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City of Melbourne Gas & Coke Company, one five pound share, No.8960, dated 23rd Oct 1857. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
City of Melbourne Gas & Coke Company, one five pound share, No.8938, dated 23rd Oct 1857. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Gold mining, Southern Cross Quartz, Victoria Spur, 1865; Great Success Gold, Malmsbury, 1870; Quartz & Alluvial Gold, Lauriston (2) and Malmsbury, 1872; Beaumont's Company, Sandhurst, 1872; Alfred Quartz Gold, Chiltern, 1883; Mountain Stream Gold, Cobungra River, 1884 (2); Milvain's Freehold, Malmsbury, 1884; O'Brien's Freehold, Kangaroo Hill, 1884; Cobungra Consols, Cobungra River, 1884; Cobungra Tunnel Gold, Cobungra River, 1884; Mount Fairbrother, Mount Jacob, 1890. The second stained, otherwise very fine. (14)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Debentures, Shire of Rutherglen, 1st June 1911 and 1st December 1911; Church of St John the Evangelist, Toorak, 30th August 1913 (3), with interest coupons attached (torn left side on all three); United Railroads of Yucatan, first mortgage redeemable gold bond for £100, 1910, with coupons; Loan of the City of Moscow, bond for 189 roubles, 1912, with ten coupons attached. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
World share scrip, Belgium, Le Grand Bazar de la Place Saint-Lambert, Liege, with vignette of Grand Bazar, with coupons attached, (34); 1900 Comp. Gen. de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine; 1913 Chinese Govt. 5% Re0rganisation Gold Loan; 1918 and 1944 The Arbo Tin Mining Co., Braxholm, Tasmania, Australian Deposit & Morgage Bank Limited 1892 share scrip letter of allocation. Mostly very fine or better. (39)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Miner's Right, Victoria, Ballarat, 2s6d, issued May 3 - 1912 to Willim Healy. Book 2214, No.177. Very fine.
Estimate $20
SOLD $10
Miners' Rights, State of Victoria, Ballarat, complete set by year from 1898 to 1914, except for 1909, 1911 and 1912. Mostly very fine - extremely fine and rare as a set. (14)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Lottery tickets, Cuba, a group of National lottery tickets 1947-1957, all different designs and dates, colourful series. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Australian and World airline brochures, tickets, stickers and related memorabilia, inludes Qantas, B.O.A.C., East African Airways, KLM, Skyways Coach Air, East West Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Ghana Airways, Pacific Airlines, BEA, Delta and Eastern. Fine - extremely fine. (27)
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
World postcards, including Great Britain, Switzerland, Australia, Egypt, Ceylon, ship passenger lists c.1900-1950s. Good - very fine. (137)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Postcard, a selection of mostly modern Australian and world postcards housed in five albums, plus additional empty albums. (168)
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
William & Mary, vellum indenture with intact seal of William Everitt, dated March 7, 1693 together with two pages on one leaf of an ink manuscript c.1680-1690 from Italy. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Great Britain, George II, consolidated three per cent annuities, dated 23 January 1828 for £15.7.5d., the annuities states 'Interest or Share in the Joint Stock of Three per cent Annuities, erected by an Act of Parliament of the 25th year of the reign of George II, entitled, an Act for converting the several annuities, transferable at the BANK of ENGLAND....; another printed document dated 1746, a conditional bond; another, handwriteen dated 1750. Very good - very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $90
Maps, 18th century couloured maps, each framed by a purple-blue mount board, a) of the Caroline Islands, b) Captain Carterets Discovery of New Britain and New Guinea 1699-1700 by Alex. Hogg; c) Isles d'Amerique in the West Indies (Granada to St.Christopher) by Val d'Abbeville (Paris) 1664; d) Marianes islands 1752. Mostly very fine and suitable for wall display. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Fire policies, London and Lancashire Fire Insurance, 1877 and another, 1899; The Victoria Fire and Marine, 1878; The United Australian Mutual, 1880; Norwich Union, 1883; New Zealand Insurance Company, 1884; Northern Assurance, 1885; South British Fire & Marine of New Zealand, 1886; United Insurance, 1893; Colonial Mutual, 1895. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Insurance policies, Australasian Plate Glass Insurance, 1877; Imperial Fire Insurance, 1883; National Insurance Company of Australasia, 1885; Australian Alliance, 1892; National Mutual Life, 1900; Yorkshire Insurance, 1910; Automobile insurance, 1928; Dalgety & Company Limited Motor Car Policy, 1928; Liverpool & London & Globe, 1929; N.R.M.A. Insurance, 1931. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
New South Wales, legal documents, including Mortgages, 1862 (2); Certificate of Title of land in Tamworth, 1876; Conveyance of Land, 1887 and 1895. Handwritten on vellum. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Royal Mint, Melbourne branch, Victorian Parliamentry papers Legislative Assembly, 1869, relating to the cost of the establishment of the Melbourne Mint; another paper entitled 'Silver and Copper Coinage sent to Deputy-Master of Mint, Melbourne' dated 3rd November 1880; another dated 1860-1 entitled 'Export Duty on Gold, a Petition'; another paper dated 1877-8 entitled 'Despatch Respecting the Ballarat Juvenile Industrial Exhibition'; another dated 1877 entitled 'Royal Commission for Paris Exhibition 1878 - First Report' another dated 1877-8 titled 'Despatch Respecting the Space Applied for by Victoria at the Paris Exhibition'. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Melbourne International Exhibition, Victorian Parliamentry papers, Legislative Assembly, 1879, First Report of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the Melbourne International Exhibition 1880, 10 pages; together with the Second Report, 11 pages; the Supplementary Final Report 1882, 3 pages and the 'Rules and Regulations Made by the Exhibition Trustees' under the Victorian Exhibitions Act 1878, 2 pages. Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Commonwealth of Australia, invitation to the Inaugural Celbrations, January 1st, 1901 from the Government of New South Wales, large coloured card stating 'requesting the honour of Mr Charles Ashton's presence at the Ceremonies to take place in connection with the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia, by Gillick, Govt. printer. Stuck down on board, some paper toning, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Commonwealth of Australia, Federation, 1st January 1901, Commonwealth Inauguration, Public School Teacher, Ticket with approval of F. Bridges (Chief Inspector of Schools) and Walter Bethel (Hon Sec); together with the official Commonwealth Day Centennial Park, 1st January 1901 Public School Child's Refreshment Coupon. First with string attached and in the shape of a shield on blue cardboard, the second rectangular in sky blue board, both very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $110
Australia, stereoscopic view cards of the Commonwealth celebrations, Duke of York celebrations (1901) in Sydney and Melbourne. Very good. (26)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Official Opening 19th March 1932, NSW Govt. Railways 'Reso' train tours of Country Districts arranged by the Railway Department; together with programme for the Memorial Service for the late Dame Nellie Melba, Thursday February 26, 1931 at 1 p.m. at Cathederal Church of St. Andrew, Sydney; together with minature Newspapers (c.1925) of 'The Echo' March 3, 1885 as a 'Special Illustrated Number to Commemorate the Departure of the NSW Troops for the Soudan'; and copies from Sydney of the 'The Daily Telegraph' January 2, 1901 'Birth of the Australian Nation'; and copies of 'The Sydney Morning Herald' January 24, 1901 (Death of Queen Victoria) and May 9, 1910 (Death of Edward VII). Very good - very fine. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Hobart Regatta Association, 86th Anniversary Regatta, Tuesday, 5th February 1924, large (450x270mm) programme printed on SILK, to Commemorate the Discoverey of Tasmania by Tasman in 1642. Held under the patronage of his Excellency the Administrator, Mr Justice Ewing. Very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
Masonic memorabilia, (1936-1975) an important group of Australian Masonic certificates and related documents from the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales, the Supreme Council for Scotland, the Grand Imperial Council for Australia, Order of the Secret Monitor Grand Council, the Order of the Temple, the Grand Imperial Council for Australia, Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland, the Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priest or Order of Holy Wisdom, the Order of Malta, Order of the Temple, Thrice Illustrious Master of the Cryptic Council, Holy and Undivided Trinity, Grand Lodge of the Royal Ark Mariners, Red Cross Council, Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees - Degree of the Grand Tiler of King Solomon, the Imperial Religons and Military Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Constine; thirty-two certificates mounted in a large leatherbound album, together with fifteen other certificate and documents all relating to the same man, plus three signs for a Grand Ball, Picnic Supper Dance and Masonic Service, also the original artwork for the 'Supreme Council of Scotland of the 33rd & Last Degree of the A & A.S. Rite. Certificates mostly extremely fine - uncirculated, a rare and important group. (51)
Estimate $550
SOLD $250
Masonic memorabilia, (1947-1981) a group of Australian Masonic certificates and related documents from the Grand Imperial Council for Australia, the Supreme Council for Scotland, Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland, the Order of Malta, Order of the Temple, Grand Lodge of the Royal Ark Mariners, Red Cross Council, the Imperial Religions and Military Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Constine; twenty-nine certificates plus a group (school) photograph. Very fine - uncirculated. (30)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Newspapers and other publications, Sydney Morning Herald, October 26, 1844, 4 pages; The Times, September 10, 1852, 12 pages; The Australasian July 17, 1869; 32 pages (pp.65-96); The Graphic, January 20, 1917; Chums, June 8, 1912; Punch July 6, 1921; 1951 Sydney Mail comic strip of Superman; Sport Magazine, Sept. 1954; Qld. Agricultural Journal, 1 June 1926 and 1 July 1938. Mostly very good - fine. (11)
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
Sydney Morning Herald, all issues for January-June and July-December 1851, bound into two volumes.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Sydney Morning Herald, all issues for January-April 1862 and May-August 1868, bound into two volumes.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Sydney Morning Herald, all issues for January-April 1874 and September-October 1889, bound into two volumes.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180