Catalogue
To Commemorate The Centenary Of The Issue Of The Macintosh and Degraves Tasmanian Shilling, 1823-1923, in silver (31mm) (C.1923/4), design by A.C. (Alfred Chitty), minted by S & S. (Stokes & Sons). Nicely toned, uncirculated and extremely scarce with a mintage of only 50.
Estimate $350
SOLD $340
Combined Fire Brigades Demonstration, Geelong, 1924, in gilt (31mm) (C.1924/10), by Stokes, Melb, ring top suspension. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Combined Fire Brigades Demonstration, Geelong, 1924, in gilt (31mm) (C.1924/11), by Stokes, Melb, ring top suspension. Good very fine/extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Combined Fire Brigades Demonstration, Warrnambool, 1925, in gilt (31mm) (C.1925/7), by Stokes, Melb, ring top suspension. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Hagley Show, (Tasmania), 1925, handcrafted in sterling silver and gold (31x34mm), no maker, ring top suspension (this broken but included with lot), obverse inscribed, 'JB', reverse inscribed, 'Hagley Show/1925'. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
NSWR Railway Ambulance Corps, Efficient Medal 1925 with Efficient clasps for 1926 and 1927, all named to F.J.Eckford; New South Wales Government Ambulance silver medal, reverse inscribed, 'Frederick Eckford/Lithgow/Ambulance/Class/1930', and with three N.S.W. Govt. Ambulance Corps clasps, named as follows, 'Frederick Eckford/Lithgow Class 1931.', 'Frederick Eckford/Lihgow Class 1932.', and 'Frederick J.Eckford/Lithgow Class 1934.'. Toned good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
NSW Highland Society, fob handcrafted in gold (9ct; 4.62g; 27x34mm), by WNEW, reverse inscribed, '1st. Jan 1926./Tug of War/No. 2 Team./Fireman Gannon.'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Bert Hinkler Airman Bundaberg, Australia, London to Darwin flight in 16 days, Feb 1928 in bronze (51mm) (C.1928/1), by CDR (C.Douglas Richardson for Stokes), issued by the Numismatic Society of Victoria. Toned, a small spot of oxidation at right obverse edge, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
F T Wimble & Co Ltd Diamond Jubilee, 1868-1928, in gold (9ct; 5.00g; 30x21.5mm) (C.1928/2, this item), pin-back removed. With initials scratched on reverse, otherwise very fine and rare
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Royal National Association C'ship, 1928, handcrafted prize fob in 9ct gilt and sterling silver (24x31.5mm), by F.W.Nissen, pin-back, reverse inscribed, '75 Y'ds./Skipping/under 14/2nd'. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Fourth Australian & New Zealand Philatelic Congress & International Philatelic Exhibition, Melbourne, 1928, prize medal in silver (38mm), by Stokes, Melb, reverse inscribed, 'A.S.A.Whelen/(DIVISION) XIV/(Class) 1/2nd Award'. Nicely toned, a few hairlines, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Centenary Of Western Australia, 1929, in copper (38mm) (C.1929/2), obverse design by BM (Sir Bertram Mackennal KCVO, RA), reverse design by K.G (G. Kruger Gray), struck at Royal Mint, Perth, together with original packet of issue. Most mint red, uncirculated and scarce in this condition and with packet of issue.
Estimate $50
SOLD $140
Pharmaceutical Society Of N.S.W., Sydney, (1929), uniface award medal in gold (tested as 9ct; 16.22g; 32mm), by T Scherne, reverse inscribed, 'Award of Merit/To/Stuart Vincent Wyllie/Final Examination/in Pharmacy/1929'. Very fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $630
Country Fire Brigades Demonstration, Bendigo, 1930, in gilt (31mm) (C.1930/1), by Stokes, Melb, ring top suspension. Full mint bloom, virtually uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $140
Country Fire Brigades Demonstration, Bendigo, 1930, in silvered (31mm) (C.1930/1), by Stokes, Melb, ring top suspension but lug not holed. Good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $150
Be Rational Vote National, political badge in gilt and enamel (24mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, two lugs on back for wear. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $70
Passed in
NSW Railway Ambulance Corps, silver efficiency service cross with one bar 'Efficient 1932', this inscribed, 'R.J.W.Ewing', reverse of cross inscribed, '1930/Efficient' at the top and at the bottom, 'R.J.W.Ewing'; another cross in gold and enamel (9ct; tot wt 12.87 g), with one bar, the reverse of the cross inscribed, 'R.J.W.Ewing/Efficient/1935', and the reverse of the bar inscribed, 'R.J.W.Ewing/Efficient 1938'; another being a Life Member fob medal in gold (9ct; 10.69g), the obverse inscribed, 'R.J.Ewing', the reverse inscribed, '(Efficient) 1941'; Manchester Unity Oddfellows, Past Grand jewel in silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, 'P.G.L./38/A.W.Ewing/1932', ribbon with 'Past President' bar. The first cross without ribbon and the bar on the jewel with a small enamel chip, otherwise very fine. (4)
Estimate $450
SOLD $340
Country Fire Brigades Demonstration, Bendigo, 1934, in silvered (31mm) (C.1934/2), by Stokes, Melb, ring top suspension. Good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Victorian Salon Of Photography, Melbourne Centenary, 1934, in bronze (50.5mm) (C.1934/10), by Stokes, unnamed. Good very fine and scarce, only 19 minted.
Estimate $150
Passed in
VICVI (Victorian Centenary & Sixth Australasian Philatelic Exhibition), Melbourne 1934, philatelic prize medal in gilt bronze (38x50mm) (C.1934/11), by Stokes, reverse impressed, 'S. Orlo-Smith/Hon.Secretary/For Services'; Australia's 150th Anniversary Philatelic Exhibition, Sydney, 1938, prize medal in silver (32x45mm) (C.1938/11), by Amor, obverse, Sirius under full sail to left with 1788 below, reverse, a Catalina flying boat on water and facing left, at the bottom inscribed, 'Covers./S. Orlo Smith'. Both medals with two pierced holes at the top with suspension chain added,
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
VICVI (Victorian Centenary & Sixth Australasian Philatelic Exhibition), Melbourne 1934, philatelic prize medal in antique gilded (38x50mm) (C.1934/11, this medal), by Stokes, reverse impressed, 'C. Fawcett./Meters', written in ink on top right edge, '2688'. Some toning, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australia, Victorian Centenary, Oct 1934, inscribed on a map of Australia inside a lifebuoy with roped border, the lifebuoy impressed, 'H. M. S. Sussex', no maker, convex reverse, pin-back; another identical but no impressed name, 'H.M.S.Sussex'. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Melbourne Victoria Centenary, 1934-1935, in silver (oval 38x51mm) (C.1934-35/5), by Stokes, obverse inscribed, '100 yards, Challenge. E.Hampson (Aust) 1st. 9 9/10 Secs./26.1.35.'. Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, 1935, in bronze (51mm) (C.1935/6), by Stokes, Melbourne, issued by Numismatic Association of Victoria. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
The British D.H.Comet "Grosvenor House" London to Melbourne, 1934, Exhibited At Lewis's, 1935, in aluminium (37.5mm) (C.1935/10). Hairlines and small scratch marks, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
The British D.H.Comet "Grosvenor House" London to Melbourne, 1934, J.R.Gaunt & Son Ltd, commemorative advertising medalet for British Industries Fair 1935, in aluminium (37.5mm) (C.1935/11). Edge bumps and hairlines, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Sydney, 23.6.36, test strike in silvered (25mm) (C.1936/5a). Some toning marks, otherwise very fine and rare as only about 10 struck.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Royal Agric(ultural) Soc(iety) N.S.W., 1936, Member badge in voided gilt and enamel (23x31mm), by J.M.Dempster, ring top suspension, reverse numbered 4798; West Wyalong P.A.H & I. Asscn. (Pastoral, Agricultural, Horticultural & Industrial Association), Life Member badge in gilt and enamel (29.5x24.5mm), by Angus & Coote Ld, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse numbered 161. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
The Shorthorn Society (of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), 1936, prize medal in gold (9ct; 54.26g; 51mm), hallmarked by HP (H.Phillips) for 1935, obverse, head of King George V left, reverse, open wreath and inside inscribed, '1936/Royal Easter Show/Sydney N.S.W./Awarded to/Messrs. I.J.Sloan & Co./for/Champion Shorthorn Bull/Coonong Defender', in case of issue by F.Phillips, Medallist, Aldershot. Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,250
To Commemorate His Majesty's Coronation EVIIIR, Australian Celebrations, May 27th 1937, in silvered (31mm) and another in bronze (31mm) (C.1937/8) (2), by Stokes, Melb, ring top suspension. Extremely fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100