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Insurance, Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited, policy issued to Michael Bolger, farmer, of Trentham, Victoria, for the sum of £250, dated twenty-eighth November 1888, with vignette of two seated female figures top centre; Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society, policy issued to Christina Pollock for a dwelling in Marion St, Leichhardt, sum insured £200, dated thirtieth May 1896, with vignette of the Society's Head Office building corner Pitt and King Streets, Sydney, and a NSW one shilling duty stamp affixed. With folds, creases, some edge tears, small stain top right side on first policy, fine. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
World cheques, some handwritten dated from 1791, including USA, Canada, Peru, Great Britain, Turkey, India, all in a blue album. Fine - extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
British and Colonial cheques, Victorian and Edwardian issues, 1887-early 1900s, Gurneys, Birkbek, Barclay, Buxton & Creswell Bank at King's Lynn, five cheques issued between 16 March and 15 December 1887, drawn by Plowright & Pratt (later named Plowright, Pratt and Harbage), some with bank stampings on front and endorsements on back and all with impressed one penny duty stamp; also an unissued cheque with stub attached for The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Germiston, with vignette at left edge, number A34474 and with a Transvaal Edward VII one penny duty stamp affixed. Fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Cheques, all unused, from fourteen different Australian banks dating from 1830s. Mostly extremely fine. (30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Cheques, all used, various Australian banks (1865-1936). Very fine - extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $40
SOLD $80
Australian banks, various cheques and financial documents, new and used (1860s-1938), mostly South Australia. Mostly extremly fine. (22)
Estimate $40
SOLD $90
Various Australian banks, promissory notes (1860-1880). Fine - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
Bank of Adelaide, unused printed cheque forms (5); Commonwealth Bank of Australia (7) and Bank of New South Wales, includes issued term deposit certificate from 1962 (27). Mostly extremely fine or better. (39)
Estimate $90
SOLD $120
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, unused printed cheques, exchange documents and term deposit receipts (10); Commercial Bank of Australia Limited (23). Mostly extremely fine or better. (33)
Estimate $50
SOLD $160
English, Scottish and Australian Bank, promissory notes, (1868-1876) (11); also, Birrigurra promissory notes, 1892 (2). Very fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
English, Scottish & Australian Bank, used large society cheques (1871-1938). Very fine - extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $60
SOLD $160
English, Scottish & Australian Chartered Bank, used cheque forms (1868-1890s) (20) and 1913-1966 (27). Mostly extremely fine. (47)
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
English, Scottish & Australian Bank, used large council cheques (1869-1938). Very fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
English, Scottish & Australian Bank, fixed deposit receipts (1929-1941). Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
The English, Scottish and Australian Bank, unused and used cheque forms. Mostly extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
National Bank of Australasia Limited, unused cheque forms, South Australia. Extremely fine. (22)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Travellers cheques, specimens, Thomas Cook (20) in folders, Canadian Pacific Express Company (3), American Express (4) and a Bank of New South Wales advertising board. Mostly extremely fine. (28)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Travellers cheques, specimens, Thomas Cook, 107 different and 23 duplicates. Mostly extremely fine. (130)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra from Government of New Zealand, a coloured Souvenir on board (22.7x15.1cm), dated June 26, 1902 and then a second stamped date August 9th 1902, both in blue, named at bottom in penned running script, 'Miss Lucy Wallace (attending) Waimataitai (School); Coronation .... King Edward VII, coloured document printed in Chromolithograph on board (26.8x21cm), dated June 26, 1902 in gilt and then a second stamped date August 9th 1902 in blue, printed at top edge, 'With the Compliments of the New Zealand Government', printer's name at bottom edge, 'H.J.Weeks, Ltd., Photo-Color Engravers & Printers, Christchurch. 30220', written on back top left corner, 'Lucy'. The first with 25mm tear at bottom right side, the second with a small loss of paper at bottom front left edge and a few small tears and a 17mm tear at bottom centre edge, otherwise in very fine condition for age. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Souvenir Model of The Panama Canal, c1910s, in cardboard folder cover (when open, approx 23x34cm), in colour with map and profile of the canal, back addressed, 'Mrs J Lewis/Metz/N S W/Australia' and at bottom right corner is signed, 'C.Lewis/2592'; also The Truth About Samoa, Facts Stated by Soldier and Ex-Resident on plantation slave labour in Samoa, 7pp paper issued 1919 by the Government of New Zealand following the occupation of Samoa in WWI. Some paper loss on the spine of the first, otherwise fine, the second with a few rust marks from rusty staples at edge, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Australia mining, Kangarilla Silver Mines, 18[95] (London issue), one hundred £1 shares, burgundy print; West Australian Gold Fields Water Supply, 189[6], one hundred 10/- shares; Bayley's Gold Mines, 19[01], red print; Mount Jackson Gold, 190[7], ten 2/- shares; Great Boulder Perseverance Gold, [1903], fifty £1 shares, mauve print; Pernatty Mines, 191[5], one hundred 1/- shares, black on green; Beath Schiess & Felstead, 19[23], one hundred £1 shares, blue print; Raub Australian Gold Mining, 19[34], one hundred 5/- shares, black on green; Central Gold Mines, 19[39], one hundred 3/- shares, brown on buff. With pin holes, folds and creases, fine - good very fine. (9)
Estimate $140
SOLD $320
Australia, mining, Radium Hill Company, 19[13]; Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging, 193[4] ordinary and second preference; Resolute Gold, 193[5]; Roma Dome Limited, 192[9]; Sandy Falls Mining, 19[20]; Silver Peak (Broken Hill) Limited, 19[38]; Snowy Mountains Mines, 195[2]; South Kangiara Mining, Binalong, NSW, 19[09]; South Lucknow Gold, NSW, 192[6] (8) with receipt; South Mount Lyell Mining, [1902]; South Peak Freehold Gold, Cobar, NSW, 189[6]; Spring Hill Gold, 193[4]; St. Aignan (Lucknow) Gold, NSW, 19[32]; St George Mines (W.A.), 193[4]; Standard Quarries, 191[1]; Surface Hill Gold, Wattle Flat, NSW, 193[3]; Surveys & Mining Limited, 1969; Swedenborg North (Charters Towers) Gold, 193[8]; Tintaldra Silver Lead, Tintaldra, Upper Murray, 190[6]; T.P.C. Mines, Tin Pot Creek, Tasmania, 190[6]; Tullamore United Gold, 193[5]; United Uranium, 195[7], 1969; Uranium Holdings, 1954; Uranium & Nickel Exploration; VAM Limited, 1969 (2); Vimy Ridge Gold, near Bega, NSW, 19[24]; Wellington Alluvials Limited, 193[41]; Western Mining Corporation, 20.V.68; Williamsford Tin, 192[5] (2); White Hope Central (Cracow); 193[4]; White Hope South (Cracow) Queensland, 193[2]; White Crystal Tin, Ardlethan, NSW, 191[5]. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin holes, light folds, very fine - extremely fine. (43)
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
Australia, mining, AI Consolidated Gold, 19/9/69; Adelong Gold Estates, Grahamestown, New South Wales, 191[21]; Ajax Consolidated, Daylesford, Victoria, 19[48]; Alluvial Gold, Nicholson's Creek. 193[6]; Amalgamated Hawkins Hill and Hill End Gold Mines, Hill End, New South Wales, 19[30]; Apollo International Minerals, 23 Dec 69 (2); Araluen Alluvial, 193[4]; Arnheim Land Gold Development, 193[5]; Associated Northern Ora Banda, 1934 (2), 1934[5]; Austral Mining, 19[54] (20); Australian Mining Trust, 193[4] (5); Australasian Mining Corporation, 5 June 1968; Australian Consolidated Minerals, 1969; Australian Territories Mining, 192[8]. Housed in a four ring binder, some with folds, pin holes, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (38)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Australia, mining, General Mining Corporation, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 193[5]; Goldfields of Australia, 19[34]; Gold Options, 19[20]; Golden Gate Amalgamated, 1936; Golden Horseshoe Gold, Tarana, NSW, 191[6]; Golden Junction (Cracow), 193[2]; Golden Mile (Cracow), 193[5]; Goobra Gold, 192[1] plus reserve issue, 192[1]; Grand National Gold, Vilgarn, Western Australia, 191[4]; Great Boulder Gold, '69 (2); Grenfell Gold, 193[4]; Gundagai Gold, 193[8]; Hamley Copper, 190[9]; Hart's Tin, Torrington, NSW, 191[4]; Hawkins Hill Coloma Gold, Hill End, NSW, 192[8]; Highland Gold Development, '69; Holbrook Molydenite Company, NSW, 19[20]; Incorporated Mining Interests, 19[37]; Kalgoorlie National Gold, West Australia, 19[34]; Krohmann's West Hawkins Hill Gold, 1928, unissued; Lake View South Extended, 193[4]; Lucknow Amalgamated Gold, NSW, 19[24]; Lucknow Great Northern Gold, NSW, 19[31]; Lucknow United Gold, NSW, 193[5] yellow, 193[6] orange; Lucknow Extension Gold, NSW, 192[5]; Lucknow Pups Gold, NSW, 192[32]; Mandated Alluvials, 193[9]; Manna Hill Gold, Stuart Town, NSW, 192[6]; Marshall-Longton Lucknow Gold, NSW, 192[5]; Melburnian Bucket Dredging, Wandiligong, 190[6]; Menzies Lady Sherry Gold, Western Australia, 1902 [in words); Mount Battery Tin, Torrington, NSW, 192[8] (2); Mount Conqueror Gold, 193[4]; Mount Coolon West, 193[2]; Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, 1970, 1971, Mount Morgan Extension Company, 19[10]; Mount Morgan Developments, 19[34]. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin holes and light creases, fifth last with staining, very fine - extremely fine. (41)
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
Australia, mining, Central Australia Silver Lead and Copper, 193[5]; Central Freeholds Limited, 193[41]; Central Victoria Dredging, 19[51]; Centralia Holdings, NSW, 19[40]; Chapmans Gold, Chewton, Victoria, 193[8]; Chapmans Gold, Wilsons Patch, Leonora, W.A., 193[4]; Childe Harold Gold, Laverton, W.A., 191[7]; Clive Tin Limited, 193[4]; Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin, 193[41]; Commonwealth Mica Company, 192[6]; Consolidated Gold, 1969 (2); Consolidated Rutile, 19.7.67; Consolidated Mining Industries, 1968, 1969; Coniston Tantalite Mining, 19[46]; Copes Creek Central Tin Dredging, Tingha, NSW, 190[13]; Coppabella Silver Lead, NSW, 190[6]; Crocodile Creek Gold Dredging, Mount Morgan Goldfield, Queensland, 193[4]; Crown Creek Mining, Shuttleton, NSW, 1990[5]; 'Crown' Gold Mine, allotment of shares letter, 1923; C.S.A. Central Limited, Cobar, NSW, 190[6]; Cullengoral Alluvial Gold Sluicing, 193[6] yellow, 193[8] blue; Dalton Gold Development, 193[4]; Doradilla Copper Mining & Smelting, 19[17] plus receipt; Eastern Lucknow Gold Reefs, NSW, 19[33], 19[34]; Ecks (South Aaustralia) Limited, 192[4]; Edjudina Gold, 193[4]; Edna May (W.A.) Amalgamated Gold, 1934; Elsmore Tin Sluicing, Macintyre River, NSW, 190[11]; Endurance Mining Corporation, 5Dec69, plus options, 15/11/69 (3); Epping Quarrying Company, 192[4]; Euratha Gold, 19[36]; Evanston Gold, 19[46] (2). Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin holes and light folds, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (39)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Australia, mining, Barkly Alluvials, Barkly, Victoria, 193[9]; Barrier Silver Lead, Broken Hill, 192-; Barrambie Ranges Gold, Murchison District, Western Australia, 19[06] (2); Barrambie South Gold, Murchison District, 19[06], Bauloora Mines, 19[52] (2); Bell's Plain Hydraulic Sluicing, 192[6] (2), 192[7] (2); Bell's Hill Tin, 192[7] (4); Big Ben Development Gold, 19[23] (2) yellow and pink; Billabong Gold, 193[4]; Biranganbil Gold, 19[35]; Bismarck Deeps (Lucknow) Gold, Lucknow, NSW, 193[4] (2), 193[5]; Bismarck Range (Lucknow) Gold Exploration, 193[4]; Border Tin Company, 195[2] (2); Broken Hill South Silver, 1889 (in words) (3) new issue; 189[3], 190[2], 19[10] (2) 19[13], 19[15] (2), some cancelled, plus a receipt. 1900; Brown Hill Extended Limited, 190[0]; Burraga Copper, 190[1]; Butlers Tin, Torrington, NSW, 191[4]. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin holes and light creases, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (38)
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
Australia, mining, New Broken Hill Consolidated, 1969, 1987; New Golden Mile (Cracow), Queensland, 1935; New Indicator Gold, Ballarat, 19[10] with call receipts; New Occidental Gold, 194[50]; New Pinafore Gold, Lefroy, Tasmania, 18[900], 190[4], 190[7], 190[8], 191[3] (2) plus call receipt; New Pyramid Silver, receipt, 189[2]; Normanby Tin, 19[40]; New White Crystal Company, 192[5]; Norseman Gold, 19[36]; North Australian Mines, 19[34]; Morth Broken Hill Mining, 19[12], 19[13); North Broken Limited, 19[18), 19[23], 19[29] (2), 1969; North Mount Farrell Company, 192[9]; North St.Aignan (Lucknow) Gold, NSW, 19[34]; North Shango Copper, 19[07] (4); North Wallarah Colliery, NSW, 19[15]; North West Gold, 1923; North White Feather Gold, 19[20]; Oaks Amalgamated Gold, North Queensland, 19[12]; O.B.Nickel, 1969; Olary Silver Lead, South Australia, 19[09]; The O.K. Copper Company, 1909; Ora Bunda Consols Gold, 1934; Ora Banda South Gold, West Australia, 19[34]; Pacific Gold and Platinum, 19[33]; Phillips River Gold, 190[4]; Planet Gold, 1968, 1969; Premier Gold Mining, Cobar, NSW, [1906]. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin holes, light creases, very fine - extremely fine. (43)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
New South Wales mining, Grenfell Consols Gold, 187[2], one hundred £1 shares, blue and gold print with vignette of mining scene top centre; Rapp's Gold, 187[2] in words,one hundred £1 shares, black on pink; Rawthorne's Gold, Hawkins Hill, Tambaboora, 18[72], one hundred £1 shares, black on green; Hickson, Creighton & Beard's Amalgamated Gold, 187[3], one hundred £1 shares; Krohmann's Amalagamated Gold, 187[9], two hundred £1 shares, all issued to George Henry Cox of Mudgee. With pin holes, light folds, some foxing around edges to third certificate, very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
New South Wales mining, Cordillera Hill Silver Mining and Smelting, 18[88], one hundred 10/- shares, black on silver; Mount Lime Stone Silver, Wyanbene, near Captain's Flat, 1888, one £25 share of 250 on offer, blue print; Lucky Hit Silver, 188[8], three £10 shares of 300 on offer, black on grey; Broken Hill South Block 5 Company, 189[1], one hundred 10/- shares; Premier Gold, Cobar, [1906], one hundred 10s shares, red print; Block 54 Silver, Lead and Zinc Mining Syndicate, Broken Hill, 191[0], one share of thirty six. With pin holes, light folds, third certificate with top right corner torn and last with both top corners missing, very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Queensland mining, Kettle Swamp and Mount Marlay Tin, 1872 in words, five hundred Subscribers' £1 shares; Mount Chambers Gold, near Rockhampton, 18[90], sixty seven £1 shares, brown print; Brilliant Deeps Limited, Charters Towers, 190[12], one hundred 5s shares; Pfeiffer's Gold, Charters Towers, 191[3], fifty £1 shares; Moorlands Central Coal Mining, 1920. With pin holes, creases, first scrip also with small tears to edges, fourth with tape repairs over holes and minor tears to edge of crease lines, fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $130
SOLD $170