Catalogue
Documents to R.Welby, Fitter, Australasian Society of Engineers NSW Branch member's card, 16 Dec 1919 with one receipt; Society Rules and Regulations book, 1917; Pence Card (Annual Dues) for 1913 (blue), 1914 (red); New South Wales Government Railways and Tramways Electrical Branch Annual Picnic, Family Ticket, September 18th, 1905; Tracing of portion 56 in the Parish of Termeil County of St Vincent applied for by Arthur E. Charles Welby, surveyed 21st July 1886, stamped by Land Board Office Sydney; also AMP Society annual bonus certificate for 1919 year for one hundred pounds to J S White; various horse racing betting tickets, noted tickets from A.Negus and Bill Langham (14). Mostly fine - very fine. (22)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Italy, hand signed and printed document in Latin, with seal and title of Cardinal Respighi, Archpriest of the Basilica of St John Lateran, believed to be in relation to some religious relics, dated 11 January 1911. Eight folds and paper splits on some, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
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Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW Govt. Tramways tickets for 1d, 2d, 3d (2 types), 4d, 6d, 7d, 8d, 9d, 10d, a well matched complete set. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Dept of Road Transport & Tramways, NSW, a large collection of staff tickets from many different tramlines includes Narrabeen Line (3); Neutral Bay Line (4); Northbridge Line (3); Taronga Park Line (4); other lines include Lane Cove, La-Perouse, Watsons Bay (6), Waverley-Randwick (3), Zetland, Dowling Street to Waterloo Junction (8), Waratah (2), Wallsend Line (4), all tickets different for use to different junctions, depots, loops, terminus, avenues etc. Very fine - uncirculated, a rare group. (39)
Estimate $170
Passed in
Australian and world transportation tickets, includes tram, bus, ferry, train, also some admission tickets; Sydney Harbour Bridge toll tickets, and Sunday surcharge red 'S' plus a ten page small notebook titled 'My Ticket Album' noted, London Transport 'Last Tram Week July 1952' ticket included. A wide selection, mostly fine - extremely fine. (378)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Transport photographs, a collection of railways and ferries, black and white photos featuring Queanbeyan Station, Wellington, Binalong and Belmore Stations (last) Broadhurst, another unidentified; Western Endeavour, first steam train to cross Australia from Sydney to Perth in 1970 (8); a collection of colour photos of stations, platforms, sidings, water towers and signal boxes throughout parts of Australia, includes many stations that have closed (102); a group of Sydney Harbour ferries colour photographs taken from various points in Sydney Harbour (53); also includes a small group of ferry tokens (8). Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (175)
Estimate $70
Passed in
British regimental postcards, all unused, includes 50 loose cards featuring a combination of regimental badge images (21) or soldiers in regimental uniform and unit history (29). Some foxing, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (50)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Postcards, lettercards, novelty cards and novelty picture cards and others, mostly early 1900s, includes about 100 unused postcards and about 100 used cards and lettercards, all sent from parts of Great Britain or several European countries to Ironmonger family or Ironmonger's Rope Works, Wolverhampton, England, noted two photos of E.H.Ironmonger in costume dress. A few damaged but mostly fine - very fine. (200+)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
British regimental postcards, all unused, includes one large album with plastic pages with 200 mostly different cards, and one small photo album with 44 different cards, mainly two types featuring either the regimental badge or else the regimental uniform. Some foxing and some cards in small album with small mark where fitted into photo holders, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (244)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
South African postcards, c1920s-1930s (9); unused books of 12 postcards (2) includes The Bay, Pier, & Table Mountain, Cape Town, Series 2 and Mountain Tramway Ride round Lion's Head, Series 6; Christmas cards (2, one unsigned from South African Consulate in Sydney and another from the South African Ambassador in Canberra, signed. Fine - very fine. (11 + 2 postcard books)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Esky Card sets, 1940s, from Esquire, The Magazine for Men, printed in full colour on special oversize deluxe stock and each set of six cards in original envelope, includes Set 1 The Varga Girl, 2 Bohl Outdoor Life, 3 Hurrell Girls, 4 Esquire Cartoons, 5 Dogs By Waxman, 6 Szyk Caricatures, 7 The Varga Girl, 8 Hurrell Girls, 9 Waxman Girls; also Esquire's 1945 Date Book GI edition, includes 22 photographs by George Hurrell, some items include, 'Rate Your Date', Dating Rhymes - For GI's', 'Dating Dictionary', Dating Calendar for individual months of October 1944 through to March 1946, and many other items, unused and in original cardboard holder. Some foxing on cover, front and back of diary and a few cards and a few card packets with edge tears, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (1 + 9 sets)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90