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Victoria, miners rights, Ballarat, for two shillings and sixpence, dated 21 August 1901; 6 April 1905; 3 September 1906; 8 May 1918 all with endorsements and or attachments on the back. Mostly fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Victoria, miners rights, Ballarat, for two shillings and sixpence, dated July 1906; 2 August 1907; 25 March 1918 all with endorsements on the back. Mostly very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Fisherman's License, N.S.W Government Fisherman's Licence dated 12 April 1934; N.S.W. Government Fishing Boat Licence dated 28 January 1931, both issued at the Treasury, Sydney for a five shillings fee. Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Cheques, issued by Johnstone & Wilmot, wholesale grocery suppliers and agents of Launceston, Tasmania, issued on printed forms of ten different banks, 1911-1920, some with duty stamps affixed, plus bills of exchange 1889-1917. Very fine. (15)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
The City Bank of Sydney, printed cheque forms (3) issued 1901-03, printed by W.C.Penfold with Pitt Street vignette on left side; South Australia United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, unissued printed cheque form Adelaide 191-, imprint Scryonyour & Sons. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Victoria, cheques, Bank of New Zealand, Melbourne Branch, 193.; Colonial Bank, Castlemaine Branch 18.. "at Sight Pay the Colonial Bank .. "(early type of form); The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, Beaufort Branch 19...; Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Hamilton Vic Branch 194.. All unissued forms. Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $80
Victoria, Melbourne, bills of exchange (1887-1903), Tatlow Bros £19.5.0 dated 1.1.1887 "For Collection and Return by Warrant" sticker attached; C.L. Thos Smith £70.11.4 dated 16.6.1892 (includes Victorian stamp duty adhesive stamps for sixpence and one shilling and Tasmania one shilling); M.Coote & Co £5.6.6 dated 5.8.1896 (with National Bank of Australasia "For Acceptance and Return - Collection" sticker attached); Duck River Farmers Co-op Assn £53.11.3 dated 18.1.1904. most with impressed or adhesive duty stamps. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Victoria, Melbourne, bills of exchange, (1889-1904) James McEwan & Co £22.4.5 dated 1.2.1889; Eliza Tinsley £7.9.3 dated 21.4.1904; T. Brumton & Co £15.0.0 dated 31.10.1904. All with impressed or adhesive duty stamps. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Victoria, Melbourne, bills of exchange (1892-1918), Atkinson, Bleasby & Hutchinson £14.5.6 dated 1.11.1892; James Gillespie and Co £10.6.6 dated 28.1.1892; Fisher & Co £20.9.7 dated 66.10.1918; T. Brunton & Co £8.4.9 dated 19.10.1918. Most with impressed or adhesive duty stamps. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Tasmania, cheques (1886-=1893), group of cheques from The Commercial Bank of Tasmania Hobart, Deloraine (2) and The Bank of Australasia, Launceston altered to The National Bank of Tasmania; plus a group of National Bank of Tasmania Limited, Waratah Branch, all altered to Stanley Branch; also (3) different National Bank of Tasmania cheques with Stanley Branch (Printed). Some with impressed or adhesive duty stamps. Fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $90
SOLD $100
Tasmania, cheques (1887-1918) Western Wonder Tin Mining Co £27.4.2 dated 20.12.1887; Circular Head Marine Board £1.1.0 dated 5.8.1889; Horton Road Trust £3.9.0 dated 9.9.1891; Circular Head Butter & Cheese Factory Limited £3.0.0 dated 15.9.1893; Charles Thomas Smith Customs, Shipping and Commision Agent £1.16.6 dated 25.11.1918, all issued on The National Bank of Tasmania or The Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited Stanley. Most with impressed or adhesive duty stamps. Nearly fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $60
SOLD $90
Tasmania, cheques (1887-1891), group of cheques from The Commercial Bank of Tasmania, Launceston, The Bank of Australasia, Burnie, Emu Bay, The Bank of Van Diemen's Land, Launceston, altered to The National Bank of Tasmania; plus National Bank of Tasmania Limited, Wynyard and Launceston Branch all altered to Stanley Branch. Some with impressed duty stamps. Fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Tasmania, A group of cheques (1887-1893 from The Commercial Bank, Launceston, The Commercial Bank of Tasmania, Deloraine, The Bank of Australasia, Burnie and Launceston, which have all been altered to The National Bank of Tasmania cheques (2) all altered to Stanley or Circular Head. Some with impressed or adhesive duty stamps. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $90
SOLD $100
Tasmania, bills of exchange, cheques (1888-1904) George Kay, Ship Inn, Commercial Bank, Launceston 5.6.1888, altered to The National Bank of Tasmania; Laughton & Hutchins, The National Bank of Tasmania 11.11.1918 altered to The Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited; bill of exchange Johnstone & Wilmont, Launceston 41.2.0 dated 1.5.1893; Independent Order of Oddfellows, Stanley, large cheque on The National Bank of Tasmania dated 11.3.1904. Some with impressed or adhesive duty stamps. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
Tasmania, Launceston, bills of exchange, cheques (1888-1918), A Ferguson £8.4.6 dated 1.2.1888; Dodgshun Sons & Co £11.9.8 dated 1.5.1895; Johnstone & Wilmot, £9.5.4 dated 1.7.1899; Irvine & Mc Earchern £7.14.9 dated 1.7.1897; P.O. Fysh & Co £8.1.7 dated 1.7.1918 (with purple impressed sixpence duty stamp); The Commercial Bank of Tasmania unissued cheque form 19.... Others with impressed or adhesive duty stamps. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $130
SOLD $0
Tasmania, Launceston, bills of exchange (1889-1899), W.F. Van Bibra £20.0.0 dated 2.5.1889; M.A. Ferguson £15.10.6 dated 28.2.1890; G.Tatlow £20.0.0 dated 30.9.1899; Johnstone & Wilmot, £17.16.0 dated 1.9.1890. All impressed or adhesive duty stamps. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
N.S.W., Sydney bills of exchange, Gibbs Bright & Co £135.1.3 dated 1.11.1895; The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited £3.11.6 dated 21.6.1913. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Tasmania, cheques, Tatlow's Royal Mail Motors, Myalla, Stanley & Smithton £10.0.0 dated 1.11.1918; another Tatlow's Royal Mail Coaches, Burnie, Stanley Smithon £18.10.0 dated 19.2.1906, both with large vignettes of the Company's cars, garage and horsedrawn mail coach. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Queensland, Townsville, interest bearing fixed deposit receipt from The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, Townsville Branch for £20.3.2 received from Stephen Jesse Hulbert dated 23.3.1911; plus a Commercial Banking Co Townsville Branch cheque for £20.15.2 dated 26.3.1912. Both items pinned together. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Tasmania, cheques, The Commercial Bank of Tasmania, Launceston Branch 19...; The Bank of Van Diemen's Land, Hobart 18..., "For Hobart Savings Bank", both unissued, first with impressed one penny duty stamp, second with cheque stub. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Traveller's cheques, money orders and letters of credit, c.1930's - 1970's, a group of specimen issues from Bank of New South Wales, American Express (1930's - 1940's) (includes facsimile signatures of officers authorised to sign), Barclays Bank, Canadian Pacific Express Company and National Provincial Bank Limited. Mostly extremely fine. (28)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Australia, wide selection of discount vouchers, chits, store, credit certificates, coupons, entrance tickets and other "cinderella" items. Griffiths Bros' Ltd, 30 Flinders St. Melbourne, half coupon; Foys Bourke Street only "Swap Exchange Headquarters card; Wallace "Tokens" and United Discounts quality coupon one unit noted. Good - uncirculated. (59)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Australian 'Funny Money', a wide selection. Mostly uncirculated. (68)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Flavelle Bros Ltd. "Examples of Engraving" a group of designs, including vignettes and a coat of Arms printed in black on a white background attached to card (21.5 x 16.5cm), (probably to show potential customers) Rosenthal, Aronson & Co. Wholesale Jewellers & Colonial Importers, Manufacturers of Colonial Jewellery receipt on their letterhead for "one case cigars missing from Bond" £17.10.0 dated Launceston 1st Feb 1895; Gaunt & Co Watchmakers, Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Opticians, Bourke Street, Melbourne receipt on their letterhead for "Gold Huntley? Watch.... and Gold Fob? £12.4.0 dated 14 Nov 1894. Letterhead includes illustrations of gold medal 1873 International Exhibition Melbourne and silver medal Philadelphia 1876 won by the firm. First item rare. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
N.S.W. Government Tramways, early Sydney one penny cardboard Tram tickets (1890's-includes the design of a Queen Victoria old head penny), overprinted' OS in red, rare as a block of five with overprint. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Victorian Railways, Albert Park and Melbourne, monthly ticket, first class, to 1 Dec 1906. Very rare. Very good.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Great Southern and Western Railways, Free Pass - Second Class for travel from 1st to 30th September 1885, between Sydney and Picton, Springwood, Richmond and Illawara Line. Very rare, very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Great Southern and Western Railways, Free Pass - Second Class for travel from 1st August 1885 (available for brake van), between Sydney and Picton, Springwood, Richmond and Hurstville, "On Service" black print on green paper (158mm x 98mm). Very rare. Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Commonwealth of Australia, South Australia, postal note for five shillings and sixpence, 674996, issued at Adelaide Railway, S.A. on 13 December 1945; Commonwealth of Australia War Savings Certificate for one pound, EC921938, issued at Rialto, Victoria on 5 July 1945. The second with three pinholes, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $170
Sydney Harbour Bridge memorabilia, tram tickets, department of Road Transport and Tramways (1932-1940's) General Daily Issues 1d., 2d.; NSW Government Tramways tickets, (1940's) 3d. (two green bars), 3d. (two red bars), 6d., 7d., 8d. Department of Road Transport and Tramways (1932-1940's?) Sunday Issues 1d; NSW Government Tramways tickets, (1940's) 4d., 7d., 8d., 9d. all with additional red "S" "Sunday Surcharge". Complete(?) set of all the general daily and Sunday Surcharge issues used to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge up to the 1940's, rare as a set. Fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0