Catalogue
Keeling Cocos Islands, bone or ivory tokens, twenty five cents, 1913, 2017; one rupee, 1913, 1008; two rupees, 1913 734; five rupees, 1913, 149. Very fine, good very fine; fine nearly extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $700
SOLD $640
Keeling Cocos Islands, ivory or bone token, five rupees, 1913, 168 (low number). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Communion token, Victoria, Cairns Memorial Church, undated (circa 1881) (W & W. V.5; B.1195). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Checks; Abbotts Hotel sixpence check in bronze; Kelsons Mansfield Hotel; Ale Carlyon's Beer in brass, 3d in brass; ADFC 1d in brass, in aluminium/; Jacks Butchery 1/2 d, countermarked N in brass; Watson Bay Ferry Company, 3d in aluminium; Schools S.A.G 1 mark in bronze; Stokes & Martin advertising check. Fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Victorian Hardware Club, threepence, cupro-nickel, (24mm); Club Universal Nelson, twopence, brass (24mm). Good extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Jacobs, S., Collins St, Victoria Promenade Bazaar, in white metal (31 mm)(Chitty 17); Jenkins, P.N., 5 Swanston St, Fish & Poultry Depot, one shilling, in brass (24 mm). Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Gunslers Cafe, sixpence (3) in brass, ninepence, bronze gilded, shilling, one shilling and threepence, bronze gilded, two shillings (2), one with Queens head filed off, in bronze, two shillings and sixpence (2) bronze, bronze silvered, five shillings (2),bronze silvered, brass (24 mm), Gunslers Cafe Collins St, shilling (2) in brass, bronze, one shilling and sixpence in bronze, two shillings and sixpence in brass (24 mm). Good - very fine. (17)
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
C.T.A. (Commercial Travellers Association) Tasmania, threepence (unlisted holed), sixpence (3) in brass (NH26), shilling (4), in bronze (NH27), two shillings, bronze, nickel (NH28, 29), sixpence in brass, holed, five shillings (2) nickel (NH31, 32), sixpence bronze, shillings (2) copper, two shillings and sixpence in aluminium (NH37, 38, 39). Very good - very fine. (19)
Estimate $350
SOLD $0
P.A.Y.C. (Prince Alfred Yacht Club), sixpence (2) in copper (clover leaf hole) in nickel, shilling in nickel, tenshillings in nickel (clover leaf hole) (24 mm), Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, sixpence (2) in aluminium (20 mm), R.Q.Y.C. (Royal Queensland Yacht Club) uniface in nickel (2) (16 mm) sixpence, ninepence,one shilling in aluminium (24 mm) (scalloped 16) (31 mm), two shillings (scalloped 4) (30 mm x 34 mm), two,three (2) holed, and four shillings (2) in aluminium, five shillings (27mm octogonal), five shillings (2) and ten shillings in aluminium (24 mm), R.S.L. Adelaide, shilling in aluminium (23 mm), R.Y.C.T. (Royal yacht Club Tasmania) threepence in copper (holed), sixpence in brass, shilling in bronze, one shilling and sixpence (2) in nickel (NH118, 114, 115, 117), R.Y.C.V. (Royal yacht Club Victoria) sixpence in brass, shilling in copper, two and sixpence in nickel, ten shillings in brass (holed). Good - uncirculated. (33)
Estimate $600
SOLD $520
Advertising checks and tokens, including M.W.C. (Mildura Working Mens Club) sixpence in copper; Commercial Club, Albury, two shillings in copper; C.T.& W (Commercial Travellers & Warehousemen) sixpence; Renmark Club, shilling in bronze, two shillings in copper (holed); Orme, Keogwin & Co., Sydney, one pound; Hosie, Bourke Street, Melbourne, check for one shilling; Gunsler Cafe, five shillings; QC (monogram Queenstown Club), threepence in white metal; The Bookmakers Association of Victoria, shilling in aluminium; Musicians Club, threepence in copper; VTS (Victorian Softgoods Association), two shillings in aluminium; SEC, Sydney Stock Exchange, shillings (2) In copper. Very good - extremely fine. (23)
Estimate $250
SOLD $500
Barbers checks. Collection of barbers checks consisting of Orme Keigwin & Co Sydney one pound (4); R.H. & Sons (Robert Hovendon & Sons) penny halfpenny to one shilling & fourpence (12); R.G.T.&S (R.G. Turnley & Son) nine pence, one shilling (2). P.S. & Co (Parton Son & Co) twopence O.G. & Co (Osborne & Garret Co) twopence to one shilling & sixpence (14) Ogee sixpence; stock tokens (3) including type like P & O with circles on obverse, fourpence. Includes many die and chair varieties. Very good - extremely fine. (100)
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $900
O G & Co., threepence, fourpence, sixpence No.3, ninepence No.1, one shilling, one shilling and threepence, one shilling and sixpence, two shillings No.2, two shillings and sixpence, three shillings and sixpence, in brass; R G T & S (R. G Turnley & Son, Flinders Lane, Melbourne) for sixpence, ninepence, two shillings, in brass. Very good - nearly uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Milk tokens, includes Australasian Missionary College one quart; Dairy Farmers, canterbury one pint bottled milk, one pint bulk milk, one quart bulk milk (oblong); R.G. Harris one pint; Jersey Dairy one pint; Newcastle & Suburban Society Ltd co -op (3 different) R & M Smith. Fine - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
New South Wales, bread tokens (12) milk tokens (31); New Zealand milk tokens (14). Fine - uncirculated. (57)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Bread tokens, Lithgow Co-operative Society half Loaf in plastic, one red the other blue and loaf in red plastic, white metal round and white metal square (5); Newcastle & Suburban Co-operative Society half loaf and one loaf in white metal (2); H.Pearce of Toronto one loaf in white metal (3); Kurri Kurri Co-operative Society half loaf and one loaf in white metal (2); Commonwealth of Australia T token in white metal (2); Luna Park Admit One token in brass; Club tokens in brass (28mm) uniface for one shilling and sixpence, two shillings, four shillings, five shillings and another identical for four shillings but with W on reverse (5); porcelain gambling tokens (10); English replica spade guinea and half guinea in brass and model one penny (3); small aluminium religious medal; Territory of New Guinea Head Tax token 1937-1938 for ten shillings in aluminium. Fine - very fine. (35)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Casino and gaming tokens, containas a group of early tokens and chips used in Australia (10); and a selection of modern Australian chips from a wide range of casinos. (16). Very good - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Northern Territory Beef Roads (2), one stubloon, 1970, in brass (30 mm), 1973, in brass (30 mm). Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Rail/Ferry pass, 2 (2nd class) Wolstoncraft. Cir(cular) Quay (see Seckold p63) in nickelled brass (?). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $850
Railway Passes: Victoria - Aluminium (30mm x 22mm) vertical with VR and station name, month & year in circles and holders name engraved, in a variety of colours and detail combinations, all different but for five (33); State Transport Authority Victoria, locker token; Queensland - Aluminium diamond shape (22mm x 22mm) with Queensland Govt Rlys around a central disc which has the number 2 at the side mid-points and is blank pending insertion of badge number in black, mostly different with two having the number voided and another being a blank specimen (64). Very fine. (97)
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
N.S.W. Railway Employee Tokens and Transport Badges: Employee's Passes - Aluminium (35mm) with various work location names, some with an impressed pass number and others blank (13); similar but in cupro-nickel (37mm) and with number impressed and painted red (5); similar but in brass with impressed numbers (8); Aluminium oval disc with the inscription ' The Finder Of This Key Should Hand It In To Any Railway Station'; uniface aluminium pass (30mm) for P.M.G.s Depart New South Wales Elect Engineer's Branch; S.R.A. N.S.W. locker token in bronze (28mm); NSWGR Pass for Canley Vale & Central for 1974 in cupro-nickel voided (33mm x 23mm); Transport Workers Union N.S.W. Branch 100 year commemorative union badge 1988 in cupro-nickel (Smith 639) (4); Widow of World War I Veterans Travel Pass two varieties (4); World War I Veterans Travel Pass both identical (2). Very fine. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
Tramway Tokens and Passes: Brisbane Tramway, enamelled badges bearing the initials BT are oval, hexagon or round and are in various colours, offered here are combinations of yellow and blue, black and cream, black and yellow and blue and white (7); Ballarat Electric Tramways, plastic tokens (21mm) dated 1913 in pink for 1 1/2d (5) and green for 2d (4), five of the total are holed; Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways bronze token (21mm) for 1 1/2d (2); Melbourne - Brighton Bus Lines brass token (22mm) for Free Bus Ride (2); North Melbourne Electric Tramways & Lighting Co Employee's Pass in bronze (30mm) c.1920's (2) very scarce; Corporation of the City of Launceston Tram Passes issued to staff for use while on official business, second issue in brass (NH64) (3) and third issue in aluminium (NH65) (2) all numbered on reverse and all scarce particularly the brass issue. Very fine. (27)
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Municipal Tramways Trust, Adelaide, South Australia: Employee Passes, oval copper badge with green enamelled obverse and initials MTT, reverse bears serial number, made by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane (30mm x 20mm), loop suspension, a rare bulk offering of outdated badges which includes badge no. 0002 (90); Employee Passes, circular copper badge (24mm) enamelled in red and white with gold initials MTT and loop suspension by A.J. Parkes Brisbane and small numbers on reverse (4), also identical type but in cupro-nickel and with large numbers on reverse (7); two oval hat badges in black enamel and silver, one being of the early type with numbers voided in the centre whereas the second badge has the numbers in black, both by Stokes, Melb (2). The lot also includes The Adelaide Tramways Pocket Guide being an illustrated catalogue of MTT rolling stock 1909-74. Very fine. (104)
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Department of road transport and tramways, crowned oval employees cap badge, early period (1932-1952) C.1932-45? (2); Public Transport Commission of N.S.W oval railway employees numbered cap badges. (9). Nearly very fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
Garden Island Naval Dockyard Sydney, employees pass, brass (34 mm) "G.1" and three digit number, another four digit number; naval dockyard police buttons large, small (2); C.U. & L.M.S acting able seaman tin badge; sailors day 2/- pin; merchant seaman's appeal, M.N. British Sailors society. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
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 $80
SOLD $0
N.S.W. Tram Tickets in cardboard: N.S.W. Goverment Tramways (all tickets 10mm x 47mm unless otherwise recorded) - Railway & Bent St 3/4d in red with emu & kangaroo (3); one penny light blue with Britannia 1894 below & Queen Victoria; one penny blue with Britannia & N.S.W. shield with each of the tickets a different shade of blue (4); one penny purple Apprentice; one penny blue with Britannia & N.S.W. shield with red X across and red OS overprint (2); one penny blue with Britannia & N.S.W. shield with Military Service overprinted in red; one penny blue with Britannia & N.S.W. shield with green X across and red Departmental Omnibus overprint; three pence green with N.S.W. shield; three pence green with N.S.W. shield with Ambulance overprint in black; Tramways & Omnibus Co Sydney Limited two pence blue (25mm x 47mm) denomination in circle (2); Government Tramways one penny (25mm x 25mm) overprinted red on yellow. One of the second last group of tickets has a small tear at one corner otherwise all tickets fine - very fine and scarce. (18)
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Trains and Tramways Tickets, various States, many scarce issues all mounted on sheets in an album as well as two Weekly Ticket books issued by A.J. Wagg Lindfield Motor Service, one red and the other grey. An interesting selection. Very fine. (196)
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Government Time Table and Fares (68mm x 88mm) from 28th January 1890 comprising 81 pages of detailed information for Sydney tramway network at the time; Tram Timetables Waratah Line (Newcastle) 1950 commencing February 27. Very fine, the first item very scarce.
Estimate $450
SOLD $0
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 $100
SOLD $0