Catalogue
Hyman, Coleman P., An Account of the Coins, Coinages and Currency of Australasia, 159pp (1973 reprint); Chalmers, A History of Currency in the British Colonies, 496pp (1972 reprint); Gollan, The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Origins and Early History, 179pp (1968). Near new. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $110
Australians Awarded, 1st edition, by Clive Johnson, published by Renniks, Banksmeadow, NSW 2007, 360pp plus preliminaries front and back, hard board cover. Four copies, fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia, Volumes 1-25 complete 1985-2014; together with Offprint of Proceedings of 10th International Congress of Numismatics, London 1986, paper by Kulkarni, P.P., Coin names in Mughal chronicles and corresponding coins, pp497-505, 2 plates. Fine. (26)
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
Kann, E., Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins (Gold, Silver, Nickel and Aluminium), reprint, Mint Productions, 1966, NY, 476 pps., 224 plates; Kann, Eduard, The currencies of China, an investigation of silver and gold transactions affecting China, with a section on copper, original 1926 edition, 539 + xlviii pps. with several plates; Eduard Kann Collection Coins of China and Japanese Coins ..., Public Auction Sale June 18-20, 1971, Los Angeles by Schulman Coin & Mint with separate volume of plates; Spink & Son (Australia), Catalogue of Modern Coins of China, Auction Sale 2 November 1978, Sydney (together with newspaper clipping about the sale. Mostly fair - fine, some toning, particularly on the last item. (4)
Estimate $200
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Lockhart, James Haldane Stewart, Sir, The Stewart Lockhart collection of Chinese copper coins, Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1915, Royal Asiatic Society, North China Branch, Extra Volume no. 1, 2 + l + xv + 36 pp., 174 plates of illustrations, 31 1/2 cm, soft cover; Burger, Werner, Ch'ing Cash Until 1735, Mei Ya Publications, Taipei, Taiwan, 1976, 126pp., illustrated throughout plus numerous large fold out plates and other illustrations, quarto, hardbound; Ting Fu-Pao, Dr., A Catlogue of Ancient Chinese Coins; Rose, F.M., Chopmarks, Dallas, 1987; Bowker, Howard Franklin., A Numismatic Bibliography of the Far East, NN&M No.101, 1943, 144pp.; Wieger, Dr.L., Chinese Characters, Their origin, etmology, history, classification and signification, reprint of 1927 edn. in 1965, 820pp. Mostly fine, several scarce. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Meshorer, Ya'akov, Jewish Coins of the Second Temple Period, Tel-Aviv, 1967, 184pp, 32 plates; Madden, Frederic W., History of Jewish Coinage and of Money in the old and New Testament, London, reprint of 1864 edn. 1967, xi + 350pp, hand drawn illustrations throughout. Very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
The Note Issues of the Colonial Police Fund of New South Wales 1810-1824, by Dr. W.J. Mira, 1979, 24pp; A Classification of the "New South Wales Dumps", by Dr. W.J. Mira, 1977, 4pp; Commemorative Medals and Tokens of Queensland since 1962 including a 20 Year History of Australian Numismatic Society Brisbane, 1984, 11pp; Hawaiian Money, Standard Catalog "Second Edition", includes tokens, scrip, medals & royal orders, with pertinent historical background, by Donald Medcalf and Ronald Russell, 1991,160pp, signed by Don Medcalf; early Islamic Coins: A Brief Introduction, by Dr. Peter Lewis, 2005, 28pp; A Guide to British Military Tokens, by John F. Yarwood, 1998, 122pp; Military Badges of New Zealand, by Geoffrey P. Oldham, 1989, 40pp. Very fine - good extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Numismatics and philatelics, includes New Zealand Campbell Paterson volume c.1985; Australia Commonwealth Specialists Catalogue, Brusden-White c.1988; Spafford, The Falkland Islands Philatelic Digest No.2, 1979; Baker, Advanced Autograph Collecting, Krause Pub. 2000; lot also includes Krause post 1901, 1998 and 2004 editions; SG catalogues simplified 2001 Vol.1-3; various Australian including Renniks, McDonald; books on stamps of Norfolk Island and PNG etc. Used. (approx 25)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Official History, of Australia in the War 1914-18, full set including vol.12, a photographic record of the war. Spines damaged, otherwise very good and scarce. (12)
Estimate $250
SOLD $250
Princess Mary's Gift Book, pub. by Hodder & Stoughton, containing various short stories by various writers, 140pps, illustrated throughout including coloured lift in plates, 1914; Billiere, Peter de la General, Supreme Courage, 392 pps, 2004; Numismatic books (4), including Pincock, Stephen, Codebreaker; Mira, Coinage & Currency in NSW 1788-1829, Renniks Stamps of Australia, Spink Auctions (Australia) Auction Sale No.11, October 1983; together with a full pack of 110 cricket cards 1994 issued by The ACB. Fine to as new. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
(Byzantine), Ratto, Rodolfo, Monnaies Byzantines et D'Autres Pays Contemporaines a L'Epoque Byzantine..., Lugano, 9 April 1930, (4), 151 pp, 2701 lots, 68 plates, prices realised added in, reimpression of the original edition by J. Schulman, 1959, Amsterdam; Whitting, P.D., Byzantine Coins, Barrie & Jenkin, London, 1973, 311pp., 457 described photos, many in colour. Fine, second with dust jacket, both important and difficult to obtain. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
Robertson, Anne S. (Anne Strachan), Roman imperial coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, University of Glasgow, I. Augustus to Nerva, 1962, Glasgow, clxxi + 391 pages, 59 plates. With dust jacket, toning on edge, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Scott, Captain Robert F., CVO, RN, The Voyage of the 'Discovery', with illustrations and maps, Macmillan and Co, Limited, London, 1905, Volume I (410pp) and Volume II (387pp), first editions intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies, blue cloth bound with gilt lettering, no dust jackets, irregularly cut pages, these frayed particularly on Vol II. Some foxing, mostly on outer edges, otherwise very good - fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Spink & Son's Numismatic Circular, December 1892-November 1893, hardbound into one volume. Condition good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Stevenson, Seth W., A Dictionary of Roman Coins, London, 1964, 929 pps.; Carson, Hill & Kent, Late Roman Bronze Coinage, 1960, 114.pps; Seaby, Roman Silver Coins, Vol. II, 1954 edn., 183 pps; Mattingly, Roman Coins 1927 edn,, 305 pps, 64 plates; Gnecchi, Cav. F., Roman Coins, Elementary Manual, 2nd edn., 1903, Spink; Sotheby, part I, Roman Gold Coins, Metropolitan Museum, Zurich 10 November 1972; other auction Sales Glendinings including ancient sales (22), other minor publications, including lists (6). Mostly fine, some with paper toning. (33)
Estimate $100
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Sydenham, The Roman Republican Coinage, by Edward A. Sydenham, Revised with indexes by G.C. Haines, Edited by L. Forrer and C.A. Hersh, Blue cloth hardcover, 343 pp, 25 Plates, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1952. Fine, with plastic covers and paper toning at end pages and edges, scarce original 1st edition.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Tomlinson, G.W., Australian Bank Notes 1817-1963, Melbourne 1963, 143pp, illustrated throughout; Nicholson, Alan, Australian Banknote Catalogue, Melbourne, 1977, another 1979, both soft cover, 87 & 151pp, illustrated; Lampard, William H., Catalogue of New Zealand Coins, Tokens, Banknotes, NZNJ Number 60, Wellington 1981, 84pp, soft cover as issued. Mostly fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Vort-Ronald, Michael P., Australian Banknote Pedigrees, Kadina, April 2005; Private Banknote Pedigrees, second printing, Willaston November 2011; Australian Banknote Collecting, second printing, April 2011 (2); Australian Colonial Currency and Promissory Notes, second edition, Willaston April 2012; Australian Banknotes, second edition, Whyalla Norrie, 1983; Renniks Coin and Banknote Values, twenty fifth edition, July 2013; Mira, W.J.D., From Cowrie to Kina, Spink Australia, Sydney, 1986, signed by the author; Money, A History, edited by Jonathan Williams with Joe Cribb and Elizabeth Errington, British Museum, London, 1997. Fine. (9)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Australia, collection in cliplock holder stored on Hagner sheets, King George V - Elizabeth II, includes KGV heads complete range of shades (1d red, 11 shades noted) these mint or MUH (83), KGVI sets to pound included robes thick and thin papers, also arms, navigators pre-decimal and decimal including Specimen decimal series, 1971 Xmas (3x25 panes), AAT sets blocks of 4 of 1966 decimal birds, and others to 1971. Mostly MUH, a few only mint. (100s)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,400
Australia and Territories, in cliplock folder on Hagner sheets, Australia pre-decimal from 1953 including navigators set and Specimen set (illustrated £2), decimal from 1966 - 1979 including navigators, BCOF set to 5/- (5/- illustrated) (MUH), Norfolk Island issues from 1947 - 1970, Christmas Islands to 1966, Cocos (Keeling) Islands to 1966, AAT, PNG including 1952 set to £1 (mint) with issues to c.1970. MUH and mint. (100s)
Estimate $400
SOLD $550
Australian, 1913-1956, plus States and a page of Papua New Guinea, all hinged to leaves in spring back album, all annotated in owner's hand with varieties described. Fine used but heavily mounted by hinges. (approx 300)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Australia, MUH and used in three albums: mint blocks of four with imprint 1950s, various issues used in Prinz album; selection of used, 1950s-1970s, mint issues including Melbourne Olympics in blocks of four in a Lighthouse album; various Australian and foreign in a VST album. Mint and used. (100s)
Estimate $30
SOLD $80
Australia, 1977 18c QEII Silver Jubilee imperforate block of 24. MUH. (24)
Estimate $400
SOLD $470
Australia, 1977 18c and 45c QEII Silver Jubilee imperforate pairs of each denomination. MUH. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Australia, Post Office year books, with stamps from 1981 - 1996. MUH. (16)
Estimate $250
SOLD $180
Australia, Australia post year books with stamps for years 1988, 1989-1991 (2 of each), 1996 (3), 1997, 1998-2003 (2 of each), 2004; Sydney Olympics, Gold Medallists, 2000 (2), Prestige Album 2000. MUH. (27)
Estimate $600
SOLD $460
Australia, Australia Post year books with stamps for year 1981-2002, 2004-2007; The Collectors Year Books with supplements, 1990/1991 (2), 1992/1993; Golden Heroes stamp book 2000; A Selection of the Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia (3); The Australian Territories Collection 1994, 1999, 2005, 2006. All in Deluxe albums, except Australian Territories Collections, MUH. (37)
Estimate $700
SOLD $600
Australia, Post Office packs (approx 80) all c.1980s - late 1990s, together with MUH stamps (approx $100 FV) in a blue cliplock folder. MUH. (lot)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Australia, various post office packs for Cook Bicentenary 70, Expo 70, First Fleet, Bicentenary 88, Sydney Harbour Tunnel Opening 92; first day covers and pre-stamped envelopes (13); Togo, Princess Diana plate block of nine stamps, 1997; also fold-out card for Australian Memento of Royal Visit 1952 for students, signed at Grafton Boys School. Used - MUH. (23)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australia, MUH, booklets and post office packs, a quantity of (approx. FV $500), together with a few FDC and mostly unused pre-stamped covers (approx. 200), a quantity of envelopes many address to Alan Bond and the America's Cup Challenge, MUH stamps from USA and Great Britain, old stamp albums etc. MUH, mint and used. (100s)
Estimate $250
SOLD $300