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Commonwealth of Australia War Savings Certificate, one pound 9 April 1943, AB042965; another five years savings certificate November 1948, 5c 054489 (R.WS1a; WG1c). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Commonwealth of Australia, Savings Certificates, post WWII, one pound, with red S, without red S (R.WF1a, 1b); five pounds, with red S (R.WF2a); Five Years Savings Certificates, post WWII, Commonwealth of Australia, one pound (R.WG1a), five pounds (R.WG2a). The last very fine, the rest nearly uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $550
Australian cheques, a wide selection including, the City Bank of Sydney 187.; Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, Melbourne; The English Scottish & Australian Bank Ltd, Moss Vale; Bank N.S.W., Dunidoo, another Forbes; another "On Account of the Public Service NSW"; Commercial Bank, Melbourne; Commercial Banking Co of Sydney Ltd; The National Bank of Australasia Ltd (for the Broken Hill Proprietary Co ltd), used and unused. Fine - uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Australian cheques, including the Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, Melbourne; The Queensland National Bank Ltd, Brisbane; The English Scottish & Australian Bank Ltd, Moss Vale; The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Ltd, Five Dock, Delegate NSW, Beaufort VIC; The Bank of New South Wales Sydney, Forbes, Croydon, North Auburn, Dunedoo and "On the account of the Public Service NSW"; Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Sydney, Glen-Huntley VIC; Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, Double Bay, Northbridge, NSW, Geelong, Toorak VIC; Australia and New Zealand Bank Ltd, Ashfield; Rural Bank, Coonamble; the National Bank of Australia Ltd, Rydalmere; the National Bank, Emerald Qld. Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (22)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Australian cheques, a wide selection from different banks, all unused. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (25)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
The Bank of New South Wales, second of exchange, Castlemaine, VIC, ú10 23.3.1864; The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, deposit receipt at call, Footscray, VIC 18.. Very fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $90
SOLD $60
The City Bank of Sydney 187-. Sydney Branch, bank logo/vignette at left unissued cheque; The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, Melbourne Branch 19...; The English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited, Moss Vale Branch 19.. unissued. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
The City Bank of Sydney, 187_., bank logo/vignette at left, unissued cheque. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $90
SOLD $100
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Limited, Townsville branch, fixed deposit credit for ú25.0.0 dated 26th April 1895, interest of 3 1/2 per cent with hand written details on back, vignette of bank in top centre. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
English Scottish & Australian Chartered Bank, second of exchange, Adelaide 186-. unissued; cheque, Clare ú30, 7.10.1914, for (the) District Council of Hutt & Hill Rivers; another Clare, ú200, 23.5.19 (on deposit for 24 months). First item rare, very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Tatlows Royal Mail Coaches, cheque for ú2.10.0 dated 5.11.1918, the National Bank of Tasmania illustration of a coach and four at left; another Tatlows Royal Mail Motors cheque for ú39.16.3 dated 15.4.1915 with illustration of motor fleet at left. Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $90
SOLD $60
Tooth & Co Limited Kent Brewery, cheque No 8284, Sydney 7 Jul 1921, Pay John Sands Ltd, twenty pounds drawn on The Bank of New South Wales, Southern Branch, signed and countersigned, B.NSW ink rubber stamped on front, John Sands Limited stamp and signature on back, perforated PAID 8.7.21, New South Wales 2D duty stamp fixed at top right. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Territory of New Guinea, Bank of New South Wales, Wau, New Guinea cheque, 19.1.1934 for two pounds, penny green stamp with Bank oval canceld for Port Moresby; New Guinea Goldfields Ltd, Wau New Guinea cheque, 24 April 1937, for ú19/4/10, 2d red stamp. Both glued to backing paper first with three holes otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Cuba, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Havana, Duplicate of Exchange ú37.12.7, dated 20th April 1927, payable to the London Assurance, London Bank's coat of arms at left. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Egypt, Oriental Mercantile Bank, Alexandria, Cairo branch; Eastern Banking Co, Alexandria, Charles Skipper & East specimen cheques (first with vignette of Egyptians in native dress, second with vignette of pyramids), both cheques with oval Skipper & East specimen logos. Extremely fine - uncirculated, rare. (2)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Great Britain, Birmingham Banking Co. Birmingham, Charles Skipper and East specimen cheques 1870, four different colours A12, C5, C8, E4, all with Skipper & East oval specimen logo; Birmingham Banking Co. Birmingham, Charles Skipper and East specimen cheques 1870, four different colours B7, B9, C10, D9, all with Skipper & East oval specimen logo. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $170
SOLD $0
Great Britain, London & Manchester Bank - London branch, The Commercial Banking Company, Manchester branch, Charles Skipper & East specimen cheques 1870, three different colours all with Skipper & East oval specimen logo; London and Melbourne Banking Co. Charles Skipper & East specimen cheques 1870, three different colours, bisque, white and mauve, London 18(70) B5, C4, E5 all with oval Skipper & East logo; "Messrs Bankers specimen cheques" London, mauve; another pink; another "Banco Nacional de", all "specimen" cheques with "Nissen & Parker/ Engravers and Printers/43 Park Lane London" in three lines, last in five lines. Very fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Great Britain, Mess. Samuel Brothers & Sons, Bankers, Strand, London Charles Skipper & East specimen cheques 1870, four different colours A9, B3, B6, C9 all with oval Skipper & East Specimen logo; Messrs Hart Fellows & Co Bankers Nottingham, Charles, Charles Skipper & East specimen cheques 1870 "B8", "E2"; Messrs Burgess & Sons-Ramsgate Bank "B4", "E1" different colours and all with oval Skipper & East specimen logo. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
Malaya, Japanese Occupation, various bank cheques, the Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Penang branch dated 2602 (1942); another Taiping, Malaya branch; Overseas - Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd, Penang branch. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Mauritius, The Oriental Bank Corporation, unissued cheque, 18.. (c.1848?), originally denominated in dollars but overprinted in rupees. The word dollars and the '$' sign have been overprinted in red with the words 'Rupees' and the 'Rs' sign. Nearly uncirculated, a rare early Mauritius cheque.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Cheques, Bank of State of New York, New York, 1 February 1844; Massachusetts National Bank, Boston, for Old Colony Steamboat Company, 23 July 1884; Mechanics' Bank, New York, 27 August 1849; Commercial Bank of Rochester, Rochester, 10 January 1856; National Citizens Bank, New York, for Harlem and Spuyten Duyvil Navigation Co, unissued (187-); Punjab Banking Company Limited, Mian Mir, unissued (18--); Australian Bank Limited, 400 Collins Street, Melbourne, unissued (19--); bank cheque, Union Bank of Australia Limited, London, 1 January 1914, stamped by bank on payment at Hobart; bill of exchange, Mobile, Alabama, 26 July 1836; traveller's cheques, The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, 9 January 1964; specimen traveller's cheques, State Bank of India, Calcutta (India), fifty rupees, serial number BA000000, one hundred rupees, serial number CA000000 and another hundred rupees for Strand Road, Calcutta (India) serial number YB000000, all overstamped Specimen in red. Very fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
U.S.A. Selection of 19th century cheques (1868-1898) including The National Bank of Somerset; National Bank of Schewenksville; First National Bank, Dakota; Chicopee National Bank, Mass; Mystic River National Bank Connecticut; State National Bank, New Orleans Schafer Brothers Bankers, New York. All used and some with various banking stamps and duty stamps; also Bank of British North America, San Francisco; London & San Francisco Bank; The Bank of California; The Nevada Bank of San Francisco, all San Francisco branches; Chatham National Bank, New York. Fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $130
SOLD $130
Traveller's Cheques, The Bank of Adelaide, complete "specimen" set containing 10, 20 and 50 dollars "Australian Currency" on original card of issue, two sets. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Traveller's Cheques, Bank of America, two "Specimen" U.S. 20 dollars 711 831253, 422 456 781, on official folder of issue (1965 issue) with details of use in 3 languages; Canadian Pacific Express Company, three "Specimen" U.S. 20 dollars printed on card of issue (series, 61, 71, 83); U.S.A., Specimen Cheques, National Bank of Detroit also overprinted "No longer in use"; First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee; New England Merchants National Bank overstamped "void"; European-American Bank and Trust Company, New York; plus Bank of South Pacific limited. All cancelled "specimen" or void. Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Travellers Cheques, Australian currency, Bank of Adelaide, ten, twenty and fifty dollars, c.1966; same but 1970 issue (2 sets); Rural Bank of New South Wales, three printed examples in advices, 1963, 1966, 1971; Rural and Industries Bank, ten dollars, 1966; another sheet with printed specimen, 1972; Savings Bank of South Australia, sheets with printed specimens, 1969, 1972; Thomas Cook, ten, twenty, fifty dollars, 1970; one hundred dollars, 1976; foreign currency issues for ten, twenty and five hundred U.S. dollars and twenty, fifty and one hundred pounds sterling, 1978; a few other information folders. Fine - very fine, notes uncirculated. (17 folders/sheets, 20 notes)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Travellers Cheques, The Bank of Australasia, one, two, five and ten pounds sterling, all overprinted Specimen in red, top edge glued into an official advice document dated 17 July 1950. Scarce, document good very fine, cheques extremely fine. $ Ex M.P.Vort-Ronald Collection.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Travellers Cheques, Bank of New South Wales, fifty dollars Australian, (2) 1971 issue; foreign exchange, sterling, cheque form (3); Westpac Banking Corporation, twenty, fifty, one hundred and two hundred dollars Australian, 1986 (3 sets), all overprinted Specimen; other forms and folders. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (11 items plus attached notes)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Travellers Cheques, specimen notes in official folders, Bank of Scotland, 1995, twenty and fifty pounds; another but 1978, five, ten, twenty and fifty pounds; Co-operative Bank, Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, 1963 (no folder); two, five, ten, twenty, fifty pounds; another but 1965, two, five, ten, twenty pounds; another but 1970, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty pounds; Lloyds Bank, 1973, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty pounds; Westminster Bank, 1962, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty pounds; another for same values but 1965. Corner torn on 1963 Co-operative Bank issues, second last folder of notes with centre ripples, otherwise all uncirculated. (35 notes in 7 batches)
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Travellers cheques, Australia, Commercial Bank of Australia 5, 10 pounds 1955, 1964; National Bank of A'sia 10, 20, 50 dollars 1975; The Savings Bank of South Australia 10, 20, 50 dollars 1974 - 76; Great Britain, National Provincial Bank 5, 10, 20 pounds 1963; 2, 10, 20 pounds 1964-65; Lloyds Bank Ltd 20, 50 pounds, 1979 - 81. All used. Mostly extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Travellers Cheques, Commercial Bank of Australia, ten, twenty and fifty dollars, 1966 in folder advising decimalization of Australian currency on 14 February 1966, all overprinted Specimen in red and all with serial no.000000. The first decimal issue cheques, uncirculated and scarce. (3 notes, 1 folder)
Estimate $90
SOLD $220