Catalogue
Queensland, The Bank of New South Wales, sight note, CHarters Towers 24th September 1874 with six pence duty stamp Tasmania, Launceston sight notes, Union Bank of Australia 7th September 1857, The Cream Creek Tin Mining Company 21st March 1888 with threepence duty stamp; cheque drawn on National Bank of Tasmania Stanley, 30th September 1899 due one month after date with sixpence stamp. Very fine-extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
The Bank of Australasia, Brisbane, Queen Street, 188-- unused, with serial numbers C 36025/7. Imprint of Sands & McDougall Melbourne embossed with one penny stamp duty of Queensland. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $30
SOLD $10
Western Australia, Fremantle, Sight note for £6/0/0 dated March 5 1891, payable to Alice Highham nine months after date at the National Bank, Fremantle. Circular date stamp of the National Bank of Australasia, Fremantle in red and Western Australian threepence revenue stamp on front. A rare 19th Century Western Australian sight. Good fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Important Australian cheques, Bank of Australasia, cheque book c.1876-1880, with nine unused cheques and cheque butt attached for John Malcolm; another 1890's for The Australian Joint Stock Bank Limited, with seven unused cheques and cheque butt attached; City Bank of Sydney, c.1909 with two unused partly made out cheques attached to cheque butt; and a copy of the half-Yearly Reports of the Directors and Auditors of the Bank of New South Wales from 31st March 1851 to September 30th, 1862. (4 items)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Australia, cheques drawn on various banks in various states and cities, including Clare S.A., Launceston, Castlemaine, Blyth etc., mostly from 1860's - 1900, a few unused, a few paid, an interesting lot. Mostly fine or better. (19)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Australia, cheques drawn on various banks in various states and cities, including Rabaul, Port Darwin (19th century), Geelong, Clare S.A., etc., mostly from 20th century, many unused, a few paid, an interesting lot. Mostly fine or better. (55)
Estimate $120
SOLD $30
Australia, cheques drawn on various banks in various states and cities, including New Zealand, mostly from late 20th century, many unused, a few paid, an interesting lot. Mostly fine or better. (103)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Great Britain, cheques drawn on various banks in various parts of England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Isle of Man, and including such cities, such as Dublin, Monaghan, Falkirk, Melrose, Guernsey etc., commencing from 1828, and many from the 19th century, a few unused, mostly paid, an interesting lot. Mostly fine or better. (158)
Estimate $120
SOLD $30
India, cheques drawn on various banks, mostly from 20th century, two as documents, mostly cancelled or paid. Fine. (41)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
United States, cheques drawn on American banks, mostly from 1920's, mostly cancelled or paid. Fine. (18)
Estimate $30
SOLD $0
United States, cheques drawn on American banks, mostly from modern era, many cancelled or paid. Fine. (236)
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
United States, cheques drawn on American banks, sorted by state into packets, many from 19th century, many cancelled or paid some with stamps, many states represented, but mostly from Maine, Mass., New York, Pennsylvania. Mostly fine. (175)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
United States, cheques drawn on American banks, all with vignettes, mostly from 19th century, many with stamps, two with very large amounts, mostly cancelled or paid. Fine. (20)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Cheques, and receipts various USA (25), (18) with different vignettes, (14) of the 19th century, Australia invoices (5) with vignettes, c.1914-5. Fine. (30)
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
World cheques including U.S.A., National Bank of Orange County, 1889, First National Bank, 1902, Canada, Royal Bank, unused, Japan, Bank of Tokyo Ltd specimen travellers cheques for twenty U.S. dollars and five thousand yen, Barclays Bank travellers cheques, used, for fifty pounds and twenty U.S. dollars, State Bank of Victoria, 1985. Fine-extremely fine.(8)
Estimate $20
SOLD $0
World, but mostly British Commonwealth, cheques drawn on various banks in various countries, including China (2), Thailand (1), Hong Kong (4), Japan (2), New Zealand (5), Canada (26) including 6 early from 1849, South Africa (8), Azores (2), Uruguay (1), France (2), some from the 19th century, a few unused, mostly paid, an interesting lot. Mostly fine or better. (53)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
World, cheques drawn on banks in various countries, sorted by country into packets, mostly from late 20th century, many cancelled or paid, many countries represented, but mostly from Germany, Israel, Portugal, Sweden, etc. Mostly fine or better. (328)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Miscellaneous, in blue folder, foreign cheques, promissory note, bill of exchange, most with duty stamps, mostly from Israel, Japan, Italy, Australia, USA. Fine. (24)
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
Miscellaneous, in black folder, foreign cheques, receipts, Invoices, postal items, (9) with vignetes. Fine. (42)
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, issued 18th August 1852, an original pack of 100 individual shares all in the name of Thomas Windgate Henderson, imprint Blades East and Blade, 11 Abchurch Lane, each with embosed seal of the company, on blued paper, attached by pin is a letter in contemporary hand from the broker. (100)
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $1,820
Gold Mining, Kangaroo Gold,Ballarat, 1865, Clunes Alluvial Gold, 1866, Richards Park Gold, Ballarat, 1868, Eastern Victoria Quartz and Alluvial, North Clunes, 1869, Jewellers Reef, Ballarat, 1891, Bailbrook House, Ltd, 1898, The New Pinafore, Lefroy, Tasmania, 1901, Langi Logan North, Ararat, 1909, Mammoth Gold, Canberra, 1935. Very fine-extremely fine.(9)
Estimate $80
SOLD $380
Mining, North Oceana Silver, Zeehan, Tasmania, 1891, Penzance Extended Tin, North East Dundas, Tasmania, 1903, Tasmanian Smelting Co., Zeehan, 1909, Arba Tin, Branxholm, Tasmania, 1937, Australian Iron Syndicate, Pioneer Tin, Rover Tin, Cox Brothers(Australia), 1965, and two transfers. Very fine-extremely fine.(10)
Estimate $70
SOLD $120
Imperial Chinese Government, 5% Hukang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan of 1911, Bond for twenty pounds with interest at 5% per annum payable on 15th June and 15th December each year. Written in English with French and German translations on reverse side, black and green on white stock, signed and dated Paris, 15 March 1915. Together with forty interest coupons. With folds, pinholes and damage to edges, good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
China, Government bonds 1913 Gold loan, 5 % reorganisation gold loan, with small history, also Shanghai-Nanking Railway net profit sub certificate, 1904, Chinese Government Treasury Loan, for £100, Vickers Loan 8%, 1919, 1920 Compagnie generale de Chemin de Fer et de Tramways en Chine and a 1922 Railway equipment loan. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $40
SOLD $60
China, The China and South Sea Bank limited, copper printing plate for Bill of Exchange drawn on Shanghai, size 124 x 290 mms. Fine and unique.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
U.S.A., Bullion Gold and Silver Mining, unissued, North Butte Mining, 1909, Comstock-Keystone Mining Co., 1956, Empire Lee Mining, 1959, General Tin Investments, 1961(5), 1964, International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd, 1960 (2); Canada, Charles Laffitte & Company, 1866, Northam Structural Consultants Limited,(2), New Regina Trading Company, unissued; Cuba, Ferrocarriles Consolidados de Cuba, 1938. Mostly extremely fine.(18)
Estimate $50
SOLD $35
U.S.A., MacNamara Crescent Development Company, Nevada, unissued, Submarine Signal Company, 1935, Tenopah North Star Tunnel and Development Company, 1955, Investment Trust of Boston, 1963, P & A Industries Inc., 1965, Stauffer Chemical Company, 1966, Consolidated Investment Trust, 1966, American Electric Power Company, 1968, Nevada Power Company, 1969, Commercial Alliance Corporation, 1969, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1971, C.I.Realty Investors, 1972, Third National Corporation, 1972, United States Banknote Corporation, 1973, Hughes & Hatcher, Inc., 1975, National Steel Corporation, 1975. Mostly extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
U.S.A., Railroad companies, Old Colony Railroad, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1889, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1901 (2), Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway, 1915, New York, Chicago and St Louis Railroad, 1923, 1948, 1950, Harrisburg Railways, 1936, 1946, Western Maryland Railway, 1954, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, 1957. Very fine-extremely fine.(14)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
U.S.A., industrial, National Tea Co, 1932, Century Ribbon Mills Inc., 1936, The Township of North Bergen Emergency Housing Bond, 1958, Rexall Drug and Chemical Co., 1964, American Sugar Company, 1965, United States Banknote Corporation, 1966, Basic Resources Corporation, 1967, Western Union Telegraph Company, 1968, 1969, Air Products and Chemicals, 1969, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1971, American Natural Gas Company, 1972, Third National Corporation, 1972, National Steel Corporation, 1974, Sohio/BP Trans Alaska Pipeline Finance Inc., 1975, 1976. Very fine-extremely fine.(16)
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
U.S.A., Chicago and Alton Equipment Association, unissued, Century Ribbon Mills, Inc., 1935, Wilkes-Barre Transit Corporation, 1951, Allied Stores Corporation, 1960, P & A Industries, Inc., 1965, Eversharp Inc., 1966, Consolidated Investment Trust, 1966, Allied Chemical Corporation, 1967, National Sweepstakes Corporation, 1968, Commercial Alliance Corporation, 1969, National Steel Corporation, 1971, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1971, Kaufman and Broad, Inc., 1972, Third National Corporation, 1972, Hughes & Hatcher, Inc., 1974, Sohio/BP Trans Alaska Pipeline Finance Inc., 1975. Mostly extremely fine.(16)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0