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Promissory Note of G.Blaxcell, handwritten, Sydney, July 13th 1812, two hundred and fifty pounds, payable to Captain Joseph James on or before 24th September 1812. Accompanied by a printed form of a notice of protest printed by George Howe, Sydney 1813, signed by Ellis Bent, Judge Advocate of the Territory of New South Wales showing that Blaxcell had not paid by 16th August 1813. Stained on right hand side, good fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,400
Bank of Australia, share certificate for one hundred pounds printed on vellum, issued to James Piggott, 1st July 1826, No. 933 printed by S. Clayton, signed by J. (John) Blaxland, the manager (cashier) was William Henry Mackenzie who also signs this certificate. Transferred on the back to George Rutherford 21st September 1831. One of the earliest available Australian share certificates. Nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,500
Bank of New South Wales, share certificate for one hundred pounds printed on vellum, Type 2, issued to James Taylor, 1st January 1824, No. 116 written, signed by John Piper (President), and Directors William Walker and James Norton, entered by Jas. Phelps. Received on the back by A.K. McKenzie on the 4th March 1824. Only the second example of this share certificate type ever offered. Stained in places, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,500
Bank of New South Wales, share certificate for one hundred pounds printed on vellum, Type 3, issued to Prosper de Mestre, 31st May 1832, No. 760 written, signed by Richard Jones (President), and Directors James Bettington and William Hutchinson, entered by J.H. Potts. Transferred on the back to John Paty on the 7th October 1834. Nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $750
SOLD $0
Bank of New South Wales, one pound, Sydney, 1st March 1905, No.A 165494 (MVR type 7g) handsigned. Extremely fine and very rare in this condition.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $0
The Sydney Deposit Bank, Sydney, ten pounds, dated 17 Dec (uncertain reading) 1892?, (18 printed), numbered G 0281, uncertain reading of signatures, on paper, unwatermarked (?), imprint of 'Sands McDougall Limited', vignette in centre as arms with settler and aborigine above motto 'I Take but I Surrender', ornamental circular tablets with 10 in top and lower right corners, and £ TEN in tablet lower left, all within rectangular ornate border, green and red on white/green and red on white, (Vort-Ronald, comments on bank and type p.218-219, Tomlinson type illustrated [proof] [p.94-5]). Many folds and creases, rough edges with corner missing, with rust marks from pins, various pinholes and crease holes, otherwise good-very good and extremely rare for this denomination.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,000
Sydney Deposit Bank, one pound, Sydney, 1 July 1890. '2029' in ink on front of note. Handwriting on back of note and blue bank stamp. Very good.
Estimate $300
SOLD $980
Western Australian Bank, cheque issued in Perth, June 8th, 1849, No. 7725 and signed by G.Shenton for £9/6/6, payable N Pearse or bearer. Imprint 'London, J.F.Weeden, S.C.8 Hatfield Street' and Endorsed showing balance £9/5/2 plus interest 1/4, total £9/6/6. Torn from butt left edge, otherwise nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $360
Private Traders note, George Shenton, one pound, Perth, March 1 1866 No.966, signed by G. Shenton and entered by Geo. Shenton Jnr. (son) who became first mayor of Perth in 1880 and a prominent politician (cf. Nicholson lot 1634). Tear on left margin and tape marks on all four corners, otherwise fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $0
Hudson's Federal Hotel, Urandangie, Queensland, uniface ten shillings, currency note, not dated, (192- printed), numbered No. A 507, unsigned, no watermarked, no imprint, on front 'Hudson's Federal Hotel, Urandangie', below 'The Queensland National Bank Limited, Cloncurry, Please pay the Bearer on demand the sum of Ten Shillings', within rectangular mauve border, mauve on white, with impressed duty payment, (Issuer not in Vort-Ronald). Minor creases, rust stains, corner missing, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $560
E.W. Spencer, General Storekeeper, Cordial Manufacturer, Urandangie, Queensland, uniface ten shillings, currency note, dated Nov 29 1926, (192- printed), numbered No. A 1809, signed Walter Spencer, watermarked, no imprint, on front 'E.W. Spencer General Storekeeper Cordial Manufacturers etc, Urandangie', below 'The Queensland National Bank Limited, Cloncurry, Please pay the Bearer on demand the sum of Ten Shillings', within rectangular red border, red on white, with bank stamp Paid 3 Dec 1926, (Issuer not in Vort-Ronald). Creases and folds, rust holes, stains and tear, fixed with 1d duty stamp, otherwise nearly fine and very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $800
G.A. Reed, Storekeeper, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Urandangie, Queensland, uniface five shillings, currency note, not dated, (192- printed), numbered No. A 458, unsigned, watermarked, no imprint, on front 'G.A. Reed, Storekeeper, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Urandangie', below 'The Queensland National Bank Limited, Cloncurry, Please pay the Bearer on demand the sum of Five Shillings', within rectangular dark blue border, dark blue on white, with impressed duty payment, (Issuer not in Vort-Ronald). Minor creases, minor rust stains, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $680
G.A. Reed, Storekeeper, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Urandangie, Queensland, uniface ten shillings, currency note, not dated, (192- printed), numbered No. B 457-8, unsigned, no watermark, no imprint, on front 'G.A. Reed, Storekeeper, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Urandangie', below 'The Queensland National Bank Limited, Cloncurry, Please pay the Bearer on demand the sum of Ten Shillings', within rectangular red border, red on white, with impressed duty payment, (Issuer not in Vort-Ronald). Minor creases, a consecutive pair, minor rust stains, otherwise good very fine and very rare. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $780
G.A. Reed, Storekeeper, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Urandangie, Queensland, uniface one pound, currency note, not dated, (192- printed), numbered No. C 485, unsigned, no watermark, no imprint, on front 'G.A. Reed, Storekeeper, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Urandangie', below 'The Queensland National Bank Limited, Cloncurry, Please pay the Bearer on demand the sum of One Pound Sterling', within rectangular green border, green on white, with impressed duty payment, (Issuer not in Vort-Ronald). Minor light creases, two rust spots, otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $720
Tasmania, Derwent Bank, Hobart Town, printed cheque form dated August 7, 1837, for payment of eight pounds; another on Union Bank of Australia, Hobart Town, 19th October, 1838, for three hundred pounds; blank forms for the Colonial Bank of Australasia, Sandhurst, c.1860; another for the Bank of Van Diemen's Land, Launceston, c.1860's; hand written script cheques on Hobart Town, Oct, 1835 for £113.18.8 with Derwent Bank stamp; another for £631.14.8, May, 1837; another to cashier of Derwent Bank, £200, March, 1836. Mostly fine-very fine.(7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Union Bank of Australia, sight note for third of exchange for £843.15.8, issued at Launceston 15th Sept. 1852, with attractive vignette ship etc. Very fine, rare.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Ten Shillings, Miller/Collins (1923), issued Specimen note, with numbers A/15 614418, serial number in black and signatures in brown, watermarked basketweave pattern around edges '10/-' '10/-' above 'Commonwealth' below 'of Australia'. The note is perforated with the word 'Cancelled' (153 mm long) an upset cancellation, with 22mm high letters, two holes 9mm in diameter to left of the note and with 1mm black diagonal lines on both sides of the note, (R.4, Vort-Ronald 4, McDonald 11). Crisp, nearly uncirculated and of the utmost rarity, the only specimen note of this type ever offered at auction.
Estimate $17,500
SOLD $27,000
One pound, Miller/Collins (1923), issued Specimen note, with numbers H/36 823016, serial number in black and signatures in green, watermarked basketweave pattern around edges '£1' '£1' above 'Commonwealth' below 'of Australia'. The note is perforated with the word 'Cancelled' (153 mm long) an upset cancellation, with 22mm high letters, two holes 9mm in diameter to left of the note and with 1mm black diagonal lines on both sides of the note, (R.23a, Vort-Ronald 20c, McDonald 36). Crisp, nearly uncirculated and of the utmost rarity, the only specimen note of this type ever offered at auction.
Estimate $17,500
SOLD $30,200
Five pounds, Kell/Collins (1925), issued Specimen note, with numbers Q/2 783817, serial number and signatures in black, watermarked basketweave pattern around edges '£5' '£5' above 'Commonwealth' below 'of Australia'. The note is perforated with the word 'Cancelled' (153 mm long) an upset cancellation, with 22mm high letters, two holes 9mm in diameter to left of the note and with 1mm black diagonal lines on both sides of the note, (R.38a, Vort-Ronald 34a, McDonald 58). Crisp, nearly uncirculated and of the utmost rarity, the only specimen note of this type ever offered at auction.
Estimate $20,000
SOLD $37,000
Ten pounds, Kell/Collins (1925), issued Specimen note, with numbers U/1 000218, serial number and signatures in black, watermarked basketweave pattern around edges '£10' '£10' above 'Commonwealth' below 'of Australia'. The note is perforated with the word 'Cancelled' (153 mm long) an upset cancellation, with 22mm high letters, two holes 9mm in diameter to left of the note and with 1mm black diagonal lines on both sides of the note, (R.54, Vort-Ronald 46 [Fig.68 illustrated U/1 000211 without diagonal black lines], McDonald 77b). Crisp, nearly uncirculated and of the utmost rarity, the only specimen note of this type ever offered at auction.
Estimate $30,000
SOLD $48,000
One Thousand pounds, Kell/Collins (1924), issued Specimen note, with numbers 2A 58383, 2A prefix in blue, serial number in black, black signatures, inverted watermarked of three rows of multiple crown over A, 142 x 223 mm, The front has its main print, intaglio and lithograph. In the centre of the note in black intaglio with cursive script except for 'One Thousand Pounds' which is in old English style is the reading: 'Australian Note. The Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia promises to pay the Bearer One Thousand Pounds in gold coin on demand at the Commonwealth Treasury at the seat of government'. Light blue lithograph medallions around the borders. The Australian Coat-of-Arms appears at the bottom centre and 1000 within four medallions appears in each corner. There is no imprint appearing on this note. The background print in letterpress has in large orange bordered letters 'ONE THOUSAND POUNDS'. The back in black intaglio has as its main feature a large flock of sheep within an ornamental surround with large 1000 at each side, and 'one Thousand Pounds' in block letters at the bottom in the centre. The background colours feature letterpress tints in pale lime, salmon, pale lime rainbowed vertically. On both back and front appear blue centering lines projecting from the edge 8 - 13mm. The note is perforated with the word 'Cancelled' (122 mm long) twice with each cancellation 35-53mm (18mm high letters) from the bottom edge of the note on the front and from the top edge of the note from the back. In addition the note has four cancellation holes 13mm in diameter near the 1000 numbered medallions. (R.70b, Vort-Ronald 62, McDonald 99). Slight thinning on back near edge from gum attached at an earlier time, with centre longitudinal fold, three vertical folds, otherwise good very fine and of the utmost rarity, the only circulated one thousand pound note ever offered at auction.
Estimate $90,000
SOLD $86,000
Fifty pounds, Coombs/Wilson (c.1956), Specimen with number 000000, grey black border with lilac and green backgrounds/olive green; uncertain watermark, front states 'Commonwealth of Australia Legal Tender in the Commonwealth and in all Territories Under the Control of the Commonwealth Fifty Pounds', in the frame around 'Australian Note' above and 'Fifty Pounds' below, the main statement of denomination 'Fifty Pounds' is written across in a tablet under the portrait of Sir Henry Parkes, the arms of Australia to left in the watermark tablets, and the denomination £50 placed in each corner; back reads on frame above 'Commonwealth of Australia' and below Fifty Pounds, the denomination £50 placed on corners, the design represents Architecture and Art, with a allegorical figure holding a temple on the left and another figure with canvas frame and pallette with brushes on right, (R.-, Mc.TBA [p.203]). Has been mounted on the left edge with glue on the back, has also had minor retouching by hand probably by the artist on top left area and with four small circular spots two on the upper right and two lower right edge areas, otherwise nearly uncirculated and the only example known in private hands.
Estimate $100,000
SOLD $0
Ten shillings, Collins/Allen (1915) M 129836A (R.2d). Pieces missing from lower edge and long tear up vertical fold, otherwise flat and fine in appearance, overall fair.
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Ten shillings, Cerutty/Collins (1918) M 611527 P (R.3b). Slight edge tears, heavy centre folds, otherwise nearly fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
Ten shillings, Kell/Collins (1926) A/34 850705 (R.5). Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,450
Ten shillings, Kell/Collins (1926) A/38 710940 (R.5). Good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Ten shillings, Kell/Heathershaw (1927) A/47 182 899 (R.6). Nearly extremely fine and rare in this condition, one of the finest known.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $0
Ten shillings, Riddle/Heathershaw (1928) A/67 904498 (R.7). Very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,100
Ten shillings, Riddle/Heathershaw (1928) A/81 343950 (R.7). Small tear top edge, good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Ten shillings, Riddle/Heathershaw (1928) B/15 104490 (R.7). Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110