Catalogue
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 $60
SOLD $40
Riches, Robert, watercolour on paper, 'Thames Head Bridge', c.1900, depicting the bridge over the Thames and Severn Canal at Brimscombe, Gloucestershire, framed, 50cm x 34.5cm. Very fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
Royal Air Force Police, Falkland Islands, souvenir metal map, framed, also books Battle for the Falklands, Land, Naval and Air Forces, 3 vols, Osprey; Weapons of the Falkland Conflict by Bryan Perrett, 1982. Fine. (5)
Estimate $40
Passed in
Sydney Harbour Bridge memorabilia, including 4 Souvenir tickets from 1982, celebrating 50 years since the opening, No's.0011 & 0016; a pylon lookout lift ticket prior to decimal currency; toll voucher No.84047; a ticket from the Showboar Harbour Cruises from January 1951 and a fact sheet and postcard. All fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
Collection of railway tickets throughout Australia, all housed in albums, Tasmania (1), QLD (1), SA (3) VIC (5), NSW (16) plus an Index. Fine. (26 albums)
Estimate $150
SOLD $1,100
Collection of Telecom phone cards, from the 1990s and mostly in mint condition. Housed in a thin shoe box, fine. (100s)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
An assortment of illustrations of phonecard collectors guides, including "Phonecard-Guidebook Japan" by Helmut Treude; "The H&G Standard Catalogue of USA Telephone Cards, including Canada" by S. Hiscocks; "Thai Phonecards". Fine. (38)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Cigarette Cards, a collection in album of animals, featuring mainly dogs and cats by De Reszke, real photographs 4th & 5th Series, J. Millhoff & Co. Ltd., London, 1926. Fine. (79)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Cigarette cards, 1938, air raid precautions set, Will's Cigarettes; Cigarette cards, 1939, Britain's Defenders set, Will's Cigarettes. Very fine. (83)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Cigarette card album, air raid precaution cards, full album, Will's Cigarettes; Cigarette card book, fire safety cigarette cards, almost full book. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Fire Engine cards, consecutive numbers, set of 20. Extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Australia, Phillumeny a Catalogue of Australian Match Lables, Federal Match Company, by The Wales Lable and Booklet Collectors Meeting, Sydney, 1971, 55pp. A rare find, fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Letter dated 7 Nov 1823, handwritten in ink, from W. MacDonnell to James G. Danron Esq of the Bank of Scotland, about the banks 'Process of Forthcoming' in relation to a debt, with impression of a stamp at top left corner, 'Nov/7/1823'. Some loss of paper at edges in a few places, otherwise mostly free of foxing, fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Commonwealth of Australia, Treasury Bond for ten pounds, AR 007108, issued 28th March 1944, 3-1/4% repayable 15th October, 1950-1960, with all thirty two coupons attached. Light folds, slight foxing to edges, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Cheques, in two albums, 1880-1919 issues, various banks, to Johnston & Wilnott, Launceston (one for Bundaberg with duty stamps), unsigned Bank of Australasia Adelaide 191- for the Druids. (2). Fine - extremely fine. (101)
Estimate $280
SOLD $420
Banking ephemera, Bills of Sale and Leases for hotels in the Clair region, South Australia in the late 1800's (32). Together with cheques related to relevant businesses or people (60). In a folder with collectors research and list. Fine - very fine. (93)
Estimate $800
Passed in
Banking and Financial Ephemera, deposit forms, English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited, all early twentieth century (11); share certificate, Bond's Motor Company; first, second and third of exchange forms (3); travellers cheques (3); Disney, Disneyland, Paris ten dollars; gold plated ingot (10g). Very fine - uncirculated. (20)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Issued receipt documents, includes The United Insurance Company, Sydney, Receipt No.5407 dated 5 October 1872, with affixed NSW one penny duty stamp (printed and handwritten); receipt dated 13 Oct 1883 with the mark of Mrs Katherine Freeman, witnessed by Mary Mowle, acknowledging receipt of one quarters annuity of twelve pounds ten shillings from Edward Hargrave of Greenwich, with affixed NSW one penny duty stamp (handwritten); receipt dated Octr 29th 1884 for supplies to Mr Thos Freeman from Neale's New York House, South Grafton, with affixed 2xone penny NSW duty stamps (handwritten and printed); Exchange Buildings, Tamworth receipt dated 23rd February 1888 for five hundred pounds deposit on purchase of 'Flemington Estate', with affixed NSW two pence duty stamp (printed and handwritten); The New Zealand Accident Insurance Company, interim receipt no.C3799 dated June 16th 1886 to F.M.Mills Esq, with affixed NSW two pence duty stamp (printed and handwritten); Australian Mutual Provident Society, Brisbane, receipt no.1941 dated 25 Mar 38 for life assurance premium for P L Suttor, with affixed Queensland one penny duty stamp (printed and typed); also five lots of impressed NSW duty stamps issued by the NSW Stamp Duties Office and NSW Registrar General, includes thirty pounds, twenty four pounds, three pounds fifteen shillings, one pound (2), fifteen shillings, one shilling (2), and one Duly Stamped. Very fine. (11)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Banking, Real Estate Bank Limited, two hundred and fifty seven ?5 shares, black print and scrollwork left side; to Henrietta Fergusson of Malvern with two pounds 10/- paid up for each share on the 16th August 1889, signed by director and manager,made by printers Fergusson and Mitchell of Melbourne. Good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
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 $60
Passed in
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 $40
SOLD $40
Postcards, Australian states, a large collection from all over the country, from 1900's, including Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Churches, Aviation, Cricket, Advertising, Queensland, Darwin, NT. In separate boxes with collector's notes. Fine. (approx 890)
Estimate $200
SOLD $3,600
Postcards, two albums, first containing a collection of ships, ferries and wharfs from around Australia, shots of Central Station Sydney around it's opening in 1906 and many more (74); second primarily of waterfalls in Australia (20), with a few other historic landmarks (13). Fine. (107)
Estimate $60
SOLD $230
Postcards, Australian numbered postcards, from No.1127-1830, some numbers missing in between, Leura, Brisbane Botanical Gardens, La Perouse Sydney, Botany Bay and Balmoral Beach, from early 1900s. Stored in an album, fine. (37)
Estimate $50
SOLD $140
Postcards, a large collection of postcards mainly from Australia, featuring shipping, cars, planes and trains (200) in album; box containing postcards from 1900s to modern cards and an album of various shots of Sydney Harbour. Fine. (approx 400)
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Postcards, Sydney Australia, Clifton Gardens and Balmoral posts, collection presented in an album, plus a clipping giving the history of that area. Fine (87)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Postcards, a small selection of Sydney and local areas from the early 1900s, featuring beautiful seashore scenes, mainly black and white, all in a plastic sleves. Fine. (approx 120)
Estimate $50
SOLD $480
Postcards, housed in a very old album are vintage sepia postcards, of tourist attractions of Rome, era early 1900s, beautiful collection and rare (34), in the same album are a more modern collection from various countries (54); together with a small box of vintage postcards, all featuring various portraits, some written upon (50). Fine. (138)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Postcards, a variety of older postcards, mixed black and white and coloured general cards, a beautiful and interesting collection stored in a shoebox. Fine. (approx 200)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Postcards, a variety of greeting postcards from 1900s, in a very ornate and old album (45); second delicate album contains both greeting and portrait cards, colour (86). Generally fine many used with stamps.(131)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100