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Italian Republic (Napoleonic), (1802-05), The Minister of Public Treasury of the Italian Republic, 2-page document No.3971 hand printed and written in ink, dated Milan 1st September 1803 Year 2, text mostly in Italian addressed to Citizen Mesny Pagatore general of the French troops stationed in Italy, with a three-line later addition in French by a different writer being a receipt by the cashier of the Cisalpine Treasury to be dismissed against the receipt of the taxpayer, signed at end, 'Veneri' and another (signature indistinguishable). Some small edge tears and loss of paper, spike hole mark as usual and light foxing but in excellent condition for age, fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Great Britain, large vellum Indenture of Assignment of a trust in four parts by Edward Gatacre to William Tongue, 1805, for a parcel of land and house with stable in the Parish of Bobbington, South Staffordshire, England, for the sum of 150 pounds owing by Edward Gatacre to Thomas Biddle, Samuel Biddle, Edward Simmonds and his wife Elizabeth (before marriage was spinster of Thomas Davis), signed and sealed by all parties and witnessed, with small Royal arms at top left and with three duty stamps affixed, one for one pound ten shillings, one for fifteen shillings and another for five shillings, as well as other Royal monogram stickers. Foxing and stains, otherwise very good.
Estimate $30
SOLD $60
Great Britain, large vellum Indenture for Deed of Covenant of Indemnity dated 9 August 1838 between Mrs Jane Tongue, George Jones (farmer and miller) and Ann his wife and Edward Lloyd Gatacre and William Clarke for a parcel of land in the Parish of Claverley, Shropshire, England for the sum of 1,200 pounds, signed under seal by each party and witnessed, with small Royal arms at top left and with one pound fifteen shillings duty stamp affixed. Foxing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
New South Wales Land Acreage Grant, a vellum document by His Excellency Lachlan Macquarie Esquire, Captain General and Governor in Chief of His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies giving and granting to William Craft and His Heirs sixty acres of land in the District of Airds, New South Wales, provided he does not sell it or fail to cultivate it in the term of five years otherwise the grant is null and void, signed and sealed on 17 August 1819 by L.Macquarie, with attached paper seal. Age toned with stains and fading, backed on sections of card, still legible, very good and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $2,800
Territory of New South Wales, Land Grant by Purchase of a Town Allotment by Public Auction in the town of Nelligen, County of St Vincent, by John Blatchford, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir William Thomas Denison, 10th November 1859; two further Land Grants by Purchase in the town of Nelligen, County of St Vincent, by Sir William Montagu Manning, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir William Thomas Dennison, 23rd August 1860 (2); New South Wales Certificate of Title, to John Ball in the town and parish of South Wagga Wagga, in the County of Wynyard, on vellum, 7th August 1877. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $440
Australiana Historic print, titled, 'Opossum, Wombat et Nautile du Golfe de Carpentaire - 266, Australie' (print number 266 - An Opossum, Wombat and Nautilus from the Gulf of Carpenteria) (image size 13.7x8.7cm; page size 19.7x12.8cm), made by Monnin after D. de Rienzi, from a woodcut engraving, this print is from M.G.L.Domeny de Rienzi's work, 'Oceanie, ou Cinquieme Partie du Monde', published in 1836 by Firmin Didot of Paris. Minor stains in left margin and light scattered foxing and age related toning, some rippling along top edge of page, otherwise very good for age.
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
South Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Postal Note number 403612 for seven shillings and sixpence, issued at Price, Sth Australia on 21 Au(gust) 1939, to the Postmaster at London to pay Vitality Appliances, with signature on reverse of Allan R. Wood; printed blank cheque with stub, The English, Scottish & Australian Bank Limited, Deloraine, No.69637, 19-, illustrated for R.P.Furmage, Pty. Ltd. "The Don Store". The first with top right corner missing and toned with edge nicks and creases, otherwise very good; the second with a few small corner creases, otherwise uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Spain, Royal Treasury Bond, Series A No.477 for one hundred reales vellon, with interest of 6% per year, repayable as preferential debt by the Public Treasury in the first five years of the pacification of the kingdom, issued at Bayonne, first of November 1873. Creases, folds, edge nicks and a few letters written on reverse, otherwise fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
The Anglo-Australian Investment Finance & Land Compy Limited (of Sydney), debenture no.1883 for one hundred pounds, due 1st January 1900 and issued 31st October 1890 to Mrs Helen Potter of 2 Bolton Gardens S.W., with interest coupons nos 7-20 attached, vignette at side and another at the top showing a scene of the Australian landscape featuring an emu and a kangaroo, a native, two miners at work and a globe with a map of Australia, with an impressed duty stamp of two shillings sixpence and an impressed seal of the company in England, also stamped For the Receiver. Some loss of paper and edge tears, otherwise fine.
Estimate $300
Passed in
Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Debenture for £500, No.1118, Hobart Town, 31st October 1867, Coat of Arms top centre, blue print and ornate border (43 x 28.5cm) with 'PAID' overstamped in red twice in signature fields and 'London / 9 3 68 / P' stamp in black near Coat of Arms. With pin holes, spike hole in left border, folds and creases, very fine.
Estimate $110
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Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Debenture for £100, No.1072, Hobart Town, 31st October 1867, Coat of Arms top centre, blue print and ornate border (44.5 x 29.5cm) with 'PAID' overstamped twice in red in signature fields, two one shilling transfer stamps for 1892 and 1893 affixed top left side. With pin holes, folds and creases, wear to edges, very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Insurance, Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited, policy issued to Michael Bolger, farmer, of Trentham, Victoria, for the sum of £250, dated twenty-eighth November 1888, with vignette of two seated female figures top centre; Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society, policy issued to Christina Pollock for a dwelling in Marion St, Leichhardt, sum insured £200, dated thirtieth May 1896, with vignette of the Society's Head Office building corner Pitt and King Streets, Sydney, and a NSW one shilling duty stamp affixed. With folds, creases, some edge tears, small stain top right side on first policy, fine. (2)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Debentures, Anglo-Australian Investment Finance & Land Comy Limited of Sydney, for £100, dated [fourteenth April] 18[91], due 1st July 1901, black print, ornate border and scrollwork left side, vignette of map and Australian landscape top centre, with eighteen of twenty one coupons attached; Iron, Steel and Metals Manufacturing, Melbourne, mortgage debenture for £100, dated [tenth November] 190[8]; Domara River Plantations Limited, Second Mortgage Debenture for £50, 19[29]. With folds and creases, soiled and small tears down left edge on first, second with folds, spike hole and tears to right edge, last with ink stain left side edge, fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Finance and investment, Associated Securities Limited, -67; Australian Cities Investment Corporation, 1[907]; Australian Consolidated Inscribed Stock, [1932] and transfer form (torn); Australian Financial Agency and Guarantee Company Limited, 18[88]; Burgess Investments Pty Limited (typed), 19[52], 19[53], 19[54]; Cash Orders (Amalgamated) Limited, 19[39], 19[41] (2); Carpenters Investment Trading Company, 19[47]; Commonwealth Real Estate & Investment Co. Ltd, 19[28] (2); Consolidated Finance Corporation Limited, 19[52] (5), [1954] (2), [1955] (2) with allotment letter; Consolidated Investment Co Limited, [1959] fixed deposit note, with receipt; R.E. Cunningham Investments Limited, 19[50] 2); Demeurant Investments Pty Ltd (typed) 19[54]; Intercapital Investments Limited, 19[68]; Manufacturers' (N.S.W.) Finance Company, fixed deposit note, [1958]; Stanhill Development Finance Limited, [1960]; Sydney Cash Orders Limited stamped over Discount & Finance Limited, 19-- with letter. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin holes, light folds, very fine - extremely fine. (30)
Estimate $70
SOLD $220
Manufacturing, A.1. Distributors Proprietary Limited, 192[9]; Associated Tobacco Manufacturers (Holdings) Ltd, 19[62]; Atlas Steels (Australia) Pty Ltd (typed), 19[40]; Australian Chalks and Crayons Limited, 192-; Australian Pine and Products Limited, 19[68], 19[71]; Australian Rubber Moulders Limited, 19[28]; Australian Wood Pipe Company, [1941] (2); Automatic Phonographs Limited, 19[27]; Autovalves Limited, 193[2]; Bland Magnetic Valves Limited, 192[6]; Caldwell Machine Gun Company, 191[5]; Chalmers Gyrator Committee, bonds [1932], [1934] (3); C.J. White & Sons Pty Ltd, 19[33]; Colac Brick Company, 19[56]; Commonwealth Brass and Metal Foundries Limited, 1912; Cummings Bonnetlock Proprietary Ltd, 192[2]; Hadfields (Australia) Limited, 19[22]; Hobbs Gearless Drive Limited, 193[3] (2); Iron, Steel and Metals Manufacturing Co. Ltd 19[07]; John Gelme Limited, 191[3]; Softwood Products Treatment Company, 194[1]; Steel Pneumatic Tube and Tire Syndicate (of Australasia), 191[5]; Stoneware Pipes & Tiles Pty Limited, 19[67] (2); Yates & Co (Australia) Limited, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, [1922], 192[4]; Waterloo Chemical Works Limited, 19[23] (2); William Dawson Company Prpt.Limited, Ballarat, 191[1]; Woods-Little Stone Dresser Limited, 191[0]. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin holes, folds, small edge tears, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (37)
Estimate $110
SOLD $220
Sundry, London issues, Australian Maikop Oil Company, [1910], brown print; Australian Agricultural Company, [1934], black print, green patterned centre and decorative border; Australasian Electric Light, Power & Storage Company, 188[5], black print, thin paper; Broken Hill Proprietary Block 14 Company, 19[07]; Chillagoe Limited, 19[13], brown print and scrollwork left side; Emperor Mines, [1946]; Geelong Gold Mining Company, 189[1902], green print and scrollwork left side; Kangarilla Proprietary Silver Mines (South Australia), 18[90]; Queensland Exploration Company, 190]7], blue print, scrollwork left side and border; Mount Chambers Copper Mines, Share Warrant, in English and French, for five £1 shares, [25th September 1899], black print, orange and white embossed duty stamps in top corners, with all twenty dividend coupons attached payable at the London office of the Company; Smelting and Refining Company of Australia (1901) Limited, 19[04]; White Feather Main Reefs (1906) Limited, 19[06]. With pin holes, folds and crease, some with edge tears, fine - good very fine. (12)
Estimate $90
SOLD $220
Sundry, London issues, Australian Agricultural Company, [1954], black print with green patterned centre and decorative border; The Australian Mining Company, 18[94], thin paper; Australian Gold Extracting Company (Pollok Patents) Limited, Glasgow 189[1] (4), blue print and scrollwork left side, all issued to the one person; The Australasian Electric Light, power & Storage Company Limited, 188[7], blue print and border; [Cromwell Patents] Limited, 19[38]; Flinders Copper Company Limited, [1914]; Mount Elliott Limited, Share Warrant, in English and French, for one ?5 share, London [20th March] 19[13], black and mauve, with embossed English and French duty stamps, twelve of twenty dividend coupons attached (two with tape repairs); together with dividend receipts (all London offices) for The Mysore Gold Mining Company, 1910; Mount Morgan Mining Company, 189[8]; Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company Limited, 1910 (2). Some with pin holes, folds and creases, fine - good very fine. (14)
Estimate $90
SOLD $220
Sundry, 1920-1970s, Alliance Holdings, 1969; Artarmon Estate Limited, profit sharing receipt, 1922; A.Barrett's Proprietary Limited, 19[26], 19[27]; Australian Factors, 19[64]; Automobile Advance and Agency Company, 19[55]; Berriquin Holdings, 19[68]; Browse Island Company, 192[1]; Chevron Sydney, 19[67]; Commercial & General Acceptance Limited, 1960, 1965, 1966; Commercial Trading Pty Limited (typed), 19[48], 19[49]; Combined Resources, 1969; Commercial Guaranty, 1965; Cox Brothers (Australia) (7), 1956-1969; Davys Proprietary Limited, 19[26]; Decmar Corporation, 19[61]; Derrin Bros (Holdings), 19[61]; Drylec Limited (4), 195[4], 19[59] (2), 1965; Dobell (Q'LD) Pty Ltd (typed), 1954; J.T.Dunston Pty Ltd, 19[39]; Five Arrows Australia Resources Trust, unissued; Great Western Consolidated, 1969 (3); Mainline Corporation, 1969, 1970; N.B.H.C. Holdings, 1971; Nema Holdings, 1975; H.G.Palmer (Consolidated), 1969; Penworth Limited, 19[38]; Randwick Estates Limited (typed), 19[37]; Soltex Holdings, 19[69]; Surrey Engine and Boiler Works, 19[20]; United Distributors, 19[26], U.E.B. Industries, 1970; Waters Trading Co, 9[47]; Willsford Limited, 19--, unissued; Wytex Proprietary, 19[46]. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin or punch holes, folds, two with edge tears, fine - extremely fine. (50)
Estimate $140
Passed in
Sundry including retail, Ackmans Limited, 19[20]; Biber Furs Limited, 19[24]; Brodie & Bridge Limited, 19[27]; Buchanan-Gordon Diving Dress Company, [1899]; Buckingham's Limited, 5/9/55; Churchills Limited, 19[38]; Builders Limited, 192[8]; Lustre Hosiery Limited, 19[33]; F.& G. Stores Limited, Collingwood, 19[50]; Goodlet & Smith Limited, Sydney, 19[20]; Marine Treasures Limited, 192[4]; Spencer's Picture Limited, 19[55]; Sydney Snow Pty Limited, 19[63]; Traders' Bottle Company, 19[22]; Universal Shopping Service Ltd, 192[6]. With pin holes, some with light folds, edge tears, pieces missing from the Goodlet & Smith certificate, very fine - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Sundry, Australian Optical Holdings, 1962; Australian Telecasters, Jun 8 62; Australian & Kandos Cement Holdings, 1967; Amalgamated Linens, 19[52]; Bitulite Road Limited, 192[8]; Cadell Fruitpackers Limited, 19[50], 19[51]; Chevron Sydney, 19[62], 19[63]; Consolidated Motels, 1962; Coogee Ocean Pier Company, 19[26]; A.C.Cooke Limited, 1930; G.J.Coles & Coy, 1957, 1961; Consolidated Textiles, 1956; Dux Electric Heaters, 19[28] (2); Dunlop Rubber Australia, unissued; Elastic Webbing Industries, 19[48] (2); Kosciusko Chalet, 196[4]; Tomki Packers, undated; United Distributors, 19[26]; Woolworths, 19[39]; Western Plains Zoo, Zebras Unlimited. Some with pin or spike hole, light folds, very fine - extremely fine. (25)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Oil, gas and electric power, Abrolhos Oil, 1968; Amalgamated Petroleum, 1964 (3), 1969 (6); Australian OiL Wells Company, 1913[4]; Basin Oil, [1968]; Belford Dome Limited, 192[8]; Brisbane Gas Company, 18[81] (cancelled), 18[98], 19[05], 1935 (2) plus transfer; Castlemaine Electric Supply Company, 19[16] (2); Clarence River Basin Oil Exploration, 1957, 1962 (3), 1963 (3), 1968 (2); Coal, Oil & By-Products Pty Limited, 19[49]; Colonial Petroleum Oil Limited, 19[40]; Electrical Oil Company, 191[7]; Electric Industries Limited, 19[49] and transfer, 19[55]; Exoil, 1968; Genoa Oil, [1969] (2); Internal Combustion Fuel, 19[22]; Lennard Oil, 1981; Natural Gas & Oil Corporation Limited, 193[41]; Oil Development, 1962; N.S.W. Oil and Gas Company, [1969]; Oil and Minerals Quest, 1969; Pexa Oil, 1969; Roma Oil Corporation Limited, 19[30]; Roma-Mooga Oilfields, Roma, Queensland, 192[8]; South Australian Oil Corporation, 19[34]. Housed in a four ring binder, some with pin holes, folds, very fine - extremely fine. (48)
Estimate $110
SOLD $220
Austria, New Grand Imperial Loan Distribution, of 42,000,000 Florins, Reimbusable with a Capital of 129,239,200 Florins, combined with 146th Frankfort Prize & Premium Distribution of 1,967,900 Florins, to take place on the 1st July 1864 at Vienna, black print on grey within border, on thin paper (44.5x27.5cm); Kingdom of Bohemia, The Bohemian Coal Mining Company, in the District of Rakowitz, for one share, No.1929, 1858 (in words), black on thin cobalt blue watermarked paper. First with folds, two small holes and light foxing on two folds, wallet marks on one folded rectangle area, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
Passed in
USA and Canada, The Chicago Live Stock Exchange, Certificate of Membership, 18[97], No.1329, issued to Charles B Cady, dark blue print and ornate border, vignette of livestock top centre and small vignette of railroad top right corner, written in ink 'cancelled/retired' across front; The Lancaster Corporation, New Jersey, 1946, brown print; Irving Trust Company, New York, 1959, orange print, with stamp bill from Blyth & Co.; Phelps Dodge Corporation, New York, 1960, green print; Shulton Inc, New Jersey, 1967, green print, Precision Polymers Inc, Deleware, 1972, blue print; together with United States Internal Revenue Stock Transfer stamps, 4c, overprinted 'series 1944', green, part sheet of 72; Canada, The Macconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada Ltd, black on patterned green, printed by Sands & McDougall Limited, Melbourne, with broker's stamp dated 25 Sep 1906; Exportex Proprietary Limited, Victoria, Australia, 1949; Exportex Trading Company Limited, Ontario, Canada, 1949 (both certificates the same design and issued to the one person); Placer Development Limited, British Columbia, Canada, 19[49], Sydney register, blue on light green. First certificate with taped repair on back to one fold, pin holes and a few small rust spots, others with light folds and creases, some with pin holes or perforations, second certificate with stains left side margin, 3cm tear on right side of third certificate, fine. (10 certificates, 72 stamps)
Estimate $60
Passed in
World, Peruvian Mining Company, for one share, No.4596, issued London 28th March 1825; Belgium, Companie Belge des Mines d'or Australiennes, for 250 francs, 1897, Action de Capital No.03546, brown on brown with two of thirty coupons attached; Action de Dividende No.21884, black on green, with three ot thirty coupons attached; France, Societe Fonciere de Paris, 1926, for 250 francs, green on patterned green, with fifteen of thirty coupons attached; Societe Forestiere Franco-Australienne, Paris [1921], black on patterned green, with all twenty five coupons attached (No.1 torn and repaired with tape); Aktiebolaget Kreuger & Toll, participating debenture for five hundred kronor, Stockholm 1st July 1928; black on mauve; India, Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company, Uttar Pradesh, bank order, 197[1] (5). With pin holes, folds, some with tape repairs, good - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $70
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Sydney, paper tram tickets (10), 1940s - mid 1950s. Extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50