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Sundry, Ace Theatres Pty Limited (typed), 19[36] for 750 £1 shares and 19[39] for 375 £1 shares, both certificates issued to Francis Reginald Alldritt whose signature appears as one of the Directors; Australasian Lawn Tennis Publications Limited, 192[5]; Church Publishing Company Limited, Sydney, 191[3]; Civil Service Co-operative Society of Victoria Limited, Melbourne, 190[4]; Civil Service Co-operative Society of New South Wales Limited, Sydney, 19[20]; Consolidated Publications Limited, 19[29]; Glenferrie Hill Recreation Club, £10 debenture, 19[49]; Janiesleigh Dell Recreation Club, 1925 (2); Peninsula Country Golf Club, £50 debenture, Frankston, 19[60]; Victorian Trained Nurses Club Limited, Melbourne, 19[47]l together with two subscribers letters from the American National Club, Sydney, 1958. Some with pin holes or paper clip marks, light folds, edge tears fourth certificate with tape marks down left front side, last with tear on fold line and stain in centre, fine - good very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Sundry, Australian Optical Holdings, 1962; Australian Telecasters, Jun 8 62; Australian & Kandos Cement Holdings, 1967; Amalgamated Linens, 19[52]; Bitulite Road Limited, 192[8]; Cadell Fruitpackers Limited, 19[50], 19[51]; Chevron Sydney, 19[62], 19[63]; Consolidated Motels, 1962; Coogee Ocean Pier Company, 19[26]; A.C.Cooke Limited, 1930; G.J.Coles & Coy, 1957, 1961; Consolidated Textiles, 1956; Dux Electric Heaters, 19[28] (2); Dunlop Rubber Australia, unissued; Elastic Webbing Industries, 19[48] (2); Kosciusko Chalet, 196[4]; Tomki Packers, undated; United Distributors, 19[26]; Woolworths, 19[39]; Western Plains Zoo, Zebras Unlimited. Some with pin or spike hole, light folds, very fine - extremely fine. (25)
Estimate $130
Passed in
Sundry, 1920-1970s, Alliance Holdings, 1969; Artarmon Estate Limited, profit sharing receipt, 1922; A.Barrett's Proprietary Limited, 19[26], 19[27]; Australian Factors, 19[64]; Automobile Advance and Agency Company, 19[55]; Berriquin Holdings, 19[68]; Browse Island Company, 192[1]; Chevron Sydney, 19[67]; Commercial & General Acceptance Limited, 1960, 1965, 1966; Commercial Trading Pty Limited (typed), 19[48], 19[49]; Combined Resources, 1969; Commercial Guaranty, 1965; Cox Brothers (Australia) (7), 1956-1969; Davys Proprietary Limited, 19[26]; Decmar Corporation, 19[61]; Derrin Bros (Holdings), 19[61]; Drylec Limited (4), 195[4], 19[59] (2), 1965; Dobell (Q'LD) Pty Ltd (typed), 1954; J.T.Dunston Pty Ltd, 19[39]; Five Arrows Australia Resources Trust, unissued; Great Western Consolidated, 1969 (3); Mainline Corporation, 1969, 1970; N.B.H.C. Holdings, 1971; Nema Holdings, 1975; H.G.Palmer (Consolidated), 1969; Penworth Limited, 19[38]; Randwick Estates Limited (typed), 19[37]; Soltex Holdings, 19[69]; Surrey Engine and Boiler Works, 19[20]; United Distributors, 19[26], U.E.B. Industries, 1970; Waters Trading Co, 9[47]; Willsford Limited, 19--, unissued; Wytex Proprietary, 19[46]. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin or punch holes, folds, two with edge tears, fine - extremely fine. (50)
Estimate $250
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Sundry, London issues, Australian Maikop Oil Company, [1910], brown print; Australian Agricultural Company, [1934], black print, green patterned centre and decorative border; Australasian Electric Light, Power & Storage Company, 188[5], black print, thin paper; Broken Hill Proprietary Block 14 Company, 19[07]; Chillagoe Limited, 19[13], brown print and scrollwork left side; Emperor Mines, [1946]; Geelong Gold Mining Company, 189[1902], green print and scrollwork left side; Kangarilla Proprietary Silver Mines (South Australia), 18[90]; Queensland Exploration Company, 190]7], blue print, scrollwork left side and border; Mount Chambers Copper Mines, Share Warrant, in English and French, for five £1 shares, [25th September 1899], black print, orange and white embossed duty stamps in top corners, with all twenty dividend coupons attached payable at the London office of the Company; Smelting and Refining Company of Australia (1901) Limited, 19[04]; White Feather Main Reefs (1906) Limited, 19[06]. With pin holes, folds and crease, some with edge tears, fine - good very fine. (12)
Estimate $150
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Sundry, London issues, Australian Agricultural Company, [1954], black print with green patterned centre and decorative border; The Australian Mining Company, 18[94], thin paper; Australian Gold Extracting Company (Pollok Patents) Limited, Glasgow 189[1] (4), blue print and scrollwork left side, all issued to the one person; The Australasian Electric Light, power & Storage Company Limited, 188[7], blue print and border; [Cromwell Patents] Limited, 19[38]; Flinders Copper Company Limited, [1914]; Mount Elliott Limited, Share Warrant, in English and French, for one £5 share, London [20th March] 19[13], black and mauve, with embossed English and French duty stamps, twelve of twenty dividend coupons attached (two with tape repairs); together with dividend receipts (all London offices) for The Mysore Gold Mining Company, 1910; Mount Morgan Mining Company, 189[8]; Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company Limited, 1910 (2). Some with pin holes, folds and creases, fine - good very fine. (14)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Tasmania, Bank of Van Diemen's Land Limited, in Liquidation, second call of £1 per share, received from [S.Rheuben] the sum of £8.0.0, [4th March] 189[6]; together with correspondence to Mr Solomon Rheuben of Hobart from the Bank of Van Diemens Land Limited in Liquation, 1st April, 18[97], and solicitors Horace Walch, 189[8] and Dobson, Mitchell & Allport, 1900 (2). With pin holes, folds and tape marks on top corners on back of first, fine - very fine. (5 items)
Estimate $100
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Tasmania, Launceston Gas Company, transfer of ten shares, No.297, 186[70], black on blue with Tasmania five shilling stamp affixed top left corner; certificate for twelve £10 shares, 188[9], black on grey, handwritten in red across front 'Cancelled 20/5/18/See No.1351' and red lines through signatures. With pin holes, folds and small edge tears, very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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USA and Canada, The Chicago Live Stock Exchange, Certificate of Membership, 18[97], No.1329, issued to Charles B Cady, dark blue print and ornate border, vignette of livestock top centre and small vignette of railroad top right corner, written in ink 'cancelled/retired' across front; The Lancaster Corporation, New Jersey, 1946, brown print; Irving Trust Company, New York, 1959, orange print, with stamp bill from Blyth & Co.; Phelps Dodge Corporation, New York, 1960, green print; Shulton Inc, New Jersey, 1967, green print, Precision Polymers Inc, Deleware, 1972, blue print; together with United States Internal Revenue Stock Transfer stamps, 4c, overprinted 'series 1944', green, part sheet of 72; Canada, The Macconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada Ltd, black on patterned green, printed by Sands & McDougall Limited, Melbourne, with broker's stamp dated 25 Sep 1906; Exportex Proprietary Limited, Victoria, Australia, 1949; Exportex Trading Company Limited, Ontario, Canada, 1949 (both certificates the same design and issued to the one person); Placer Development Limited, British Columbia, Canada, 19[49], Sydney register, blue on light green. First certificate with taped repair on back to one fold, pin holes and a few small rust spots, others with light folds and creases, some with pin holes or perforations, second certificate with stains left side margin, 3cm tear on right side of third certificate, fine - extremely fine, MUH for stamps. (10 certificates, 72 stamps)
Estimate $100
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World, Peruvian Mining Company, for one share, No.4596, issued London 28th March 1825; Belgium, Companie Belge des Mines d'or Australiennes, for 250 francs, 1897, Action de Capital No.03546, brown on brown with two of thirty coupons attached; Action de Dividende No.21884, black on green, with three ot thirty coupons attached; France, Societe Fonciere de Paris, 1926, for 250 francs, green on patterned green, with fifteen of thirty coupons attached; Societe Forestiere Franco-Australienne, Paris [1921], black on patterned green, with all twenty five coupons attached (No.1 torn and repaired with tape); Aktiebolaget Kreuger & Toll, participating debenture for five hundred kronor, Stockholm 1st July 1928; black on mauve; India, Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company, Uttar Pradesh, bank order, 197[1] (5). With pin holes, folds, some with tape repairs, good - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $150
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Launceston Gas Company, six shares, 19th June 1875, No 552, in favour of Joseph Francis Lester of Hobart Town. Pin holes, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $30
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Broken Hill South Silver Mining Company, share certificate no.8096 for 100 fully paid shares, with vignette at left edge, named to A.S.Fotheringham of Adelaide, dated 10 May 1900, reverse with signature of transferor and Transferee, D Morton Tweedie; another identical share certificate no.14220 for five shares, named to Janet E.Codrington of Sydney, dated 16 January 1907, reverse with signature of transferor, the executor of the will of J.E.Codrington and the transferee, David Henry Crone; Maori Queen Proprietary Gold Dredging Company, Ovens Valley, Harrietville, share certificate no.1855 for one fully paid share, with vignette at left edge, named to Mrs Annie Mitchell of Balaclava, Vic, dated 31 May 1911, transfer on reverse signed by shareholder, printer's name, Victorian Printing Works. All with the usual pin-holes, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australia, share certificate, Homebush Gold Mining Company Limited, Victoria, certificate no.104 for 480,000 shares, shareholder's name blacked out, dated 22 August 1934. A few edge tears and split on centre fold, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Bonds Motor Company, Clare, South Australia, share certificates (2) unused and new, cheques in liquidation (2) used. Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
British Victorian era 2nd Life Guards officer's sword, features a flat back blade (98cm), etched pattern at top and mid-point of blade and includes crowned VRI cypher, near the guard is a PROVED mark, the grip is leather wrapped with twists of wire and the plated guard is voided in parts and features a crown above an intricate pattern and at the bottom has the number 2, all in brass, and at each side of the guard are evenly spaced brass knobs, the pommel is textured silver plate with a knob on top, the scabbard is silver plated with two brass belt hanging brackets and with a decorative brass chape (total length including handle and scabbard 119cm). Some wear to the plating on the scabbard and a few small sections of the guard, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $540
WWI RAF 1907 Pattern bayonet, manufactured (10 '18) October 1918, by Wilkinson, impressed on the metal pommel on the underside '28', on the attachment side '38', and on the opposite side 'R.A.F./1D/7600', and on the scabbard the locket is marked '008'. The leather section of the scabbard has been blackened, the blade has been used and there is wear to the stampings on the ricasso area, otherwise fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Germany, Imperial Prussian Mecklenburg Cavalry officer's sword with plain blade (82.5cm), brass stirrup hilt guard with crossed sabres, on the back of the guard is inscribed the name, 'Hugo Voss/Boizenburg', with lion's head pommel and quillons, wire bound timber grip, nickel plated scabbard, with original sword knot. Much plating worn from scabbard and some oxidation spots on blade, otherwise fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Germany, Imperial Prussian Artillery officer's sword with finely etched and decorated blade (86cm), brass stirrup hilt guard with crossed cannons and lion's head pommel and quillons, wire bound leather grip, brass scabbard. Several dents in scabbard, otherwise fine.
Estimate $500
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Japan, WWII Navy officer's katana, Choi-joi Temper Showa era hand made blade (65.7cm long), sharkskin wrapped tsuka (handle) with gilt floral menuki and bamboo mekugi (peg), with a silvered brass fuchi that matches the koiguchi at the top of the saya (scabbard), a bronze tsuba with rays emanating from the centre on both sides, there is a brass push-pin to ensure the sword remains in the saya which is enamelled black colour and it has two sword belt loops as well as a decorative lower fitting and a kojiri (end guard). The sword blade with some areas of light oxidation, silvered fittings with rubbing, a few dents and loss of enamel on saya, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,800
Ottoman Empire, late 15th - early 16th century, battle axe head, crescent shaped blade, deeply bearded with knob finial, overall length 24.5cm. Edge notched, pitted and acid cleaned, otherwise fine and very rare.
Estimate $3,500
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Ottoman Empire, 16th-17th century, large chain mail armour with long sleeves composed of interlocking iron rings individually hand forged and riveted, extending below the waist line (length from shoulder to bottom edge approx 76cm; weight approx 9kg), and with a central opening at the front that originally was fastened with a leather strap. Some minor damage, otherwise free of repairs and reconstructions and in good condition considering its age.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,400
Ottoman Empire, 16th-18th century, steel-mounted Islamic wicker Kalkan shield (28cm), domed and of circular shape composed of concentric wicker woven with coloured thread, the exterior is made up of radial steel bars linking the steel frame, steel domed centre boss with rosette and five square finials, the interior set with wood and the remains of the original red fabric lining, leather strap, and six iron rings for suspension. Some minor wear to the thread, otherwise in good condition for its age.
Estimate $3,000
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Ottoman Empire, 16th-18th century, steel-mounted Islamic wicker Kalkan shield (26cm), domed and of circular shape composed of concentric wicker woven with coloured thread, the exterior is made of radial steel bars linking the steel frame, the steel domed centre boss with rosette and five square finials, the interior set with remains of the original red fabric lining, cotton cushion, leather strap, and six iron rings for suspension. Some minor wear to the thread, otherwise in good condition for its age.
Estimate $3,000
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Ottoman Empire, 17th century, armoured cavalry helmet, a plain shallow domed steel skull plate with chain mail Camail attached to the rim, each ring riveted (height from top to bottom of the chain mail approx 39.5cm). The skull plate with an old repair and two iron plates reinforced, otherwise fine and very rare.
Estimate $5,000
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Ottoman Empire, 17th-18th century, wootz dagger, also known as 'Court Dagger', a side arm of the nobilities visiting the courts of the Ottoman Empire, the blade is finely fullered 35.5cm long and tapering to an acute tip, forged from good wootz (Damascus, watered) steel, the bone grips with good age patina and with a very finely chased grip strap and pommel cover, the scabbard is wood covered with black leather and mounted with very finely chased silver locket and chape, the silver parts are proof marked, total length including scabbard 45cm. Minor damage to the grip strap and a few dents on the high points of the decorative design on the silver, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $8,000
Ottoman Empire, 18th century, superb quality Pala kilij, extremely well made Damascus steel slightly curved blade in a typical Pala form, with reinforced T-spin section and yelmen, cut on each side with a broad short fuller, decorated with a silver koftgari calligraphic cartouche on one side and shaped panels on both sides of the forte, the back edge and the yelmen damascened with silver scrolls, the hilt composed of a grip with scales rising to a bulbous pommel in a characteristic Ottoman style and with hole for the suspension tassel, bounded by pairs of brass washers and enclosed by engraved brass strips, with an engraved brass cross-guard with bud-shaped terminals, with a leather-bound wooden scabbard stitched with spiral wire and mounted with a large brass locket with a band fitted with two loops for suspension and a large chape all decorated en suite with embossed and engraved foliage (overall length in scabbard approx 83.8cm and without the scabbard approx 80cm). A repair in the outer grip-scale between the back strap and cross-guard, brass mounting slightly worn with some scratches and minute dents, of very good quality and very fine condition.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,500
Ottoman Empire, late 18th - early 19th century, yataghan sword with 60cm Damascus blade forge welded from several twisted steel rods in a pattern known as 'Turkish Ribbon', flat back edge, the grips are bone and the bolsters as well as the grip strap are silver with filigree work, with original scabbard, velvet covered in centre with bullion strip on one side and with large chased silver locket and chape, total length including scabbard 76.5cm. Blackened areas and shallow pitted spots on the blade, some dented spots on the locket and the chape tip is replaced, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,200
Ottoman Empire, late 18th century, shamshir sword with forged wootz (Damscus watered) steel blade 79cm long, decorated at the top with gold koftgari work, bone grips with recesses for fingers, guard decoratively engraved on both sides, small double link chain from guard to pommel, leather covered scabbard with spiral stitching and mounted with large chased silver locket and chape, both of these with some decorative engraving, two mounting loops, total length including scabbard 95cm. Some small dents on the locket and chape silver coverings, and a very small edge chip on blade, otherwise fine.
Estimate $4,500
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Ottoman Empire, late 18th century, jambiya dagger in the style of earlier 16th and 17th century daggers, with Wootz (Damascus watered) steel blade 17.75cm long with a nicely engraved silver cross guard, bone grip, the scabbard with engraved silver locket and chape and at end of chape is a horse's head, total length including scabbard 30.5cm. A few small dents in locket and chape, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $4,000
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Ottoman Empire, 18th - 19th century, shamshir sword with a blade forged from high contrast wootz (Damascus watered) steel with strong clear pattern, blade length 79cm, bone grips with recesses for the fingers, grip strap, cross guard and scabbard mounts are silver as are the locket and chape, leather covered scabbard with its original classical spiral stitching, silver parts stamped with proof marking, the open top front edge of scabbard to enable ease of removal of blade has a drop-down guard, this loose, total length including scabbard 96.5cm. A few small spots with loss of leather on scabbard and some dents in silver locket and chape, otherwise very good.
Estimate $3,000
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Ottoman Empire, 1805, yataghan sword, blade is 46cm long and decorated with silver inlay and dated AH1220 (1805 AD), bone grips with flared ears and around the centre and overlaying onto the blade for a distance of 8cm is an elaborately patterned, raised silver decoration, and with a fine chased silver scabbard, total length including scabbard 63cm. Small chip at bottom on one side of bone handle, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,500