Catalogue
Metropolitan Coin Club Sydney, Governor Arthur Phillip 1788-1988, in bronze (55 x 73mm) by Amor (C.1988/1 - Bi-Centenary booklet). In case of issue, uncirculated, only 106 struck.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Captain Cook, in silver (70mm) by Gravarte, Lisbon, Portugal, edge impressed "22/50 Gravarte Lisboa Portugal". With original display box, uncirculated and rare, one of only 50 struck.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
U.S.A., John C. Fremont, in bronze (42mm), by S. & H. for Ball, Black & Co. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Great Britain, George I, silver shilling, 1723 SSC (S.3647), silver sixpence, 1723 SSC (S.3652)(illustrated); also India, Madras, East India Company, copper ten cash, 1808. Fine; nearly very fine; very good. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Great Britain, eighteenth century halfpenny tokens, Hampshire (D & H.80c), legend tooled off (Man of War); Kent (D & H.39) (ancient sloop); Middlesex (D & H.306) (whaling); Admiral Jervis/Britannia, 1797 evasion halfpenny (Atkins1); also U.S.A., Springfield Massachusetts, Masonic Chapter penny (19th century). Very good - very fine. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
French Law Related to Commemorative Medals (Loi. Relative Aux Medailles Qui Doivent Etre Frappees en Memoire De L'Abandon de Tous les Privileges. NO. 82.. Epinal; Chez Haener, Imprimeur du Departmente des Volges; 1790, December 15; 3 pp.). An original folded printed sheet with decorative vignette on title. Signed in fine ink by the director. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Giffard, Walter M., Descriptive Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of Hawaii (Sandwich Islands), Honolulu, 1893, 19pp (3, one hardbound and one a later printing); Kenyon, Brewster C., History of the Postal Issues of Hawaii, 1895, 27pp, illustrated; Hawaiian Stamp Company, price list of Hawaii Stamps, 1897. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Gould, Maurice M and Bressett, Kenneth, Hawaiian Coins, Tokens and Paper Money, 1961, 48pp, illustrated; Medcalf, Gordon and Fong, Robert, Paper Money of the Kingdom and Republic of Hawaii 1859-1905, 1966, 23pp, illustrated. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Luff, John N., Howes, Clifton A. and Richards, Chas. F., Postage Stamps and Stationery of the Hawaiian Islands, handbook No. 10, c.1900? (2), 21p; Richards, Chas. F., Additions to a Check List of the Stamps of Hawaii - and More, 1938, 17p; Burns, Edward J., Additions to Hawaiian Postal History, Volume II (Hawaii's Town Cancels, 1850-1900) published by Hawaiian Philatelic Society, April 1980, 34p, minor illustrations; Hogan, Colonel Patrick J., A History of the Stamps of Hawaii, 1851-1900, 24p, 1980, coloured illustrations inserted in back cover flap, 8p. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $110
SOLD $100
Meyer, Henry A. and others, Hawaii Its Stamps and Postal History, 1948, 412pp, illustrated throughout. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Poole, Bertram W.H., Mekeel Philatelic Hand Books - Cook Islands, 24pp, c.1910. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Cessation of Transport, 1853, in white metal (58mm) by the Royal Mint London (C.1853/2). Small dent on rim, barely noticeable from obverse or reverse, lustrous extremely fine and scarce in this condition.
Estimate $350
SOLD $500
Cessation of Transportation, 1853, in white metal (58mm) by the Royal Mint, London (C.1953/2).With edge knock on reverse rim and Queen's head outlined by tooling, nearly very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Cessation of Tranportation, 1853, in white metal (58mm) by the Royal Mint, London (C.1853/2). Edge bruises, very good.
Estimate $150
SOLD $230
Cessation of Transportation, 1853, in white metal, gilded (58mm) by the Royal Mint, London (C.1853/2). With edge bruises and graffiti on reverse, very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Cessation of Transportation, 1853, in white metal (58mm) by the Royal Mint, London (C.1853/2 [2]). One cleaned of corrosion leaving pitted surfaces, the other with graffiti, plugged at 12 o'clock, both medals with edge knocks, fair - very good. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Medalets, medals, checks and tokens, includes 1867 Galatea in white metal (C.1867/2); silvered Brisbane 1897 (C.1897/7); Emu Wines 1935 in aluminium (C.1935/3); Queensland 1937 in aluminium (C.1937/11); Marcus Clark & Co. Ltd Sydney Harbour Bridge Opened 1932 (C.1932/3); Wagga Wagga 1935 silvered (C.1935/2); six bread tokens, Manly ferry token; Ebenezer (church) 1824-1974 in bronze (C.1974/1)(3), also 1935 British Empire commemorative in gilt bronze (25mm). Nearly fine - uncirculated. (32)
Estimate $150
SOLD $230
Large assortment, includes Ricketty Dick (C.1873/2) holed at top, C.1890/3, 1899-00/1, 1899-00/2, 1913/5 (2), Imshi Yalla / Dardanelles 1915 (C.1915/10), 1919/2 Peace (9, eight by Amor and one by S & S), 1927/3, 1938/5 Australia's 150th (5 all by Amor, one with serif letters), 1945/9, 1951/6 (4), 1955/3, 1960/6, 1980/15, 1982/21 Mt Morgan District in folder (foxing), James Hardie 1000, 1981 on card; Australia's First Coin / The Holey Dollar (2) on card; Australian Bicentenary School Children Medal 1988 (3); Australian Bicentenary 1988 / Federal Council of Agricultural Societies award medal; Kodak Sesqui Commemorative Medal, undated (1988); Stuart Devlin's Birds of Australia proof silver medal (35mm); Australian State Medals series, Western Australia, in gilt sterling silver (44mm) on card; other cased and loose modern medals (mostly 26mm - 31mm) (56). Fine - uncirculated. (97)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
New South Wales Intercolonial Exhibition, c.1870's, in white metal (47mm) by Stokes & Martin, Melbourne. Obverse, Ricketty Dick image by Julius Hogarth (cf. C.1873/1-2). Several cuts across the obverse centre and edge bump at 11 o'clock otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Intercolonial Exhibition, Melbourne, 1875, Philadelphia, 1876, in bronze (69.5mm), by J.Hogarth for Stokes & Martin Melbourne, edge impressed 'David Milliken'. Edge knocks, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Sandy ex Rex, 1877, gilded (22mm) (C.1877/3); Queen Victoria's Jubilee Avoca Shire, 1887, gilded (31mm) (C.1887/68); Australia's Centenary / Cook, 1888, gilded (36mm x 36mm) (C.1888/4); Australia's Centenary / International Exhibition, 1888, silver (20mm) (C.1888/28); Industrial Exhibition Albury, 1896, silver (22mm), obverse removed and initials inscribed "JPW" (C.1896/7); Queen Victoria 60th Year of Reign / Western Australia, 1897, silver (24mm) (C.1897/87); British Transvaal War, 1899-1900, gilded (23mm) (C.1899-00/1); Federation, 1901, silver wash (23mm) (C.1901/12); A.N.A. Exhibition Medal, 1907, gilded (22mm) (C.1907/1); Declaration of War, 1914, bronze (23mm) (C.1914/2); N.A.V. / Annand Smith & Co, 1949, silver antique finish (42mm) (C.1949/5). Fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $130
SOLD $250
Australian historic medals, medalets, badges, tokens, including Queen Victoria Jubilee (C.1877/26); Australian Commonwealth, 1901, in gilt (C.1901/2) (C.1911/22) (C.1937/10[3]); Royal Visit 1954, Communications Pass, unnamed (45mm x 31mm); Captain Cook Bicentenary in silver (C.1970/22); City of Box Hill, 1977; Australia's Bicentenary, 1988, in copper (45mm [4], 48MM [2]). Good - extremely fine. (118)
Estimate $130
SOLD $160
Wesley College, Melbourne, medal in bronze (47mm) inscribed on reverse 'A.T.Robb' and impressed around edge 'Champion Swimmer Races 2nd Prize 1878'; medalet, Wesley College, Melbourne, in gilt bronze (22mm), two Judgement books for third and fourth terms, 1881, James Walter Jeffrey, No.1423, Form III, Second Half-year Certificate, 1881, J.W.Jeffrey and a photograph dated 1856. First medal with edge knocks, good - nearly uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $170
SOLD $170
Sydney International Exhibition, 1879, in silver (51mm) by J.S.& A.B.Wyon, inscribed on reverse "Waterlow & Sons/Paper Printing & c.". In original leatherette case of issue, toned, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $800
SOLD $600
Sydney International Exhbition, 1879, in bronze (76mm) by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, uninscribed. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Tasmanian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, 1883, award medal in silver (39.5mm), inscribed on reverse 'Chas. Archer' and impressed around edge '6 Fleeces Washed Wool'. In original box, Uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $370
New South Wales Railways, 1887, First Class pass in gold (9.6gms, 27mm x 22.8mm oval) inscribed on obverse 'H.T.', impressed on reverse 'To / 2 7 / 12'. Holed at top, good very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $720
New South Wales Railways, 1887, First Class pass, in silver (26.8mm x 22.8mm oval) inscribed on obverse 'A.E. Lewis / 15', impressed on reverse 'To / 2 7 / 3'. Holed at top, very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $360
Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1887, in gilt (C.1887/56); 1897, Shire of Bellarine, in gilt (C.1897/49); Gisborne, in gilt (C.1897/55); Glenlyon, in gilt (C.1897/56); Heidelberg, in gilt (C.1897/58); also (C.1897/29 in gilt, 1897/72 in gilt, 1901/36 in gilt). First and last holed at top, extremely fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $250
Agricultural Society of New South Wales, 1888, in bronze (51mm) by Hardy Brothers Sydney, inscribed on reverse, "Great Centennial / Exhibition / Ben J.Hulbert / Special merit / For / Billiard Table". Small spot of verdigris on reverse edge, very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $240