Catalogue
Share certificates, The Broken Hill South Silver Mining Company, certificate 4061 for 5 fully paid-up shares to James Fergusson of Gawler, signed at Melbourne 4 May 1896, stamped PAID UP and CANCELLED twice, on the reverse is recorded a transfer of the shares to Elizabeth Jane Rice of Crafers, S.A. dated 20 July 1900; Waipawa County Permanent Building & Investment Society, certificate 496 for 4 investment shares to Arthur Wood Movat of Wellington, signed 22 February 1907, with impressed stamp of the Society, Waipawa County No.1522, both signatures crossed out; The Crown Brewery Company Limited, certificate 33 for 25 shares to Elizabeth Ann Rides of Christchurch, signed 5 June 1908, written 'Cancelled 5/8/40, on reverse is a stamp giving notice that the company went into voluntary liquidation 20 February 1924. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Crown Land sale receipt No 48393, Police District of (Hartley, 14th May) 18(78) deed fee ?(1) from (Sir Henry Parkes) of (Faulconbridge) (thirty nine) pounds (seven) shillings and (six)pence for (42) Acres at (Laurieton) in the County of (Cook) (24th) (April) 18/78) as Lot (F) and (there sold) ?40:7:6 signed (?) Agent for the Sale of Crown Lands. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
Labor Daily Levy, 1921-22, ten shillings, Queensland Branch No 15010, also more recent funny money, political propaganda and advertising notes and practice notes. Very good - uncirculated. (35)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Banking and Financial Ephemera, a variety, includes numerous empty cheque books, deposit slips, share certificates, "funny money" political propaganda notes. Mostly Australian, fine - extremely fine. (approx 200)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Documents, includes, Defense statement, by James Cherry, 1840; Indenture of Conveyance, 1853; Indenture by William B Watchorn, 1857; Indenture between Joseph C Firth and George Wilson, 1858; Agreement between Bank of NSW and L. M. Bayless, 1878. Good fine (5)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Birth certificate, 1857, for Elizabeth Sarah Halliwell, handwritten in ink on blue paper, born to Thomas and Elizabeth Halliwell on 19th April 1857 at Chilwell and registered at Geelong on 25th July 1857, and duly signed. Folds, a few small holes and loss of paper and a few small splits at edges, otherwise fine for an early Australian document.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Royal Humane Society, vellum award certificate dated 18 April 1895 to Harry Thomson 'for having on the 23rd February 1895 gone to the rescue of Harold P. Tait who was in imminent danger of drowning in a Pond at Tenterden and whose life he gallantly saved.', signed by Duke of Argyll. Some foxing and age toning, otherwise fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $120
Fiji Islands, Commissioner of Lands island survey map in black and white on white paper with a few highlights in red, printed by H.R.Craigie, Acting Government Printer, Suva, 1936 (approx 50x38cm). With folds and a few small edge splits, some foxing mostly on back, otherwise clean and very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Train tickets, mostly 1980s, includes various issues for NSW Railways (15) including Centenary of Federation pass also Blue Travel Pass and two Green Travel Passes; Queensland Railways (8); Zig Zag Railway (11); also pre 1966 toll tickets for Sydney Harbour Bridge (2), Ryde Bridge (8), George's River Bridge (10). Mostly fine - very fine. (54)
Estimate $40
Passed in
NSW Government Tramways, racecourse tickets, Circular Quay, Railway and Newton Rd Junction to Randwick Racecourse and return, 2/- (type with large 'A'); Newcastle Racecourse to Newcastle or Plattsburg, 9d; Dept of Govt Transport, City to Racecourse and return (Randwick?). Very good - good fine, all rare types. (3)
Estimate $60
Passed in
NSW Government Tramways and Dept. of Government Transport, tickets, Circular Quay or Railway to Agricultural, Cricket or Sports Ground and return, consisting of 6d, 1/3 (child), 1/6, 2/6 (pink) and 2/6 (red). Fine - very fine, a rare set. (5)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Andrews, Dr. Arthur, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Issued by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, 1921, 163pp & 61pl, original blue buckram, gilt. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Andrews, Dr Arthur, Australasian Tokens & Coins, Sydney, original 1921 edition; Gill, Thomas, Coinage and Currency of South Australia, Adelaide, 1912. Both books with general wear and with water damage to top of pages of first book, second with spine damaged at top, otherwise fair. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Gill, Thomas, Coinage and Currency of South Australia, Adelaide, 1912, ex library copy; Hanley, Tom and James, Bill, Collecting Australian Coins, Lidcombe; McNeice, R, Coins & Tokens of Tasmania, Hobart, 1969; Weynton, M.R, Australian Tradesmen's Tokens, London, 1888. First book with some damage to cover and spine, stains and foxing on last book, fair to good condition. (4)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Chinese Cast Coins, by Calgary Coins, Internet prints; Four Chinese Coins and Charms catalogues in Mandarin and with illustrations. Fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Kann, E., Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins (Gold, Silver, Nickel and Aluminium), reprint, Mint Productions, 1966, NY, 476 pps., 224 plates; Schjoth, Frederik, Chinese Currency revised and edited by Virgil Hancock, large format (39x26cm), cover partially separated. Good fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Smith, Ward D., and Matravers, Brian., Chinese Banknotes, Menlo Park, 1970, 225, illustrated throughout; paperback Chinese banknote catalog 1948 - 1999 in Mandarin. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Snelling, T[homas]., 'Seventy Two Plates of Gold and Silver Coin, mostly English, Supposed to be Engraved about the year 1650, London, Printed for T. Snelling, 1757, 34 pp, 34 plates, 28 cm, original binding, ex Libris Rev'd Charles Townend, Kingston by Sea. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Stahl, Zvi., Jewish Ghettos' and Concentration Camps Money (1933-1945), Tel Aviv, 1990, 103 pp., illustrated throughout; Campbell, Lance K., Prisoner of War and Concentration Camp Money of the 20th Century, 2nd edition, Ohio, 1993. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
(Byzantine), Ratto, Rodolfo, Monnaies Byzantines et D'Autres Pays Contemporaines a L'Epoque Byzantine..., Lugano, 9 April 1930, (4), 151 pp, 2701 lots, 68 (LXVIII) plates, the original edition of this sale in pristine condition, rare and unique. Superb condition, better than extremely fine, leather bound, handcrafted by Henry Nuss, bookbindeer in Dallas, Texas.
Estimate $300
SOLD $420
Ratto, Rodolfo, Monnaies Byzantines et D'Autres Pays Contemporaines a L'Epoque Byzantine..., Lugano, 9 April 1930, (4), 151 pp, 2701 lots, 68 plates, prices realised added in, Reimpression of the original edition by J. Schulman, 1959, Amsterdam; Goodacre, Hugh, A Handbook of the Coinage of the Byzantine Empire, London, 1971, 361 pp illustrated throughout; Bendall,S. and Donald.P.J., The Later Palaeologan Coinage, Baldwin, 1979, 272pp. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
World, an assortment of coin collecting publications including, 'An Advanced Guide to Coin Collecting', by Howard Linecar, London, 1970, 286pp; 'The Coin Makers, the Development of Coinage from Earliest Times', Thomas W.Becker, London, 1969, 178pp; 'The Art of Collecting Coins', by Leonard S.Forrer, London, 1955, 183pp; 'Money from Cowrie Shells to Credit Cards', by Joe Cribb, London, 1986, 192pp; & 'Select Numismatic Bibliography', Elvira Clain-Stefanelli, New York, 1965, 406pp. Fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Historical and Numismatic literature, a variety of books on ancient history and archeology as well as coin guidebooks and auction sale catalogues. In two boxes, very fine. (50)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Stamps of the World, by Stanley Gibbons, 2007, five full volumes, countries A-Z. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
St Helena and Ascension Island, a small collection of various philatelic literature including, 'St Helena', by Fred J.Melville, London, 1913, 82pp; 'St Helena & Dependencies', Stanley Gibbons, London, 1988 42pp (4); 'The History and Postage Stamps of Ascension Island', by Eric H.Ford, Bromley, 1933, 67pp; 'The Postage Stamps of Ascension Island', by John Leonard, London, nd. Some foxing on a couple, fine. (7)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Celtic, Gallo-Belgic, imported to Britain, uninscribed coinage from Northeast Gaul, Ambiani, (c175-120 B.C.), gold quarter stater, (1.65 g), obv. stylized elaborate wreathed head of Apollo to right, rev. Stylized celticised horse to right, ornaments in field, (S.6 [British Coins], cf.Sills 271, Van-Arsdell 15-1, DT 559). Very worn as usual, good - very good, rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Edward III, (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty period 1351-61, noble, London, class E, mm cross 2 1354-5, (7.5g) (S.1488) (F.89). Good very fine.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $9,500
George II, old head, guinea, 1758 (S.3680) (F.344). Attractively toned good very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,700
George III, guinea, fourth bust, 1774 (S.3728) (F.355). Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,700
George IV, bare head left, two pounds, 1823 (S.3798) (F.375). Has been swivel mounted, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,800