Catalogue
Documents, 1873 to 1933, including Acknowledgement and Confirmation, J.G.Francis to A.H.Knight, dated 16th September 1873; Agreement, between the Federal Coffee Palace Company and A.H.Knight, dated 12th March 1897; Mortgages, 18th July 1894, 28th May 1903(2); Letters Patent, 1st June 1904 and 30th April 1917; Certificate of Registration of Trade Mark, 17th March 1917(2), 5th April 1917, 12th January 1920(2); Confirmation of Copyright, 14th December 1933. (13)
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Cinema and film hire documents, and related correspondence from MGM, Paramount, Walt Disney, RKO Radio Pictures and Columbia pictures. 28 items. Fine - very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
South Africa, Boer War, Umtali, Contract of Service for a native worker at a wage of one pound per month dated 20th April 1901. One shilling British South Africa Company stamp affixed to top right hand corner, certificate printed by Waterlow and Sons; Boer War period photo showing a long row of rickshaw drivers and military personnel. First item has paper backing, otherwise very good. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Employee's Hospital Fund, small group of letters, circular letters, contribution cards and application forms relating tothe fund, circa 1948-1963. Fine - very fine. (14 items).
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
Assorted newspapers and other minor publications, including The Australasian Newspaper March 1, 1879, Melbourne with article on Kelly sympathisers; The Sydney Morning Herald, August 13, 1847 (article on Wentworth); The Times London, Sept. 20, 1886; British Medical Journal 1890 extract; Victorian Naturalist Jan. 1925; The Observatory - A monthly Review of Astronomy Nov. 1929; The London Magazine May 1743 (46pp). Mostly fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
The Southern Cross Collector, quarterly organ of the Southern Cross Collectors Club, Melbourne, Victoria, numbers 46, November 1933, 47 July 1934 and 48 February 1935. Issue No.47 includes details about the Melbourne Centenary. Scarce. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Souvenir booklets, for the visit of Royal Naval Squadron to Sydney 1924 (2), miniature edition of the Evening News 6/4/1924, also some Australian and world banknotes. Very good - very fine. (35)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Scrap book, Captain Cobham's 1927 flight to Australia and other W.W.II newspaper clippings in a made up volume, interesting. Fair.
Estimate $30
SOLD $0
Princess Diana, a large flat box with memorabilia of Princess Diana including a large scrapbook of newspaper clippings. (100's)
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
Bank of New South Wales cheque 192, on Account of the Public Service, New South Wales; Commercial banking Co, of Sydney Limited, 19.., three different colours. All unissued cheques of similar design with government coat of arms. Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $30
SOLD $50
Bank of the South Pacific Limited, specimen cheques. 'Limited cheque', 19.. orange and purple print; another 'bank draft' 19.. blue and red print, both diagonally overprinted 'SPECIMEN'. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $30
SOLD $40
The Bank of Victoria, second of exchange, issued at Melbourne, 24th December 1861 for forty seven pounds and five shillings, lovely central vignette depicting mining, shipping and commerce with a kangaroo standing above. Extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
The Bank of Victoria, Melbourne branch, cheque 187. No.'A'; another The City Bank, Sydney Branch No. 'B' 187, both unissued, the second scarce. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $30
SOLD $0
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Calcutta, second of exchange, 16th April 1907, for £126-14-4; Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, sight note for £150 sterling, dated 25 April 1866; Promissory note, Melbourne, 11 April 1862, due 14 July, to the Order of Messrs Flower McDonald & Co., £105-17-4 for goods listed on accompanying three pages; Real Estate Bank Limited, share certificate for two hundred and forty five shares, 16th August 1889, held in trust for the Melbourne Trust Finance Banking Company Limited as per the attached letter. With pinholes, very good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Union Bank of Australia, Melbourne, exchange note, second of exchange note for ninety days, for £500.0.0 issued at Melbourne Victoria (entered over Port Philip), 6th August 1851 from Messrs Brown and son, Launceston V.D.L., with stamps Union Bank of Australia, Launceston and another for Melbourne. One small hole and several pin-holes, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Union Bank of Australia, Launceston sight note, No.5470, 13th Oct 1859 for seven hundred and five pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence. Signed front and back of note. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, speciman of the New Safety Paper, cheques and cheque forms including Royal Bank of Scotland to the Bank of New South Wales 1906, 1910(2), Standard Bank Limited, Southern Rhodesia; share scrip, Martins Bank, Barclays Bank, Standard Bank of South Africa Limited. Very fine - extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Snowy Mountains Engineering corporation, Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, Cooma, N.S.W. Branch, employees pay cheques in sheets of three with butts, thirty sheets (99 cheques). Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
The National Bank of Australasia, cheque, Hamilton branch made out for pds.60.5.6, dated 24th September 1895; another the Colonial Bank of Australasia, Birregurra branch for pds.10.12.4, dated December 4th 1888. Extremely fine, nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $30
SOLD $30
The National Bank of Australasia Limited, Melbourne branch, second of exchange, 190. SPECIMEN, overprinted 'specimen' horizontally in the centre. Rare. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Australian cheques, a group of early Victorian cheques consisting of four issued at Port MacDonnell, for Messrs N.A. Lord, Mount Gambier dated March 1865 - one with large oval C.B.A. Mount Gambier paid stamp: another handwritten cheque dated Mount Gambier April 1865 and signed by And. Lord. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Australian cheques, a wide selection, mostly from South Australia, 1870's to 1930's plus several later cheques, mounted in banknote album pages. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (57)
Estimate $170
SOLD $0
Australian cheques, promissory notes, 1892-1949, a wide selection all printed with red Victorian stamp duty seals by the Government printer. Fine-extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Australian cheques, a group of modern Australian cheques, a wide selection mostly 1960's and 1970's. Very fine - extremely fine. (30)
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
Circular Letters of Credit, specimens, Bank of Australasia (1949)(2), Bank of New South Wales (1957), bank cheques, Bank of New South Wales (2). Very fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Travellers' cheques, specimens including Thomas Cook & Son Limited, Australian ten, twenty and fifty dollars, 1970, Hong Kong, one, two, five and one thousand dollars, 1980, Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, twenty and fifty pounds, 1954, 1961, Lloyds Bank Limited, two, five, ten and twenty pounds, 1959, United States, one thousand dollars, 1979. Very fine - uncirculated. (18)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Travellers' cheques, specimens, including Bank of New South Wales 1974, U.S. and Australian fifty dollars, Great Britain fifty pounds; Thomas Cook & Sons Limited, ten, twenty and fifty dollars Australian, U.S.A., one thousand dollars (2). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Selection of travellers cheques from Barclays Bank Limited for two, ten, twenty and fifty pounds sterling - old style up to mid 1960's and two, five, ten and twenty pounds - new style from mid 1960's. All issued. Mostly extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
U.S.A. a selection of U.S. cheques, mostly from the 1850's to 1900, some with duty stamps, housed on banknote album leaves, plus several modern issues (3). Fine - extremely fine. (24)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Bank pass books, 1889 - 1949, including State Savings Bank of Victoria, Commonwealth Bank, National Bank, Bank of Australasia. (21)
Estimate $50
SOLD $20