Catalogue
The Union Bank of Australia Limited, uniform issue, specimen fifty pounds, Wellington, 1st October, 1923, imprint of Waterlow & Sons Ld London, specimen note, Waterlow and Sons Ltd. 446 printed on top margin, overprinted in red, specimen Waterlow & Sons Ltd vertically twice on front and diagonally once on front and twice on back, one punch hole cancellation (L.547, P.S376, Clifford N871). Minor corner fold top right otherwise, nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $3,400
The Otago Banking Company, only issue, ten shillings, Dunedin, undated 185-, not numbered, no imprint, watermark inverted Bank of Otago (Robb.P.T.U.14a, P.S336, Sutherland pp.185 and other pages, Hargreaves pp.65-75, Clifford U811). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $3,000
Passed in
Taranaki Bank, promissory note, one pound, 185-, No.-, unissued form (Clifford U711). Some minor tears, several pin sized holes and foxing, otherwise nearly fine and excessively rare, one of only two known.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $900
Treasury Note, Southland, one pound, unissued, Payable at the Treasury Invercargill, undated (c1865), no serial numbers, overprinted Specimen in purple diagonally twice, imprint of Fergusson & Mitchell, Dunedin (L.-, P.-, Sutherland 255 [p.184], Clifford U921). Light folds and creases, several worm holes, otherwise nearly very fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $4,000
Passed in
Treasury Note, Southland, five pounds, unissued, Payable at the Treasury, Invercargill, undated, 18- (c.1865), no serial numbers, imprint of Fergusson and Mitchell, Dunedin, (Sutherland 255 [p.184], Clifford U923). Creases, with pin holes at left, very fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $4,500