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Commonwealth of Australia, WWII petrol ration tickets, 1939-40 ten gals, green, signed on back (4); 30th Sept 1941 one gal, orange/green; 31st July 1943 one gal, blue/red, one signed (12); 31st July 1943 two gal, orange/red, one signed on back (8); 30th Sept 1943 two gals, blue/purple (4); 31st May 1944 one gal, orange/black (24); 31st July 1944 one gal, blue/red (4); 30th Nov 1944 one gal, orange/black (2); 31st July 1944 two gals, orange/red (5, one missing corner); also a number of world banknotes, USA military payment certificates (7), JIM Notes (4), Vietnam (2) and Malaya & British Borneo. Very good - very fine. (78)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
New Zealand, National Savings Bond A357826 issued at Wellington 7 Nov 1944; Post Office Bonus Bonds, 1980s, almost all issued at Dunedin, includes two dollars (5), five dollars (4), ten dollars (8), twenty dollars (8), fifty dollars (3), one hundred dollars (26), five hundred dollars (19); Hokitika Savings Bank depositor's pass book in name of William Henry Merewether, 14 Feb 1929 - 16 Aug 1963, book printed 1927; Dunedin Savings Bank, promotional cards (140x228mm) to encourage school students to open a savings account (3); Canterbury Petroleum Prospecting Company share certificate for ten shares, 1917; Melbourne Cup sweep tickets book of twenty five tickets, Tuesday, November 4th, year not indicated, first prize three hundred pounds. The last with some staining on cover, a few tickets with a tear, otherwise very fine, the share certificate with folds and a few spots of foxing, very fine, the rest extremely fine. (80)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Bank of New South Wales, specimen travellers cheque, Feb 1971, for fifty pounds sterling, and fifty US dollars (five pairs in folders of issue) plus $10 to $100 Australian folder; Thomas Cook, specimen US $10 June 1980, two folders of sterling, US, Canada and Australian dollars, folder of French, also National Provincial Bank Ltd., Overseas Branch, for £10 and £20, 19-, circular of credit. Uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
India, Fort St George (Madras), 1819, second of exchange for 'fifty pounds sterling or sicca rupees 400', dated Fort St. George 31st December 1819, No. 23 'to the Honorable the COURT of DIRECTORS for affairs of the Honorable the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND trading as East Indies in LONDON'. Nearly very fine and very rare, a very early bill of exchange from Fort St George (Madras).
Estimate $150
Passed in
India, Madras, second of exchange, 1823, for 841 pounds sterling, dated Madras, 14 August 1823, No. 150, payable five months after sight; another, Madras, 1827, second of exchange for fifty pounds sterling, dated Madras, 12th July 1827, No. 1072, to Messers Coutts & Co, Bankers, London. Very fine; nearly very fine, both very rare. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
India, Bill of Lading, Peary Chand Mittra and Sons, for 500 bags of rice and 500 bags of oats, shipped from river Hoogly, Calcutta, dated 8th March 1867 to Mauritius; another from L. Gandolphe, various goods shipped from Madras, dated 18 November 1867 to Mauritius. First missing small pieces from right corners, otherwise good fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
USA, Bill of Exchange, Banking House of R.S.Battles, Girard, Pennsylvania, 1908 to Chase National Bank, New York (punch hole cancelled); Treasury Department, order form for drugs, 1948, from Valley Road Pharmacy to D.Kattman & Coy, Jersey City; Citizens Bank of Louisiana at Shreveport, fifty dollars, unissued (paper loss on top edge and top right corner missing); letter from Charles Ruwolt Pty Ltd dated 1942 to Area Officer, Area 29a, requesting an exemption from compulsory military training for Alex B.Steel, a process worker in the companies Armour Piercing Shell Annexe, a reserved occupation. Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
Passed in
New South Wales Government Railways and Tramways, Report of the Chief Commissioner for the year ended 30 June 1910, pp56 plus graphs and coloured maps, hard cover with gold blocked title. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
New South Wales Government Railways, Pleasant Places Convenient to the Lines, b&w pictorial book published by authority of the Railway Commissioners, printed by W.A.Gullick, Government Printer, 1902, hardcover, 17 leaves of plates (25x32cm). Some ageing marks on cover, one page with tear at top left edge but not affecting photograph, photos in excellent condition, fine - very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
The MLC Insurance Company Limited, Bonus Certificate Commonwealth Bank of Australia cheque for £5 Sept 16 1937 London Bank of Australia Limited Sydney cheques 19- (3); Carnegie & Sons Saving boooks (2) with stamp duty stamp, all in leather wallet. Fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Tubbo Estate Company, printed financial statements for 1896, 1897, 1901, 1905, 1907-1909, 1911-1913, 1915-1921 and various other documents relating to Mrs Annie McFall of Kilkenny and asset distribution accounts for the estates of William Peter and James Kerr, all in the early 1900s. Fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
James Stewart & Co. Pty. Ltd., The Corner Block, Rockhampton, currency certificates, c1960-66, two shillings (3), five shillings (2), ten shillings overstamped one dollar (3), one pound overstamped two dollars (2), five pounds overstamped ten dollars (4); also, Murdoch's Ltd, Park & George Sts, Sydney, purchase certificate no.66821 for one pound. One five pounds with tape repair, otherwise fair - nearly very fine. (15)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Freemason's Hall Melbourne, 26 March 1885, proclamation document (56x41.5cm) for the laying of the Corner Stone of the Freemason's Hall, Collins Street East, in the City of Melbourne by the Honourable Sir William John Clarke, printed by E.Whitehead and Co, 53 Collins Street East. With folds, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
'Pillars' Master Masons certificates, all for Portland Lodge of Victoria, all signed, a few also signed by recipients, numbered and with the affixed impressed paper seal of the United Grand Lodge, the first three under Grand Master The Right Honourable The Earl of Zetland and named 289 Thomas Lochland, 5 February 1856; 292 Grenaway Rogerson, 5 February 1856; 921 Charles F. Crouch, 11 April 1864; and another three under Grand Master His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales named to 1265 Daniel Jones, 20 March 1878; 1273 Robert Law, 20 March 1878; 5866 Edward Reynolds, 2 October 1879; the document for 921 Crouch also signed by T.H.Lempriere D.G.Secy and also by the Past Grand Master for Victoria and with the Masonic Grand Lodge Victoria impressed paper seal. All with folds, good very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales postal notes, eleven shillings no.C018102 and two shillings and sixpence no.F223125, both stamped Wallsend N.S.W. 17JA44 and payable by Postmaster at Nelsons Bay to Bearer. Nearly very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $140
World War I Armistice telegram, original Commonwealth of Australia, Postmaster-General's Department, Victoria, Urgent Telegram No 24 sent to the Portland Observer newspaper, postmarked Portland Vic 11NO18, handwritten message advising that the Armistice has been signed, sent from Reuter. Paper toned and back marked from being pasted in an album, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $470
Italian WWII POW camp chit, Campo Conc. P.G. - Gruppignano, L.0.20, stamped on back for usage; New Zealand, Christchurch Tramways, Soldiers All Day Ticket, sixpence (WWII); New Zealand Railways Refreshment Receipt for afternoon tea, sixpence (1940?); Two Gallons Petrol voucher for use by members of Armed Forces. The second and third with some edge loss, good, the rest fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50