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Banking, The Bank of Van Diemen's Land, Limited, [2nd July] 188[8], seven shares, No.12, black on pale yellow, embossed seal, imprint 'Mercury' Office, Hobart. With pin holes, folds, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $900
Banking The City of Melbourne Bank Limited, 189[3 in word], seventy six £5 shares, black on buff; together with Bank of Australasia, Melbourne, passbook in the name of J M Holloway Esq, first entry dated 1857, last entry 1862. First item with light horizontal folds, second with foxing to cover, good very fine. (2)
Estimate $140
SOLD $160
Banking, The Colonial Bank of Australasia Limited, 189[3], two hundred and twenty ordinary shares, black print, scrollwork with company coat of arms left side. With pin holes, vertical folds, very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Banking, The Mercantile Bank of Australia Limited, 18[88], one hundred and fifty shares, black print, scrollwork and company logo left side. With pin holes, folds, some foxing to edges, good fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
Banking, Land Mortgage Bank of Victoria Limited, 18[90], eleven £5 shares, black print and scrollwork left side, overprinted 'New Issue 1890' in red top left; together with 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. First item with two pin holes and light folds, second with some foxing, stamps on second item fiscally cancelled, fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Banking, Real Estate Bank Limited, overprinted in red 'The Real Estate Mortgage & Deposit Bank Limited', Melbourne, 18[90], two hundred and forty £5 shares, black print and scrollwork left side; together with receipt for £5, from Mr H.W.Tompkins, 7th August 189[6], being 'in purchase of our claim against Joseph Britton in respect to 11 Promissory Notes drawn by the Australian Alliance Investment Company and endorsed by him', signed by the Liquidator of the Real Estate Mortgage and Deposit Bank Limited, and the eleven Promissory Notes, all dated Melbourne, 189[1], totalling £13,879 and made payable to S.G. King & J.Britten (6) and The Real Estate Mortgage & Deposit Bank Limited (5), duty stamps affixed to all. With pin holes and creases, otherwise fine - to good very fine. (13)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Australia mining, Alpine Gold, Stringers Creek, Victoria, 186[6], five £10 shares, black print, scrollwork left side. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Australia mining, United Poverty Reef, Tarnagulla, Victoria, 18[69], ten £1.10s shares, black print. With pin holes, light folds, very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Australia mining, United Ajax Gold, Campbell's Creek, 188[1], fifty 10s shares, black and red print; Surprise Gold, Redbank, Victoria, 1[899], one hundred £1 shares, blue on white and blue, scrollwork left side; Tina Dyke Gold, Pheasant Creek, Kinglake Vic, 19[02], two hundred and fifty £1 shares, black print, Coat of Arms top centre, with company seal stamped in blue. With pin holes, folds, very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Australia mining, Wyniford River Tin, Blue Tier, North East Coast Tasmania, 188[1 in word], one hundred £1 shares, black print, scrollwork left side; Wilcot Freehold Quartz, Malmsbury, 188[4], one thousand 10/- shares, brown on buff within border, scrollwork left side; Yendon Gold, Moorabool River, Victoria, 189[1], one hundred 10/- shares, black print, scrollwork left side, company seal in pink, brokers stamp top right. With pin holes and light folds, extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Australia mining, South Midas Gold, Ballarat, 18[89], fifty 5/- shares, blue print, scrollwork left side; Mount Drysdale Gold, Cobar, New South Wales, 189[5], ten £1 shares, brown on buff, scrollwork left side; Long Tunnel Extended Gold, 189[9], five £6 shares, black print, scrollwork left side, with brokers stamp top right. With pin holes, two rust spots on last certificate, light folds, very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Australia mining, Victoria and Albert Gold, Whroo, near Rushworth, 188[9], five hundred 10/- shares, black and blue within border; Walhalla Deep Lead Gold, Moondarra, 188[9], thirty £1 shares, black on buff, receipt attached; Victor's North Gold, Woods Point, 189[01], one hundred 5s shares, aqua on buff within border, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Fully Paid' in red. First with 2x10mm tears to top edge and pin holes, second with pin holes, all with light folds, fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Australia mining, South Queen's Birthday Gold, 189[0], fifty 10/- shares, black print within border, with broker's stamp and bank stamp; South Star Company, Sebastopol, 189[6], twenty £2.10.0 shares, black print, scrollwork left side, company stamp in blue, with broker's stamp top right; Stockman Gold, 189[9], thirty 5s shares, black on pink, scrollwork left side. With pin holes and light folds, some foxing to edges, fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Australia Mining, Russells Reef Consols Gold, Lauriston, Victoria, 18[90], one hundred 10/- shares, brown print, vignette of mining scene top centre; Tingha Consolidated Tin, Tingha, New South Wales, 190[6], one hundred 10/- shares, black print, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Fully paid up / Preferential' in blue; North Australian Exploration, 191[2], one £10 share, blue on buff, scrollwork left side; Radium Hill Company, 19[13], one £10 share, mauve print, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Contributing' in red; Oxide Creek Limited, Mount Oxide, Queensland, 191[3], black on buff, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Fully Paid' in red; Lode Hill Tin, Cooktown, Queensland, 191[5], one hundred 10s shares, blue print, scrollwork left side; Tingha Tin, Tingha, N.S.W., 192[4], one hundred £1 shares, blue print, scrollwork left side; Mount Battery Tin, Torrington, New South Wales, 192[8], one hundred 10/- shares, blue print; Silver Mountain Mining, Pine Creek, Northern Territory, 192[8], one hundred 10/- shares, brown on grey, scrollwork left side; Great Boulder Mining, 19[35 typed], Adelaide Register, one hundred 5/- shares, brown on buff; Consolidated Gold Areas, 19[39 typed], one hundred 4/- shares, burgundy print and border; New Butlers Tin, Torington, N.S.W., 194[0], one hundred 10/- shares, black on green; Mountain View Gold, 19[49 typed], one hundred 4/- shares, black and gold on buff, scrollwork left side; Blue Spec Mining, 19[51 typed], one hundred 5/- shares, brown on yellow; Shaw River Alluvials, [5/8/55 typed], one hundred 5/- shares, burgundy print. Some with pin holes and light folds, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Australia mining, Great Crown Criss Gold, Rushworth, 18[90], one hundred 10/- shares, black on pink, overprinted 'Paid Up' in red, company seal in blue; Cassilis Gold, Cassilis, Gippsland, 190[5], fifty 10/- shares, red on buff, scrollwork left side; Maori Queen Propreitary Gold Dredging, Ovens Valley, Harrietville, 190[7], one £20 share, brown print, scrollwork left side; Long Tunnel Gold, Walhalla, 191[4], one hundred 10s shares, grey print, scrollwork left side; Cock's Pioneer Gold and Tin, 191[6], fifty £1 shares, brown print, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Fully Paid' in red; Wymah Wolfram, 191[7], £5 debenture, blue on buff, scrollwork left side; Ballarat East Development, 1934[5], one £10 share, blue print, overprinted 'Contributing' in red; Pacific Gold, 1935, one £10 share, black on yellow, scrollwork left side; Lancefield (W.A.) Gold, 193[5], one hundred 4/- shares, black on aqua; Dailsy Hill Alluvials, 193[5], one £5 share, black on grey, overprinted 'Vendor's Share Fully Paid' in red; East Gippsland Gold, Bruthen, Victoria, 193[6], one £5 share, blue on aqua, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Fully Paid' in red; Misima Limited, 193[6], one £10 share, brown on brown; Bendigo Mines, 19[37], one hundred 15/- shares, brown on buff, scrollwork left side; Milano Gold, 1939, one £10 share, brown on green; Morning Star (C.M.A.) Mines, 1955, one hundred 4/- shares, brown on yellow, scrollwork leftside; Mount Isa Mines, Canberra Register, 1966, one hundred 50c shares, black on pink; Chrome Alluvials, 19[87], one hundred £1 shares, black on grey, overprinted 'Ordinary' in red, company seal in blue. Some with pin holes, light folds, very fine. (17)
Estimate $170
SOLD $220
Australia mining, Silver Success, Mount Dundas, 189[1], one hundred £1 shares, brown print, scrollwork left side; Round Hill Silver, 189[2], sixty £5 shares, black print, scrollwork left side; Long Tunnel Extended Gold, 190[5], five £6 shares, black print, scrollwork left side. With pin holes, light folds, two rusts spots on last certificate, good fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Australia mining, Shenandoah Gold, New Chum and Belle Vue Reefs, Sandhurst, 189[5], fifty £3 shares, black print; Rokewood Norman Gold, 189[6], one hundred 10/- shares, blackprint, with broker's stamp top right; South Pride and Stringer Creek Gold, Yackandandah, 189[6], one hundred 5/- shares, blue on pink. With pin holes, light folds, very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Australia mining, Mount Drysdale Gold, 189[5], ten £1 shares, brown on buff, scrollwork left side; Tingha Consolidated Tin, Tingha, New South Wales, 190[6], one hundred 10/- shares, black print, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Fully Paid up/Preferential' in blue; North Australian Exploration, 191[2], one £10 share, blue on buff, scrollwork left side; Oxide Creek Limited, Mount Oxide, Queensland, 191[3], one hundred 5/- shares, black on buff, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Fully Paid' in red; Radium Hill Company, 19[13], one £10 share, mauve print, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Contributing' in red; Lode Hill Tin, Cooktown, Queensland, 191[4], one hundred 10s shares, blue print, scrollwork left side; Tingha Tin, Tingha, N.S.W., 192[1], ten £1 shares, blue on buff, scrollwork left side; Mount Battery Tin, Torrington, New South Wales, 192[8], one hundred 10/- shares, blue print; Silver Mountain Mining, 192[8], one hundred 10/- shares, brown on blue within border, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Fully Paid' in red; Georgetown Gold, Queensland, 1934, one hundred 10/- shares, grey on grey; Great Boulder Mining and Finance, 19[35], one hundred 5/- shares, brown on buff; Consolidated Gold Areas, 19[39], one hundred 4/- shares, red on buff within ornate border; New Butlers Tin, 194[0], one hundred 10/- shares, black on green; Mountain View Gold, 19[49], one hundred 4/- shares, gold and black on grey within border, scrollwork left side; Shaw River Alluvials, 5/8/55, one hundred 5/- shares, red on pink; Blue Spec Mining, 19[51], one hundred 5/- shares, brown on yellow; Australasian Mining Corporation, 1968, one hundred 20c shares, black on blue. Some with pin holes, light folds, fine - good very fine. (17
Estimate $170
Passed in
Australia mining, Who Can Tell Gold, Eaglehawk, Bendigo, 189[6], one hundred 5s shares, blue print, scrollwork left side, with three broker's stamps; Watson's Reward Gold, Donnelly's Creek, Gippsland, 189[6], one hundred 5/- shares, blue on blue and buff, scrollwork left side; Walhalla & Toomboon United Gold, Aberfeldy District, Gippsland, 188[7], one hundred 2/6 shares, black on buff, company seal in red. First with pin holes and two rust spots, all with light folds, fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Australia mining, Glenfine Extended Gold, Pitfield Plains, 189[7], one hundred 5s shares, green and red within border, with five broker's stamps; Horn Island Gold, 1900, £2 debenture, black print within border; Federal Convention Gold Reefs, 190[2], fifty 10s shares, black on aqua with border; Standard Quarries, 191[1], one hundred £1 shares, blue on blue with border, overprinted 'Ordinary' in red; Cock's Pioneer Gold and Tin, 191[6], fifty £1 shares, brown print, scrollwork left side, overprinted 'Fully Paid' in red; Tower Hill Consolidated, 192[3], fifty £1 shares, black on pink; Preston Quarries, 192[9], fifty £1 shares, black on cream, scrollwork left side; Gold Mines Development, 193[2], one hundred 5/- shares, brown on buff; South Red White and Blue Gold, Bendigo, 19[33], one hundred 10s shares, blue print, scrollwork left side; Westralian Gold Development, 193[4], one £5 share, black on green, scrollwork left side; Wiluna Ajax Gold, 193[6], one hundred 5/- shares, brown on grey, scrollwork left side; Glen Patrick Alluvials, Elmhurst, Victoria, 193[5], one hundred 20/- shares, blue on brown; East Reefs Consolidated, 1935, one £10 share, black on pink, overprinted 'Fully Paid' in red; Illabarook Alluvial Mines, 19[37], one hundred 10/- shares, black on aqua; Edna May (W.A.) Amalgamated Gold, 1938, one hundred 5/- shares, grey on buff (2); Evanston Gold, 1947, one hundred 4/- shares, blue on grey with border; Whippet Consolidated, 19[51], one hundred 1/- shares, black on cream. Most with pin holes, light folds, very fine. (18)
Estimate $180
Passed in
Victoria, The Melbourne Patent Stearine Candle Company Limited, one £300 share, issued to Adalbert Kruge of Melbourne, signed by Henry Henty and Frederick Lamb as Directors, dated 3rd January 1866 (date written in words); together with certificate of transfer, from Adalbert Kruge to James Graham of Melbourne, dated 10th May, 186[6]; and Memorandum and Articles of Association of 'The Melbourne Patent Stearine Candle Company Limited', twenty pages printed on vellum, signed by the twelve subscribers including Henry Henty, Herbert James Henty, Adalbert Kruge, James Graham, Frederick Lamb, dated 27th November 1865. First and second items with pin holes and creases, third with vertical centre fold and some foxing to front and back cover, otherwise very fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $600
Passed in
Victoria, Storage & Contracting Company Limited, Melbourne, 18[88 in words], one hundred and ninety £1 shares, black print, scrollwork left side, vignette of horse and dray top centre; another, overprinted Latrobe Bond and Free Stores Limited, 1[9 overprinted in word][49 handwritten in words], for one hundred £1 shares. First with two pin holes, second with pencil annotations in top margin, both with light folds, very fine. (2)
Estimate $140
SOLD $120
Sundry, Victoria Brewing Malting & Distilling Co Ltd, 188[8], fifty £2 shares, black print, scrollwork left side, vignette of Queen Victoria centre top and centre left side; Melbourne Co-operative Brewery, 19[61], one hundred 10/- shares, black on green; Carlton Brewery Limited, 1970 new issue, Melbourne register, one hundred and sixty $1 shares, black print; ANZ (2), London register, 05/08/93 & 12/02/94, black on blue and white. First two with tears to edges along fold lines, all with pin or punch holes and folds, fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Sundry, Yea Dairy Company, 189[2], ten 10s shares, black on grey, scrollwork left side, overwritten 'paid up' in red; Colonel North Mines & Railway Company, Zeehan, Tasmania, [1901], one hundred 10/- shares, black print, scrollwork left side, vignette of railway engine centre top; Pomeroy Smoke Consumer & Fuel Economiser, 191[1], one £10 share, black on buff, scrollwork left side; Western District Steamship Company, 19[12], twelve thousand four hundred and ninety seven £1 shares, issued to Howard Smith Company Limited of Melbourne, black print, scrollwork left side, perforated 'cancelled' twice across signature field; Edithvale Boat Club, 1918, £1 debenture, black print. With pin holes and light folds, good very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Sundry, William Dawson Company, Ballarat, 191[1], one £1 share, black print, overprinted 'Fully Paid Up' in red; Woods-Little Stone Dresser limited (2), 191[1], one £5 share, red and black on pink; Marshall Shoe Company, 19[18], fifty 7/- shares, black print with border; Surrey Engine and Boiler Works, 19[20], £10 debenture, blue print; Union Tablet Company, 19[23], £10 first mortgage debenture, blue on aqua; Internal Combustion Fuel Company, 19[22], one hundred £1 shares, black print; Yates & Co (Australia), Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, 192[4], five hundred £1 shares, black print, overprinted 'Ordinary' in red; Timor Petroleum, Timor, 192[8], fifty five £1 shares, black on buff; Perkins & Co Limited, 19[28], two hundred 15/- shares, blue print; Tasmanite Shale Oil, 192[8], one hundred £1 shares, blue on aqua and cream; Roma Oil, 19[30], thirty £1 shares, black print; South Australian Oil Corporation, 19[31], one hundred 2/- shares, brown on buff; N.Z. Perpetual Forests, 19[33], nine hundred and seventy six £1 shares, blue and orange on cream, overprinted 'Contributing Shares' in orange; Golden Fleece (Cracow), 193[2], one hundred 5/- shares, black on grey; Oil Search Limited, 195[9], one hundred 5/- shares, black on green; Cox Brothers (Australia), 1963, two hundred 5/- shares, blue and red on grey; Enterprise of New Guinea Gold and Petroleum, 19[65], one hundred shares, black on grey; Exoil, 7-3-69, one hundred 50c shares, black print. With pin or punch holes, light folds, fine - very fine. (18)
Estimate $180
Passed in
Tasmania, Tasmanian Government, Debenture for £100, No.898, Hobart Town, 31st October 1867, Coat of Arms top centre, blue print and ornate border with 'Paid' overstamped twice in red in signature fields; Treasury Bill, for £1,000, No.589, Hobart, 8th December, 1892, black print, overstamped 'Paid' in signature field, with one pound and five shillings embossed duty stamps top left; Commonwealth of Australia, Treasury Bond for $20, 14th February, 1966, 5-%, repayable 15th November, 1987, orange, 270x143mm. With folds, pin holes, staining on second, very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
World, China, Country Club, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, 1901, debenture for one hundred taels Shanghai sycee, blue and red print, blue border; Ceylon, Ceylon Company of Pearl Fishers Limited, 190[7], one hundred 1/- deferred shares, red print and scrollwork at left; South Africa, Victory Diamonds Limited, 19[19], Johannsburg, one hundred 1/- shares, green on grey, scrollwork left side. With spike or pin holes, light folds and creases, fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Spain, Fomento Agricola de Mallorca, Palma, 1896, tercera emision, 25 pesetas, black on buff, ornate border top and left side, vignette of Conte de Montenegro within oval frame top left, with coupons attached some overstamped 'pagado'. With folds, some foxing, two small holes along centre vertical fold line, fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90