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Indenture, 1649, on two seperate villum pages. Indenture, 1789, on vellum with red wax seal of lord Arundell. Very fine (2).
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
A handwritten note signed by Benjamin Franklin and dated October 4th 1777 at Parsy (near Washington).
Estimate $100,000
SOLD $0
New South Wales, Conditional Pardon to John Gothard sentenced to transportation for life in 1814, arrived 1815, pardoned 1834, signed Richard Bourke, Governor, re-newed 1835 and the 1839 signed Alex Mcleay with intact red wax seal of the Colony. Complete and very fine, rare thus.
Estimate $450
SOLD $620
New South Wales, Free Pardon to John Grady, convicted in Bathurst Circuit Court 17 April 1866 of Armed Robbery sentenced to ten years, pardoned 13th October 1866, signed by Sir John Young, Governor. Right fold torn along otherwise fine with paper seal.
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
Tasmania, Prisoner with Ticket of Leave Day Pass to Campbell Town, Police no.448, issued Launceston 3rd Nov 1837 to William Towell, a few holes and tears, but clear and full, rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $290
Tasmania, a similar Day Pass to Campbell Town from Outlands 28th November 1837 to Jarvis Houston. Central spike hole otherwise full, fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
Tasmania, Police Ticket of Leave book, almost complete, only three used, stubs are written on, one is dated 1861 for George Town, another for Hobarton. Printed forms (no.12) are dated 185- and printed on blue paper. Fine and probably unique. (492)
Estimate $28,000
SOLD $21,000
Correspondance for many Parsons (1774- 1861) to her son captain William Parsons, master Mariner (1803- 1880) dated 1854-6. Copy the Sydney Mail 1916 (Kitchener Memmorial). Military type documents (3) and replica papers including a Japanese letter from submarine school in Hiroshima, 1944, with translation. (16).
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Victoria, Land Grant by Purchase, of ninety one acres one rood and eight perches in the County of Grenville, Parish of Wurrook to Thomas Russell, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 6th June 1860. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Victoria, Land Grant by Purchase of Special Lands, as sold by public auction at Geelong on 15th April 1862, of one hundred and sixty acres one rood in the County of Grenville, Parish of Wurrook, to John Elder, William Elder and Nairne Guthrie Elder, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 14th May 1862. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Victoria Railways, First class Monthly ticket, Albert Park and Melbourne to 1st December 1906, number 85, rare. Very good- Fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Murray River Sawmill Company Ltd, Euchuca, 19th century cheques payable from Murray River Steamers. Steamer 'Adelaide' cheque for £3.5 dated December 20th 1897; another Steamer 'Little Wonder' for £2 dated November 8th 1897, both cheques signed by the masters, first cheque torn down the center and repaired, otherwise fine- very fine , very rare (2).
Estimate $120
SOLD $250
The English, Scottish and Australian Bank Limited, a collection of cheques from various branches 1869-1935 (47), plus several later issues (3); the Bank of Australasia 1909-29 (3); the State Savings Bank of Victoria, various branches (6). All issued except the last six, housed in plastic sheets, mostly very fine - extremely fine. (59)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Australia Banks, cheques, London Bank of Australia, Ballarat East 1918; The Ballarat Banking Company Ltd 192-; Commercial Bank Launceston(overprinted on Hobart) 18-; Commercial Bank of Tasmania Ltd, Hobart 18-; Bank of Victoria 1867; UnionBank of Australia 1915; English, Scottish and Australian chartered Bank, Adelaide 186-; The Colonial Bank australasia Birragurra 1892; India, Punjab Banking Co Ltd 18-. Also commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, Hobart, Murdoch Bros Pty Ltd, large pay book cheque forms 19- (20 in five checks). Very fine- uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
U.S.A., India, Australia, world cheques, selection of 19th century cheques from USA, City Bank of Hartford 1865, the First National Bank of Harrisonburg 1873, Banking House of R.S. Battles 1890, Canagoharie National Bank 1893, State of South Dakota 1903 (5); plus a wide selection of cheques and related items from India 1923-70's, many banks represented including state governments (38); as well as a small group of Australian cheques, cheque books and passbooks (16). Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (59)
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
United States Navy Bill, a most important document, produced on the U.S. Fleet Visit to New Zealand and other countries including Australia, as No.1, the third Copy for the U.S. Ship Connecticut (Flagship of the 'Great White Fleet'), issued August 10, 1908, for £80,000: The document states 'At sight of this THIRD of exchange. First and Second of same tenor and date unpaid pay to the order of C.S.Sperry, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, eighty thousand pounds sterling, Value received which place to account of U.S.Navy Department under the head of appropriation General Account of of Advances' signed S.W. Gowan / Pay Inspector, US Navy, Fleet Paymaster; to Seligman Bros, London, England. The document produced by the American Bank Note Co. New York on pink paper printed in black. Reverse states 'Pay to the Order of the Bank of New South Wales' and signed C.S.Sperry / Rear Admiral U.S. Navy. With several folds and small central pin-hole, otherwise fine and probably unique, a most significant United States Naval document.
Estimate $500
SOLD $3,100
Two pound, Christmas Gift Bond, issued by P.E.Madden, 527 Collins Street, Melbourne, No.7688, redeemable after 26th January 1921. An early form of 'gift voucher' to be credited against future purchase of a block of land. This the only example recorded to date, edge tears, very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Cassilis Gold, Gippsland, 1906; Cock's Pioneer Gold and Tin, 1915; Cornish Gold, Daylesford, 1923; Gold Mines Development, 1932; Edna May (W.A.) Amalgamated Gold, 1934; Glen Patrick Alluvials, 1935; South Red White and Blue Gold, Bendigo, 1936; East Gippsland Gold, Bruthen, 1936; Chrome Alluvials, 1937; Evanston Gold, 1947. Very good. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Central Cookman's, Maldon, 1901; Complex Ores Limited, 1911; Cock's Pioneer Gold and Tin, 1915; Glen Patrick Alluvials, Elmhurst, 1935; East Reefs Consolidated, 1935; Daisy Hill Alluvials, 1935; East Gippsland Gold, 1936; Evanston Gold, 1947; Blue Moon Gold, 1949; Burmine, 1996. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Federal Convention Gold Reefs, Stirling, 1902; Cassilis Gold, Gippsland, 1908; Gold Mines Development, 1932; Edna May (W.A.) Amalgamated Gold, 1934; East Reefs Consolidated, 1935; Daisy Hill Alluvials, 1935; Bolwarrah and Gordon's Amalgamated, 1936; Chrome Alluvials, 1937; Gold Prospecting & Development, Coopers Creek Mining & Exploration, 1970. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Horn Island Gold, 1900; Wymah Wolfram Mining, 1917; Westralian Gold Development, 1933; Wiluna Ajax Gold, 1934; Ballarat East Development, 1935; Lancefield (W.A.) Gold, 1936; Bendigo Mines, 1937; Illabarook Alluvial Mines, 1937; Whippet Consolidated, 1953; Wellington Alluvials, 1954. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Iron, Steel and Metals Manufacturing, 1907; William Dawson Company, Ballarat, 1911; Australian Farms, 1913; Surrey Engine and Boiler Works, 1920; Internal Combustion Fuel, 1922; Yates & Co (Australia), Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, Clifton Hill, 1924; Melbourne Glass Bevelling & Silvering Company, 1926; Union Tablet Company, 1923; Tobacco Growers (New Zealand), 1929; Consolidated Forests, 1939; Sapfor Timber Mills, 1955; Cox Brothers (Australia), 1965; Reid Murray Acceptance, 1959; Chevron Sydney, 1960; H.C.Sleigh, 1961; Mainline Corporation, 1973; FNCB-Waltons, 1976; O.T.L. Limited, 1985; Queensland Science & Technology, 1988. Very fine. (19)
Estimate $140
SOLD $110
Long Tunnel Extended Gold, 1906; Matrix Reef Gold, Moliagul, 1913; Mount Cuthbert, 1919; Asia-Wyalong Gold, 1934; Pacific Gold, 1936; Bendigo Mines, 1937; Normanby Tin, 1940; Mining Corporation, 1956; Mount Coolon Gold, 1956; Mount Isa Mines, 1966. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Maori Queen Proprietary Gold, Ovens Valley, 1907; Long Tunnel Extended Gold, 1909; Towango Gold, via Bright, 1916; Standard Molybdenite Mining, Everton, 1922; Tower Hill Consolidated, 1923; South Corbett, 1934; South Red White and Blue Gold, Bendigo, 1936; Sesame Gold, 1939; Broken Hill Proprietary, 1957; United Uranium, 1957. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Maori Queen Proprietary Gold Dredging, Ovens Valley, 1911; Mount Cuthbert, 1919; Oriental Tin, 1926; New Don, Bendigo, 1932; Ballarat East Development, 1935; Misuma United, Misima, 1936; Bendigo Mines, 1937; Morning Star (C.M.A.) Mines, 1955; United Uranium, 1957; Planet Resources, 1981. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Perkins & Co., 1910; William Dawson Company, Ballarat, 1911 (2); Beath Schiess & Felstead, 1919; Jepson Fruit Machinery, 192-; Surrey Engine and Boiler Works, 1920; St John's Wood Estate Co., 1922; Yates & Co (Australia), Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, Clifton Hill, 1924; Marshalls Limited, 1924; Universal Shopping Service, 1926; Pine Bach Limited, 1952; Associated Pulp and Paper Mills, 1956; Cox Brothers (Australia), 1958; Reid Murray Holding, 1960; Mobile Industrial Equipment, 1961; National Reliance Investment, 1966; U.E.B. Industries, 1969; Gollin Holdings, 1974; Clyde Industries, 1977; C.S.R., 1985. Very fine. (20)
Estimate $140
SOLD $160
Prentice and Southern Deep Leads, 1908; Tower Hill Consolidated, 1923; Berry Leads, 1933; Benara Gold, 1935; Misima United, 1936; Pacific Gold, 2936; Myrtleford Gold Reefs, 1937; Milano, 1939; Mount Isa Mines, 1954; Morning Star, 1955. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Woods-Little Stone Dresser, 1910; Rutter Process Syndicate, 1913; Commonwealth Board Mills, 1919; Internal Combustion Fuel, 1922; Waterloo Chemical Works, 1923; Marshalls Limited, 1927; N.Z.Perpetual Forests, 1929; Dinkum Home Brewing, 1936; Deniliquin Broadcasting Company, 1939; Pomeroy Holdings, 1939; Softwood Products Treatment Company, 1941; Softwood Holdings, 1955; Cox Brothers (Australia) 1956; Reid Murray Acceptance, 1959; Cambridge Pulp and Paper Mills, 1968; Lucullus Proprietary, 1968; Telecom Bonds, 1993. 1983. Very fine. (19)
Estimate $140
SOLD $110
Wymah Wolfram Mining, 1917; Little 180 Gold, Bendigo, 1932; Westralian Gold, 1933; Wiluna Ajax Gold, 1935; Lancefield (W.A.) Gold, 1936; Illabarook Alluvial Mines, 1937; Wolber Valley Extraction Co., 1940; Wellington Alluvials, 1946; Whippet Consolidated, 1953; Harrietville Tronoh Limited, 1953. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World share scrip, including Le Central Electrique de Nord, Brussels, 1905; Exploitatie-Maatschappij Noembing, La Haye, 1910; R.Raulin & Cie, Paris, 1916; Grande Maison de Papiers Peints Anciennement G.Brion, Brussels, 1923; Societe Forestiere Belge, Brussels, 1927; Orszagos Gazdasagi Bank, Budapest, 1927 (2); Transports Electricite et Gaz, Brussels, 1929; Rimamurany-Salgo-Tarjani Vasmu Rt.Budapest, 1946; Compagnie Belge de Transports Aeriens 'Cobeta', Brussels, 1947. Some with coupons attached. Good - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100