Catalogue
Colony of Victoria, Probate of Wills of William Henry Stillwell of Ascot Vale, 1884; John Trestrail of North Melbourne, 1900; John Richardson of Talbot, 1880; William Anderson of Carlton, 1899; Mary Ann Anderson of Moonee Ponds, 1900; Henry Whipple Hoagland of Melbourne, 1911; John Adamson of Fitzroy, 1899; Arthur Herbert Adams of Kensington, 1910; Conveyance of Land in Kew, 1854. All documents handwritten on vellum. Very fine. (9)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Land Grant by Purchase, to Maurice Weston of Geelong of one rood in the County of Grant, Parish of Corio, signed and sealed by Lieutenant Governor Sir Charles Hotham, 13th October, 1854, on vellum. Two holes on one fold. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Insurance policies, Colonial Mutual, 1904; South British, 1912, 1913; The State Assurance, 1919; Alliance Assurance, 1922; Automobile Insurance, 1928; Northern Assurance, 1934; Employers' Assurance, 1938, 1956; London Guarantee and Accident, 1950; Western Assurance, 1951; National Union, 1945; Northern Assurance, 1953; Australian & Eastern, 1956. Very fine. (14)
Estimate $110
SOLD $80
Insurance policies, Australian Alliance, 1879; Victoria Insurance, 1883; New Zealand Insurance, 1885, 1903; Royal Insurance, 1894, 1907; South British, 1902, 1926; Colonial Mutual, 1913, 1925; Liverpool & London & globe, 1927; Yorkshire, 1934; Lloyd's 'White Star' Motor Insurance, 1938; Sun, 1943. Very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Insurance policies, Provident Clerks' Mutual Life, 1878; Southern British, 1909; Colonial Mutual, 1910; New Zealand Insurance 1911; Royal Insurance, 1914; Alliance Assurance, 1923; Northern Assurance, 1932; 1935; 1939; 1941; Employers' Liability Assurance, 1932; Transport & general, 1958; Scottish Union and National Insurance, 1960. Very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Insurance policies, Victoria Fire and Marine, 1862; National Insurance of Australasia, 1893; New Zealand Insurance, 1893; London and Lancashire, 1895; Royal Exchange, 1897; Norwich Union, 1898; Victoria Insurance, 1900; Royal Insurance, 1908; Liverpool & London & globe, 1911; South British, 1911; Insurance Office of Australia, 1915; Closer Settlement Board of Victoria, 1930; Australian Alliance, 1935; Employers Liability Assurance, 1956. Very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Benalla, Victoria, a writ between George Robinson the younger and The Victorian Railways Commissioners regarding damages for land destroyed by fire in 1910, together with deed of submission to Arbitration, Solicitors letters and newspaper clipping relating to the incident. Very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Victoria, Town Lot Grant (certified copy) to Thomas Coley Goshing of Castlemaine of one rood of land in the County of Talbot, Parish of Castlemaine, signed and dated by Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe, 11th June 1853; Certificate of Title, to Thomas Edward Weaver of Richmond of thirty eight perches and one tenth of a perch in the Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke, dated 30th November 1883, with 10/- stamp attached. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Victoria, documents including letters Patent for 'Improvements relating to the manufacture of millet brooms', 1917; another, for 'An improved fire screen for theatres or little places and apparatus for operating the same', 1904; Certificates of Registration of a Trade Mark, in respect of millet brooms, 1918 (3), 1920 (2); letter of Copyright, 1933; promotional sheet for the Sanderson Electric gun, 1911. Very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australian 'funny money' a wide selection containing political, advertising, store, entrance, etc. Mostly different. Extremely fine-uncirculated. (84)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Australian 'funny money', a wide selection containing political, advertising, store, entrance, etc. Mostly different (71). Also contains a small group of USA 'Clinton Era ' pieces (11). Mostly extremely fine- uncirculated. (82).
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Australian 'funny money', a wide selection containing political, advertising, store, entrance, etc. Mostly different (61). Also contains a small group of USA 'Clinton era' pieces (13). Mostly extremely fine- uncirculated (74).
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Postal Notes - Australia, World War 1 period, requisition form from the postmaster (distributing officer) at Hay. NSW, dated the 12 August 1914 to the postmaster at Carrathool returning supplies of postal notes/postage stamps to the amount of £040.14.11 as per the requisition; post office (money) order application form dated Carrathool 13.5.1916 payable at Batlow, NSW for seven pounds, compensation details printed on the back. Rare WWI postal note related forms. Nearly extremely fine; very good. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Postal Notes - Great Britain, British Postal Order advertising and memorabilia, includes British Postal Order Gift Card holder plus five different colour advertising brochures relating to the sale and use of postal orders including a fifty pence discount voucher, difficult to obtain now. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Great Britain, a selection of English 19th century cheques from private banks, 1862-1895 all different, a wide range very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Middle East, cheques, imperial Bank of Persia, Baghdad 19.., the Eastern Bank Limited, Baghdad 19... both with Iraq two annas impressed duty stamps; Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), Asmara Eritrea, 19.., denominated in East African shillings; Barclays bank DCO, Cairo 19.. denominated in Egyptian pounds, unissued; Canada, Bank of Montreal, draft, second of exchange for 1257 dated 1st January 1896, payable at New Westminster, British Columbia, Very fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
South East Asian and world cheques, especially from Malaysia (Penang, Labuan, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Johore, Selangor, etc.), Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Hong Kong, Phillipines, Japan, South Africa, Canada, U.K. and Australia. (one cheque noted payable to Stokes Australiasia Ltd.) Banks include the Chartered Bank, Overseas Union Bank, United Malayan Banking Corporation, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, United Asian Bank, Malayan Banking Berhad, Lee Wah Bank, Hang Seng Bank, Shanghai Commercial Bank, Philippine National Bank, the Tokai Bank, Sanwa Bank, Mitsubishi Bank, Standard Bank of South Africa, Nedbank, Royal Bank of Canada, Canadian Imperial Bank, Bank of Montreal, Scotiabank, the Toronto-Dominion Bank, Barclays Bank etc., issued 1979-1984. A very wide selection, very fine - extremely fine. (40)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
U.S.A. a selection of U.S.A. cheques 1872-1939 all different, from a wide range of states and towns. Fine - extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Agricultural Shows, selection of programmes, books and booklets, including, 100 Years of Shows, the Story of the Cooma Show 1875-1975, 48pp. (Includes illustrations of medallions and certificates); Royal Easter Show programme, Sydney March 29th to April 9th 1947, 258pp; Royal Agricultural Society of Sydney, The Royal Easter Show, colour booklet, 32pp, 1974; Mant, Gilbert, The Big Show, 150th Anniversary Royal Agricultural Society of New South Vales, North Sydney, 1972, 136pp.; Somer, H.M., Short History of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, published In the Royal Australian Historical Journal, Vol. IX, Part VI Sydney 1923, 309-332pp. Fine - new. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Burns, Philp and Company, guidebook 'The Ships of Burns, Philp and Company by Ronald Parsons, Magill, South Australia, first printed Dec. 1978, 68 pages, illustrated, a very helpful guide to all the ships of the company plus an outline history of the company's shipping interests; together with a Burns, Philp & Company Limited seasons greeting card depicting facsimilies of a Thursday Island five pounds and Australasia New Hebrides Company one pound currency notes affixed to the inside front and back cover. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Captain Cook memorabilia, a selection of postcards, brochures, booklets, map, medal and badge relating to Captain Cook, includes 'Captain James Cook's Australia Landfalls' by W.D. Forsyth; 'Captain James Cook, the Wedgewood Portrait Medallions' by Richard Smith, 16 pages, No.265 of a limited edition of 300; Captain Cook Hawaii Bicentennial Commemorative medal; badge 'Captain James Cook, a man of Stamina' series; Shell Talking Map 'Rediscover Australia with Shell'. Fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Agnes Riber Tin and Gold Hydraulic Sluicing, South Gippsland, 1893; Black Diamond Coinery, Korumburra, 1898; Nelson Gold, Bendigo, 1922; New Carshalton Gold, 1932; Western Gold Development Syndicate, 1933; Napoleon (B.M.L.), 1934; Misima, Misima, 1936; Normanby Tin, 1937; Mount Lyell Mining and Railway, 1968, Planet Resources, 1985. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Australian Oil Wells, 1914; Boola Boola Petroleum & Natural Gas, Traralgon, 1921; Timor Petroleum, Timor, 1925; Mersey Valley Oil, 1927; Roma Oil, 1928; Tasmanite Shale Oil, 1928; Taranaki (N.Z.) Oil Fields, 1929; South Australian Oil, 1928; Golden Fleece (Cracow), 1932; Papuan Apinaipi Petroleum, 1958; Oil Search, 1959; Enterprise of New Guinea Gold And Petroleum Development, 1965; Timor Oil, 1968; Exoil, 1969. Very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Barrambie Ranges Gold, Murchison (WA), 1906; Grand National Gold Mining, Yilgarn, 1914; Australian Prospecting, WA, 1934; Chapmans Gold, Leonora, 1934; Edna May (W.A.) Amalgamated, 1934; General Mining, Kalgoorlie, 1935; Mountain View Gold, 1949; Tin & Strategie Minerals Ltd, 1954; Hill 50 Gold, 1974; Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie, 1979. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Blue Tier Amalgamated Tin, Tasmania, 1906; Mount Cleveland Tin, Tasmania, 1908; Briseis Tin, 1908; Copper Nickel Prospecting Syndicate, Tasmania, 1913; Ben Lomond Republic Tin, Tasmania, 1915; Blue Tier Weld Tin, Tasmania, 1927; Adams River Osmiridium Syndicate, Tasmania, 1937; Moina Tungsten - Tin, 1954; Endurance, 1972. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
City of Melbourne Gas & Coke Company, one five pound share, No.8959, dated Oct 23rd 1857, to William Henty of Hobart Town. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
City of Melbourne Gas & Coke Company, one five pound share No.8961, dated Oct 23rd 1857, to William Henty of Hobart Town. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
City of Melbourne Gas & Coke Company, one five pound share No.8958, dated Oct 23rd 1857, to William Henty of Hobart Town. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
City of Melbourne Gas & Coke Company, one five pound share, No.8952, dated Oct 23rd 1857, to William Henty of Hobart Town. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Great Gippsland Railway Coal, 1890; Carlyle & Whittaker Gold, Maldon, 1899; Monarch Gold, 1915; North Everton Extended Molybdenite, 1920; New Don, Bendigo, 1932; Pacific Gold, 1935; New Pyrenees Alluvials, Avoca, 1936; Myrtleford Gold Reefs, 1937; Nell Gwynne Reef, Bendigo, 1945; Mount Isa, 1958. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200