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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
(Ancient coinage), Allen, D.F., The Coins of the Ancient Celts, Edinburgh, 1980; Head, Barclay V., Historia Numorum A Manual of Greek Numismatics, Chicago, 1967 reprint; Mack, R.P., The Coinage of Ancient Britain, London, 1975; Sear, David R., Roman Coins and Their Values, 2nd edition, London, 1974; 4th edition, London, 1988; Seaby, H.A., Roman Silver Coins, Vols I, II, III and IV, London, 1978, 1979, 1969, 1971; Stevenson, Seth W., A Dictionary of Roman Coins, London, 1964. With general wear, good. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Altheim, Franz and Stiehl, Ruth; Porphyrios und Empedokles, Tubingen, M. Niemeyer, 1954, 73pps, 6 plates. Hard cover with leather title, fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Andrews, Arthur., Australasian Tokens and Coins, (1921), 1965 reprint; Mira, W.J.D., & Noble, W.J., The Holey Dollars of New South Wales, A Pictorial Record of Known Surviving Specimens, Sydney 1988, a joint publication of the Australian Numismatic Society and the Mint & Barracks Museum, a division of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Sydney; Hunt Deacon, J., The "Ingots" and "Assay Office Pieces" of South Australia, Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, nd. c.1954, iv + 70 pp., 4 plates; Heyde, Gilbert Christoph, Renniks Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand, Renniks, Unley, South Australia, 1967 First edition, 92pp, illustrated throughout, card covers; Harper, Noel, Tasmanian Passes, Checks and Club Tokens, Hobart, 1985, 78pps.; Mira, Dr. W.J., Coinage and Currency in New South Wales 1788-1829 and An Index of Currency References in The Sydney Gazette 1803-1811, 1981, 206pps; McNeice, Roger V., Coins and Tokens of Tasmania 1803-1910, 1969, 112 pps. Mostly fine. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Andrews, Arthur, Australasian Tokens & Coins, reprint, Sydney, 1965; Carlisle, L.J., Australian Commemorative Medals and Medalets from 1788; Sydney, 1983, signed by author; Crellin, Andrew, The Coinage of Colonial Australia Governor King's Proclamation of 1800, Kogarah, 2004. Good. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Antiques and Collectables, selection of useful references including The Authentic Alan Carter Antiques and Collectables Price Guide 2006 Aust. edn.; Hartink,A.E., Complete Encyclopedia of Knives; Ivanov, Hrdlickova & Gregorova, Complete Encyclopedia of Fossils; Chapman, Leo., Diamonds in Australia, The Fields and the Prospectors; The Illustrated History Encyclopedia Great Civilizations of the East; Andacht, Sandra., Collector's Value Guide to Oriental Decorative Arts, 1997; antique Trader Oriental Antiques & Art, 2003 (Krause Publications); Auction Sale of Chinese Ceramics etc, Beijing, 14 April 2007; Spink, Chinese Jade exhibition catalogue June 1998. Fine or better some as new. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Askew, Gilbert, Coinage of Roman Britain, London, 1951; North, J.J., English Hammered Coins, Vol I, Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, London, 1980; Ryan, V.J.E., Plates; Sotheby & Co, Zurich, Collection of Ancient and Later Coins, The Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Part II Greek Coins from the John Ward Collection, April 1973; Vente Publique 66, Greek and Roman Sale Catalogue, Basle, Oct 1984; De Saulcy, F., Essai de Classification des Monnaies Autonomes de L'Espagne, reprint; Almanzar Al, and Seppa, Dale, Medals of Ecuador, 1972. Used. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Auction catalogues, on Ancient Coins and Antiquities, including The New York Sale, The Prospero Collection, (Spectacular Ancient Greek Coins), Jan 4, 2012 (642 lots, every coin illustrated with enlargements); Artemide Aste auction catalogues, sales 35, 36, 37 and 38 issues 2012-2013 and Antiquities I Auction December 8, 2012; Coins and Antiquities, London Auction sales (11) catalogues issued from December 2010 to February 2014. Mostly as new. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Australian and World coin, banknote, token and phonecard publications, including McDonald, Greg, Australian Coins & Banknotes (8) with some duplication; Renniks Guides (5); World Polymer Banknotes 2005/2006; Raymond, D., Coins and the Story They Tell; Australian and New Zealand Communion Tokens, 1964; Price Gude to Autographs; Christie's Sale Catalogue of Ancient Coins, Oct 1985; The Numismatist and Coin Monthly magazines. Used. (47)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Australiana, books on the 19th century coinage of Australia and New Zealand, includes Mira/Noble, Holey Dollars; Andrews, Australasian Tokens & Coins, 1965 reprint (2); Heyde, Renniks Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand; Mira, Coinage & Currency in NSW 1788-1829; Mira, Holey Dollars of NSW Their Fate; Hunt Deacon, The 'Ingots' and 'Assay Office Pieces' of South Australia; Mira, Dump Classification; McNeice, Coins & Tokens of Tasmania; McNeice Tokens of Tasmania Part I check pieces, passes etc.; together with assorted auctions, lists and magazines from M.R.Roberts, I.S.Wright, Australian Coin Review, Jaggard Coins, B.A. Seaby Ltd., James R. Lawson, MCC, World Coins. Very good - fine. (approx 40)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
(History, mostly on Ancient history), Beazley, Michael,. The World Atlas of Archaelogy 1988; Time-Life, What Life Was Like at the Dawn of Democracy, 1997; Stanley, Steven, M., Earth and Life through Time, 2nd edn., 1989; Reader, John, Man on Earth, a Celebration of Mankind; Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, 1982 edn.; Argolida, Archaelogical Sites and Museums (in the Argolis); Bradley, Pamela., Ancient Greece Using Evidence; Cotterell, Arthur ed., The Penguin Encyclopedia of Classical Civilizations; Barret, Andre., Greece Observed, 1986. Mostly fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40