Catalogue
The Weekly Courier, Launceston, miniature copy (77 x 128mm) produced for the ANA Exhibition, Launceston, 26th March 1908. Front and back covers with tears, very good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Photographs, a collection of family and other photographs, includes many studio photographs of weddings, family groups and scenes, also a team photograph of the `Watterloo Congregational Cricket Club, `B' Grade Premiers South Sydney District Cricket Assn 1927-28'. (approx. 100)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
World War I, map of part of German East Africa and two maps of part of New Guinea. (3)
Estimate $30
SOLD $15
Sydney Harbour Bridge, official Souvenir and Programme plus a box of glass slides. Very fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $110
Samoa. Original souvenir book of postcards of Samoa, titled `Souvenir of Apia, Samoa', complete set of twelve scenes of Apia in booklet form, with original pencil set into the spine. The stub for each postcard contains an additional miniature scene of the postcard with space on the back to write the `date,' `to whom sent' and any `reminiscenes,' printed in England. Rare as an original booklet extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Melbourne, property sales pamphlets, 1925 (6), together with World War I, trench art letter opener de la Somme, World War II, letter, negatives and photographs, message in Pidgin English; G.A.Rees Pty Ltd, Melbourne, note book. Good - very fine. (17)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Ticket of Leave, Colonial Secretary's Office, N.S.W., 2nd October 1837, dispensing with the Attendance at Government Work, of Daniel Griffen who was tried at City Cork 27 April 1832 and transported for seven years on the ship 'Rollin Castle' in 1833 employed in the District of Yass, and signed. Weakness, missing corner and fragile around bottom edges, rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $800
Ticket of Leave, Principal Superintendent of Convicts Office, Sydney, N.S.W., 3rd April 1841, dispensing with the Attendance at Government Work, of George Taylor who was tried at the Central Criminal Court 17 August 1835 and transported for seven years on the ship 'Recovery' in 1836 employed in the District of Yass, signed. Missing piece of corner, rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $950
Tasmania, Convict Clearance Permit, issued by the Police Magistrate, at the Police Office Launceston, 22nd May 1852, authorising Daniel Gleadhill, permission to depart from the Colony on board the City of Melbourne for Melbourne, description of prisoner on verso. Very good and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Tasmania, Convict Clearance Permit, issued by the Police Magistrate, at the Police Office Launceston, 22nd May 1852, authorising John West, permission to depart from the Colony on board the City of Melbourne for Melbourne, description of prisoner on verso. Very good and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
Victoria, Miners' rights, Ballarat, issued to Sarah E. Coventry 1900, W. Gear 1902, Julia Flynn 1904, Margaret Johnson 1905, Jane S. Jones 1908. Fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Amalgamated Mining Employees' Association of Victoria and Tasmania Provision coupon, Lyell Branch (rubber stamped) I.B. 453 for sixpence, imprint Herald print, signatures in facsimile. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Australian Workers' Union 1934-35, Victoria Riverina Branch, membership ticket, twenty five shillings, Mr L. Horne, Ballarat Boorhoc Station, 22.10.1934, issued by C. Davies, together with Patriotic Fund Raffle, ticket for two shillings, 1955, State Savings Bank, withdrawal form. Colac c.1920's, Miners Right, Colony of Victoria. Good very fine. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Ephemera, including two letters written to Capt William Parsons of Sydney, dated 1854, miniature copy of the Sydney Morning Herald, January 24th 1901, Memorandum of Agreement between Northern Australian Breweries Limited of Cairns and William Alfred for a two year employment contract, dated 1931, handwritten employment agreement between Arthur Briscoe & Co, Ironmongers of Dunedin and Charles James Raynor of Temuka for a four year apprenticeship, dated 1882. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Grant by Purchase, attested copy, to J.T.Hughes and J.Hosking, of twenty six acres of land in the Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke, dated 10th May 1839, unsigned. Conveyance, attested copy, J.T.Hughes and J.Hosking to H.H.Macarthur (Chairman of the Bank of Australia) and James Norton (Director of Bank of Australia), signed and dated, 4th October 1849. Mortgage, attested copy, James Norton by direction of Messrs Hughes and Hosking to H.H.Macarthur, signed and dated 6th October 1849. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
N.S.W., Land transfers, Robert Cooper to Richard Kemp of property in George Street, Sydney, dated 10th November 1828; Randolph John Want to John Priest Ridley of cottags and land at Carrington, Port Stephens, dated 26th September 1854. First document torn on folds. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Victoria, Land lease between John Sutherland and James Mackay for premises in Queen Street, Melbourne, handwritten on vellum, dated 11th July 1854.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Land Grant by Purchase, to Isaac Barratt of Dowling Forest of two roods in the County of Ripon, Parish of Skipton, being Land sold at Ballarat as Lot 19, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 16th April 1860. Scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Real Estate auction posters, Jervis Bay, N.S.W., Numurkah, Northcote, Heidelberg and Frankston & Mornington, Victoria, auction notice, Melbourne, catalogues for the Sale of household furniture and effects, Coburg 1893, St Kilda 1935, price list for T.Anthony & Co., City Saw Mills, Melbourne, 1902, catalogue for The City Cash Grocery Stores, Adelaide, 1905 (front cover torn in two). Fine - good very fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
N.S.W. Contract for Sale of Land, between Garrett Ryan and Daniel Conway of 'Glen Garvey' a property of three thousand and ninety acres in the County of Burnett, Parishes of Codrington and Hollingsworth together with three thousand six hundred and twenty five mixed sheep and ten head of mixed cattle for the price of three thousand nine hundred and seventy four pounds fifteen shillings, dated 6th February 1901; together with Security document between Garrett Ryan and The Bank of New South Wales, dated 24 August 1896, and Mortgage of Conditional Purchases from Daniel Ryan to the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, dated 3rd August 1905. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Legal documents, mostly unused, 1870's - 1900's, Mortgage of Live Stock, Transfer by Executors, Subpoena, Draft Mortgage, Caveat, Mortgage in Fee, Defeasance, Draft Reconveyance, Lease of Farm, Affidavit, Inventory, Lease under the Transfer of Land Statute (handwrittten), Application for Certificate - Residence, 1914. (13)
Estimate $40
SOLD $60
Miscellaneous documents, letters, cheque butts, invitation, receipts, company registration certificates, mostly Sydney related, 1889-1948, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Moree, used cheque book 1950. Fine - extremely fine. (32)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Certificates and documents, unissued, Department of Mines, Victoria, Certificate for Valour, Certificate of Compentency, Victoria Board of Examiners for Engine-Drivers Certificate of Competency, Fees in Courts of Mines, Application for Registration of Claim, Certificate of Registration of Machinery Site, Form of Transfer of Claim, Certificate of Registration of Tail-Race, Notice of Application for Registration of Dam Site or Reservoir Site, Recommendation for the Award of the Efficiency Medal or Clasp, British Fire Service Association Form of Application for the Twenty Years Long Service Medal. Good fine - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
Victoria, construction of the Cairn Curran Reservoir, Baringhup, programme and invitation for the Official Commencement Ceremony at Baringhup, 4th September 1947, invitation, programme and admission ticket to afternoon tea at the Official Opening of the Cairn Curran Reservoir, 17th April 1956. Extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $30
SOLD $0
Insurance Policies, 1860 - 1869; Australasian Fire & Life Insurance Co, 1860; Australian Mutual Provident Society, 1864; Northern Assurance Co, 1865; Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co, 1866. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Insurance Policies, 1870 - 1879, Australian Alliance Insurance Co, 1871; another, 1872; Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, 1874; Victoria Fire and Marine Insurance Co, 1874; National Insurance Co of Australasia Limited, 1873; another, 1874; Queen Insurance Co, 1878. (7)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Insurance Policies, 1880 - 1889, Victoria Insurance Co, 1880; Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, 1881; Colonial Insurance Co of New Zealand, 1881; Colonial Mutual Insurance Co, 1884; National Insurance Co of Australasia, 1884; United Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Co, 1885; Australian Alliance Insurance Co, 1886; Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co, 1887; Mercantile Mutual Insurance Co, 1888; Commercial Union Assurance Co, 1888. Some torn along folds. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Insurance Policies, 1890 - 1903, Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, 1891; Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd, 1893; Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, 1895; United Insurance Co, 1895; Caledonian Insurance Co, 1897; Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co, 1897; Victoria Insurance Co, 1898; Australian Mutual Provident Society, 1903. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Insurance Policies, 1900 - 1909, Australian Mutual Provident Society, 1901; Commercial Union Assurance Co, 1902; Colonial Mutual Insurance Co, 1902; London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co, 1903; National Insurance Company of New Zealand, 1905; another, 1906; another, 1908 (with logo cut out); Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, 1905; Derwent and Tamar Fire, Life and Marine Assurance Co, 1905, for the carriage of wool from the sheeps back on Barton Station, Ararat to Wool Store door in Geelong. Some with renewal receipts. (9)
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Insurance related, Australian Mutual Provident Society, booklet celebrating the golden jubilee of the Society in 1913, prospectus and tables of rates, bonus certificates (2); bonus certificates 1891 - 1942 for Colonial Mutual Life Assurance, Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society, Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance, National Mutual Life Association of Australasia (4), Australian Widows' Fund. (12)
Estimate $40
SOLD $70