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Victoria sundry, The Polynesia Company Limited, Melbourne and Fiji, [5th May] 18[69], twenty £2 shares, black on white, vignette of palm trees and island plants left side. With light creases, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
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Australia, The Standard Publishing Company Pty Ltd, booksellers, publishers and fine art dealers, Melbourne, 19[22 typed], a certificate for five shillings to be used as payment or part payment on any purchase of their Standard Books, No.4716A, green and orange within border, vignette of emu and kangaroo left side. With folds and creases, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Australia banking, The Federal Bank of Australia Limited, [5 Feby] 189[1], four hundred £5 shares, black on white, scrollwork left side, brokers stamp in blue top right corner. With light fold and creases, pin holes, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australia banking, Real Estate Mortgage and Deposit Bank, 189[1], one hundred £5 shares, black on white, scrollwork left side. Light folds, pin holes, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Belgium, Eclairage Electrique de St Petersbourg share warrant, Belgium 1897, No.7244 and 16153, each for 250 francs both with three interest coupons attached; Societe d'Electricite D'Odessa Societe Anonyme share warrant (green), Belgium 1910, No.10346, for 100 francs with 24 interest coupons attached; another identical being a no par value share warrant (brown), No.40458, for 100 francs with 25 interest coupons; The Russian General Oil Corporation share warrant, 1913, No.C21757, for 25 fully paid shares with 15 interest coupons attached, with liquidator's stamps on front. A few with creases and edge split or paper loss at edge, especially the third, otherwise fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $70
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China, Country Club, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, 1901, debenture for one hundred taels Shanghai sycee, blue and red print, blue border; South Africa, Victory Diamonds Limited, 19[20], Johannesburg, one hundred 1/- shares, green on white, scrollwork left side. Light folds and creases, pin holes, fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Russia, bond certificates, collection of various issues from 1880-1908, many with some interest rate coupons attached, all different; together with a Russian Government, Banque Fonciere de la Noblesse, renewal of coupon sheet No.49457, dated 1930. Some with paper loss or splits and creases, overall fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $180
SOLD $100
World debentures, including Costa Rica, The Costa Rica Railway Company, second debenture of £100, 188[9], black on white and pink within ornate black border, portrait vignette top centre; China, Government of the Chinese Republic, Railway 8% Equipment Loan of 1922, for £20/Frs1200, black on blue and white within ornate blue border, vignette of steam train top centre, coupons attached; Chinese Government 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan of 1913, for £20/Frs505, black on orange and buff within ornate orange border, with scenic vignettes top centre and sides, coupons attached; Government of the Chinese Republic, 5% Gold Loan of 1913 for the Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway, £20 bond, black on green and white within ornate blue border, coupons attached; Belgium, Compagnie Generale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine, Societe Anonyme, 1913, black print within ornate brown border, scenic vignettes of China top centre; Le Grande Bazar de la Place Saint-Lambert, Liege, 1944, black, burgundy and green on buff, vignette of Grand Bazar building lower centre, coupons attached. All with light folds, creases, coupons missing, fourth debenture with taped repairs to coupons, good - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $850
Great Britain, Game Duty Certificate D, for a person not being a Game-keeper, for the year 1825 for the Division of Gore in the County of Middlesex, issued to The Rev William Drury residing in the Parish of Harrow on the Hill in the said County, signed by William S. Tootell, Clerk to the Commissioner for Taxes; also Appointment Document of George III, with one pound ten shillings duty stamp affixed, all details faded to near invisible. Good very fine; good. (2)
Estimate $100
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Great Britain Conveyance, of a plot of land at Cliff-Bank in the Parish of Stoke upon Trent in the County of Stafford from F.W.Tomlinson Esquire to Mr Richard Davis and his Trustee, dated 23rd and 25th of March 1839, signed and witnessed, with relevant duty stamps, all on parchment. Fine.
Estimate $70
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Weekly Dispatch newspapers, published at 139 Fleet Street, London, edition 2754 Sunday Oct 8, 1854, edition 2755 Sunday Oct 15, 1854 and edition 2761 Sunday Nov 26, 1854 + Supplement. Creases folds, toning, loss of paper around edges, very good. (4)
Estimate $40
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Territory of New South Wales, Land Grant by Purchase of a Town Allotment by auction in the town of Broulee, County of St Vincent, by William Hindson and Henry Eldred Hindson, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir George Gipps, 31st March 1841. With folds and some foxing on bottom edge, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Colony of Victoria, Leases, for premises in Brunswick Street, Collingwood, between William Middleton Tennent and James Blackburn, 7th October 1853; another, between Francis Bryant and William Middleton Tennent, 9th September 1852; 15 year lease between James Westwood and William Trollope, 10th July 1850; between William Trollope and Francis Bryant, 10th January 1852, first, second and third handwritten on vellum. With some foxing, very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Colony of Victoria, Lease of Land, of two hundred and seventy eight acres and twenty six perches of agricultural land in the County of Dundas, Parish of Redruth to Thomas McKnight Hamilton, overseer of Belfast, on vellum, signed and sealed by Sir Charles Henry Darling, 23rd August 1865. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Colony of Victoria, Land Grant by Purchase, of twenty two acres and two roods in the County of Bourke, Parish of Bulla Bulla to Arthur Mallow of Bulla, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor John Henry Thomas Viscount Canterbury, 13th August 1872. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Colony of Victoria, Land Grant by Purchase, of one hundred and twelve acres two roods in the County of Grenville, Parish of Wurrook to Thomas Russell of Inverleigh, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 13th May 1862; together with conveyance for part of the land to William Elder, dated 31st December 1866. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Colony of Victoria, Grant of Watercourse, on land in Carlton, between Patrick Sheil and Christopher Joseph Glynn both of Carlton, handwritten on vellum, 13th April 1866; Certificate of Title, on a parcel of land in the Parish of Mildura, to Henry Rix, 4th May 1891, on vellum, with a one pound duty stamp affixed; Mortgage of land, in the Parishes of Lexington and Moyston, between William Durham Clarke of Lexington and The Honourable Sir William John Clarke of Rupertswood, Sunbury, 15th June 1894, with one penny duty stamp affixed. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
USA, Copy of the Charter of the T.C.Williams Company, signed and sealed by Joseph T Lawless secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with attached certification with detached seal and ribbon of Chas. T.O'Ferral Governor of Virginia, 1st February 1894; Extract from Deed of Conveyance (2), in relation to the firm of Thomas C Williams & Co, 30th July 1894; Extract from the By Laws of the T.C.Williams Company, 31st May 1890; letters (2) regarding trade marks, 2nd July 1894; Minutes regarding apointment of W.H.Calder of Melbourne (Australia) as agent for the Company in Australia, 2nd November 1891. With some foxing, fine - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
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Historische Remarques ber neuesten Sachen in Europa, 24 July 1703, p233 and reverse p240 of a printed and regularly published journal, the first page features an image and details of King Charles I English crown of 1645 with description, matted and framed under glass (approx 29x33cm), with journal page visible front and back. Journal paper toned, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $60
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Captain Cook's First Voyage lithograph, A Native of Otaheite, in the Dress of his Country, (approx 20.5x26.5cm), by S. Parkinson, engraved by R.B. Godfrey Sc., being plate 3 from Sydney Parkinson's expedition journal, 'A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the Endeavour, first published posthumously in 1773, matted and framed under glass (approx40.5x47cm). Foxing on print, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
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Captain Cook's First Voyage lithograph, A Woman & a Boy, Natives of Otaheite, in the Dress of that Country, (approx 20.5x26.5cm), by S. Parkinson, engraved by T. Chambers Sc., being plate 5 from Sydney Parkinson's expedition journal, 'A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the Endeavour, first published posthumously in 1773, matted and framed under glass (approx40.5x47cm). Foxing on print, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
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Captain Cook's Third Voyage lithograph, A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite, by J. Webber, the drawing featuring Tahitians with Captain James Cook assembled at the sacrifical scene with some of his men, lithograph in b&w by W. Woollett, (approx 47.5x27cm) and with frame (approx 65x45cm), matted and timber framed under UV protection glass. Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
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Captain Cook's Third Voyage lithograph, An Offering before Capt Cook, in the Sandwich Islands, by J. Webber, The Landscape Eng. By Middiman, The Figures by Hall, the drawing featuring the local inhabitants with Captain James Cook with some of his men assembled at a village meeting, lithograph in b&w (approx 38x24cm) and with frame (approx 57x42cm), matted and timber framed under UV protection glass. A few scrapes on frame, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $60
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Captain Cook's Third Voyage lithograph, The Reception of Captain Cook in Hapaee, (Tonga) by J. Webber, Heath sculp., the drawing featuring a gathering of local inhabitants in a circle watching a traditional combat match, with village structures, English sailors talking to village women and other daily routines of village life, lithograph in b&w (approx 39x24cm) and with frame (approx 57x42cm), matted and timber framed under UV protection glass. Very fine.
Estimate $60
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World map, 1776, A Chart shewing (sic) The Track of the Centurion round the World, engraved by H. Gavin, features the course of Anson's world circumnavigation beginning in 1740 when he set sail in command of a squadron sent to attack Spanish possessions and interests in South America, lithograph matted and timber framed under glass (approx 57x39.5cm). A few scuffs on frame, lithograph has dropped slightly in frame exposing the unevenly cut top edge and tape used to hold it in position, foxing on edge of matting, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $160
Van Diemen's Land chart, in b&w (approx 37.5x22.5cm), lithograph by T. Bowen, sculp., published in London c1793, features three coastal profiles namely, View of Van Diemen's Land over Fluted Cape, when South Cape bears NNE 1/2 E distant 7 miles; View of the Land over Fluted Cape when Penguin Island bears NWbW 1 1/2 mile distant; View of Van Diemen's Land when the Mewstone bears N 1/2 E distant 5 miles; this is a nautical chart of the coast of Tasmania from S.W. Cape to Maria's Isles showing the track of the Resolution on Captain Cook's third voyage in 1777 with relief shown pictorially and depth shown by bathymetric soundings, matted and framed under glass (approx 53x37cm). A few faint foxing spots on map and an edge tear on the border but not affecting the map, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
New South Wales map, (approx 34x26cm), published Jan 4 1828 by Samuel Arrowsmith, No. 10 Soho Square, London, features relief shown by hachures and spot heights, includes explorers' routes, also description of topography and boundaries of nine Counties in colour, matted and framed under glass (51x43cm). A few areas of light foxing, otherwise very fine and a scarce early Colonial map.
Estimate $350
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Carte Des Isles Britanniques, map of the British Isles with the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland divided into provinces and counties, with supplement for the Orkney and Shetland Islands, by Robert De Vaugondy after Thomas Kitchin printed by C.F.Delamarch, undated (1800s), in colour, approx 53x71cm with 1.5x2.5cm borders. Foxing and two tears of 2cm on edge, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $30
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New Zealand map, Carte de la Nouvelle-Zelande pour servir au Voyage pittoresque autour du Monde par M. d'Urville 1835 (map of New Zealand for use in the scenic trip around the world by M. d'Urville in 1835), drawn and engraved by Ambroise Tardieu, in b&w (approx 23.5x34cm), shows north and south islands with Maori names of Ile Ika - Na - Mawi and Ile Tawai - Pounamou, matted and framed under glass (approx 39x51.5cm). A few spots of foxing and folds, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $280
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Map of southern Asia, Indian Ocean and the western side of Australia, this includes Colony of West Australia and Colony of North Australia, engraved by J. & C. Walker, published, London : Charles Knight, Jany 1st 1852, size (approx 34x41cm), in b&w with relief shown by hachures. Very fine.
Estimate $70
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