Catalogue
Victoria. Banking. Handwritten correspondence on bank letterheads, dated from 1859 to 1890, between the Manager of the Union Bank in Daylesford, and banks in Castlemaine, Ballarat, Geelong, Maryborough, Creswick, Melbourne, including Union Bank of Australia, Melbourne, Gold Assay Reports for 1873 and 1874; together with other documents including invoice from Castlemaine Foundry, 1863; Corinella Gold Mining Company, Rules and Regulations, 1863; Summons, Daylesford, 1867. Although condition is generally poor with many letters water damaged and torn/pieces missing, it is still an interesting lot of early banking correspondence. (66 items)
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
European bills of Exchange, Gothenburg (Sweden) 23.8.1855 first of exchange Å‣115.0.0, Contantinople (Turkey) 1.4.1856 first of exchange Å‣103.0.0; Witten A.D. Ruhr (Germany) 22.3.1856 first of exchange and "official' attached copy Å‣1300.0.0 all with attached Queen Victoria Adhesive Duty stamps (2 shillings (2) 15 shillings) for foreign bills. Fine. (4)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Great Britain, consolidated 3 per cent joint stock annuities note for Å‣4.5.9 dated 26.1.1831 transferrable at the bank of England, scarce. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Oliver Cromwell Indenture, 13 August 1655, vellum from Wales. Rare. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Charles II, Lease, 27 May 1671, large vellum, between William, Elizabeth and Andrew Cox and John Hopkins, County of Dorset. Document has small splits in folds. Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
William III Indenture, 22 January 1698, vellum, between William Booth and his wife, Mary, and Edward Wright of Belshford, sealed with two six-pence revenue stamps (rare impressed revenue stamp introduced in 1694). Very fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $0
William III Indenture, 16 December 1698, vellum, Lord of the Manor of Batcomb, with fine seal and two six-pence revenue stamps. Rare. Fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
George I Indenture, 1721, large vellum, Fox to Ogden, County of Leicester with seals and three six-pence revenue stamps. Some staining on reverse of document but scarce. Fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
George I Indenture, 14 November 1723, vellum from Ann and Zachariah Cordell to John West for one-year lease in County of Berkshire with two seals and three six-pence revenue seals. Rare. Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
George I Indenture, 1724, Lease in vellum, with three scarce six-pence revenue stamps. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
George III Indenture, 21 February 1765, vellum from Francis Tomlinson of Chelmsford to James Bright of Writtle both in County of Essex, with fine seal and revenue stamp. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
George III Indenture, 30 March 1775, vellum from Thomas Pope to Edward Bellamy for one-year Lease of land in County of Dorset with seal and revenue stamp. Fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
George III Indenture, 1780, vellum from Giles Hodges, Yeoman, to Thomas Naish, County of Somerset with seals and two revenue stamps, one for one shilling, the other for one shilling and sixpence. Some staining. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
George III Indenture, 13 September 1799, vellum between William Lockton and William Hawley, County of Leicester with seals and revenue stamps. Scarce. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
George III Assignment, 24 April 1802, vellum for a house and garden in County of Dorset from Mrs Ann Palmer and Mr John Wheham to Mr Robert Hickes, with two seals and three revenue stamps. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
George III Indenture, 25 March 1806, large two-page vellum for assignment of land at Crewkerne, Somerset from William Goodland to Simon Rondall, with two fine seals and three revenue stamps. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
George III Indenture, 29 November 1814, large vellum from Fletcher Rigge and others to George Whiffin for lease at Westminister, London with three seals and one pound ten shillings revenue stamp. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
George III Indenture, 7 May 1819, large vellum from Thomas Price and others to William Mattey, County of Hereford, with seals and revenue stamp for one pound and fifteen shillings. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
William IV Indenture, 3 May 1831, large three page vellum for the conveyance of a public house, the Plough Inn, with slaughterhouse from Joseph Robinson to William Beardsmore and Trustee, with seals and three revenue stamps for one, two and six pounds. Scarce. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Queen Victoria, 1844, vellum Will of Henry Parkes of Maidenstone in the County of Kent with large seal and one pound revenue stamp; 1845, vellum Probate of the Will of William Christian of Whitehaven in the County of Cumberland with large seal and two pound revenue stamp. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $110
SOLD $0
Queen Victoria Deeds, 16 November 1866, vellum between Samuel Summers and William Beardsmore for conveyance of a Messuage called "The Britannia" and premises in the Stockwell Head in Hinkley, Leicestershire, with seals and revenue stamps; another for the same premises dated 2 June 1851 from Messrs Hollier and others to William Beardsmore, with seals and revenue stamps. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Queen Victoria Indenture, 6 January 1898, vellum for Conveyance of land at Sidley in the County of Sussex from J.H. Atkins to William Moon and William Garner, builders, both of Hastings, with map of land, fine seals and two revenue stamps for ten pounds and two pounds. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $150
Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase of two hundred and fifty two acres in the County of Villiers, Parish of Belfast, to George Thomson and John Meagher of Belfast, signed by Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe, 25th October 1853. Seal missing, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase of thirty one perches and three tenths of a perch in Carlton in the Parish of Jika Jika, to Edward Alexander Parry of Melbourne, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 17th October 1857, on vellun. Seal damaged, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase of one hundred and fifteen acres three roods and thirteen perches in the Parish of Ravenswood, to Frederick Fenton of Ravenswood, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 8th may 1862, on vellum. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Colony of Victoria. Certificate of Title issued to Henry Bentley for an allotment of land in Ferrars Place, Emerald Hill, Parish of South Melbourne, dated 6th June 1865, on vellum. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase of fifty two acres and two roods at Griffithston in the County of Dundas to John Forsyth the Elder of Grange Creek, Hamilton, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Charles Henry Darling, 24th August 1865. Slight cracking to seal, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Colony of Victoria. Conveyance between the Land Mortgage Bank of Victoria Limited and John Schubert of Moranding near Kilmore of land in the County of Dalhousie, signed and sealed 24th July 1876, handwritten on vellum and with five Victoria Stamp Statute stamps attached including fourpence, sixpence, one shilling, two shillings and ten shillings. Stamps fiscally cancelled, very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Colony of Victoria. Deed of Co-Partnership between Richard Hanks, Henry Hinder and Alphonse d'Estampes, all of Daylesford, in the business of soap making, dated 27th March 1880, together with a letter dissolving the partnership, dated 5th August 1880; Agreement respecting future partnership, between Messrs. Edward Arthur Dowling of Melbourne and John Ramsden of Kew, in the business of a tea merchant, dated 16th January 1899; Articles of Partnership, between Edward Arthur Dowling and John Ramsden, dated 21st May 1900. All handwritten. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Colony of Victoria. Mining Lease issued to Richard Archer of Valhalla to mine a parcel of land measuring eighty eight acres one rood and thirteen perches in the County of Tanjil, Mining District of Gippsland, signed and sealed by Governor The Right Honorable John Adrian Louis, Earl of Hopetoun, 19th January 1891. Seal intact, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200