creases, very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Victoria mining, Great Northern Extended Gold, Rutherglen, 18[96], five £1 shares, black print, with border, broker's stamp in blue; Mount Deddick Silver-Lead, Snowy River, East Gippsland, 189[6], two £5 shares, brown print; Junction Dredging Company, Porepunkah, 19[04], twenty £1 shares, black print, with 'Fully Paid Up' in red, company seal in blue. With pin holes, folds and creases, fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Victoria mining, Marong Alluvials Proprietary Limited, 193[4], Melbourne register, five £1 ordinary shares of four thousand on offer, black on grey, scrollwork at left, capital amount and share changes overstamped in blue; Goldsborough South Gold Mining, Maldon, Victoria, 192[7], one hundred 10/- shares, blue print on pink, four certificates in sequential order, No.s 468/471 issued to the one shareholder, plus one single certificate No. 446, all with call paid stamps on back. With pin or spike holes, light vertical folds and creases, tear in top edge on one, otherwise good very fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Mining, New Guinea Copper Mines Limited, 192[6], Melbourne register, one hundred £1 shares, black on pink, overprinted 'Fully Paid' in red, changes to capital and shares in red; Pulo Tin, Lampi Island, Mergui Distict, Burma, 192[7), 192[8] (2), Melbourne register, three certificates for one hundred �1 shares on each, black on buff; Austral Siamese No Liability, 192[7], Melbourne register, one hundred £1 shares, blue print. With pin holes, folds and creases, some with tears along edges, fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
World mining, Badak Company, 1920; Lampeh (Siam) Tin Mines, Southern Siam, 1926; New Salak South Tin Dredging, 1927; Tujoh Tin, Federated Malay States, 1927, 1928; Mavua Rubber Estates, 1928; Timor Petroleum Company, Timor, 1929; British New Guinea Gold, 1934; Irowat Gold Alluvials, New Guinea, 1935; Upper Watut Gold, 1936; Borneo Options, 1939; Enterprise of New Guinea Gold and Petroleum, 1954. Fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, The Federal Bank of Australia Limited, certificate 3620 for twenty five shares of five pounds each, 29 August 1889; Tasmanian Government Treasury Bill no.331 for one hundred pounds sterling, Hobart, 8th December 1892; Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Savings Bond Series 26 for twenty dollars, 3rd November 1983 with interest coupons intact. The first with some foxing, the second stamped PAID and two punch hole cancelled, otherwise both good very fine, the last uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Australia, The Blenheim Oil Well Reclamation Co Ltd, twenty shares, 8th May 1929; The Civil Service Co-Operative Society, Sydney, one share, 20th Nov 1917; North Central Broken Hill Silver Mining Company, one hundred shares, 9th March 1899; The Shakespeare Head Press Ltd, Sydney, one hundred shares, 7 December 1934; Southern Cross Gold Development Limited, twenty four shares, 17th July 1934; various others, 1960s-1990s (14, several damaged); articles of association book, 1940, for Fairymead Sugar Company Limited. Poor - very fine. (20)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Bond's Motor Car Company Limited, Clare, S.Australia, unissued share certificate no.167 with counterfoil attached, purple print on white; cheques drawn by Bond's Motor Car Coy Ltd, The English, Scottish & Australian Bank Limited, Clare, cheque no.99, Jan 14th 1914, signature of George Bond as Secretary, another no.235 (over 614 crossed out), Nov 16th 1914, company in liquidation. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100