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New South Wales mining, Fortunatus Gold, Surface Hill, Tumberumba, 187[2], for twenty five £1 shares, blue print. With folds and creases, pin holes, foxing to top edge, very fine.
Estimate $100
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New South Wales mining, Southern Coal Company of New South Wales, 18[88], London issue, for eight hundred and fifty £1 shares, red print and scrollwork left side; Great Cobar Limited, 19[1]0, share warrant for five £5 shares, blue and black print in English and French within border, 7s 6d red embossed duty stamp top left, with 19 of 20 coupons attached. With folds and creases, some foxing to edges, first certificate with pin holes and handwritten notations top margin, very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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New South Wales mining, Eaglehawk Silver, Stephen's Creek, Barrier Ranges, 188[8], for fifty 10/- shares, blue print, overstamped 'Fully Paid-up' in red, vignette of eagle top centre and scrollwork left side. With light folds and creases, pin holes, very fine.
Estimate $100
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Tasmania mining, South Balstrup's (Tasmania) Silver, 189[0], for one hundred £1 shares, black print and scrollwork left side. With light folds and creases, pin holes, three broker's stamps on front, very fine.
Estimate $100
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Tasmania mining, Lord Hopetoun Silver, Mount Dundas, 189[1], for five hundred 2s 6d shares, brown on metallic paper. With light folds and creases, pin holes, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
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Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Treasury Bill, for one hundred pounds, No.353, Hobart, 8th December 1892, due date 8th December 1895, with red and white embossed two shillings and sixpence duty stamp, overstamped 'PAID' and hole punched twice across two signatures. With light vertical fold, stained area right side, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Tasmania mining, Clarence Gold, Lefroy, 189[5], for fifty 2s 6d shares, blue print and scrollwork left side. With folds and creases, pin holes, area of light staining front left, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Tasmania mining, Lyell Pioneers Gold & Copper, Mount Lyell, 189[5], one £2 share, black on pink, scrollwork left side. Light horizontal fold, pin holes, call stamp on back, good very fine.
Estimate $100
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Tasmania mining, South West Curtin-Davis, Dundas, 189[6], for ten £1 shares, blue print. With light folds and creases, pin holes, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
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Victoria mining, Round Hill Silver, 189[1], for four £5 shares, blue print, scrollwork left side, 'forfeited' handwritten in blue crayon across front left. With folds and creases, pin holes, very fine.
Estimate $100
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Victoria mining, Chewton Consols, White Horse Gully, Chewton, 189[8], for two hundred 10s shares, orange on buff. With folds and creases, pin holes, area of discolouration on back, very fine.
Estimate $100
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Victoria mining, Birthday Tunnel Extended, Staffordshire Reef, 190[3], for one hundred 10s shares, blue print and scrollwork left side; Loddon Valley Goldfields, 190[4], for fifteen £1 shares, London issue, blue print; Victorian Minerals Development, 191[1], for fifty £1 shares, blue print and scrollwork left side. With folds and crease, pin holes, very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
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Victoria mining, Federal Mint Gold, Pitfield Plains, 189[1903], for one hundred 10s shares, red and black on buff, scrollwork left side. With folds and creases, pin holes, four call stamps on back, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Victoria mining, Bendigo Water Works Freehold, [1905], for one thousand 4s 3d shares, black on pink and white; Bruhn's Frederick the Great Consolidated, Sebastian (near Bendigo), 190[8], for fifty £1 shares, black on pink; North New Moon, Eaglehawk, 190[10], for fifty 20s shares, blue print and scrollwork left side; New Moon Consolidated, New Moon Reef, Sailor's Gully (near Eaglehawk), 19[1]0, for one hundred £2 shares, blue on green scrollwork left side. With light folds and creases, pin holes, very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
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Victoria mining, Cornish United Gold, Garden Gully Reef, Bendigo, 191[5], for fifty five shilling shares, blue print and scrollwork left side; Frenchman's Lead, Avoca, Victoria, 193[5], for one £10 share, black on light orange; Powlett-North Woolamai Collieries, Powlett River, 191[4], for one hundred 15/- shares, green on green, scrollwork left side; South British Gold, Maldon, 190[3], twenty 5/- shares, black on yellow, scrollwork left side. With light folds and creases, pin holes, good very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
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Western Australia mining, Central Exploration Investment Corporation, London issue, 189[6], for forty £1 shares, green print within ornate border and scrollwork left side; Ivanhoe Gold, London issue, 189[8], for one £5 share, green print and border; New Chaffers Extended, London issue, 190[2], for two hundred 4/- shares, green print within border; Black Range Koh-i-noor, Black Range, 190[8], for twenty 5/- shares, red on green, scrollwork left side. With folds and creases, pin holes, two with handwritten notations in border, otherwise very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
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World scrip, Hungary uncut vertical strip of one forint bonds; Confederate States of America, three dollars bond coupons sheet of thirty, various Railway and Mining bonds, Russian Bills of Exchange. Fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
The Isabella Gold and Antimony Mining and Smelting Company No Liability, vellum document from Registrar General dated 31 January 1884 certifying that the aforementioned company had been registered and advertised in the Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser; Eleanora Gold Mining Company Report and Balance Sheet as at 30 June 1887 as laid before General Meeting 23 July 1887 at Armidale, 2pp; Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales, No.225, Friday 18 December 1953, pp4127-4197. The first with a section missing from the top edge but no text missing, the last with some scuffing across top edge, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, letter dated February 1, 1933 'To Our Correspondents' enclosing specimen of new Travellers' Letter of Credit and Letter of Indication; another similar letter dated December 20, 1937, also enclosing specimens and also explaining details and procedures for issue. The specimens of the Letters of Credit and letters of Indication virtually uncirculated except for a staple in top left corner, the covering letters with some small signs of ageing, otherwise extremely fine. (6 items)
Estimate $50
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Ampol Petroleum Limited, share prospectus booklet, dated 12th January 1954, soft cover, 19pp, with separate share application form, funds required for expanding business in West Australian Petroleum and the Exmouth Gulf district of Western Australia; The Sydney County Council, prospectus of Electricity Supply Loan No.53, 15 September 1952, 4pp, with separate application form and another form for conversion application; Government of the Commonwealth of Australia prospectus for 6 per cent conversion and redemption loan 1930, 2pp; Commonwealth of Australia Postmaster-General's Department advice dated 15 Feb 1955 to customers regarding changes in trunk line procedures, 1pp; The Australian Gas Light Company, prospectus of '1964' Registered Debenture Loan, cash and conversion, dated January 31, 1952, 4pp, with separate cash application form; State Electricity Commission of Victoria, prospectus of Power & Fuel Development Loan No.99, dated 5 may 1952, 4pp (2); Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board, Sydney, prospectus of Loan No. 81, dated 15 April 1952, 4pp, with separate application form and also a separate information advice leaflet. The third with some creasing and loss of paper at edges, the fourth with punch holes at edge for fitting into a binder, otherwise mostly fine - good very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
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USA historic newspapers, various issues 1861-1865 featuring reports on the American Civil War, includes The New York Herald (2), The New-York Times (4), The New-York Tribune (3), Boston Daily Advertiser; also The Philadelphia Inquirer, Public Ledger, Wednesday Morning August 15, 1945, with headline 'PEACE' and includes 16 of 26 pages with complete war history, maps and pictures. Some tears and paper loss at edges, otherwise good. (11)
Estimate $40
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Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, part 13, featuring landmark buildings and street scenes of Melbourne from the nineteenth century, by the Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. Some foxing, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $50
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Twenty Four Original Sketches, from the works of Charles Dickens by Nelson P. Whitelocke, includes a brief quotation on facing leaves (42x33 cm), rebound in half leather, six raised gilt bands, foxing on inside pages. Good fine.
Estimate $100
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Hawaii, rare promotional booklet for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1914, board cover, 64pp with b&w images throughout, printed by Paradise of the Pacific Press, Honolulu, Hawaii; very rare miniature flag of Hawaii at the time featuring the Union Jack in the canton with eight horizontal stripes of white, red, blue, white, red, blue, white, red representing the eight major islands, the flag is attached to a thin timber flagpole. The flag with age toning, the booklet virtually as new except for some light toning and some rust stains caused by the staples used to bind it. (2)
Estimate $100
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Australiana Historic print, titled, 'Opossum, Wombat et Nautile du Golfe de Carpentaire - 266, Australie' (print number 266 - An opossum, Wombat and Nautilus from the Gulf of Carpenteria) (image size 13.7x8.7cm; page size 19.7x12.8cm), made by Monnin after D. de Rienzi, from a woodcut engraving, this print is from M.G.L.Domeny de Rienzi's work, 'Oceanie, ou Cinquieme Partie du Monde', published in 1836 by Firmin Didot of Paris. Minor stains in left margin and light scattered foxing and age related toning, some rippling along top edge of page, otherwise very good for age.
Estimate $60
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Lindsay, Norman, 'Selected Pen Drawings', Angus and Robertson, Halstead Press, 1968, 60 plates, with dust jacket cover together with photocopies of letters to George Ferguson, Managing Director of A&R, 16 Dec 1968; another 'Pencil Drawings', Angus and Robertson, Halstead Press, 1969, forward by A.D.Hope, approximately 50 plates (not numbered), with dust jacket cover. As new. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Russell de Lacey, 'Gang Gang Cockatoo', line drawing, 5/250, signed and framed, (60cm x 47cm); Chris Huber, 'At Play', framed print; D'Arcy Doyle, 'Dash For Home', framed print; 'First Australian Test Cricket Team to England 1882', framed colour print; 'Raise A Glass Appeal', 1941, 13th Platoon D Company, Ikingi Egypt, framed modern photo; Bob Carr, doctored photograph depicting Carr overrunning Jeff Kennett in an AFL match, signed by Carr, framed; another, colour sketch caricature of Bob Carr, framed. Very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
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Honolulu Star - Bulletin, framed copies of front pages all dated December 7, 1941, 1st, 2nd and 3rd extra editions, reporting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, (68cm x 56cm). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Framed Display Board, 'Daren Beadman Stable of Champions', 5 x Racing Photographs including 1 signed by Darren Beadman, photographs show Octagonal, Super Impose, Saintly and Lets Elope, #338 of 500, (88cm x 82cm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Kim Beazley, photograph of the group signed by all four men, 2005, framed, 44/55, (58cm x 48cm). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $370