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British Honduras, Postal Orders, crown agent watermarked paper, 25c (1c) KGVI unissued, 25c (1c) KGVI issued 20/10/75 Belize City, 50c (1c) KGVI issued, all with counterfoils. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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Jamaica, Postal Orders, 10c, 20c, 30c, all issued Kingston 11/7/91; 40c, 50c both 6c surcharge unissued; 80c (4c) issued Kingston 11/7/91; $1 (7c) Halfway Tree 7/11/90; $2 (5c) Halfway Tree 7/11/90; $4 (7c) Constant Spring 23/9/82; $6 (9c) Halfway Tree 23/9/82; $8 (11c) Halfway Tree 7/12/90; $10 (11c) Halfway Tree 7/12/90; $20 (20c) Halfway Tree 7/12/90; $50 Savanna 12/3/90; $100 Savanna 12/3/90; all with counterfoils. Nearly uncirculated - uncirculated. (15)
Estimate $100
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New Zealand, Postal Note, Type 7c-4, 1940, two shillings and sixpence (2d), issued Lower Hut 13/11/41. Some light foxing, good fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
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New Zealand, Postal Note, type 7E 1945-61, two shillings (2d), issued New Market 4/7/1955. Some foxing, 2mm tear left edge, 3mm tear right edge, fine.
Estimate $30
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New Zealand, Postal Note, Type 7E-9, 1945-61, five shillings (3d), issued New Brighton 10/10/58. With 10mm tear right edge, fine.
Estimate $30
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Papua New Guinea, Postal Orders, errors, paying office 26/11/79, issued 10 toea (5t) Port Moresby 26/11/79; unissued 50 toea (10t); unissued 10 kina, forty surcharge; unissued 20 kina (40t). The first extremely fine, others uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $80
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Postcards, shipping and maritime related, c1930's - 1960's. In a Lighthouse album, good fine - extremely fine. (approx 430)
Estimate $100
SOLD $620
Postcards, an album of USA, sights and scenes (approx 110); another, Europe and UK, sights and scenes (approx 100); Military related, in album pages (approx 110), all c.1930-60. Fine - very fine. (approx 300)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
Banknote albums (3); single file postcard albums (10), all Lighthouse. Very fine. (13)
Estimate $60
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Bills of Lading, ship "Le Saint Andre", 12th March 1788, cargo of cotton ball, Port of Marseille to Agde, France; another, ship "Lamsitie" (friendship), 21st February 1792, Capt. Vant Michel, Marseille to Agde, France. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Bill of Lading, ship "La Sainte Famille" (The Holy Family), cargo of candles, December 1809, Marseille to Agde, France. Very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Bill of Lading, Ship "La Jeone Honorine", Capt. Pierre Callan, cargo of soap, from Marseille to Agde, France. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Cheques, Cashier of the Commercial Bank, Hobart Town, 25 March 1839 for ?175.19.2; Melbourne, 31st July 1855 for ?50, pay five months after date; Australia, July 2nd 1855, five months after date pay ?27.10 to Mr Samuel Bottomley, Auctioneer, 107 Elizabeth St; Bank of Van Diemen's Land, 1871, payable to Messrs Ritchie & Parker, with Queen Victoria, Tasmania, one penny stamp affixed; unused cheques, Commercial Bank of Tasmania Limited 18--; another, handwritten over The Bank of Australasia, 189-; The National Bank of Tasmania Limited, Launceston, for the Full Moon T.M.Co. 188-. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
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Cheques, used and unused, 1874-1977, including Australia Bank of Commerce Limited, Bank of Adelaide, Bank of Australasia, Bank of New South Wales, Bank of Victoria, Commercial Bank of Tasmania, Commonwealth Bank, Commonwealth Trading Bank, English, Scottish & Australian Chartered Bank, National Bank of Australia, State Savings Bank, Union Bank of Australia, English, Scottish & Australian Bank; together with used Traveller's Cheques (5) for five and ten (2) pounds, c1960s, twenty and fifty dollars, c1970s. Three cheques with pin or spike hole, another two with creases and tears to edges, fine - good very fine. (19)
Estimate $100
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Specimen Travellers' Cheques, including English, Scottish & Australian Bank Limited, for two, five, ten and twenty pounds Australian currency; Commercial Bank of Australia Limited (May 1972) pamphlet in English and French with specimen sterling travellers' cheques for five, ten, twenty and fifty pounds affixed; Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia (June 1961), pamphlet with illustrated fifty pound travellers' cheque and a cheque for ?10A; Bank of New South Wales (September 1, 1961) pamphlet in English and French with colour illustrations of two, five, ten, twenty and fifty pounds sterling. With some folds and creases, foxing and small tears to edges, fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $200
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Bonds, various Belgian and French companies, all with coupons attached, c.1920's (17); Magazines, all c.1950's "The Illustrated London News" (4) "The Sphere" (6). Fine - extremely fine. (27)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Australia, Melbourne, Penal Department of Victoria, Convict's Ticket of Leave on vellum, issued by the Inspector General of the Penal Department, to John Edwards, 18 November 1862, (20.5 x 32 cm document size), in custom frame with glass back and front, (39 x 52 cm). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,500
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Colony of Victoria, Miner's Right, district of Ballarat, book No.89, No.919, 5/-, dated 26th May [189]7, issued to Victoria Shield (?), Ballarat, signed by A.C.Bell. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
A group of documents, dated 1844-1897, including a Wholesale Dealer's Licence in Wine and Spirituous Liquors, Launceston, Van Diemens Land, 1844; Colony of New South Wales, Conveyance and Assignment of Assets of real and personal assets of an insolvent estate of the firm formerly trading under and using the name of Hughes and Hosking, Sydney, 1848; Colony of Victoria, Memorandum of Transfer, Melbourne, 1866; Tasmania, approval for a Public House Licence for the Launceston Club Hotel, 1868; Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Melbourne, policy for household furniture and effects including two pianofortes, St Kilda, 1881; Colonial Mutual Insurance Company, policy for a building in Campbell Creek, 1884; Australian Alliance Assurance Company, Fire Policy, 1886; Lease Agreement between the London Bank of Australia Limited and Duncan Shaw Smith, North Melbourne, 1895, with Victoria duty stamps of 2/6 (2), 5/- (2) and 10/- affixed; Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, Fire Policy, 1898, for the Honorable Robert Hoddle Drieberg White, for seven properties in Fitzroy, 1897. With folds and creases, very fine - good very fine. (9)
Estimate $150
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Letters Patents (2), both printed on vellum, to Mr Jacob Charles Leony of Melbourne, for an 'Invention for Improvements in preserving animal and vegetable substances' in the Colony of Victoria, where he wishes to obtain a Royal Letters Patent, signed and dated 27th June 1873, with Victoria statute stamps for 10/- and ?1 (2) affixed; and in the Colony of Tasmania where he wishes to secure a Special Licence within the said Colony for his invention, signed and dated 13th September 1873; together with Deed of Agreement and Assignment, handwritten on paper, between Mr Jacob Charles Leony and Messrs John Clayton and others, to sell and assign to other parties one half share and interest of and in the said invention, signed and dated 25th July 1873, with Victoria 10/- statute stamp affixed. With some creases, foxing to second document and tears along centre fold line on last, fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
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Insurance policies, Alliance Assurance Company, building insurance policy, 1915, with Edward VII, NSW duty stamps for 1/6 and 2 pence affixed; Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company, insurance for 'Pacific Cottage' building at Port Macquarie, NSW, 1919, with Edward VII, 8d and 1/- NSW duty stamps affixed; another, for the same dwelling, 1919, with Edward VII, 4d duty stamp affixed. Stamps perforated, policies with folds, very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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News magazines and papers, 1931 and 1932 Christmas, 1934 (5) Melbourne Centenary, 1936, shipping, 1939, Sunday magazine, 28th May; 1940 Declaration of War on Britain, 1953 Coronation, 1954 Royal Tour, sold with detailed typed list by the owner. Fine or better. (22)
Estimate $50
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Sydney Harbour Bridge related photographs, all b&w and includes completion and joining of two arches in 1932 as well as various photos of Vincent Kelly, the man made famous by his fall from the bridge on 23 October 1930 and his survival when he hit the water feet first, includes photos of him working as a rivetter as well as recuperating in hospital and post his recovery also photos of him in army uniform, one with his brother, when serving in World War I. In an album, fine - very fine. (16)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Various documents, including legal papers, tax return form for 1934, several share certificates, some b&w photos, unused cheque forms and deposit slips and a section of an Australian newspaper from 1941 with an article about U.S. Army insignia. Good - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $40
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World War II, Tatura Internment Camp, Victoria, 1942, in house magazine 'Brennessel' (Stinging Nettle), an incomplete run of the magazine produced by the internees, printed in German text, issues No.II, 1-22, together with four duplicate copies; also 'Chronik der Deutschen Internierungslayer in Australien', 68 pps. With foxing and wear, damage and splitting to some spines, otherwise very fine. (27)
Estimate $4,500
SOLD $5,500
Melbourne Olympics, 1956, memorabilia, Bryant & May Official Matchbox, Souvenir Program, Broadbents Street Map; Pictorial Book 'A Beautiful City'; Victoria Road Law Handbook; also 1929 bronze centenary medal of West Australia by the Royal Mint. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Autograph books, 1950s Australia, most with signatures of Grafton lumninaries, also famous musicians and musical personalities, the star autograph being that of Group Captain Sir Douglas "Tin Legs" Bader during his 1956 visit; also letter dated 20th February 1935 with printed details, 'Foreign Office,/S.W.1', to Sir Ronald Storrs KCMG, CBE, signed by Anthony Eden (The Earl of Avon and later Prime Minister of England), and another note sized paper with the printed stamp of the Prime Minister and the details, '10, Downing Street,/Whitehall', printed handwritten note of thanks with printed signature of Winston S. Churchill. Very fine, scarce. (4)
Estimate $140
SOLD $90
Harry M. Miller autograph, on a printed 'With the Compliments of the Chairman' slip, The Silver Jubilee Commemorative Organisation, 100 William St, Sydney. The printed slip aged with creases and pin-holes, otherwise fine.
Estimate $60
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Dame Joan Sutherland, "A Tribute", Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1989, hardcover, 128pp, #104 of 500, signed by Joan Sutherland on the title page, signed and dedicated a second time on the next title page "To George - Happy Birthday 1990", in original cover box with certificate; "The Joan Sutherland Album", compiled by Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge, Sydney, 1986, 191pp, illustrated. Very fine, scarce. (2)
Estimate $70
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Cold Chisel, official poster, signed by all band members, framed and glazed. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100