Catalogue
Elizabeth I, two documents from Oxford Leases, one is sixteen pages, the other is three pages, issued in 35th year of reign of Elizabeth I, 1593, written in Latin. A few minor holes on back pages, not affecting written section, otherwise fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Charles I, vellum indenture for a lease, 1625-49, three wax seals. Nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $270
Queen Anne, vellum indenture granting right to farm, between Robert Burgoyne of Devon and Joseph Newberry, dated 21 July 1704, two x sixpence revenue stamps, cypher stamp and wax seal. Good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Queen Anne, vellum indenture for assignment of tenements from father, Stephen Perry the elder, to son, Stephen Perry the younger, ' in consideration of the natural love between them', dated 24 December 1705, pendant seal with two x sixpence revenue stamps. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Queen Anne, vellum lease document, dated 17 January 1707, entry on back recorded at 'Christs Hospital' whereby William White surrendered his lease, with two x sixpence revenue stamps and cypher stamp. Some light foxing on back, fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Queen Anne Indenture, 17 February, 1708 (document states 'in the Seventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne') vellum between Robert Cragg and William Bush for the purchase of a property of two acres in the County of Westmoreland with stamping to show eight pence revenue paid and with three witnessing signatures including one by making his mark. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Queen Anne, Indenture, 17 May 1708, vellum, two-page, Tripartite agreement between William Chapman and John Lookor with two x sixpenny revenue stamps plus cypher stamps and three seals. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
George I, vellum indenture for one year lease between John Moore and Richard Foster, dated 28 September 1715, three x sixpence revenue stamps, cypher stamp and wax seal. Some foxing on reverse, fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
George I, Grand Court vellum in Latin, executed in 1715, with two shillings and threepence revenue stamp plus cypher stamp. Good fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
George I, vellum indenture for a deed between William Preston and his son Thomas Preston, dated 2 April 1724, three x sixpence revenue stamps and wax seal plus certification of details of registration at Wakefield. A 50mm split in vellum at top left side, otherwise fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
George I, vellum indenture for one year lease between Elizabeth Anderson and Robert Inalthus to William Marshall, dated 1 June 1724, three x sixpence revenue stamps plus cypher stamp. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
George I, vellum indenture for sale of property, 24 May 1726, assigning mortgage from Mr T.Ormiston of York to Mr Baynes of York, ?300, with details of registration at Wakefield, with three x sixpence revenue stamps plus cypher stamp and undamaged seal; George III, vellum indenture for sale of land at Bishopgate Heath, 6 September 1815, from Thomas Denton of Staines to John Coventry of Bishopgate and Gilbert Jones of Salisbury Square and later sale to Edward Leigh Pemberton on 2 June 1824, with revenue stamps, cypher stamp and seals on each agreement. Very fine (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
George III, vellum indenture for one year lease between John Harrison of Durham and James Norman of York, dated 28 January 1794, revenue stamp total of five shillings, four wax seals and partial cypher stamp. Foxing on front and back otherwise good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
George III, vellum conveyance of property document dated 23 May 1800, revenue stamps and Deed seal for ten shillings, 1797, two intact wax seals beside signatures. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Lorn Combination Poor House, milk receipt, Dec 15th 1876, for deliveries Nov 18 - Dec 13, 57 pints at 6 pence per pint, receipted by Duncan Campbell; post stamped envelope face, London February 7, 1824, with full and clear postal stamp, 'Free / 7 FE 7 / 1824'. Scarce documents, very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
England. Settlement on the Marriage of the Reverend Frederick William Savile Lumley of Bilsthorpe in the County of Nottingham and Miss Mary Castle Jenkins, in the Parish Church of St George, Hanover Square London, 28th May 1849, a six page document handwritten on vellum, with a one pound five shillings stamp on each page and seven seals on last page. Some foxing, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
England. Exemplification of the Will of Delabere Prichett Blaine, of London, 19th April 1893, a seven page document handwritten on vellum as extracted by Budd Johnsons & Jecks, London for the Supreme Court for the Colony of Victoria in its Probate Jurisdiction. Seal damaged, some wear on outer page, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Commonwealth of Australia. Passport, single page printed on vellum, granted to William Edward Benwell, a British Subject of the Commonwealth of Australia, to enable him to travel to Foreign Parts, given at Government House, Adelaide, South Australia, on 10th March 1909, signed by Governor-General Dudley, with red Commonwealth of Australia paper Seal. With folds, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Colony of New South Wales. Abstract of the Title, of the Messrs. T.W.Shepherd, D.Shepherd and P.L.C.Shepherd to land in and near Sydney known as the Darling Nursery Estate in the Parish of Petersham, 1835; Mortgages, between the Bank of New South Wales and Stanley Radnedge of Ootha, 1922; Commercial Bank of Australia and Charles Bell Slocum, of Ootha, 1928; Security for loans, 1904, 1913, 1914; Reconveyance, 1938, 1941. Good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
State of New South Wales. Improvement Lease of Crown Lands of nine thousand eight hundred acres in the Parish of Bourke, County of Cooper, to Telford Mackenzie Young and Charles Mackenzie Young of Myatt Creek, Inverell, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, 14th August 1902, with imprint in red of two shillings and sixpence duty stamp. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Tasmania. Austral Silver Mine, Zeehan, lithograph of mine site detailing shafts and drives, tunnels, manganese lode, and position of Austral Creek, railway and tramway lines, circa 1880, printed by Allan Morrison Lith. Melb. With quarter folds, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase on vellum, of a town lot in North Melbourne, to John Wollaston, signed and sealed by Lieutenant Charles Joseph La Trobe, 14th September, 1852.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase, on vellum, of one hundred and fifty two acres and sixteen perches in the County of Bourke, Parish of Tarrneit, to James Watson and Walter Craig of Melbourne, signed and sealed by Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe, 1st may 1854. Seal cracked, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Victoria. Ballarat and Geelong, assorted documents including Bank of Australasia, Ballaarat, 1857, bank books (2); Deed of Partnership; Power of Attorney; Declaration of Trust; Agreement for Sale; Conveyance; letters and accounts, all relating to Messrs. Webster, Douglas, Warner and Elliot, 1853-1861. Good - very fine. (60)
Estimate $150
SOLD $350
Colony of Victoria. Special Lands Purchase, of one hundred and twenty nine acres and twenty seven perches in the County of Dundas, Parish of Bochara, to George Younger of Hamilton, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 7th June 1862. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Colony of Victoria. Transfer of Land, on vellum, between Thomas Thomson Seymour of Hamilton and William Cochburn Messer of seventy four acres of agricultural land at Griffithston in the County of Dundas, Parish of Redruth, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Charles Henry Darling, 24th August 1865. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Victoria. The Melbourne Patent Stearine Candle Company Limited, one share of three hundred pounds, issued to Adalbert Kruge of Melbourne, signed by Henry Henty and Frederick Lamb as Directors, dated 3rd January 1866; certificate of transfer, from Adalbert Kruge to James Graham, dated 10th May, 1866; also Memorandum and Articles of Association of 'The Melbourne Patent Stearine Candle Company Limited', twenty pages printed on vellum, signed by the twelve subscribers including Henry Henty, Herbert James Henty, Adalbert Kruge, James Graham, Frederick Lamb, dated 27th November 1865. Very fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $0
Colony of Victoria. Assorted documents including, Equitable Mortgage, on land in the parish of Jika Jika, 1861 and Parish of Prahran, 1864; Submission to Arbitration, 1868, relating to land in Gisborne; Deed of partnership in Saw Mills at Glenlyon and Trentham, 1871 and Deed of Dissolution, 1873; Mortgage, of land in the Parish of Moorabbin, 1873 and Further Charge on the land, 1875; Acknowledgement and Confirmation of a right to light over a strip of land facing King Street, Melbourne, 1873, on vellum; Power of Attorney, 1879; Mortgage of Livestock, 400 sheep, Swan Hill, 1889; another., 2 cows, a heifer and draught horse, Swan Hill, 1889; Declaration of Trust, Walhalla, 1891; Mortgage of Share under Will, 1892; Probate in the Will of William Boyd of Kensington, 1894, on vellum; Agreement, between the Federal Coffee Palace with Andrew Knight Esq, Melbourne, 1897. Very good - very fine. (15)
Estimate $130
SOLD $0
Colony of Victoria. Conveyance between Arthur Hewitt of Kyneton and Alexander Archer, Manager of the Bank of New South Wales, Kyneton of land in Kyneton, 1862; Conditions of Sale of property in the Parish of Edgecombe, County of Dalhousie, 1862; Power of Attorney, Thomas Walker to Alexander Archer of Kyneton, 1862; Conditions of Sale by Charles Young, Auctioneer, Kyneton, of land, 1867 & 1869; and correspondence and accounts relating to Messrs. Walker, Archer and Hewitt of Kyneton. Good - very fine. (20)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Colony of Victoria. Assorted legal documents, including Lease, 1864; Grant of Assignment, 1865; Declaration of Trust, 1866 (2); Surrender and Deed of Arrangement, 1873, all between Messrs. Staughton, Armitage and Darbyshire; Registrars Receipt, 1863; Transfer of Land, 1865; Lease of Church property in Melbourne, 1867; Certificate of Discharge in the Insolvency of Oddy & Greenwood, Fellmongers, Richmond, 1868; Lease of the Port Phillip Club Hotel, Flinders Street East, Melbourne, 1878; Probate in the Will of William Saurin Lyster, 1880; Certificate of Title for property in Malvern, 1926; also, Territory of New South Wales, Conveyance, between William Bowen and Edward Drinkwater of one hundred acres at Aellalong, 1850. Good - very fine. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $70