Catalogue
Banking documents; Union Bank of Australia, sight note, third of exchange, Christchurch New Zealand 17th January 1886, £690.13.3; British Postal Order 1/- 21 Dec (19)17; The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, specimen circular letter of credit for U.S. dollars. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Banking ephemera including passbooks, London Chartered Bank of Australia, 1892; State Savings Bank, 1917; 1922, 1925, 1928, 1935 and 1937; Commonwealth Bank, 1928 (2); The Savings Bank, 1904; National Bank of Australasia, 1930; cheque book, 1964, second and third of Exchange, 1882; promissory notes, 1888 and 1895; documents relating to the London Chartered Bank of Australia (6); together with receipts, memos, letter. Mostly from the state of Victoria. Good - very fine. (30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Bank of New South Wales, bank draft cheque (duplicate) issued from Cooktown 4th May 1896 to the Manager in London. Very fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $40
Cheques & invoices, The Australian Leather Journal Melbourne, 1905, The United Insurance Company, Sydney, 1889, GR Wills & Co, Adelaide, 1914, Excavating Machinery, 1919, Gippsland & Northern Co-op, 1953, Australian National Creditmens Assn, Perth, 1942, R.P. Furmage, 19--, National Bank of Tasmania, 1893, Union Bank of Australia, 1919, Colonial Bank of Australia, 1893, 3 colours, Punjab Banking Co., 18--, North British & Mercantile, 1870, Polish 1930, Russian 1915. Travellers Cheques, State Bank of India, Unissued Commercial Bank of Australia. Fine - extremely fine. (44)
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
Late 19th century bank cheques, in Hobart coin fair cardboard presentation envelopes (42); Also a bundle of decimal training notes. Mostly extremely fine. (100's)
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
World cheques 19th and 20th century, a selection from Australia, Africa, Great Britain, U.S.A., Canada, Middle East. Very good - extremely fine. (29)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Cheques, a collection of 194 cheques drawn on various banks in Palestine and Israel mostly from the 1950's several earlier all housed in plastic sheets many with extensive additional notes articles etc that cheques some relating to the next lot in this sale (180); additional Judaica cheques (14). (lot)
Estimate $400
SOLD $210
Cheques and shares etc in a large folder, an extensive collection of cheques from Israel from 1900's to 1960, many with annotations of the writer of the cheques many of significance including Barbash, Remez, Salant, Yanait, several issued on the Anglo-Palestine Company Limited of Jaffa in 1903 (4), 1906 (2), 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912 (3), 1920, 1922 etc.; others on Jewish Colonial Trust 1934, American Zionist Medical Unit for Palestine 1920, Barclays Bank Limited, others for UNRWA for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, National Bank of Egypt; shares in the Jewish Colonial Trust, other exchange documents, USA cheques of 1867 and 1880, etc. An important offering of material mostly prior to 1948 before the state of Israel. (92)
Estimate $400
SOLD $380
New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, an act of the Parliament of Great Britain 19th July 1823 as 'An Act to provide, until the First Day of July 1827 and until the end of the next Session of Parliament for thew better Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof; and for other Purposes relating thereto. [19th July 1823]'. 22 pages bound to original cardboard cover, inscribed Butler (Gamaliel Butler).
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Van Diemen's Land, an Indenture of the 30th October 1823 (Conveyancing) between John Edward Cox from the Macquarie River and George Carr Clark of Hobart Town, of 100 acres of land for ten shillings at Glenorchy VDL, being the cash and other money received and despatched of various individuals arranged in day order commencing on November 21 1826 going through to October 1, 1830, 182 pps with complete single column entries. Fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
Van Diemen's Land, a contemporary marble board volume housing the accounts of the estate of Edward Paine on account with Gamaliel Butler together with his gradual payments and use of the account. The accounts run from July 1822 to October 1843. Mostly covering the period 1822-1824. Fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $320
Van Diemen's Land, a bound volume as a record of all letters in full, being copies of those letters written by Gamaliel Butler from August 1827 to March 1828. An interesting range of correspondence in Tasmania between G.Butler and various citizens.
Estimate $500
SOLD $640
Van Diemen's Land, a contemporary marble board bound account ledger as a cash book of Gamaliel Butler, being a volume housing the cash and other money received and despatched of various individuals arranged in day order commencing on November 21 1826 going through to October 1, 1830, 182 pps with complete single column entries. Fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Van Diemen's Land, a contemporary bound account ledger book, a volume housing the accounts of various individuals arranged with an alphabetical index at the beginning, listing nearly 60 clients of Gamaliel Butler, commencing in 1830 going through to end of 1845, 178 pps most pages with complete double column entries. Fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $460
Van Diemen's Land, a contemporary bound account ledger used as a day book, a volume recording all the relevant activities within the law firm including payments, accounts, letters sent and received, actions undertaken etc. commenced on January 3, 1837 and running to the 17th December 1838. An interesting item reflecting daily life of a law firm and names of citizens in Van Diemen's Land at this time. Approximately 450 pages. Fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $800
Van Diemen's Land, land rental, in vellum to George Flexmore, dated 28th March 1839 for a parcel of land along Watchorn Street in Hobart Town, for an annual rent of £0.5.0 for an area of ten perches, with seal and the signature of Sir John Franklin, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land and another of the Colonial Secretary. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $680
Van Diemen's Land, land grant, in vellum to Henry Keech, dated 20th July 1839 for a parcel of land between Church and Pedder Streets at Campbell Town, for the sum of £41.0.0 for an area in excess of two acres, with seal and the signature of Sir John Franklin, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land and another of the Colonial Secretary. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $800
Van Diemen's Land, a contemporary bound account ledger or Rough Bill book, a volume housing the accounts of various individuals arranged with an alphabetical index at the beginning, listing nearly 200 clients of Butler & Son, (Gamaliel Butler and son), commencing in July 1844 going through to end of 1845, 442 pps, most pages with complete entries. Fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $480
Van Diemen's Land, land rental, in vellum to William Bastian, dated 20th November 1845 for a parcel of land fronting Macquarie Street at Hobart Town, for the annual sum of £0.15.0 for an area of thirty perches, with seal and the signature of Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land and another of the Colonial Secretary. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $620
Van Diemen's Land, Papers of the Legislative Couincil of Van Diemen's Land, 1846, a bound volume of 11 papers including address by Lieut. Gov., Trial and Gaol expenses, Memorial on the Statute of James; Banks liabilities, Education Board report and estimates. Fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Van Diemen's Land, a bound volume as a record of all letters in full, being copies of those letters written by Charles Butler son of Gamaliel Butler from 21st March 1857 to 23rd December 1859, with an alphabetical index of letters written and the relevant page at the beginning of the volume. An interesting range of correspondence in Tasmania between Charles Butler and various citizens and companies. 304 pp + alphabetical index. Fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $800
Bank pass book, for Hobart Town, issued by the Hobart Town savings Bank (founded 1845, book issued 1876) issued to Joseph Alexander No.36118 and used from 1877 to 1911. Vellum bound.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase of a town lot in Williamstown to William Hall, signed & sealed by Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe, 14th September, 1852. On vellum. With stain, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase of a parcel of land measuring four hundred and thirty five acres in the County of Grant, Parish of Carrah to George Rufsell, signed and sealed by Major-General Edward Macarthur, 28th October, 1856. On vellum. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $250
Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase of a parcel of land measuring 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. On vellum. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Lease of a parcel of land measuring one hundred and eighty eight acres sixteen perches in the County of Dundas Parish of Toolka to Harry Turner, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Charles Henry Darling, 1st June, 1865. On vellum. Seal cracked, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Colony of Victoria. Certificate of Title to a piece of land in the County of Bourke, Parish of Prahran to The Third North Melbourne Terminating Building Society, dated 30th May, 1885 and with a 10/- Victoria stamp duty attached; another, to a piece of land in the Borough of East Collingwood, Parish of Jika Jika also to The Third North Melbourne Terminating Building Society, dated 30th May, 1878 and with a 10/- Victoria statute stamp attached. The first on vellum. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Colony of Victoria. Documents including Mining Lease, Agreements, Leasehold Transfers, a copy of the Government Gazette, August 18, 1893, Agreement and Rules & Regulations of the All Nations Extended Gold Mining Company, letters, all relating to mining in the Rutherglen & Beechworth areas, dated 1891-1893. Very fine. (16)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Legal documents including, Western Australia, Letters Patent, 1898; Commonwealth of Australia, Letters Patent, 1904; 1906; 1919; Certificate of Registration of a Trademark, 1908; New South Wales, Certificate of Trademark, 1905; also documents from United States of America, France, Dominion of Canada and Germany for the granting of a patent to an Australian. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Victoria Insurance Company Fire Policy, premium ten shillings, sum insured fifty pounds on cottage piano, situated in Queen St, Warragul, 23/8/1887; also Victoria company metal shield (230mm x 200mm). Good - fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110