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Australia, 8/7 Inf. Bn. Offrs' (Officers) Mess, chits for threepence, sixpence and one shilling. Uncirculated and scarce. (3)
Estimate $500
SOLD $320
Australia, A.U.R. (Adelaide University Regiment), Officers' Mess chits for one penny and threepence. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Australia, 19 National Service Training Battalion, Officers' Mess booklet, Book No (stamped number faded), still containing unused coupons for penny, threepence (6), sixpence (4), and shilling (2) (YMC.p11). Extremely fine and scarce. (booklet + 13 coupons)
Estimate $500
SOLD $320
Australia, R.A.A.F. H.Q. Officers' Mess page of four chits, each for one shilling and sixpence, also one single chit for same value (YMC.p14); H.M.A.S. Manoora, Wardroom Mess, one penny chit (YMC.p16). The first page with rusted staple hole at left side not affecting the chits, the last with small piece missing from right edge, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (2+page of 4)
Estimate $140
SOLD $100
Australia, H.M.A.S. Penguin, Wardroom Mess, $1 booklet of chits, stamped on front, '392', still remaining are chits for one cent (dark yellow) (5), two cents (white) (3, one loose), five cents (pale yellow) (3), ten cents (blue) (5), valid for two months from issue (YMC.p17). Cover good very fine, chits uncirculated. (cover +16 chits)
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Australia, Army Canteens Service, Victorian Detachment, Beer Issue chits for 1 and 2 (YMC.p18); also No.6 Camp Officers' Mess, WWII, chit for threepence. The second with rust from staple, otherwise good evry fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $80
Australian Army Canteens service, B.C.O.F., half yen chit, c1947, serial no. C 270441, Australian coat-of-arms in background, printed by Miller. Melb., stamped on back, 'Kiwi Club/3D' (YMC.p21). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Australian Army Canteens service, B.C.O.F., one yen chit, c1947, serial no. A 209533, Australian coat-of-arms in background, printed by Miller. Melb. (YMC.p21). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $500
Australia,?U.S. Army Officers' Club Gregory Terrace, Base Section 3, WWII, chits for three pence (no.4009S) and six pence (no.3009S) (YMC.p42).?Uncirculated and very rare.?(2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Australia, Railways Queensland, Defence Force in Uniform, Fortnightly Season Ticket no.756, second class, 1st to 14th January 1943, between Tamborine and South Brisbane; motor spirit ration tickets, N.S.W. (3), valid to 31st July 1949, stamped cancelled and each with details written on reverse, Victoria (2), Series B for 2 gallons, each with details written on reverse. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Great Britain, War Savings Certificate, WWII, unused certificate for one pound payable in five years and bearing printed signature of John Bradbury, from a certificate booklet. A pair of staple holes with rust around them on left side where the certificate was secured in booklet, otherwise age toned good extremely fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Canada, Officers Mess, H.M.C.S. Peregrine, chits for five (Canada in pencil on back) and ten cents; H.M.C.S. Discovery, Ward Room Mess, chits for five (2) and ten cents, all numbered 0787. The second two five cents chits with faint foxing on back, otherwise all uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Canada, Maple Transit Camp, Breakfast chit; CANEX (Canada's Military Store), gas discount coupons for five, ten, twenty five and fifty cents, English text on one side and French text on the opposite side. The first very good, the fifty cents with centre fold, otherwise good very fine, the rest uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Newfoundland, Military Canteen Cigarettes coupons, c1940, an unused imperforate block of four, printed by British American Banknote Company Limited. One small foxing spot, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Denmark, Foedrelandet (daily newspaper) reproduction propaganda notes of the Danish Nazi Party D.N.S.A.P., Series A 1942, of fifty ore and one, two and five kroner, the third numbered 32397, the others all numbered 40702, reverse of each note features propaganda instructions (Schwan-Boling 1501-4). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Egypt, R.A.F. Station, Officers' Mess, Helwan, B.B.Q. chit for P.T. 10; Singapore, R.A.F. Station, Seletar, chit for five cents. The first with a tear on left edge, otherwise uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Fiji, WWII, G.P.H. (Grand Pacific Hotel), chits for one penny, threepence and sixpence, all with rubber stamped signature on back, 'Chas. Brown' (YMC.p56).? Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Germany, Allied Occupation, Empire Club, (Bad) Salzuflen, c1945, one-sixth mark nightclub token bearing floral emblems of England and Canada, overstamped, 'HQ GHQ TPS'. Some toning around edges, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Germany, Allied Occupation, CCG (Control Commission for Germany) (British Element), Empire Club, Bad Salzuflen, c1945, one penny chit. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Germany, Allied Occupation, CCG (Control Commission for Germany) (British Element), Empire Club, Bad Salzuflen, c1945, one penny chit. Very small top edge split, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Germany, Berlin District, half mark and one mark chits, good in all U.S. Army sponsored installations in Berlin; Stardust EM (Enlisted Men) Night Club, half mark (2, joined) and one mark; also Hungary, unidentified 'Vefn. 1 krona', appears to be small sheet of 10 chits. Good very fine - uncirculated. (5+sheet)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Great Britain, 1st Vol. Batt. Worc. Regt. Canteen threepence chit, no.3561; 17th Hussars, Officers' Mess, five cents chit; Survey Wing R.A. (Royal Artillery), chit for Chocolate and Razor Blades, 4 only, valid on week of issue only. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
British Army of the Rhine, 113 Transit Camp, BAOR, NAAFI Rations card; NAAFI/EFI (Expeditionary Forces Institute), North Africa District, Officers' Club, Algiers, ticket no.024940, value one franc; NAAFI, Cigarettes and Tobacco card for purchase at privileged prices at NAAFI Canteen, stamp on back of N.A.A.F.I. The first with age toning and creases, otherwise fine, the rest very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $90
SOLD $70
Iran, Tehran, USASTRATCOM Facility, Tehran Restaurant, five rials, numbered 751, punch cancelled; The "QRM" Club, USASRATCOM Facility, five rials, numbered 1751, punch cancelled; Triple "T" House, five, ten, and twenty five rials, all numbered 17251, the last punch cancelled; The American Club, five and ten rials, both numbered 152101E, both with single punch hole cancellation. Uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
Japan,?WWII Occupation, beer label, Dai Nippon Brewery Co Ltd, Beer, For Use of Allied Forces Only (also Japanese text), perforated at bottom, '11.15'; Kawana Hotel Beer Chit, reverse with Japanese stamp and stamped number 2245 (YMC.p24); also,?Korean war leaflet, Safe Conduct Pass, printed signature of James A. Van Fleet, Commanding General UN Forces in Korea. The first and last missing left top corner, the first and second with foxing, the third with bottom edge split and small piece of sticky tape on two sides as well as foxing, otherwise fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Japan, Misawa (Air Base), NCO Club, Lone Oak Saloon & House of Chance, 'Prizes Only' vouchers for one thousand (2), five hundred, one hundred, and fifty dollars; also Breakfast Buck, one dollar for NCO Club Dining Room. The last with staple hole at one side, otherwise uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Liberia, (assumed to be this country), Club Bong Range, chits for five, fifteen, thirty and fifty cents. All with staple hole at left edge, the last with some foxing, otherwise uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Middle East, U.N.E.F., c1959, chit for 10 PT, serial no. E18431. Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
N.A.A.F.I., Imperial Court Restaurant, vouchers for twopence, threepence, four pence, sixpence, eight pence and one shilling; also N.A.A.F.I. Entertainments, Syria, Sy.Pt.25, ticket no. A 33441, intact, with written details dated 5.4.43 on back of one half. The last intact but perforated centre line is fragile and on verge of separating, otherwise very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
Palestine, 24 Aust. Inf. Bde., WWII, Officer's Mess, chits for five mils and ten mils, with butts intact. Each chit with staple hole on butt from when padded, very small foxing spot on ten mils, otherwise uncirculated and scarce. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $230