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Colony of Victoria, documents, on vellum, including Release, between Gustave Adolphi Rubert and Daniel Bergin for land in Ararat, 1859; Conveyance and Assignment, in Trust for benefit of Creditors, between Joseph Boucher (of J.Boucher & Co) Nathaniel Harris and Thomas Bergin, together with a listing of creditors, and schedule of freehold property in the Parish of Ararat, a listing of book debts, stock in trade and furniture with a balance in favour of J.Boucher in account with John Mackay and Co of £915 13 6 and cash in hand of £276 2 2, dated 24th February 1860. Triangular tear of 2cm on first page of second document, otherwise good. (2)
Estimate $120
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Colony of Victoria, Land Grant by Purchase, of two hundred and seventy acres and eighteen perches, in the County of Hampden, Parish of Wooriwyrite, to John Macfarlane of Darlington, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 21st August 1862. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria, Lease of Agricultural Land, of one hundred and twenty two acres, two roods and twenty eight perches, in the County of Dundas, Parish of Toolka, to Benjamin Barnes of Carlton, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Charles Henry Darling, 1st June 1865. With light foxing, good very fine.
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria, a group of documents, dated 1868 to 1874, relating to The Polynesia Company Limited, Melbourne and Fiji, including share certificates (2), issued to Samuel Amess of Melbourne, dated 15th Febry 18[69], for twenty £2 shares each, black on white, vignette of palm trees and island plants left side; Land Warrant (2), in the name of Samuel Amess, No.s 568 and 569, both for one hundred and sixty acres of land in Fiji; Amended Prospectus, listing J.S.Butters and Samuel Amess as provisional directors of the company; Mortgage, between The Polynesia Company Limited and James S.Butters, dated 5th Feby 1875; Extension of time for payment of mortgage debt and further security, to Samuel Amess, 18th June 1875; Agreement; Conveyances (5), including one between Ralu Golea Tui Cakau and The Polynesia Company Limited; hand drawn coloured maps (2) showing the Company's allotments in Fiji; Form of Application for shares; Alterations to Constitution; letters and receipts (11); most documents are handwritten on vellum. With foxing to some documents, folds and creases, otherwise fine - good very fine. (28 items)
Estimate $2,500
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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 $50
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Victoria, documents, including Certificate of Conversion, 189[7], for three thousand one hundred and ninety pounds of Victorian Government four percent Stock, inscribed to Harry Emmerton; another, for one thousand and fifty pounds; together with Premier Permanent Building, Land & Investment Association, investor's books (2), one for Mr H.Emmerton, the other for Mr Chas Emmerton, both commencing 30/11/85, and a letter to Mr Harry Emmerton to advise the debt claimed by him in relation to the Premier Permanent Building, Land and Investment Association has been allowed by the Judge in the Supreme Court; unused letterhead (a batch) for E & M Roughton 'Adornments' 284-8 Bourke St Melbourne, with vignette of Roughton House building; Last Will and Testament for Thomas Sullivan of Heidelberg, 27th June 1864; Memorandum of Agreement (3) between Prof R.A.Barnard and MacMillan and Company Publishers to publish three books, 1915, 1919 and 1928; Closer Settlement Board of Victoria, correspondence, 6 pages, 1921-24; Certificate of Title, for an allotment in the Parish of Paywit, County of Grant, 1882. First two items with pen notations, pin holes and light horizontal folds, booklets with loose spines, last item with tears and repaired along folds, good - very fine. (18)
Estimate $120
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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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Great Britain, 1799-1834, collection of addressed wrappers for letters, mostly with interesting postal marks, noted one dated 1831 to Monsieur Amiraux at Island of Jersey (a noted silversmith). Good - very fine. (20)
Estimate $220
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Great Britain, parliamentary Free Post letter covers with names of addressee and at bottom left the name of sender, 1823-1833, one is a complete envelope with wax seal on back, some of the addressees include Sir Robert Lister G.C.B. (British diplomat and ambassador), John Sturges Martin Esq (of the Colonial Office), Josiah Oake Esq (officer in RN), J.T.C.Fawcett (Vicar of Kidwick) at Ch: Ch: Oxford (Christ Church College at Oxford University), and some sender's include N.C.Tindal (Sir, a celebrated lawyer who defended Queen Caroline against a charge of adultery in 1820), and Aylesford (Heneage Finch 5th Earl of Aylesford); also an unidentified signature on a plain piece of paper; printed card In Loving Memory of Maud Alice Bean who lost her life in the disaster of the "Cloud of Iona", July 31st 1936, aged 29 Years and 10 Months, in original envelope; Holborn Empire, Stalls 3/- First House theatre tickets (3, nos 0024, 0178, 0193); Findlay, The Chemist, Blenheim, Discount Coupons nos 1596 and 1824, handwritten and initialled; German cigarette card check No.7; card stamped 'New Zealand Y.M.C.A.' and written 'Two Bottles 2D Refund', and another card stamped 'Y.M.C.A. Refund 2d'. Good - very fine. (21)
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, collection of Victorian era letters, all with stamps and postmarks and some with wax seal, a combination of business and personal letters, some interesting reading, noted one dated 1873 to New York. Good - very fine. (22)
Estimate $220
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France, combined business letter envelopes with postmarks, all addressed to B.L.Fould & Fould-Oppenheim in Paris, 1840s-50s, noted one by Avigdor L'Aine & Fils and another by De Prus & C., Genova. Fine. (5)
Estimate $50
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Italy, letter and separate hand-folded envelope addressed to Count Giovanni de Lazara, Padua, letter dated 2 October 1659, watermarked paper, written in Italian from Bagnorea (now Bagnoregio) roughly translated to be a character reference for someone named Frederic to be employed by the Count, impressed paper seal on envelope. Foxing on letter, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
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Tasmania, letter dated 7 March 1855 addressed to George W. Walker, Savings Bank, Hobart Town, V.D.L., from E.E.Barrington, postmarked at Melbourne Ma 7 and Launceston 9 Mar, a scarce ship mail letter, in which writer apologises to an 'esteemed friend' for leaving so suddenly; also a receipt type letter to Dublin and postmarked on sending, 'Hobart Town, VDL, 1840, also another stamp for India Letter, Plymouth, 1840. Good very fine; fine, both scarce. (2)
Estimate $390
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USA, letter dated 8 August 1814, to Miss Rebecca Gratz, to the care of Doctor Schuylar, Troy (about 300km as crow flies from Philadelphia), a personal 3-page letter from her sister Rachel Moses in Philadelphia which starts, 'My beloved Becky', with postmark 'PHI/8/AU'. Some pieces torn away on folds and a small hole at one fold but all parts of the letter are present and readable, good and scarce to such a prominent person.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Wartime letters, WWI, a series of love letters (34) between Harold Peatfield and Frieda Belschener during period c1917-21, noted two in Baptist and Congregational Churches, Field Service, On Active Service With The A.I.F. envelopes and one of these on this organisation's writing paper, both written by Harold at 10th A.A.S.C. military camp at Liverpool, in October and November 1917; WWII, a b&w photographic card featuring Lieutenant Esmond Gilhooley, Royal Australian Artillery, KIA at Milne Bay, New Guinea, August 28th 1942, also letters (not from Esmond) written to Jim Gilhooley (6 + 2 empty addressed envelopes), one of these dated 27 August 1945 from Municipality of Burwood relating to naming details for a War Memorial, and Forest Gilhooley (4 + 2 empty addressed envelopes). Some with light foxing but mostly fine - very fine. (48)
Estimate $100
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Bank of New South Wales, Deed of Settlement register (31x46cm), fully leather bound with raised rectangular centre piece in red leather and gold blocked with title as listed above, with 63 parchment pages listing 1,194 shareholders, all handwritten and with their witnessed signatures recorded up to Signature No.1194 on 16 June 1954, as well bound into the register and printed in full are the Deed of Settlement rules and conditions up to 28 May 1912 (10pp), another up to 26 September 1924 (14pp), inside on cover page is library sticker of John M. Chapman Collection; also an 1851 Victoria Bank Returns printed 4pp report as laid upon The Council Table by The Colonial Secretary, printed in Melbourne by John Ferres at the Government Printing Office, handwritten at top edge, 'First Victorian Official Document on Banking'. The first fine and rare, the second good very fine. (2)
Estimate $25,000
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Van Diemen's Land, cheque from George Hunt to Mr George Stokell, Macquarie Street for £153.3.0, Hobart Town, 31st December 1836, No 25261, circular rubber ink stamp Derwent Bank, Bank of Australasia, Hobart Town PAID stamp, crossed and cancelled, signed on back George Hunt, entirely handwritten. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Tasmania, handwritten promissory note, 1837, to 'Cashier of the Derwent Bank, pay to self, or bearer, the sum of Five pounds, - to Acct of - ', (and signed) Maria Ramus (this lined through), at bottom left side, 'Leintwardine, 3d Febr 1837', on reverse is marked as cancelled. Age toning, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Great Britain, large-size promissory note no.165 for £200 due 31st March 1902 issued by New English Bank of the River Plate Limited, also Certificate for Promissory Notes issued by same bank, undated, and note accompanying Sixth and Final Dividend to Promissory Note Holders, issued by same bank, 1905; also share certificate for The Gas Light and Coke Company, 1870, share numbered 44223, vignette at left side. Very good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $110
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Great Britain, various Inland Revenue documents for different estates all duly completed with relevant attachments, c1920s-1950s, with impressed Estate Duty Paid stamps; also various Annuity Receipt Stamps and Taxes forms and Annuity Receipt Inland Revenue forms, 1849-51, for the estate of Leonard Wilkinson the Elder of Rock House in Slaidburn, York, with relevant impressed 'One Per Cent Legacy' duty stamp on each of the eight documents. Fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $110
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Ireland, promissory note dated at Dublin Aug 22d 1811, drawn by Robt Douglas for fifty pounds sterling payable twenty one days after sight to the order of Messrs Ball Plunkett & Doyne, charge to account with Messrs Kensington & Co, Bankers, London, with impressed George III duty stamp, with bank entry number and various endorsements on back. Folds and short tear at left edge on a fold, other small edge nicks, otherwise fine.
Estimate $70
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Falkland Islands, second of exchange for £50.0.0 Sterling, 11th May 1891, No.11, in favour of Henry L.Jameson, to Crown Agents for the Colonies, Downing Street, London and drawn on 'this Government (Withdrawal from Savings Bank)'. Quarter folds and a few pin sized holes, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Straits Settlements, Municipality of Singapore, 1905-1918, a quantity of receipts for payment of legal fees (11), some named to Donaldson & Burkinshaw, mostly with names of payers and on some the name of the case, all with affixed Straits Settlements duty stamp featuring Edward VII or George V, another document written in Chinese and this also with Edward VII duty stamp affixed, also various Municipal Fund receipts (17), for payment of rates, 1907-1918, some with four languages printed on reverse, all with duty stamps. Some torn, otherwise good - very fine. (approx 30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
USA, bills of exchange, 1849-53, all in sterling directed to London firms and issued by Rallis & Co, New Orleans, J.E.Thayer & Brothers, Boston, M.Morgan & Son, New York, all for one thousand pounds, and James G.King & Sons, New York, this last to the order of Masterton Ure for three thousand pounds. The last with one corner missing otherwise fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $120
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USA, collection of cheques, 1855-1901, various banks, some with attractive vignettes, also some with affixed revenue stamps, some with centre cut cancellation or perforation cancelled. Mostly fine - very fine. (approx 200)
Estimate $200
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World, Australia, envelope addressed to Manager, Commercial Bank, ? (illegible), with Registered postage stamps dated Ap 7 81 and postmarked Melbourne Ap 8 81, also with stamp, 'Missent to Melbourne', with Victorian postage stamps for 6 pence and 2x2 pence and wax seal on back; Great Britain, addressed portion of a shipped letter postmarked for General Post Office at Cape of Good Hope 1843, addressed to Messrs John Gladstone & Co, Liverpool, also shipping stamp dated 22 Dec 1843. The first torn at one side and repaired from behind with tape, a few spots of foxing, overall fine. (2)
Estimate $110
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World, Malta, unused cheque of Sciclunas Bank, another for The National Bank of Malta Ltd at Valetta, also bill of exchange for B.Tagliaferro & Figli dated 9 October 1936 and another for B.Tagliaferro & Sons dated 4 April 1944, both of these bills have affixed revenue stamps; unused cheque for Ionian Bank Limited; Scotland, written receipt from George Scott of Stobo dated 23 November 1842 for receipt from John Gibson, writer for Sir John Naysmith of Posso Baronet, the sum of seven pounds two shillings and sixpence being his share of one years salary and garden allowance due to him as schoolmaster at Stobo, with impressed duty stamp; Great Britain, Phoenix Fire Office, London (Lancaster Agency), recipt for payment of insurance premium, dated 25 March 1809. A few with rust marks, otherwise very good - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $110
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Bank of New South Wales travellers cheque display board unused; Hong Kong Thomas Cook set of four travellers cheques; Australian paintings specimen stamp folder issues (2); Telecom Calendars 1991 and 1992, featuring coloured banknote images from Vort-Ronald collection (2); collection of sixteen medallions for Shell 'Man in Flight'. In packs of issue, uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $100
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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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Houlder Brothers & Company, London, third class passengers' contract ticket, issued to Christopher Cecil Hanson, aged 35, to sail on the 'Ellora' leaving London for Melbourne, 20th June 186[82], ticket No.4157, black and red print on blue, scrollwork left side, vignette of Company logo top left, includes details of the quantities of water and provisions to be issued daily to each passenger. With one small hole and folds consistent with being housed in a wallet or pocket, good fine.
Estimate $600
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