Catalogue
Commonwealth of Australia, Postal Note, Queensland, 5/6, B 524642, 5 July 1948. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Postal notes, Territory of Papua, no.2205, seven shillings and sixpence, issued at Port Moresby, 25 May 1936, payable only in the Territory of Papua and Commonwealth of Australia; Commonwealth of Australia, postal note, the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, no.035252, six shillings, issued at Angoram, 10 May 1965. The first note was recovered from a bombed post office during WWII, it has two triangular cut-out cancellations and is damaged across the lower edge hence graded as very good but still scarce, the second note is extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Gold Extraction Report 1860-1, Mr Wilkinson's Patent, a report printed on 25 June 1861 for the Legislative Assembly of the Government of Victoria detailing Wilkinson's 'Patent for the Extraction of Gold from Quartz', 8pp. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Miners Rights, Victoria, Ballarat, 14 June 1902; another 4 September 1907; another 31 March 1919; all with 2/6 fee; first and third "Ballarat" in rubber stamp, second printed 'Ballarat" all with different government printers or acting Government printers. Third miners right issued to "Frederick Thomas Stokes". Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Miners Rights, Victoria, Ballarat 20 August 1902; another 2 July 1909 another 4 June 1916; all with 2/6 fee, first with "Ballarat" ink rubber stamp, second and third with "Ballarat" printed, first Robt. S. Brain Govt. Printer, second J. Kemp Acting Government printer, third J. Kemp Government printer. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Miners Rights, Victoria, Ballarat, 9 April; another 14 January 1903; another 4 July 1904 all with 2/6 fee; first with ink rubber stamp "Ballarat" others printed; all Robt. S. Brain Government printer. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Miners Rights, Victoria, Castlemaine Hurstbridge 8 November 1932 fee 2/6 H.J. Green Government printer; New South Wales, Armidale, 24 June 1925, fee 5/-; another Hill End 18 January 1947, fee 2/6; another, Lightning Ridge 31 August 1971, fee one dollar, second rare. Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $130
SOLD $0
Railway related documents, N.S.W. Govt. Railway and Tramway Institute certificate awarded for a pass in English 1928 (205mm x 240mm) very colourfully decorated; Railways Ambulance Corps Department of Railways New South Wales Certificate of Efficiency towards qualifying for Life Membership Medal 1954 (170mm x 205mm) black and red on white; another for Certificate of Efficiency towards qualifying for Gold Bar (170mm x 205mm) one dated 1947 the other 1952 (2); New South Wales Government Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps Certificate for second efficiency examination towards qualifying for Gold Bar (153mm x 153mm) dated 1927 and scarce; New South Wales Government Railways Institute Eisteddfod Certificate of Commendation (200mm x 210mm) dated 1941 and an attractive design; Rotating Guide (260mm) of 48 cities in N.S.W. issued by Department of Railways New South Wales in 1956 with all relevant information about train travel on the reverse and on the colourful front section is a plethera of information available at the simple turn of the guide to the relevant town, printed by North Sydney Printing Pty Ltd. Very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
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 $70
SOLD $0
Victorian Railways, Albert Park and Melbourne, monthly ticket, first class, to 1 Dec 1906. Very good and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Victoria, Victorian Taxi-Bus services Melbourne to Kew, Northcote, Brighton, Lakes Entrance tickets for 5d, 5d, 9d, 25/- in pairs (8); Melbourne & Victorian Tramways Board 2d ticket, pair; Tasmania, Transport Commission, Trans Derwent ferry tickets adult, child; Bellerive Ferry Service, adult, student, child set of 3; motivational sales promotions, South Melbourne, decimal changeover educational notes, 1, 2, 10 & 20 dollars set. Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Victoria, Melbourne Dance Hall, Palais de Dance, selection of admission, dance and pass out tickets & checks, all different. A rare group. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Victoria, Dated 1885-1929, mostly Melbourne related; including Deed of Gift; business letters; receipts; Registration of a Firm; Birth Certificate; Agreements; Memorandums; Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works Notices; Interest Statements; Land Sales poster, Bacchus Marsh, 1909; booklet 'A Short History and Description of Parliament House, Melbourne', 1886, bottom right corner of each page damaged. Fair - very fine. (32)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Ferries, Balmain Steam Ferry Company Limited, certificate no. 912, for one hundred shares at fifteen shillings per share, dated 22 February 1889, embossed with company seal which bears an image of a ferry inside two concentric circles between which is the company name, issued to Leonard Dodds. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Ferries, The Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company, certificate no.637, five thousand shares, 4 October 1932 together with attached Transfer and Acceptance form dated 10 December 1937 transferring deceased estate holding to purchaser and new share certificate no.2932 dated 7 January 1938, both named to Arthur Howard-Smith, first item depicts a ferry and bears a New South wales five shillings impressed stamp; photocopy of share certificate, The Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company Limited, 4 June 1954. Very fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $180
SOLD $240
Melbourne & Suburban Railway Company, ten pound shares in favour of David Scallan of Melbourne, No.10523/6 and 10536/8, dated 5th November 1859. Extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $350
SOLD $850
Share scrip, Broken Hill South Limited, certificate for one hundred shares (4) three dated 1918 and one dated 1923, certificate for fifty shares dated 1924. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
The American Salvage Company, one hundred shares (6) 18.5.16, certificate nos. 79-84, fifty shares (5) 28.8.16, certificate nos. 1160/61, 1164/65, 24.2.19, certificate no. 1979, all named to Arnold Barrett, together with prospectus for additional fundraising to cover the purchase and control of the Sisson Deep Sea Diving Machine. Two vertical folds in each note, extremely fine and scarce. (20)
Estimate $250
SOLD $750