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New South Wales, Indenture for Deed of Partnership between Henry Arthur George Smithers and George Henry Walker trading as Smithers and Walker, cnr of King (no.2) and Forbes Street, Newtown, Estate and Business Agents and Auctioneers, large handwritten 2-pages on 4-page fold-over ruled paper document dated 1 March 1909, signed and sealed by both parties; Will of Henry Arthur George Smithers, 55 Brown Street, Newtown, handwritten 1-page fold-over on 4-page ruled paper document dated 9 November 1909, signed by Smithers and witnessed by D.E.Burns, solicitor, 4 Rowe Street, Sydney; with envelope addressed to D.E.Burns and note paper under heading of D.E.Burns, with notations on back. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
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New South Wales, a 4-page fold-out ruled vellum Indenture of Conveyance for sale of five and a half acres of land on John James' subdivision at Castle Hill between Mrs Emily Smith and another to George Lynn Little and another, dated 20 July 1914, with impressed/printed one pound duty stamp and stamp of N.S.W. Department of Stamp Duties dated 29.7.14, with three signatures and seals. Some age toning, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
New South Wales, vellum Indenture of Conveyance, dated 23 January 1918, a medium sized 3-page fold-out document between Thomas Walter Tennant, shipping clerk, of Manly, Alice Isabella Florence McLean, wife of Edward Grierson McLean surveyor of Artarmon, and Emily Grace Elizabeth Wilson, wife of Stanley Eric Wilson journalist of Bay Road near Sydney in the first part and Eleanor Louisa Tennant of Artarmon, State Widow of the second part and Elizabeth Ellis, wife of Alfred Edwin Ellis of Glebe Point, timber merchant, the purchaser in the estate of Thomas Hatley Tennant late of Hillston, Medical Practitioner, for sale of property in Wentworth Estate in Parish of Manly Cove at Marinella Street and Kenneth Street, signed and sealed by parties, with printed five shillings duty stamp and stamp of N.S.W. Stamp Duties office, also outside with impressed stamp and signature of Deputy Registrar General. Age toning, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Colony of Victoria, vellum Indenture for Release relating to the will of James Gundry late of Lopen, County of Somerset who died 9 July 1895, a large 3-page fold-out document between Charles Gundry (executor for his father Edward Gundry deceased [a son and beneficiary of the late James Gundry]) of Nathalia, Victoria, cattle dealer and The Reverend Robert Phelps Billing (an executor of the will) of Lopen, Somerset, Clerk of Holy Orders, signed and sealed and with ten shillings duty stamp dated 12.8.01 affixed; also attached is a separate post office date stamped 'certificate of posting of a registered postal packet' to C.W.Morrissey (a solicitor) at Nathalia. Toned on one outer folded section, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria, Indenture of Release for Estate of David Baldie of 45 Victoria Street, Brunswick, Vic with Helen Baldie of 366 Ascot Vale Road, Moonie (sic) Ponds, Vic and Robert Vass of 45 Victoria Street, Brunswick, Vic to Frederic Barrington Bloomfield, grazier, of Benah, Cannonbar, NSW, executor of the will of Robert Baldie, station manager, late of Buckiinguy Station near Nyngan, NSW, handwritten 3-page fold-over on 4-page ruled paper document dated 28 June 1900, with affixed 2 x one penny Victoria duty stamps, signed and sealed by Helen Baldie and Robert Vass; handwritten receipt issued to Frederick Barrington Bloomfield for monies paid by him as executor, with affixed one penny Victoria duty stamp; also Supreme Court of New South Wales, Certificate and Order Passing Accounts in the Estate of Robert Baldie, dated 16 July 1900. The last with a small hole, overall fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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Australia, a group of cheques 1912-83, a wide selection of banks and branches, includes three from the Hawker Family, Bungaree, South Australia, owners of sheep shown on the back of £50 and £1000 notes; Union Bank of Australia, on London branch. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (23)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Victoria, miners rights for two shillings and sixpence, issued at Ballarat, 28 Feb 1898; 12 Oct 1900; 3 June 1905; 5 April 1916; 2 May 1919 and 7 March 1921. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
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Joseph Brotherton signature, on an admission pass, a grey card (approx 16x11cm), handwritten in ink, 'Admit the Bearer to the Gallery of the House of Commons 10th March 1837' and signed J Brotherton, at the bottom right edge is written 'Salford'. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Baron Cranworth signature, on an undated (1857) handwritten letter (12x19cm) of invitation to Sir and Lady J. Lubbock of Bath and any of their family, to a dinner with visiting USA, Massachusetts' senator Charles Sumner, and to spend a couple of nights, written on front and back and signed Cranworth. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
John Gully signature, on part of an envelope and at side is written, 'Autograph of Mr John Gully - Died 9th March 1863', with attached newspaper cutting of an entire column (approx 46cm long) detailing his lifetime achievements. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $170
Joseph Hume signature, on letter addressed to Messrs Barclay & Co, Bankers, London, postmarked 'FREE/14JA14/1833', with signature Joseph Hume at bottom left edge. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Sir George de Lacey Evans signature, on an admission pass, a white card (approx 16x10cm), handwritten in ink, 'Admit Bearer into Gallery of the House of Commons 15 June 1838' and signed D L Evans, at the bottom left side is written, 'Sir De Lacey Evans/Westminster'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Baron Sir Charles Edward Pollock signature, on a printed Proxy Paper dated 1892, signature applied in ink over an affixed one penny inland revenue stamp, 'C E Pollock Novr 4'. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Professor John Westlake signature, on postcard of thanks to C.D.Higham, C/O institute of Actuaries, postmarked 21 Dec 1906, thanking him for a document stating, 'necessary separation of provident and strike funds of trade unions' and his response, 'though with poor hope of success after the surrender of both political parties to Trade Disputes Bill' and signed J. Westlake. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
British nobility signatures, two on part envelopes with FREE postmark dated 1831, as available to members of parliament, signatures include Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex; Lord Althorpe (with copy of portrait); William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester 1825; and Count Ernst Friedrich Herbert von Munster, Chancellor of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order 1825. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Signatures of British parliamentarians, high ranking officials in governement and the judiciary, some include George Graham, Registrar General (1842-80); Sherrif of London & Middlesex; Baron Sir Charles Edward Pollock; Sir Thomas Plumer, 1st Vice Chancellor of England & after Master of the Rolls; Sir John Leach, 2nd Vice Chancellor of England; Sir Richard Richards, Chief Baron of the Exchequer; 1st Lord Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice; also Count Dedel, Ambassador to Sweden from the Netherlands 1823; Hildebrandt, Consul General of Bavaria; Boetius Egan (man without fingers & only two toes); numerous others including some legal documents and a one page flyer headed 'Chronicle Extra, The 'Frisco Earthquake' and another advertising brochure for Italia India Cinema Bioscope, in old Pound Ground, Mochi Bazar, the top half in English and the bottom half in Hindi, printed in Hyderabad; German Occupation of Mitau (Latvia), 10.10.1919, ten mark printed on back glue section of 15 tear-off postage stamp sized sections. Stored in a brown imitation crocodile skin patterned folder, mostly very good - very fine. (approx 160)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Signatures of British parliamentarians and nobilty, all early 1800s, includes 13th Lord St John of Bletso; Duke of York and Albany; Winthrop M. Praed (politician and poet 1802-39); Earl of Winchilsea; Earl of the County of Mayo, Ireland; Earl of Uxbridge; Sir Nash Grose; Duke of Newcastle 1825; Sir Fletcher Norton, 1st Lord Grantley. Fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
NSW Government Tramways, 1.5.1888-1889, prepaid tram ticket, penny, arms (lion & unicorn), obverse and reverse of Queen Victoria, young head, penny, blue printing (Peck 6). Good fine - very fine and rare.
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
NSW Government Tramways, 1897-1966, group of pre-paid tram tickets (light card), including (1897-1902) penny overprinted 'OS' (4); another, overprinted 'N.E.S.'; threepence (1952?), overprinted 'O.S.' (2); twopence (1920s?) red; decimal five cents, orange, overprinted 'Ambulance'; Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, 1-1/2D, purple (2) and blue (Peck 13, 19, 21). Mostly fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $80
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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 $130
SOLD $80
Australia, programme for Arrival of the Royal Australian Fleet, Sydney, October 4th 1913; Happy New Year cards from Queensland Military Forces, 1894 and 1896, both glued to board and with enlargements of both cards also glued to board; also British Commonwealth tourism booklets, Impressions of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, The "Empress" City of the Golden West, 15 fold out pages with numerous b&w photos and information on various landmarks, c1910; Through the Trossachs, Scotland's premier tour of the Trossachs, Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond and Scott's "Lady of the Lake" District, 8 pages with b&w photos and drawings and information on various landmarks, 1908, also map for David Macbrayne Limited steamer routes and on reverse, Hints to Tourists. The first with cover split on fold and with edge splits and foxing, the rest with foxing, otherwise fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Australia, Commonwealth Inaugural Celebrations, Monday 7th January 1901, invitation to a picnic at Kurnel (sic) by the Government of New South Wales to Parliamentary and Judicial Visitors, opens out to show Menu; Official Programme for re-enactment of Landing of Captain Cook, R.N., at Botany Bay, on Monday, 7th January, 1901, opens out to reveal details of the original event that occurred at Kurnell and the names of actors involved in the re-enactment. Both documents with foxing, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Australian 'funny money', a wide selection including political, advertising, store entrance and discount; also, Bank of Australasia, ten pounds and Bank of New South Wales, fifty pounds 'Stage Money'; also a group of 'Clinton Era' political funny money (8). Extremely fine - uncirculated, mostly different. (73)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Australian 'funny money', a wide selection containing political, advertising, store entrance and discount, mostly different. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (106)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Australian, political 'funny money', a wide selection, all different (18); plus USA 'Clinton Era' notes featuring Bill and Hillary Clinton, Monica Lewinski etc (10). Mostly uncirculated. (28)
Estimate $100
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Wax seal for The Archdeacon of Van Diemen's Land. Affixed to cardboard, very fine.
Estimate $100
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A Manual of Surgical Anatomy, by Lewis Beesley, F.R.C.S., Edin. And T.B.Johnston, M.B., Ch.B., 2nd Ed. (1923), published by Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, London, (approx 13x19cm), 561pp, with many drawings and photos, some in colour, hard cover with plastic covering. Barely any foxing, very fine.
Estimate $50
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Paradise Lost a Poem in Twelve Books, Vol II by John Milton, 7th edition (1770), printed in England, (approx 13x21.5cm), 456pp + massive index, with illustrations, hard leather cover, with one-time owner's name on title page, Geo A Crowder, (illegible), Eton Coll, 26th July 1815. Front cover loose and all covering deteriorated with time, first few pages with water stain on one edge, minimal foxing, otherwise inside in excellent condition, good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Napoleon in Exile, or A Voice from St Helena the Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon on the Most Important Events of His Life and Government, in His Own Words, by Barry E. O'Meara Esq His Late Surgeon, Vols 1 and II, 4th Ed. (1822), printed for W.Simpkin and R.Marshall, London, (approx 13x21cm), 512 & 542 pp with a few engravings, hard covers, Ex Libris sticker at front of each volume with name Genl Aylmer. Front cover of Vol 1 loose, water stains at front of both and small piece missing from title page of vol 1, minimal foxing, very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $130
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Memoires du General Rapp, (1772-1821), Aide De Camp De Napoleon, written by himself, published by Garnier Freres, Editeurs, Paris, (approx 12x19cm), 463pp, with fitted ribbon page marker, hard cover with lithograph portrait of General Rapp at front, one map and nine small sketches, all text in French. Inside first two unnumbered pages loose, foxing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50