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Scotland, Edinburgh, unissued warrant 1840- of Sir William Alexander of Menstrie for twenty pounds; deposit receipt from Samuel Smith & Co, Derby Bank, 15 July 1873; cheques, The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, Dumfries, 11 Jany 1905, another for London County & Westminister Bank, Buckingham, 6th May 1918. The first with foxing, otherwise very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
William Wickham (Spymaster) presentation certificate, as Minister Plenipotentiary & Commissioner-General of His Majesty's Britain and the Imperial Armies, Royal and Allies, to a senior commander of the Regiment des Dragons d'Enghien du Corps de Conde recognizing his 'Distinction, Bravery and Leadership qualities' and awarding a pension of two shillings of English silver per day to the value of one florin six kreutzers in silver of the Empire and also a guarantee of safe conduct and the aid and support of such armies; measuring 37x23cm the fold-over printed and handwritten document occupies the first page and it has the English Royal Arms at the top above the name of William Wickham and has been recorded on 31 July 1801 at Gralz by the Aide to the Commissioner-General and is signed personally by Wm Wickham beside his wax seal; also a bestowal document dated 1828 from the Minister of War for the award of a Chevalier in the Order of Saint-Louis to the same family name. The first document with one small hole, possibly a spike hole at the lower left and some toning around edges, several folds, otherwise in remarkable condition for a document of this period, good very fine and very scarce, the other document very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
France, Department of Indre et Loire, District of Tours, Sale of Confiscated Property document, Year 3 of Republic (1794), 23 Vendemiaire (Autumn, September in Republican calendar); two other documents of the same Department but for the Liquidation Accounts for Acquisition of Land in the Area, both dated 27 May 1796, all documents with official stamps. Some paper loss and small tears at edges, otherwise good fine and scarce French Republican documents. (3)
Estimate $70
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France, collection of copies of documents or letters by famous French persons, each featuring their signature, noted letter of Bonaparte to Josephine before the Italian Campaign 1796, others by Bonaparte 1800, Voltaire 1767, Louis XVI 1793, letter of Josephine to Napoleon accepting divorce 1809, Victor Hugo 1869, many others. Mounted in cardboard holders with full details and transcription of documents, all in French text, extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
France, various legal documents, Sale of Successive Rights by Mons. Dulong, lawyer, 1834; Sale document by Pierre Larrogue, 1855; Conciliation document by Jean Lidron and Catherine Bourdelles with Pierre Carrete, 1869; Receipt document with Jean Carrete and others, 1872; Letter of Agreement between Eduard Duran and Jean Carrete, 1898, all with printed and impressed official stamp duty seals. Mostly very fine. (5)
Estimate $70
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French prints, by various artists, mainly printed on book pages, includes a series of mostly Pacific region scenes including a few New Zealand, a total of fourteen, others of famous French soldiers in history, all Imperial lithographs of Delpech of Paris (18), all but two with facsimile signatures, others of famous artworks (14), all in Sienna colouring and one other unidentified. Some paper loss around edge of pages, prints unaffected, foxing on some, overall fine - extremely fine. (47)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Views of Ireland, 19th century etching (approx 96x150mm) with title below, on page (185x253mm), titled Giants Causeway, printed in Philadelphia by N.A.Bibl. Instit. (North American Bible Institute). Page with some staining, etching extremely fine.
Estimate $60
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Views of Ireland, 19th century engraving, Approach to Killarney from the Kenmore Road by R.Brandard (119x178mm) on page (219x285mm), printed by Geo.Virtue of 26 Ivy Lane, London; also two (112x125mm and 95x135mm) on page (303x221mm), Theatre Royal, April...a Comedy with the Mock Doctor/For the Benefit of the Author of the Farce, and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane/The Old Batchelor, both by W.Hogarth. With some foxing and also toning around edges, engravings unaffected and extremely fine. (3 on 2 pages)
Estimate $60
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Territory of New South Wales, Purchase of a Town Allotment by Public Auction in the town of Broulee, County of St Vincent, by William Hindson and Henry Eldred Hindson, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir George Gipps, 31st March 1841. With folds and some foxing on bottom edge, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Colony of Victoria, documents, handwritten on vellum, including Conveyance, of land in Collingwood, between Robert Knox Sconce, Richard Hanmer Bunbury and Sarah Bunbury and Richard Clark, signed and dated 29th March 1851; Mortgage, on land in Melbourne, between Richard Clarke and David Stead, signed and dated 14th August 1851; Conveyance, of land in Melbourne, Richard Clarke to Richard McLelland, signed and dated 7th July 1853; Conveyance, of land in Collingwood, Richard McLelland to Robert McDonald, signed and dated 8th September 1853; Release of Equitable Mortgage, between Robert Elwall Jacomb and Robert Macdonald, of land in Melbourne, signed and dated 1st March 1855. With some foxing, fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Colony of Victoria, gold license, No.76, to search for and remove gold from Crown Lands in the District of Ballarat, issued to S.Howard, [Feb 28] 185[3] for the month of [March] 185[3], black on grey, Coat of Arms top centre, scrollwork at left. With folds, tears along crease lines, soiled on back, very good and scarce.
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $2,600
Colony of Victoria, land Conveyances, between Charles Savage and John Dean for land in Bulla Bulla, 13th May 1853; George Poole and Septimus L. Wooler for land in Cranbourne, 8th March 1884; Septimus Wooler and Elizabeth Atkins for an allotment in Cranbourne, 11th December 1891; Benjamin Needham and Ellen Mary Waters for land in Macedon, 5th May 1893; Mortgage in Fee, between Hugh Kneen and the Trustees of the Third Victorian Bowkett Building Society for land in Melbourne. First three handwritten on vellum, most with duty stamps affixed, foxing, tears along fold lines on first and last, fine. (5)
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria, documents including Conveyance between John Ditchburn and Hugh Kneen of land in Morang, 28th July 1854; Deed, providing for the extension of time for payment on mortgage from Ewen Cameron to William Guesdon, 16th April 1864; Deed extending mortgage term, between Joseph Dixon and John Catto, 27th November 2890; Deed of Covenant, between Joseph Dixon and Richard Grice of an allotment in Boroondara, 1st August 1881; Mortgage of Freeholds, between Elizabeth McCowan and Ann Brown, for an allotment in Boroondara, 1st December 1910; Statutory Declarations (3), 27th July 1876, 5 December 1910, 6 December 1910. First and third on vellum, some with duty stamps affixed, fine. (8)
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria, documents, handwritten on vellum, including Conveyance, between Robert McDonald and Hugh Kneen, of land in Collingwood, signed and dated 16th December 1856; Grant of Right of Way, John Walters to James Blackwood and John Matheson, Trustees of the Will of John Aitken, signed and dated 21st July 1859; Deed of Gift, of Land in Richmond and Collingwood, to Mrs Eliza Freeman, signed and dated 20th July 1863; Conveyance, of land in the township of Epping, between Mrs Mary McDonald and Mrs Mary Fitzgerald, signed and dated 8th March 1870; Probate, in the will of John Watson, late of 'Trevlyn', Wattle Valley Road, Canterbury, signed and dated 23rd November 1910; Conveyance, between Thomas Callaghan and Joseph McCarter of land at Epping, signed and dated 18th August 1910; New South Wales, Conveyance, between The Ringwood Estate Coy Ltd, Norman B Goodsir, Stanley G Radnedge and Stanley G Radnedge, of land at Eugalong, signed and dated 10th December 1912; Release of Mortgage, typed on paper, between the Australian Mutual Provident Society, Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, City Mutual Life Assurance Society, the N.S.W. Realty Co Limited, Arthur Rickard & Co, Nellie Crudge Rickard, Arthur Rickard and the Ringwood Estate Company Limited, of land in the County of Cunningham, signed and dated, 2nd December 1912. With staining and foxing, good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Colony of Victoria, documents, handwritten on vellum, including Conveyance of an Allotment in Kilmore, between Harvey E.Combe of Geelong and Horace M. Wright, Barrister at Law, Melbourne, signed and dated 11th August 1856; Conveyance of Land in Murgheboluc between Robert Beckham and Stephen, Robert and John Ritchie, farmers, signed and dated 18th January, 1878, with a Victoria 2/6 stamp affixed; Memorial, thirty acres in the Parish of Murgheboluc, between Stephen, Robert and John Ritchie and Thomas Keanan, signed and dated, 24th February, 1881; Mortgage (printed and handwritten on paper) of one hundred and twenty one acres in the Parish of Nabdallah, between John, Stephen and Robert Ritchie and Thomas Keanan, signed and dated 24th February 1881, with two Victoria 1d duty stamps affixed; Reconveyance by Endorsment, between Thomas Keanan and Stephen, Robert and John Ritchie, signed and dated 23rd may 1884. With some foxing, fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria, Special Lands Purchase, to John Elder, William Elder and Nairne Guthrie Elder of eighty one acres, one rood and twenty perches on the County of Grenville, Parish of Wurrook, on vellum, signed, sealed and dated by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 14th May 1862. With folds, fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Colony of Victoria, assorted documents including, Equitable Mortgage, on land in the parish of Jika Jika, 1861 and Parish of Prahran, 1864; Submission to Arbitration, 1868, relating to land in Gisborne; Deed of partnership in Saw Mills at Glenlyon and Trentham, 1871 and Deed of Dissolution, 1873; Mortgage, of land in the Parish of Moorabbin, 1873 and Further Charge on the land, 1875; Acknowledgement and Confirmation of a right to light over a strip of land facing King Street, Melbourne, 1873, on vellum; Power of Attorney, 1879; Mortgage of Livestock, 400 sheep, Swan Hill, 1889; another., 2 cows, a heifer and draught horse, Swan Hill, 1889; Declaration of Trust, Walhalla, 1891; Mortgage of Share under Will, 1892; Probate in the Will of William Boyd of Kensington, 1894, on vellum; Agreement, between the Federal Coffee Palace with Andrew Knight Esq, Melbourne, 1897. Very good - very fine. (15)
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria, Lease of Land, of two hundred and thirty five acres one rood and ten perches in the County of Dundas, Parish of Toolka to Duncan Smith, sheep farmer of Coleraine, signed, sealed and dated by Sir Charles Henry Darling, 1st June 1865. Seal cracked, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Colony of Victoria, a group of documents relating to the Chiltern Sons of Freedom Mining Company, including Consolidated Miner's Right, No.24, on vellum, issued to Henry Nickless of Chiltern, Manager of the Sons of Doma Consols, at Beechworth Chiltern, 27th Feby 1874, to be in force until 25th Febry 1875 and representing 80 Miner's Rights as endorsed on back hereof, handwritten names listed alphabetically on back, signed by Daniel Oliver front and back; Miner's Rights issued to the Chiltern Sons of Freedom Mining Company, Beechworth Chiltern, dated 12th April 1876, Nos 97003-97062 consecutive run of 60 attached together with pin; another, No.84936, issued to The Bank of New South Wales, Melbourne, 24th April 1876; Lien Ticket from the Chiltern Sons of Freedom Mining Company to the Bank of New South Wales, upon its Alluvial Mining Claim for sixty men in the Valley of the Black Dog Creek as security for due payment of £7,000 owing to the bank, dated 8th March 1875, with attached Certificate for Claim and Certificate of Amalgamation, both dated 21st January 1875; Conditions of Sale between the Bank of New South Wales and John Alston Wallace of Melbourne, for the machinery and mining plant and chattels of the Chiltern Sons of Freedom Mining Company, dated 3rd August 1876; Assignment from the Bank of New South Wales to The Hon J.A.Wallace M.L.C., of Machinery Plant and Chattels of the Chiltern Sons of Freedom Mining Company, dated 1877. With folds and stains on some, otherwise mostly good very fine, and scarce as a group. (67 items)
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,400
Colony of Victoria, Land Conveyance, handwritten on vellum, between the Land Mortgage Bank of Victoria Limited and Mr John Schubert of Kilmore, of land in the Parish of Moranding, County of Dalhousie, sealed and dated 24th July 1876, with Queen Victoria 10/-, 2/-, 1/-, 6d and 4d statute stamps affixed. Stamps fiscally cancelled, document with some foxing, fine.
Estimate $200
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Victoria, documents, dated between 1879 and 1910 including Transfer of Land Statute (2), Particulars & Conditions of Sale of Freehold, Lease, Transfer of Land, Agreement; stationery of E & M Roughton Adornments, 284-8 Bourke St Melbourne, with vignette left of the company's building and view down Bourke St to the GPO (approx 100 sheets); also, USA, Copy of the Charter of the T.C.Williams Company, signed and sealed by Joseph T.Lawless secretary of the Commonwealth of Virgina and with attached certification with metal seal of the Governor of Virgina, Chas T. O'Ferrall, signed and dated 1st February 1894; Extract from Deed of Conveyance (2), in relation to the firm of Thomas C. Williams & Co, 30th July 1894, letters (3) regarding trade marks and other matters of the T.C.Williams Co, Extract of the By Laws of the T.C.Williams Co. Fine - good very fine. (approx 113)
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria, Conveyance, between William Alexander Fettes and James Stewart McLagan Birrell both of South Melbourne of land in the Parish of South Galla, County of Bourke, dated 18th August 1886, with Victoria duty stamps affixed of £2, £1 (4), 25/- (2), 10/-, 5/- and 2/6. Stamps fiscally cancelled, document fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Colony of Victoria, Land Conveyance, handwritten on vellum, between Thomas Redford, Henry Baker Chomley, Alfred Wilson Braim and William and James Lindsay for six hundred and forty acres in the County of Villiers Parish of Bullanbul, dated 24th August 1886, with eight Victoria duty stamps affixed of £100, £10 (3), £2 (2), 15/- and 2/6. With folds, foxing, stamps fiscally used, good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $260
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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Victoria, Elector's Right, Women Only, Residential Qualification, c1908, book containing forty five forms (five have been issued), government printer Melbourne. Very good - extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $470
Wando Station, a variety of documents for this historic sheep property near Casterton, Victoria, including numerous recipts and statements of account from various merchants relating to the operational aspects of the property, the documents are mostly in the name of Broughton Bros, the owners of Wando since c1886, and cover the period 1887 to the early 1900s (approx 100); War Savings certificates and loans, includes a large numnber of documents with various prospectus forms for different loan years, return forms, applications, instructions, and copies of other styles of documents, for the period 1919-1960s. Fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Banking documents, a variety of unused cheque forms and books, some with colourful background scenes and others with vignettes, noted some for Star of Bendigo Tent No.5, Independent Order of Rechabites, ES&A Bank, Bendigo, and National Bank of Australasia, Collins Street East, Melbourne 1888- also several unused bills of exchange for Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, Adelaide (3 types), English, Scottish & Australian Chartered Bank, Adelaide -186-. Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $290
Banking, Bank of New South Wales, Melbourne, Second of Exchange (16), dated between 1894 and 1899, all made payable to Messrs Malleson England & Stewart for various amounts; Royal Bank of Australia Limited, Melbourne, Second of Exchange (3), 1898, 1901, 1902, all handwritten 'Payable at Dundee' in red ink bottom left corner; English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited, Melbourne (2), 1912, duplicate cheques; Promissory notes, Melbourne, dated 1881-1883, for various amounts, all with duty stamps affixed. Three with piece missing from top left corner, one with piece missing from bottom left corner, all with folds, good - fine. (35)
Estimate $150
SOLD $290
The National Bank of Tasmania Limited, fixed deposit receipt no.1001 for £400 in name of James S.Wilson, lodged at Stanley 28 August 1894 at rate of 4% per annum. Spike and punch holes, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
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Victoria, Cash Book, 1895-1940, for J.L.Currie, pages 1-145 filled, hardbound, with canvas slipcover, by Sands & McDougall Limited, Melbourne. Corners of slip cover frayed, otherwise good condition.
Estimate $100
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