Catalogue
New South Wales legal documents, including Land Grant by purchase of five hundred acres in the Parish of Gosforth, signed and dated by Sir Richard Bourke, 19th April 1836; Re Assignment of Cattle, Horses and Sheep, Sydney, 1st February 1845; Grant by Purchase of fifty acres in the County of Bathurst, signed and dated by Sir William Thomas Denison, 12th January 1861; Grant by Purchase at Auction, of one rood and ten perches of land in the County of Waradgery, signed and dated Sir John Young, 31st December 1862; Lease of Land, six hundred and forty acres at Kings Plains, 1st March 1866; Assignment in Trust, between John Wesley Bowes of Muswellbrook and James Bowes of Gulgong, 21st March 1874; Probate in the Will of Catherine Meers of Liverpool, 6th December 1894. Very fine. (7)
Estimate $140
SOLD $230
Assorted ephemera, including particulars of 'Erambie Estate' auction, Molong, 1940; Balloting Paper, District of Hume, 1873; Chapmans Limited, Sydney, 1923 price list; land sale poster, Elm Park, Jindera, N.S.W., 1905; land auction sale poster, Mosman, 1912; Mount Kembla Mine Disaster, Public Meeting, announcement, 1902; Tumbarumba land map, 1877; minature copy of 'The Daily Telegraph' 1891, covering the story of the Federation Movement and the delegates; transcript of land purchase, County of Cumberland, 1832; land auction sale poster, Centennial Park, 1905; motor vehicle papers, 1926-28. Good - very fine. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
Fire Policies, Australian Mutual, 1879, 1888 and 1890; London and Lancashire, 1882; National Fire & Marine, 1883; Royal, 1884 and 1893; South British, 1882 and 1884; Northern, 1884; Victoria, 1886; Standard Fire & Marine, 1888; City Mutual, 1894. Very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Life Policies and bonus certificates, National Insurance, 1875; National Mutual, 1879; Australian Mutual Provident Society, 1883; Commercial Union, 1883 and 1890; Mutual Assurance, 1883, 1885, 1886 and 1895; Colonial Mutual, 1882, 1884; Australian Mutual Provident, 1885; North Queensland, 1899. Very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Tasmania, Bank of Gratitude Limited, scrip certificate for 5s, No.1146, unissued; City of Launceston, debenture for one hundred pounds, dated 1 April 1928; The English, Scottish & Australian Bank Limited cheque forms for R.P.Furmage Pty Ltd 'The Don Store', Deloraine 19-- (2); Commonwealth of Australia, War Savings Certificate for five pounds, issued 1 Nov 1944; British Postal Order for twenty shillings, issued 22.10.1945; Fortieth Battalion golden jubilee, souvenir books, 1966 (2), also song books (2). Fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $170
SOLD $190
Miner's Right, Colony of Victoria, 5/- 6 May 1890, another 2/6 1902, assorted Tasmanian postage and duty stamps (@20); old original 120x195mm photo c.1880 view of Circular Quay, Sydney and two large photos 145x200mm of WWI scenes. Fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Miners Rights, Ballarat, 1901 - 1925, assorted dates. Fine - very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Gold mining, Britannia & Eldorado United, Grant, 1866; Burra Burra Quartz & Alluvial Gold, Malmsbury, 1872; Alfred Quartz Gold, Chiltern, 1883; Aroona Proprietary Gold, Malmsbury, 1884; Gambetta Gold, Little Hampton, 1884; United Kingdon Consolidated, Taradale, 1884; Mountain Stream, North Gippsland, 1884; Milvain's Freehold, Malmsbury, 1884; No.1 South Gambetta Quartz, Burke, 1884; Cobungra Consols, Cobungra River, 1884; Stockman P.C., 1888; Mount Fairbrother Gold, Gladstone District, 1890. Very fine. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $420
City of Melbourne Gas & Coke Company, one five pound share, No.8934, dated Oct 23rd 1857. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
City of Melbourne Gas & Coke Company, one five pound share, No.8935, dated Oct 23rd 1857. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Melbourne & Suburban Railway Company, one ten pound share, No.3959, dated 1st August 1859. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Agricultural, Australian Producers and Traders Limited, 1904; Trafalgar Co-operative Butter & Cheese Factory, Trafalgar, 1905; Bairnsdale District Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society, 1908; Buchan District Co-operative Butter Factory, 1911; Bairnsdale District Farmers Co-operative, Bairnsdale, 1911 and 1952; Ensay Co-operative Roller Flour Milling, Gippsland, 1913; Sydney Meat Preserving Company, 1918; Victorian Producers Co-operative, 1920; Denman Co-operative Dairy, 1920; Gippsland Co-operative Bacon Curing, 1929; Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce, 1933; Gippsland & Northern Co-operative, 1953; Koondrook Dairymen's Butter Factory and Trading Company, 1956; Moe Co-operative Dairying Company, 1968. Torn corner on one, otherwise nearly extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $120
SOLD $400
World share scrip, all with pament slips attached, Compagnie Miniere et Industrielle De L'Ouest, 1930 100 francs (2); Arthel, Societe D'Exploration des Brevets Jacques Arthuys, (2) Nos. 302, 303, 1933; L'Azote Francais, one hundred francs, c.1930 (2); Boulonnerie Calibree, 500 francs 1920 (2); Le Ketol, 100 francs, 1926; Societe D'Applications Techgniques 300 francs (2); Establissements Mourier, 500 francs, 1923; Italy, share scrip as receipts, mostly 1930's (29) to Soc. An. Vendita Autoveicoli, Torino, etc. Mostly fine - very fine. (40)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Miscellaneous, Share scrip, Le Grand Bazar de la Place Saint-Lambert in Liege, 1944 with vignette of Grand Bazaar, (35) and in a blue folder, foreign cheques, promissory note, bill of exchange, most with duty stamps, mostly from Israel, Japan, Italy, Australia, USA. Fine. (59)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Share scrip, China, Chinese Government Treasury Note for 505 Francs 5% re-organisation loan; No.445593; 1900 Comp. Gen. de Chemis de Fer et de Tramways en Chine (with three vignettes)No. 02698; Shanghai-Nanking Railway (2) c.1904; Government of the Chinese Republic 5% gold loan Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913, No.B 075089; 1866 Charles Lafitte & Co., £20 shares, (10). Very fine or better. (15)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Cheques, U.S.A., The First National Bank, of Elko, Nevada, assorted cheques, c.1915 various amounts and recipients, all with various stamps etc., another as a warant, State of Montana, May 1, 1893, for sixty five dollars; The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, various Australian Traveller's Cheques, for £5 (4); £10 (16), all paid and cancelled; Australia, decimal coin wrappers, all different (16). Some cheques holed, fine - very fine, wrappers as new. (62)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
U.S.A., Chicago, c.1872-1901, assorted letters, telegramme, Opinion of Title to Land in the original town of Chicago, dated 9/11/1872. Very good - very fine. (26 items)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Queensland, Government Reports, 1877 blue book for the year; 1868 Postal Subsidy; 1880 Correspondence re Mail Service via Torres Straits; 1881 Telegraph; 1875 Inspectors of Stock; 1876 Enquiry into livestock and plant diseases, 15 pp., including foldout page of engravings and a bill to legalise the marriage of a man to sister of deceased wife; 1897 Qld. Govt Gazette; The Qld. Agricultural Journal; and (Great Britain) the 1892 Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. Mostly fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $20
The Sydney Morning Herald, September 1867 to April 1868, two volumes, an extensive coverage of the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Australia on H.M.S. Galatea, includes reporting and eyewitness accounts of the attempted assassination of the Duke on 12 March 1868 by James O'Farrell at Clontarf, N.S.W. Good.
Estimate $200
SOLD $480
Hobart Town Punch, the issue of July 13, 1867 as No.13 of Volume I, 12 pp. with engraved cartoons and news comments. Fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
The Parramatta Sun, a serio-comic magazine, issued fortnightly during the voyage of the ship 'Parramatta' from London to Sydney, September 9th 1879 to December 8th 1879, printed Sydney, 1879, bound, 90pp. Bottom right corner partially missing, very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Newspapers and sundry publications, The Bulletin (Sydney), Saturday July 1, 1893; The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday November 5, 1855 (No.5723) (article on Crimean War); The Australasian (Melbourne), Saturday October 25, 1873; The Times of (London) single issues from 1858, 1864, 1873, 1892 (with 1/4 page map p.16 on Lancashire, derbyshire and East Coast railway); The Evening Mail, May 9-12, 1862 (with articles on US Civil War); Family Herald (London), June 9, 1883; Harper's Young People, Feb. 25, 1888; Punch, January 12, 1921; Wild Life, Australian Nature Magazine, Nov. 1940; Round Table Club January 1943 a lecture by Dr. Goddard; The Model Engineer, Nov. 15, 1951. Good - fine. (14)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Miscellaneous publications, Women's Weekly Nov. 28 1956, Olympic Games Melbourne 1956 Souvenir Edition (fair condition); Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, April 20, 1954 (Petrov spy story); Will's Cigarette Picture Card album with 50 Air-Raid Precautions cards; Teacup Reading; Cecil B. De Mille's 'the Ten Commandments'; Nestle's Recipe book; Practical Motorist & Motor Cyclist June 1957; 1967 International Havester catalogue; Singer Sewing Machines instructions c.1930, and How to make dresses the Modern Singer Way; Ball Bearing separators manual; Nursing notes on midwifery; The amazing adventures of Anthony Arrowroot; KGV broadcast Xmas 1934; Marilyn Monroe and Jean Seberg Premiere photos (1960, 1957). Fair - very fine. (16)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Bolivia, Charles III eight reales 1775 Potosi; Mexico, Charles III pillar type two reales 1760; Peru, Charles IIII eight reales 1803. Very fine; extremely fine; fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Brazil, John V, 6,400 reis or half Johanna, 1750R (F.46). Small dig on reverse otherwise virtually as struck, one of the finest brown.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,020
Brazil, Maria and Peter, 6,400 reis or half Johanna 1779 R (Rio). Well struck extremely fine.
Estimate $850
SOLD $800
Brazil, Mary I, 6800 reis or half Johanna 1787R (Rio) (KM.218.1). Original mint bloom. Nearly extremely fine/extremely fine.
Estimate $900
SOLD $950
Brazil, John VI, 6,400 reis or half Johanna, 1808R (KM.236.1). Has been mounted, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Chile (under Spain), Ferdinand VI, gold four escudos, Santiago mint, 1749J (KM.2). Extremely fine with original mint bloom, slightly weak in places on the arms, rare.
Estimate $1,700
SOLD $1,200
Colombia, Charles IV, eight escudos 1801 JJ, Nuevo Reino (Bogota), (KM.62.1). Good fine/nearly very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $600