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Bank of Van Diemens Land Limited for Hobart Savings Bank 18--, page of four unissued cheques, printed by J.Walch & Sons Hobart. Very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Sight note, Hobart Town, Union Bank of Australia, £49.15.2, 17th July 1840, No. 2/2991 to Mr P. Stephenson, Blacksmith, Collins St, Union Bank of Australia stamp on front, endorsed on back for £50.17.5. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Van Diemen's Land, Bill of Exchange or sight note, the third, Union Bank of Australia, Issued at 1 p/cent prem., Hobart Town 3 June 1844 No. 300, to G. Butler for £450.0.0 stg., stamped signed J.F.Groom, signed on the back 4th June Sent Cop 1st of Exchange W.Kinnead. Faded blue print, however very fine or better and very rare, a most early Union Bank form.
Estimate $500
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Union Bank of Australia, Third of Exchange, Launceston, 22nd August 1861, No. 6340, for £293.10.5, in favour of Mr D.Grubb Esq. Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
Tasmania, Beer Duty Coupon 1/3 overprinted 1/8 One Keg, One Shilling and Three Pence (1905); City Bank of Sydney 190 - unissued cheque form by W.C.Penfold. The first (illustrated) and very rare, fine, the second extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $200
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Randell & Scott, Hay, Lang's Crossing, Murrum Bidgee, ten shillings, Hay Novr.5th 1861 No.75, vignette of steam ship in centre, imprint (faint) H.Berger Lit. Payable also in Adelaide (cf Nicholson lot 1631) (see Mira, W.J.D., 'From Riverboat to Iron Horse' MCC, Sydney 1990, p16). Trimmed to border, many folds, creases and tears, stuck down (as usual) to thick backing paper or card, fair and excessively rare, the only known example of this denomination.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,250
Bukkulla Vineyards, McIntyre River, Inverell, one pound, November 29th 1869, No.115, Pay to Boniss, by Messrs. Wyndham/Dalwood Vineyards,/Branxton N.S.W., signed by F.W.Wilkinson, bank rubber stamped, 'Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Inverell', cross cancelled by hand in black ink and written, 'Paid Decr.9/69'. Trimmed, some foxing with pen notations on back, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
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Bukkulla Vineyards, McIntyre River, Inverell, one pound No.230 to Nash, signed Hugh Wyndham November 25/ 1870 cross cancelled, Paid April 11/71 to John Lee & Co N. Maitland (?) imprint De Gruchy & Leigh Sydney (MVR type 1a). Bottom right corner off, otherwise very fine and rare as such.
Estimate $500
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Bank of Commerce, Young, Cooma, [Forbes], (NSW); storekeeper's note in the name of Jacobs & Co., Storekeepers, Cooma for one hundred pounds, numbered 563107. An unusual item previously unreported, faded and in very poor state of preservation and backed onto paper.
Estimate $50
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Burnell & Jones, General Storekeepers, Boulia, one pound No. 1641 (Dec 1st) 189(0), payable at the Queensland National Bank, Rockhampton embossed Queensland Stamp Duty one penny, ink rubber stamped on back Burnell Jones Boulia, tiny handwritten ink note top left corner of back ' y at 04 years passing this'. Faintly crossed in ink on front (MVR p26). A complete note but taped at back and with perforations from folding and handling, otherwise nearly fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $1,500
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