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World War II, The Camp Seven Bank, Internment Camp Hay, threepence (c1941) black print on yellow card, No.422, signed R.Stahl, with ink rubber stamp seal on front. Nearly uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $6,100
World War II, The Camp Seven Bank, Internment Camp Hay, threepence (c1941) black print on yellow card, No.426, signed R.Stahl, with ink rubber stamp seal on front. Good very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $3,200
World War II, The Camp Seven Bank, Internment Camp, Hay, sixpence, Hay 1st March 1941, Mendel/Stahl, C40342 (not listed in Bullus). Tiny nick at centre of bottom edge, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $4,500
SOLD $3,000
World War II, The Camp Seven Bank, Internment Camp, Hay, specimen two shillings, 1st March 1941, F 00000, SPECIMEN printed in black in top left margin (MVR p60; Campbell 1214s). Light stains right side and small piece missing front bottom right corner, ten pin holes in top left side of note, nearly fine and very rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $4,000
World War II, War Camps, 3rd Military District, (Tatura) Canteen Coupon 1/- in red 170776, 1/- in grey 478402 both with Renwick Pride imprint (Not in Yarwood, probably pre-dates one on p13 of Yarwood). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $3,000
Australia, World War II, 3 M.D. War Camp, canteen coupon, for one shilling, No.36644, printed by Renwick Pride, stamped on back '12 Jul Paid'. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,500
Australia, (possibly British - see Yarwood p.22), World War II, 12 P.O.W. Officers Mess, one penny, 'Nov 43' written in pencil on back. With some foxing, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $600
Australian Defence Canteens Service, Canteen Order for two shillings, Victoria issue, V 212332, date stamped Glen Iris VIC 24 No 41. With vertical folds, nearly very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $360
Australian Defence Canteens Service, Canteen Order for three shillings, Victoria issue, V 083815, date stamped Glen Iris VIC 24 No 41. With vertical folds, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $380
Australian Defence Canteens Service, Canteen Order for five shillings, Tasmania issue, T 110747, overprinted in red on front 'This is one of a series of/Gift Canteen Orders issued/to Repatriated Prisoners of/War by Australian Army/Canteens Service'. With folds, pin hole, small tear centre top border, very good.
Estimate $120
SOLD $500
Motor Spirit Ration tickets, World War II, 1943-1944, four sets of proof forms of ration tickets from the Commonwealth Liquid Fuel Control Board minutes of September, November 1943 and January, March 1944 meetings, with one, two, five, ten and forty four gallon Motor Spirit Ration Tickets for each period, valid to 30th September 1943, 30th November 1943, 31st January 1944, 31st March 1944, mounted on original Board minute papers and signed by Deputy/Controller of Liquid Fuel. The forty four gallon tickets are rare. A unique piece of Australian wartime history. Tickets extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,100
New South Wales, Railways & Tramways War Fund, Australia Day 30th July 1915, Special Donation Certificate (135x108mm), printed by the Railway Printing Office. Very fine/extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Australia, World War II, Prisoner of War handmade aluminium cuff bracelet with tapered ends, four Australian threepences and two sixpences welded into the design, inside bracelet engraved 'Sept 29 '43' and the initials 'C.L.T.'. Very good.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Fanning Island Plantations Ltd, World War II, one pound, Australian currency, emergency issue, serial number 1693, signature R G Ganett manager (printed), single note cut in half and clipped on the corners, left side handwritten in blue pencil, 1/- below 'Fanning' and right side handwritten in red pencil, 2/- below serial number. A small section with water stain on bottom margin, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $600
New Zealand, World War II, Internment Camp Featherston, uniface steel tokens for sixpence and two shillings. Some rust otherwise fine and very rare. (2)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $600
New Zealand, World War II, Internment Camp Featherston uniface steel tokens for halfpenny, threepence and two shillings. Good very fine and extremely rare. (3)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $900
New Zealand Army Canteen Coupon, for one penny, M/S Sobieski, Ration Coupon for Cigarettes or Tobacco. Nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,300
New Zealand, Troopship Card Currency, issued on the M.V. Sobieski (Gdynia-America Shipping Lines, Ltd.) for one penny, Serie C, XI 1943, 'Redeemable only during the voyage for which issued' No.5566 (Sutherland cf.273 [p.193-4]. With fine horizontal creases across top back and a few small rust spots in top front border, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $420
British Expeditionary Forces, World War I, Prisoner of War tokens in zinc plated iron, one franc (32mm), fifty centimes (octagonal 26mm), ten centimes (24mm), obverse, 'P. of W./Token/B.E.F.', reverse, denomination (Yarwood MMT071, 072, 073). The first and last items have most of the zinc plating still intact, the second item has some rusting, overall good - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
France, World War I, Depot de Prisonniers de Guerre, Du Havre, valeur 0 Fr.25 No.3522, undated, black print on grey card, Republique Francais imprint at left. With verical fold, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Great Britain - France, World War I, No.82 Prisoners of War Company, five centimes (Campbell 4935). Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $460
Great Britain, Prisoners of War Camps, general issue notes, threepence A 190744; sixpence No.394041; one shilling No.477134, undated, each with eight circles on back, some circles date stamped (Campbell 5015b, 5016a, 5017a). With folds and creases, good - very fne. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $340
Great Britain, Isle of Man, World War II, Metropole Internment Camp, chits for halfpenny (blue) and penny (grey) on cardboard (Campbell 5360, 5361). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $3,600
Great Britain, Isle of Man, World War I, Prisoner of War Camp Knockaloe, 1914-15, medal in white metal (45mm). In wooden case with sliding lid missing one top side piece, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Great Britain, Burnham Norton Norfolk, Prisoner of War Camp, penny token in bronze (30mm), obverse, 'Penny/Token' across centre in a frame, around, 'Prisoners.Of.War.Camp.Bvrnham.Norton.Norfolk.&.Commandant' reverse, 'Ten/Dozen Of These/Will Be Exchanged/For five Florins/E.M.Beloe Capn' in centre, around, 'Captivorvm Cvstos Captivvs'; another identical in tin (Yarwood MMT074); medallic token in brass (24mm), obverse, inscription, 'All Good/Luck To E.A.Beloe/Wife Of Capt E.M.Beloe/Of/King's Lynn', with sixteen beads and fourteen circles around, reverse, framed inscription, 'Non Est Tales/Mvlier In As -/Pectv In Pvl/chritvdine Et In/Sensv Verbor./Judith.XI.21'. Very fine - extremely fine and very rare. (3)
Estimate $350
SOLD $220
Great Britain, World War II, Prisoner of War tokens, halfpenny, in white celluloid (25.5mm) (2), sixpence, in iron (20mm), shilling, in iron (24mm), first two with denomination on obverse, plain reverse, last two, obverse, 'P.W.' above denomination, plain reverse (Yarwood MMT067, 068, 075). The shilling with a spot of rust on the reverse, fine - good very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Great Britain, Holyport, World War II, Prisoners of War Camp, uncut strip of three chits for one penny each, unsigned, undated, the bottom note bearing an oval handstamp in red; set of three POW tokens in iron, sixpence (20mm), one shilling (24mm), two shillings and sixpence (32mm), obverse, initials 'P.W.' above denomination, reverse, plain. The tokens and strip of chits neatly secured by thread to a display board, it appears that the sixpence and one shilling tokens have been impressed on the reverse with a camp number (not visible while secured to board), fine - very fine, chits are extremely fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $350
SOLD $800
South Africa, Boer War, Siege of Mafeking, two shillings, February 1900, No.B. unsigned (P.S652). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $600
South Africa, Anglo-Boer War, siege of Mafeking, ten shillings, issued by the authority of Colonel R.S.S. Baden-Powell, No.1026, with spelling mistake missing 'd' in Commanding. With creases, a 15mm tear down centre fold, 22mm tear centre bottom border, small tear front right border, good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
Ceylon, Anglo-Boer War, Prisoner of War Camp for Boer prisoners, Diyatalawa, fifty cents No.1221, stamped with signature and date 7-Mar1901 (Campbell 4801). With folds, pin hole at centre, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $700