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Indenture Document, 1709, written on vellum, between Garland Drury, Elizabeth Drury / William Joss, Elizabeth Joss / Ambrose Hackett, Mary Hackett anfd Nathan Hill for sale of land, signed and wax sealed and with duty stamps affixed, dated 13 May 1719. Age toning, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Van Diemen's Land Police pass, issued from Police Office at Longford on February 14th 1837 to John Perkins, a prisoner holding a Ticket of Leave, to pass to the Macquarie River to the house of Mr Walter Hopson and return before 4th day of June 1837, the pass to be taken to H. Douglass, Constable of Campbell Town, and on the reverse is a description of John Perkins. Some edge tears and a centre hole where it has been put on a paper spike, with age toning especially on reverse, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $500
The Morning Chronicle Newspaper, London, large 4-page spread newspapers, #11580, June 28 1806; #11581, June 30 1806; #12523, June 30 1809; #12533, July 12 1809; The Daily Globe, Washington, large 4-page spread, #4106, August 21 1844; Munro's Girls and Boys of America, New York, Vol IV #83, May 1 1875; Young Men of Great Britain, A Journal of Amusing and Instructive Literature, #1009, 23 May 1887; Our Boys' Journal, Vol IX #227, December 29 1880. Very fine and some rare. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Australia, Tasmania, papers relating to service in RAAF by Frank Ikin of Launceston, Tasmania, including a Fifteen Rupees stamp duty bond paper (QV) undated. Fine or better. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
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 $30
SOLD $30
Aborigines Office, South Australia, various documents relating to the Aboriginal Mission at Point Pierce from the original grant of land for a mission station, named Boorkooyanna Native Mission, which employed male aborigines in pastoral and agricultural activities, female aborigines in domestic duties and also schooled their children as well as providing housing, the documents cover the period from 21 September 1868 and include annual reports for 1875, 1876, 1879 and 1880 handwritten in ink on foolscap sized pages by Reverend Julius Kuhn, the writing is very good and easy to read, some of the early documents bear the impressed stamp of 'Aborigines Office/South Australia'. Some documents have torn covers and some age toning or foxing but are very important historically, overall very good - fine. (lot)
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Public Transport and Commemorative Tickets (100's); Victorian Railways Ticket Checkers' Manual January 1st, 1961 and a Ticket to Ride, A History of the Fremantle Municipal Tramways. Fine. (100s)
Estimate $20
SOLD $20
The Isabella Gold and Antimony Mining and Smelting Company No Liability, vellum document from Registrar General dated 31 January 1884 certifying that the aforementioned company had been registered and advertised in the Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser; Eleanora Gold Mining Company Report and Balance Sheet as at 30 June 1887 as laid before General Meeting 23 July 1887 at Armidale, 2pp; Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales, No.225, Friday 18 December 1953, pp4127-4197. The first with a section missing from the top edge but no text missing, the last with some scuffing across top edge, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $60
Passed in
China, Bonds, Nat'l Ecom Conster Government bonds, various denominations, five with coupons attached. Very fine. (7)
Estimate $300
Passed in
China, share certificates, various companies, c1980's-90's. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $400
Passed in
Tasmania, various cheques for North Western Tasmania (Circular Head and Stanley) 1889-1916 (two are invoices) (32) and USA Burlington Savings Bank March/April 1857 receipts 228/237. Fine - very fine. (45)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Assortment of Australian Bank Cheques, pre decimal, and printed ephemera. Fine. (100's)
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Banking ephemera, New Zealand, cheques, all paid from various banks c1916-60. Very fine. (61)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Banking, Ireland, a box of used cheques, mid 1800s to mid 1900s, assorted dates and quantities, banks include Belfast Banking Company, Dublin, Strabane; Northern Bank Limited, Strabane; Ulster Bank, Clones; Hibernian Bank Limited, Monoghan; Provincial Bank of Ireland, Enniskillen, Cavan; Munster Leinster Bank, Clones; together with cheque books (3) one un-used 195-, no bank name; two partly used, Midland Bank and Lloyds Bank, London. Used. (hundreds)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Indian States, a large collection of Hundis from more than twenty different Indian States, mostly 1940s-1970s but noticed one for 1899, many with colour cartouche of arms or State ruler at top, some with English text but mostly handwritten in Hindi language, some with multiple annotations and signatures. Mostly very good - very fine. (88)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Banking ephemera, Reserve Bank wrapper for the first decimal issue of ten dollar notes for a bundle of $10,000.00, signed and dated by two officials. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30