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Earl of Rothes documents, 1440-1609, a collection of Scottish documents mostly on vellum and spanning two centuries, mostly written in Latin and with some details written on the back in Scottish Gaelic, includes; 1) Dated, Last March 1440, with drawn Notary Mark, details unknown. 2) 11 May 1461 relating to the lands of Fetterairn or Balmain previously charted to Sir George Leslie of Rothes by the Earl of Ross; with drawn Notary Mark. 3) 8 April 1479 with drawn Notary Mark, details unknown. 4) 12 February 1487 with drawn Notary Mark, details unknown. 5) 2 March 1506 Warrant by King James the 4th to William Leslie, brother germane to George Early of Rothes and others within named to take care of the said Earle and prevent his squandering the Estate of Rothes. 6) 19 April 1575 resignation of claim as Sherriff of Fife by Lord Lindsay of the Byres in favour of Earl of Rothes, with two drawn Notary Marks. 7) 20 November 1609 grant of Andrew Earl of Rothes to John Leslie of Kinninowy of the lands of Conraick, Clay Pots, Fishertown. 8) 11 November 1623 being an act in a reduction at the Earl of Rothes instance and Ramsay of Balmain and others for production of all writs relating to the lands of Fethus and Balmain. 9) December 1692-March 17 1693 statement of account for listed purchases bought for the use of the young Lords. 10) 7 June 1702 Burgos Bill of the Burgh of Burntisland for the Earl of Rothes (Burntisland was a former royal burgh in Fife). 11) 21 January 1829 gift of the Sherriffship of Fife to George Earle of Rothes. 12) Undated, unidentified partial document in Latin. 13) Leather document holder with crowned R in left front corner (Rothes??). A rare collection of documents for nobility, the document holder loose around edges in places otherwise fine, the documents mostly very fine. (14)
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,200
Scotland, 1 September 1595, Sasine (record of ownership) proceeding on a precept of the Chancery for installing Thos Oliphant as heir in Special to Geo Oliphant, his grandfather, written in Latin on vellum and with drawn Notary Mark. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Scotland, 16 February 1601, Sasine (record of ownership) of the lands of Baniliro in favour of George Scott, written in Latin on vellum and with two drawn Notary Marks. Some age spotting, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Great Britain, Indenture for lease of a cottage with surrounding grounds and quarry at Bisley, Gloucester by William Workman of Bisley, Gloucester from John Stephens of Stroud, Gloucester, dated 18 February 1735, signed and sealed and with affixed duty stamp. Age toning, otherwise very fine and a scarce document from reign of King George II.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Butterflies and moths, 1740, engravings by August Johann Rosel von Rosenhof, 40 coloured plates stuck in a plain page book, first page with engraved plate, Der Insecten Belustigung (The Insect Merriment), Zweyter Theil (German Edition), together with hand written index for Vols 1-3, inside cover with bookplate of John Thomas Stanley Esq of Alderley. Covers loose, some ageing to paper, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Napoleon's wartime letter, to General Baraguay D'Hilliers, December 19, 1796, an original reproduction tastefully and professionally framed together with photo of Napoleon and English translation of the letter, marked 311/1000 with accompanying folder containing certificate, also numbered 311/1000. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
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Original documents for the British occupation of Senegal, 1809, include; 1. Article of Capitulation, three pages written in French, setting out the nine conditions of surrender by the French, signed personally at 11am, 13 July 1809 by John Huddle (acting as Aide-de-Campe and possessing Full Power from Commodore Columbine, Commanding the Naval, and Major Charles William Maxwell, commanding the Land Forces of His Britannic Majesty, employed in the expedition against the Colony of Senegal, on the one part and M.Degrigny, Commissary of Marine, Administrator in Chief of Senegal, and M.Durecu, Merchant, possessing Full Powers from M.Levasseur, Commandant of Senegal, for the surrender of the Island of St Louis and its Dependencies on the other part; also signed by E H Columbine, commanding the Squadron of His Britannic Majesty, and C W Maxwell, Major of Infantry, Commanding His Britannic Land Forces; and at the end, viewed and ratified by the interim Commander-in-Chief Levallent. 2. Draft of a letter by Capt E.H.Columbine H.M. sloop Derwent off Senegal, July 20th 1809 to The Honourable W W Pole, Admiralty, giving a detailed account of the capture of Senegal, being five foolscap size pages with corrections and various other adjustments and additions to original text, as well as details of the British and French flotillas in the margins and appears to be removed from a journal or log book; written in the hand of and signed by E H Columbine. 3. Proclamation from Commander Columbine and Major Maxwell at Goree to the inhabitants of Senegal, being two handwritten documents, one in French and one in English, both of two pages, advising the inhabitants that the impending Occupation of Senegal is not directed against them but rather to relieve them from the oppression of French control so that their businesses can once again prosper without the heavy tax burdens but also stating that those aiding the French will be treated with all the rigours of war, property confiscated and themselves imprisoned. These are important, historic, and rare documents in very fine condition.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,900
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 $50
SOLD $40
Lord Byron, signature on part of a letter written from Genoa and indicating a possible trip to Greece, signature at end as Noel Byron, dated Genoa May 29th 1823. Foxing, some splits around edges, ink signature clear, fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $600
Banking related: The Champion and Sunday Review of Politics, Literature and the Arts, No 273, Monday March 20, 1818, price 10d, pp193-208, printed and published by R.D.Richards, No 1 Catherine Street, Strand. On page 195, 'A Banking-House at Botany Bay' 24 lines of text. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Colony of Victoria, Miner's Right issued to be in force until 5 August 1864, No.97. With folds, punch holes, piece of bottom right corner missing, foxing and staining around edges, otherwise good.
Estimate $200
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Colony of Victoria, Miner's Right issued to J.H.Abbott, to be in force until 21 August 1865, No.23. With folds, pin holes, small tear to centre fold line, some foxing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Queensland, Miner's Right, issued to John Wild under the provisions of the Act of Parliament 20 Victoria, No 29, to be in force until June 12th 1869, issued at Wide Bay on June 12th 1868, No.16944, signed by Commissioner H.R.King, blue print on vellum, overstamped '96'. With quarter folds and four punch holes in centre, some foxing on back, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Province of Auckland, miner's right, District of Hauraki, 25th Sept 1871, printed No.2601 and upright £1:0:0, black print on plain cloth. Very good and rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $470
Victoria Miner's Right, Ballarat, No,217, 2s/6d, 30 March 1900 - 29 March 1901, to Abraham Greenwood, back marked with Residence Area held by virtue of Miner's Right as March 13/95 Kent Street off Pleasant Street, Ballarat. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Territory of New South Wales, Land Grant by Purchase of a Town Lot in the County of St Vincent, Parish of Broulee, to William Hindson and Henry Eldred Hindson of Maitland, 18th March 1841, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir George Gipps. Some foxing and creasing to edges, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Colony of Victoria, Land Grant by Purchase of a Town Lot in the County of Dalhousie, Parish of Pyalong, to Hodson Clarke Peters, 19th September 1854, on vellum, signed and sealed by Lieutenant Governor Sir Charles Hotham. Some foxing and creasing to edges, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Colony of Victoria, Land Grant by Purchase of a Town Lot in the County of Ripon, Parish of Ararat, to Gustave Adolph Rubert, 31st August 1858, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly. Seal cracked, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
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 $70
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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 $50
Passed in
Colony of Victoria, a group of documents, dated 1868 to 1874, relating to The Polynesia Company Limited, Melbourne and Fiji, including share certificate, issued to Samuel Amess of Melbourne, dated 15th Febry 18[69], for twenty £2 shares, black on white, vignette of palm trees and island plants left side; Land Warrant (2), in the name of Samuel Amess, No.s 568 and 569, both for one hundred and sixty acres of land in Fiji; Amended Prospectus, listing J.S.Butters and Samuel Amess as provisional directors of the company; Mortgage, between The Polynesia Company Limited and James S.Butters, dated 5th Feby 1875; Extension of time for payment of mortgage debt and further security, to Samuel Amess, 18th June 1875; Agreement; Conveyances (5), including one between Ralu Golea Tui Cakau and The Polynesia Company Limited; hand drawn coloured maps (2) showing the Company's allotments in Fiji; Form of Application for shares; Alterations to Constitution; letters and receipts (11); most documents are handwritten on vellum. With foxing to some documents, folds and creases, otherwise fine - good very fine. (28 items)
Estimate $3,000
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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 $40
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Victoria, Certificate of Conversion, 189[7], for three thousand one hundred and ninety pounds of Victorian Government four percent Stock, inscribed to Harry Emmerton; another, for one thousand and fifty pounds; together with Premier Permanent Building, Land & Investment Association, investor's books (2), one for Mr H.Emmerton, the other for Mr Chas Emmerton, both commencing 30/11/85, and a letter to Mr Harry Emmerton to advise the debt claimed by him in relation to the Premier Permanent Building, Land and Investment Association has been allowed by the Judge in the Supreme Court. First two items with pen notations, pin holes and light horizontal folds, booklets with loose spines, very fine. (5)
Estimate $120
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Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company, share certificate no.506 for £20, 12 October 1852, named to Thomas Baring Esq., with impressed seal. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Mariners Register Ticket, No.508,2[46], issued in the Port of Glasgow on 20 December 1857, to Thomas Aiton, born in Hamilton, 11 June 1832, blue print. With folds and creases, staining on back and around edges, fair.
Estimate $150
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Houlder Brothers & Company, London, third class passengers' contract ticket, issued to Christopher Cecil Hanson, aged 35, to sail on the 'Ellora' leaving London for Melbourne, 20th June 186[82], ticket No.4157, black and red print on blue, scrollwork left side, vignette of Company logo top left, includes details of the quantities of water and provisions to be issued daily to each passenger. With one small hole and folds consistent with being housed in a wallet or pocket, good fine.
Estimate $800
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Victoria, Melbourne Harbour Trust, plans (2), detailing improvements as recommended by Sir John Coode in his report of 17th Feby 1879, the first (90x74cm) a General Plan, Shewing (sic) Harbour Improvements, with Hobsons Bay, Williamstown, Sandridge Flats, Footscray, Melbourne, Emerald Hill, Sandridge, St Kilda; the second (58x125cm) a Detail Plan, Shewing (sic) Proposed Floating Dock and Improvements in the Yarra River, with the Yarra River and surrounds from Sandridge Flats to Swanston Street, detailing proposed sites for wool stores, warehouses, sheds, timber yards, store yard depots, proposed channel and sluice and future rectification of river line. Both plans in black, blue and red print on buff, printed by Thomas Kell, Lith. 40 King Street, Covent Garden. Heavy folds, some foxing, small and large tears appear on both plans, fair. (2)
Estimate $100
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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 $180
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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 $150
SOLD $190
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 $100
SOLD $70