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Receipt for goods, supplied to Gilnough, Bolton 8/5/1833, signed by William Harrison; London letter dated 31.12.1839 to H.G.Holden; letter dated 31.3.1841 to Mr Sep Herbert, Waterloo House, Hindley St, Adelaide, South Australia; envelope imprinted General Chen Chia-shang, Chinese Air Force, Office of the Commanding General, Taipei, Taiwan, China, postmarked Taipei 31.7.1959, Chinese text written on, addressed to Air Marshall F.R.W.Scherger, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C. One tear and some foxing on last otherwise fine, the rest good - fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
New South Wales five per cent debentures, Indenture dated 7 April 1860 for settlement of five hundred pounds of aforesaid stock between Mary Ann Brown of Middlesex and Rev.Henry William Watson and Rev.John Rowe, advanced for making some provision for her neice Eleanor Mary Strong, a large handwritten document signed and sealed under wax by the first three parties and with affixed £1.5.- duty and stamped London 8.2.60; also credit note No.28 from National Bank, Bayswater to Bank of New South Wales, Melbourne dated 1 Oct 1866 for £55.11.- to account of John Matthias Spread, on The National Bank watermarked paper, with impressed one penny duty stamp and with black vertical print 'DUPLICATE'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Alliance Assurance Office, Sydney Branch, handwritten letter dated 17 June 1865 to The Honourable E.Deas Thomson C.B., Barham, Woolloomooloo, with affixed NSW penny red stamp and postmarked, 'E/Ju 17/1865/Sydney'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
NSW Land Conveyance, 31 July 1867 from Garrett Kelly to John Conlon, signed by James Boscawan Duff, Deputy Registrar (committed for trial in 1883 for embezzlement); Probate in the Will of John Conlon 1872; Mortgage document from Margaret Conlon to Martin Riedy (Inn Keeper), 1890; Conveyance between Margaret Conlon and her children, 1898. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Australian Gas Light Company, receipt no.17, Sydney 29th April 1868, issued to Mr Thos Blake for 1st & 2nd instalment on 26 shares, signed by Treasurer of Bank of New South Wales. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Victoria Public Education, Royal Commission of Enquiry Report, 1878 by Charles H.Pearson, with an impressed seal compliments slip of the Agent-General for Victoria; South Australian School of Mines and Industries manual training booklet, 1893; Report on Brisbane Technical College, 1900-1901; privately circulated memorandum to shareholders in Australian Agricultural Company, December 1852; Australia in Brief 1952 booklet; The Royal Visit 1954 souvenir booklet; catalogue for Australian, New Zealand Communion Tokens and Miscellaneous Series, published 1964 (first edition). Cover on third report torn and loose, otherwise fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
New Zealand Power of Attorney, the Hon W.P.Reeves & anor to Harry W.Lee Esq, dated 5th May 1892, three page document with two attachments of two pages each, giving authority to act on behalf of W.P.Reeves & Thomas Maude for the sale of Plymyard Park Estate in England, signed and wax sealed. Very fine - good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Victorian Government Inscribed Stock, four per cent loan 1884, interest payment vouchers to Reginald L.Batchelor, 1 Oct 1910, 1 Apr 1911, 1 Oct 1911; prospectus for Government of the Commonwealth of Australia five per cent loan, issued 1927; The Wallaroo and Moonta Mines, pp30, 1914 reprinted 1980; P&O Ports of Call brochures for Sydney, Melbourne, Fremantle and Perth, Adelaide, each with city map and written tourist guide information, all c1946; Studies and Reports No.XI, Free, Compulsory, and Secular a Critical Estimate of Australian Education by G.V.Portus, 1937, pp71; various British information pamphlets c1930s, The Empire Overseas, Opportunities for British Boys in the Dominions (2), Training Centres for Women who wish to settle Overseas (3), The S.O.S.B.W. Training Hostel Market Harborough (Training in Household Work for Overseas); Australia As I Found It by Marjorie Mitchell (3). Mostly very fine. (19)
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Tasmanian Government, treasury bill no.593 dated at Hobart, 8th December 1892, for £1,000.0.0 sterling redeemable on 8th December 1895, with red and white embossed duty stamps for one pound and five shillings, diagonal payment stamp, 'London Westminister Bank/for credit of/North China Insurance Co Ltd', two cancelled punch holes at signatures. Foxing and staining and tear at bottom left edge, fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
New South Wales, Elector's Right no.285786, Residential Qualification, Electoral District of Tenterfield, Division of Tenterfield, to holder William Berkin Baker of Sandy Hill, dated Ninth day of March 1894, stamped on back, 'F.V. / 4-3-1897', and 'F.C.V. / 8-6-1898'. Fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
Passed in
Amalgamated Mining Employees Association of Victoria and Tasmania, sixpence provision coupon, 1B 908, for goods charge(d) to the Lyell Branch, signed by the President, Secretary, Treasurer and Trustee, red print on white paper, (134x104mm) printed by the Herald Print. Fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Australia and New Zealand, six Letters Patent issued to William Edgar Muntz, inventor, late of H.M.Department of Public Works, India, patents relate to Windmills, taps or valves, and processes involving vulcanised rubber, four issued for Australia in 1913, 1914, 1915, 1921 and two for New Zealand in 1914 and 1920. Full documentation, wax sealed and in original solicitors' Letters Patent completed envelopes, very fine - extremely fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
The Union Bank of Australia Limited, book of all authorised signatories, 40pp, Jan 1937; a similar book for Bank of New South Wales, 12pp, July 1 1937; other correspondence from various Australian banks re travellers cheques and signatories 1939-1951 (5); NRMA Touring Grounds around Sydney book with maps, directions and attractions, c1940s-1950s. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
War Savings Certificate WWII, one pound, BA 025643 27 April 1942 (WD1a); military related postcards (10); Christmas 1941 card for 2/5 Field Regiment R.A.A., A.I.F.; OHMS envelope with four Army Signals postmarks 1941; Commonwealth Savings Bank pay envelope with War Effort message; promissory notes payable at Commercial Bank of Australia, Katoomba, 1961 (5); cheque for Commercial Bank of Australia, Katoomba, 1961 (6); cheque for Bank of Australasia, Wagga Wagga, 1923; cigarette card album of the Famous Film Stars series by W.D. & H.O.Wills (96 cards with duplication), various other loose cards, includes Heroic Deeds of the Great War series (7), War Medals series on silk cards (26) and various others (14). Mostly fine - good very fine. (169)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Petrol coupons, includes one gallon and ten gallons, 31 Jan 1944, plus issues from NSW, Victoria and Western Australia. Very fine - uncirculated, mostly extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Specimen travellers cheques, for Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, 1967, The Standard Bank Limited, 1956 (various), Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, 1978 (various), others also with other documents as well, Bank of New South Wales 1940-1960s includes specimen signatures lists for 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1971, The Union Bank Limited, 1947, 1948; also Surrender document, 14 March 1955, by The State Electricty Commission Victoria to Lloyds Bank Limited for premises at Charles II Street, London, with wax Commission's seal and bank's impressed seal and impressed £25 duty stamp. A few tattered around edges but mostly very fine - uncirculated. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Bills of Exchange, issued in 1866, 1883, 1888, 1905 and 1906, all payable in India, one at Calcutta and four at Bombay, one issued in London, two in Hong Kong, one in Calcutta and one in Bombay. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Russia, State Bond, one hundred rubles, 1949, No.20/No.063706. Good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $200
NSW Government Tramways and Dept. of Government Transport, Circular Quay or Railway to Agricultural, Cricket or Sports Ground and return, consisting of 6d, 1/3 (child), 1/6, 2/6 (pink) and 2/6 (red). Fine - very fine, a rare set. (5)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Georges River Bridge, NSW, toll tickets, sixpence 'D' black print (3404); another sixpence, 'F' red print (88713). Fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $120
Passed in
NSW Government Tramways, racecourse tickets, Circular Quay, Railway and Newton Rd Junction to Randwick Racecourse and return, 2/- (type with large 'A'); Newcastle Racecourse to Newcastle or Plattsburg, 9d; Dept of Govt Transport, City to Racecourse and return (Randwick?). Very good - good fine, all rare types. (3)
Estimate $120
Passed in
NSW Government Tramways, set of sixteen tickets consisting of 3d (three different colours), 4d (five different), 5d (three different), 6d and 7d (two different), 8d. All different with various sections, depots and colours, mostly fine - extremely fine, a rare set. (16)
Estimate $170
Passed in
Dept of Government Transport NSW, and Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Co Ltd, bus and ferry combined tickets from various suburbs including Curl Curl, Balgowlah, Brookvale to Circular Quay 3d, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6 (two types) all with low serial numbers. Extremely fine, a rare set. (6)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW Government Tramways and Dept. of Government Transport, set of eleven tickets, 1d (two types), 3d (two types), 4d, 6d, 7d, 8d, 9d, 10d (two types). Mostly fine - very fine, a scarce set. (11)
Estimate $120
SOLD $170
Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW Government Tramways, 1d, 4d, 7d, 8d and 9d tickets (all with red 'S' - Sunday surcharge). Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW Government Tramways, set of seven tickets all with red 'S' (Sunday surcharge), 1d, 4d, 7d, 8d (green bars), 8d (orange bars), 9d. Scarce, fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Sydney Harbour Bridge, toll tickets, second issue (wide tickets with wide colour bars), set of six, 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/3, 1/6. Rare set, very good - good fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Sydney Harbour Bridge, toll tickets, third issue (wide tickets with narrow colour bands), set of six, 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/3, 1/6, 2/-. Scarce set, mostly fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Sydney Harbour Bridge, toll tickets, fourth issue (narrow tickets with narrow colour bands), set of five, 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-. Scarce, fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Sydney Harbour Bridge, souvenir tickets, 1d (child), 2d (child), 4d (adult), 8d, issued for the 'Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 1932-1982'. A rare set, mostly extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120