Catalogue
Bank of New South Wales, five pounds, Ipswich 18- (MVR.7C) uniface printer's proof on card, imprint Perkins Bacon & Co, pencil dated instructions 11th April 1862, marked 'Specimen' in signature reserve. Lower right corner cracked, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $1,700
Bank of New South Wales, one pound Sydney -18- A/3 800001, specimen, perforated specimen/C Skipper & East (MVR7c). Central perforation cracking, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $3,800
Bank of Queensland Limited, fifty pounds, Brisbane -, (c1864) uniface printer's proof on thick paper (MVR 1). Glue tip marks on back corners, otherwise uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $15,000
Passed in
Commercial Bank of Sydney, one pound, Sydney 18- (c1875) printer's specimen, light blue print on watermarked paper, multicoloured back, imprint W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh for Cowan & Coy., Sydney (MVR 3?). Several pin holes, printers instructions in margins, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $5,000
Passed in
Commercial Bank of Sydney, one pound, Sydney 18- (MVR.3) black and white uniface printer's proof on card, sixteen punch hole cancellation in three lines of space, no imprint but by Johnston of Edinburgh. Uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $6,500
Passed in
Commercial Bank of Sydney, fifty pounds, Sydney 18- (c1875) (MVR 3) printer's specimen, cancelled with four small punch holes, lilac print on watermarked paper, imprint W & K Johnston Edinburgh for Cowan & Co. Good very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $9,000
SOLD $7,000
The Oriental Bank Corporation, one pound, Melbourne, April 6th 1868 (MVR 1c) uniface black and white printer's proof by Perkins Bacon & Co. Glue tip marks on back, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $5,000
Passed in
The Queensland National Bank Limited, one pound uniface, Brisbane 1st January 1873, B_ (unissued), imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co. London, 1873-76 First Series (Spink 752), in signature space, 'from this & acepd'. Three corners off, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,100
Queensland postal note, unissued uniface specimen for four shillings and six-pence (poundage one penny), second issue c1890, watermark 'Queensland Postal Note' and a crown, No.-, SPECIMEN stamped diagonally in black. Two pin holes, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare, only two examples known.
Estimate $800
Passed in
The Australasian New Hebrides Compy Limited, The Bank of North Queensland Ltd. Sydney, one pound sterling unissued form for Vila (1897), imprint W.E.Smith Sydney (MVR p14). Nearly uncirculated and excessively rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,100
The Australasian New Hebrides Compy Limited, The Bank of North Queensland Ltd, Sydney, five pounds Sterling, Vila (1897), unissued form by W.E.Smith, Sydney (MVR p15). Nearly uncirculated and excessively rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,300
Samarai, British New Guinea, Burns, Philp & Company, Limited, Five pounds Sterling (1897), imprint W.E.Smith, Sydney (MVR p29). Spike hole, otherwise nearly uncirculated and excessively rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,100
New Australia Colony, Paraguay, one peso, 4 Nov (18)95 signed F.Kidd, arms in centre (MVR p7). Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $3,000
New Australia Colony, Paraguay, one peso, 2 October (18)95, signed F.Kidd, clasped hands in centre (MVR p8[this note]). Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $3,000