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Queensland transportation tickets, includes Queensland and N.S.W. Railways reserved seat tickets (3); Queensland Railways second class (male) adult season ticket; Redcliffe-Petrie Motor Service 4/-; Lutwyche Bus Service (three values); Queensland Railways 9d; Queensland Bus Prop. Assn, five different; Scarboro Bus service, one shilling and sixpence single; Black and White Buses, one shilling and fourpence; City of Rockhampton Omnibus Service, three cents to thirty-five cents (sixteen values), sixpence to tenpence (four different); Mackay Bus Service. Fine to very fine. (40)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Rockhampton City Council, Bus tickets, monthly "through ticket - two routes only - adults 6d" black print on red card (115 x 62mm); City of Rockhampton "Weekly concession-three sections 6/3d, black print on orange card (105 x 42 mm) set of six tickets 3d to 1/- (6); school concession ticket-one route (2), first two rare. Very fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Sydney Harbour Bridge, toll tickets, complete set of six, consisting of 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/3 and 1/6, second issue (wide tickets wth large colour bands 1938 - 1940). A rare set, very good - very fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Sydney Harbour Bridge, N.S.W. Government Tramways, set of tickets of all values from penny to ninepence, includes two different types of penny, threepence, sevenpence and eightpence, some with Sunday Surcharge (red "S"). Scarce set, very good - very fine. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Department of Main Roads, N.S.W, set of six toll tickets for 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/3 and 1/6, third issue (wide tickets with narrow colour bands 1940-1945). A rare set, fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Sydney Harbour Bridge, special ’Souvenir Tickets, Harbour Bridge Celebrations 1932-1982" 2d (child) and 4d with matching serial Nos. "0009" to commemorate the Bridge’s 50th anniversary; plus a special postcard with 50th anniversary cancellation, "19 mar. 1982". Extremely fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Sydney Harbour Bridge, toll voucher, for motor vechiles, black print on white paper (140 x 85mm), overprinted "no charge" in black ink, another but printed "no charge" details of date, vehicle rego., drivers name, number of passengers and type of vechile to be filled in and signed. Rare, extremely fine - uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Tram, train, bus and ferry guides, timetables, postcards, tickets, letters, receipts, maps, first and last day covers; showboat Kalang brochure and map noted, also last tram cover for Sydney, Ballarat and Bendigo and eastern suburbs opening, all Australian, a wide selection, includes several nice period items. Good - uncirculated. (40)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Travel Pass, a letter note (204mm x 126mm) from The University of Sydney dated Dec 5th 1922 and issued to Dorothy Hunt, a year II arts student, to enable her to travel on the Sydney ferries between Circular Quay and Longueville, signed by Dorothy Hunt and by the University Warden and Registrar. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $30
SOLD $0
Urban Transit Authority Sydney, complete? set of combined "Bus and Ferry" tickets from 15 cents to two dollars ten cents, includes two different 35 cents, 50 cents and 70 cents, most state for "North Shore Wharves" and "buses south of Narrabeen Lagoon". A rare set extremely fine - uncirculated. (18)
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; Victorian Railways, Albert Park and Melbourne, monthly ticket, first class, to 1 Dec 1906. Last item very good, others mostly very fine - uncirculated. (20)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Derwent Bank, Campbell Town, cheque, 8 November 1838, white paper with ornate scroll pattern at left side with name beside vertically, Derwent Bank, pay William Murray Esq, endorsed on back. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Bank of New South Wales, Third of Exchange, Melbourne 19th June 1855, for Å“470: 13:5; two others same date but on brokers paper (!) by Sands & Kenny Sydney both of same date as previous 19th June 1855, one for ship Essex other "Anglesey". Quarter folds otherwise good very fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $100
Union Bank of Australia, Third of Exchange, Nelson 10th April 1861 E. Buxton, fifty pounds. Hand written bill or cheque with two shillings embossed duty stamp Chettenham Dec 2nd 1828 for Å“24/10/-. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Commercial Bank of Van Diemens Land, Second of Exchange, 28 Feby 1868; The National Bank of Australasia, Second of Exchange, 15th October 1891; Commercial Bank of South Australia, Adelaide, 18- unused cheque; The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, Boulder, 18/1/1907; The Chartered Bank of India Australia & China, Shanghai (3, all in 1940, all different types); Van Diemens Land, historic letter 30 March 1840 to the Right Reverand Strachan; promissory note, Cheadle, Staffs., 27 March 1888. Fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $90
SOLD $100
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 $90
SOLD $0
Ingenio Australia, Havana, Cuba, credit note no.652, 31 May 1876; U.S.A., Bank of Burlington, cheques, 1848, 1849; Commercial Bank Burlington, 1853; Burlington Savings Bank, 1859 (2, consecutive numbers); Grocers & Producers Bank, Providence, Rhode Island, 1879; Curwensville Bank, Pennsylvania, 1904; The First National Bank of Ayer, Massachussets, 1918; American Exchange in Europe, London, 188-, ten pounds specimen; State Bank of India, specimen travellers cheques, fifty rupees, one hundred rupees (2). The American Exchange note torn and poor, the rest fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $80
SOLD $300
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 $80
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 $80
SOLD $0
Cheques, bills of exchange, all issued from Melbourne, four months after date 1.11.1886 for Å“11.0.0 "stopped cheque" with additional sticker "for collection and return by warrant"; another, 1.8.1888 for Å“14.13.6 with additional "stopped cheque" sticker from Commercial Bank of Australia, another 5.4.1889 for Å“160.18.10; another 25.3.1891 for Å“73.13.1; another, 31.8.1891 for Å“67.13.11; sola three months after date 1.12.1913 for Å“7.2.7, all with additional bank stamps and endorsements, some with duty stamps. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Bills of exchange and cheques, all issued from Melbourne, Edward Baines four months after date 1.8.1887 for Å“15.18.6; McEwan & Co Ltd four months after date 1.5.1893, Å“8.17.6; John Darling & Son, sola of exchange, 5.5.1896 for Å“20.14.9; Beath, Shiss & Co, five months after date 7.2.1905, Å“48.11.0; Colonial Bank of Australasia Ltd cheque for Å“66.3.3, 19.11.1918, all with duty stamps, bank stamps and endorsements. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Cheques and bills of exchange, all issued from Melbourne, sola of exchange, 19.12.1888 for Å“10 sterling; promise to pay 1.4.1889 for Å“33.3.8 stg; 14.4.1893 for Å“11.11.0 stg; 5.1.1913 for Å“25.0.0 stg; 22.1.1906 for Å“5.9.1, most with impressed duty stamps and endorsements, interesting lot. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Cheques, bills of exchange. all issued from Melbourne, four months after date 23.3.1889 for Å“17.14.9; sight pay to order 30.5.1914 for Å“11.16.9; three months after date 1.3.1893 for Å“25.0.0; three months after date 1.3.1913 for Å“6.15.10; first of exchange 21.3.1929 for Å“3450.9.11, all with duty stamps, bank stamps and endorsements, Fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Cheques, Australian Bank, Melbourne, 19-, unissued; Colonial Bank of Australasia, Birregurra (Victoria), 1893; The Union Bank of Australia Limited, London, 1915; The Punjab Banking Company Limited, Mian Mir, 18-, unissued; State Bank of India, Travellers Cheques, specimen, fifty rupees and one hundred rupees, 19-, both unissued; Directcon Der Disconto-Gesellschaft, Frankfort O/Main, 1924; personal letter dated Sept 1, 1909, Lansdowne Bendigo, reference is made to a large military presence in the school hall for a funeral attended by three or four hundred people, far more than the local church hall could hold. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
The Bank of New South Wales, sixty days sight of this second of exchange, Melbourne, 10.7.1897 for Å“241.5.5; another, Melbourne, 4.10.1898 for Å“99.3.0; English, Scottish and Australian Bank Limited, pay on demand, Melbourne, 16.10.1911, Å“41.14.0, all payable in London. Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
New South Wales cheques, The Bank of New South Wales, Junee, Mar 5th 1898; The Union Bank of Australia Limited, Junee, March 3rd 1909; Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Crookwell, 1st June 1938, UK currency bank draft stamped in red, ’Duplicate’; The Bank of Australasia, Crookwell, UK currency bank drafts (3) dated 4 Apr 1938, 12 Apr 1938 and 26 Apr 1938. The first with foxing otherwise fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Cheques, The Bank of Victoria Limited, Prahran, 14th Sept 1922 AD 652554; The Bank of Australasia, Coburg, 27-8-1924 A8,118; Rural Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, unused, pre 1966, all with stub attached, large 29660, small A 236540, Windsor, small C (unnumbered); The Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited, travellers cheque for Australian ten pounds, A20684, undated, punch hole paid; promissory note, Waters Trading Co to Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited for Nobbys Peanut Products, Melbourne, 7th July 1960, Victoria and W.A. revenue stamps attached, endorsed on back; New Zealand, Timaru, 4 January 1887, No.86 payable at Colonial Investment Coy, Dunedin. Overall very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, London, 1 April 1936, form letter for introduction of pounds sterling travellers cheques with specimen of Å“10 printed thereon; A Story of Australian Paper Money, collection with 18 of 20 facsimile historic notes, by The Australian, with booklet and in original envelope; petrol ration tickets, Commonwealth of Australia, two gallons, valid to 30 Sept 1948, Commonwealth Liquid Fuel Control Board, one gallon, undated; Commonwealth of Australia, one thousand pounds (GV), facsimile; Tatts Grand National Hurdle Race 1899, prize lottery application; Australian one, two, five, ten and twenty dollar facsimile notes with Chinese overprint; NAB Australia, traveller cheques for ten, twenty and fifty Australian dollars, specimens in folder, April 1972; Antarctic Overseas Exchange Ltd, specimen set of five, ten, fifty and one hundred dollars, redeemable in US dollars up to 31/12/2010; world notes, Czechoslovakia specimens (P.24s, 52s), Fiji, penny, 1942 (P.47a), Philippines specimen fifty piso, 1999 (cf.P.183c); Philatelic Numismatic Cover, 1997 Bradman; Australian pre-decimal coinage, halfpenny - florin in BP wallet; Australian two cents trial sample blank with Royal mint mark on obverse and reverse. Fine - uncirculated. (42)
Estimate $100
SOLD $600
Commonwealth of Australia, cheques drawn by Department of Works on Reserve Bank of Australia, Canberra, all dated in the 1960s. Very fine. (approx 1900)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Banking documents, ANZ Banking Group, colourful and decorative official invitations (285mm x 210mm) to the opening of the ANZ Centre, 103 Macquarie Street Branch, Hobart, 12 August 1992, together with accompanying, also colourful, entree card, (3 sets). Uncirculated. (6 items)
Estimate $60
SOLD $0