Catalogue
Irwin District, Dongarra, Western Australia, ten shillings, proof, currency note, not dated, (188- printed), numbered 984, imprint 'Arnall & Jackson, Melbourne'. Three folds, two small stain spots at base, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare if not unique.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $4,000
The River Don Trading Company, River Don, Tasmania, issued at River Don, twenty two shillings and sixpence, currency note, dated 16 Jany 1889 (18-printed), No.129, no imprint but a possible product of Aikenhead & Button Launceston, impressed with Tasmania duty stamp for one penny, and stamped with oval bank stamp of the Commercial Bank of Tasmania, Latrobe, red counter stamp FORMBY on left hand side for the township of Formby, red on white. Holes on creases, edge tears, folds, otherwise nearly fine and very rare for this denomination.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $3,600
The River Don Trading Coy Limited, River Don, Tasmania, twenty five shillings, currency note, dated Nov 30th 1887 (18 printed) number No.3822 C. Imprint of Aitkenhead & Button is still partially visible on bottom right border. Stating on front 'On Demand please pay Bearer the sum of TWENTY FIVE SHILLINGS Stg. Manager of Van Diemen's Land Launceston. Signed William Shaw, Secretary and John Henry Managing Director. Some pinholes, folds, edge tears, otherwise very good and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,000
Ch. Whitman & Sons, one pound, Brisbane, 190_, D/I 10070, Payable at The Royal Bank of Queensland Limited, embossed one penny stamp duty, unissued form, imprint SAPSFORD & CO. BRISBANE; issued from Birdsville, Queensland. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,900
The Eagle Tobacco Company Ltd., 237 Clarence Street Sydney, sixpence no.1295, written in crayon 'Paid Cash 12/3/96, with outerlegend on all four margins. Pin and spike holes otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,200
The Eagle Tobacco Company Ltd., 237 Clarence Street Sydney, two shillings, No.722, written in blue crayon 'Paid cash 12/3/96' overprinted CANCELLED diagonally, narrow margins without outer legend. Pin-holes and spike hole otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $700
Gulf of Carpentaria, Normanton, one pound, No.A 1919, issues by Burns, Philp, imprint of Charles Troedel & Co. Sydney and Melbourne, impressed oval Queensland one penny duty stamp, signed (per) James Burns, undated, issued circa 1880, only 1000 notes issued. Very rare only a few issued notes known. Several heavy folds and two small central holes otherwise very good.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,800
Queensland, Fieldings, Merchant and Importer, Boulia, Queensland, uniface five shillings note, dated 1 June 1936, numbered 3933, signed, an IOU in white behind green note using black ink, (Not noted by Vort-Ronald). Heavily folded, eadge tears and rough edges, fair and extremely rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
New South Wales postal notes (1892), specimen set in original blue presentation folder, for one shilling, one shilling and sixpence, two shillings and sixpence, three shillings, four shillings, five shillings, seven shillings and sixpence, ten shillings, fifteen shillings, twenty shillings, overprinted SPECIMEN in orange diagonally on each note. These notes were printed by Charles Potter, Government Printer, Sydney. The only other set known is owned by the Post Office Archives and is on loan to the Powerhouse Museum. Possibly these were prepared for the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1892-3. Uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $7,000
SOLD $0