Catalogue
Australia oil companies. Ampol Petroleum, 1956; Associated Australian Oilfields, Roma, Queensland, 1958; Australian Roma Oil No 2 Ltd, 1930; Bass Strait Oil & Gas (Holdings), 1985; Beach Petroleum, 1969 (2 consecutive); Churchill Energy, 1983; Exoil (2, 1964 share [grey], 1968 option [green]); Harbourside Oil, 1972; Lake Wellington Oil Company, 1938; The Lander Oil Field (Australia), 1929 (2, one pound share [white], five shillings "B" privileged share [pink]); Macquarie Oil, 1984; N.S.W. Oil and Gas (2, 1971 share [red], 1969 option [pink]); Offshore Oil, 1969; Planet Oil, 1962 (2 consecutive); Roma Blocks Oil, Roma, Queensland, 1929; Roma Oil Corporation, 1928; Roma Ormildah Associated Oil Fields, 1931. Overall very fine. (22)
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Oil and power. Clarence River Basin Oil Exploration, Sydney, 1954 (20, includes consecutive 2, 3 [2], 4, 5); Inter-State Investments, New Zealand, 1930; Interstate Mines and Petroleum, 1928 (2, consecutive); The Lander Oil Field (Australia), 1927; Natural Gas & Oil Corporation (2, dated 1935 and 1942); The Sydney & Suburban Hydraulic Power Company, receipt for payment of second call, 1889. The second last items with ring punch holes, one damaged, otherwise fine - very fine. (27)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Oil and gas. Australian Maikop Oil Company Limited, 1910, for five hundred shares of 2/- each, brown on cream, London register; South Western Oil & Shale Company, Western Australia, 1921, for three shares of Å“5 each of three thousand on offer, black on aqua, overprinted ’Paid Up’ in red; South Eastern Oil Company Limited, 1923, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, black on blue, overprinted ’Fully Paid Up’ in red; Commonwealth Oil Corporation Limited, 1919, for two hundred deferred ordinary shares black on cream and a 6% non-cumulative income debenture stock of Å“122.10.0, 1919, mauve on cream, both to same holder and with notations in pen in top border; Standard Oil of Gippsland (Vict) Limited, 1932, green print and border, overprinted ’Fully Paid Up’ in red; Austral Oil Drilling Syndicate, 1941, black on light brown; Planet Oil Company, 1963, black on green, Melbourne register. With pinholes, folds, good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Oil and gas. Australian Maikop Oil Company, 1910, black print, London register; Australian Oil Wells Company, Melbourne, 1914; Commonwealth Oil Corporation Limited, 1919, for one hundred and fifty preferred ordinary shares, red on white; Lander Oil Field (Australia) Ltd, 1923, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, blue on cream, has been repaired with tape along sides; Standard Oil Company of Australia Limited, 1937, purple over light orange scene of oil wells; Amalgamated Petroleum, 1962, black on yellow, stained; Planet Oil Company, 1962, black on yellow, Canberra register, Exoil, 1964, black on light brown. All with pinholes and folds, some with notations in borders, good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Australia. The Argus and Australasian Limited, Victoria, 1936; The Bank of Australasia, 1931, London Office share registration certificate; Coogee Ocean Pier Company, 1926; M S Broking (1931) Limited, interim certificate, 1940; Pani-ilota Limited, 1910; The Renown Oyster Company, 1924; Soci‚t‚ ForestiŠre Franco-Australienne, issued in Paris, 1921, with vignettes of timber cutters, ship and sheep, with all dividend coupons attached. The third with top right corner missing, the last with a small edge tear, very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Entertainment. The Associated County Halls & Theatres Limited, 1914, for fifteen ordinary shares of 5/- each, blue on white, printed by Roberts & Leete, Ld, London, With folds, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Finance. Associated Financial Corporation Limited (3), 1900, for three hundred and thirty preference shares of 10/- each, burgundy print, 1900, three hundred and thirty ordinary shares of 10/- each, blue print, 1901, five ordinary shares of Å“1 each, burgundy print, 1901, different style to previous, Å“10 debenture, 1901, without coupons; Commonwealth Mining and Finance Limited, 1934, magenta print; Great Boulder Mining & Finance Limited (2), for two hundred and ten shares of 5s each, light brown print, 1935, option certificate for sixty six shares of 5s each, 1935, both with pencil notations; Stanhill Development Finance Limited, 1960; Colonial & General Investment Trust Limited, 1968, stamped ’Cancelled’ twice, brown print; Assets Purchase & Realization Co of Australia Limited, Notice of Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders, business and reports, 1918. With folds, good - very fine. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Australia debentures. The Associated Financial Corporation, 1902; Australian & New Zealand Investments Limited, 1928; The Celtic Club, Melbourne, 1962; Chevron Sydney Limited, 1966; Midland Railway Company of Western Australia, 1920; Queensland Forests Limited, 1931. The second last with edge tears otherwise very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Australia banking. Tamar Bank, Launceston (Tasmania), for one share of Å“50, First of September, 1835, No.147 of 183 printed, on vellum, issued to William Field, signed by Philip Oakden and Lewis Gilles as directors. No banknotes are known to have survived from this bank. With two folds and some foxing, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $0
Debentures. Municipality of Clarence, Instalment Debenture to Hobart Savings Bank, 1957, unissued; Argentine, City of Santa Fe, Loan of 1889; Peru, Compania Nacional del Ferrorarril Mineral de Pasco, 1872; South Africa, The British South Africa Company, 1955; Spain, Compania Anonima De Los Ferro-Carriles, 1857; Sweden, Aktiebolaget Kreuger & Toll, Participating Debenture, 1928. Most with some dividend interest coupons attached, fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Australia. Accessories Service Limited, 1927; Anselm Odling & Sons (Australasia), 1929; Arthur Rickard & Co Extended Limited, 1920; Ashwoods Limited, 1910; Australian Linoleum Company, 1924; Australian Slate Quarries, Willunga, South Australia, 1920; Chalmers Gyrator Committee, bond for share entitlement, 1934; Coastal Fisheries Limited, 1927; Co-operative Breweries of Tasmania, 1927; Davys Proprietary Limited, 1925; A. & E. Ellis Limited, 1927; Golden Gate Development, 1933 (only 200 shares on issue, very scarce); Greyhound Coursing Association, 1928; The Hamey Mill and Recovery Company, 1927; Holdsworth, Macpherson & Co, 1927; Home Recreations (Australia) Limited, 1929; Lawson Holdings (New Guinea) No Liability (reg’d N.S.W.), 1929; Mercantile Bond Ltd, 1922; Provincial Electric Supply Co, 1935; Real Investments Limited, 1928; Rufe Naylor Investments, 1939 (only 500 shares on issue, scarce); Tailem Bend and Murray Coal Company, 1922; W.Curtis Limited, 1939. Very fine, some scarce. (23)
Estimate $270
SOLD $400
Australia. Aarons Exchange Hotel Company, 1903 (In liquidation); Launceston Gas Company, 1889, together with a company Transfer Form dated 1906 transferring shares from Elizabeth Offer to John Henry Hart both of Launceston; Rufe Naylor Theatres Limited, Melbourne, 1927; The Buckenbowra Wattle Bark Company, N.S.W., 1910. All except the first with tears or pieces missing from edges, otherwise fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Sundry. Alt’s Brewing & Wine & Spirit Co, Sydney, 1890; Australia and New Zealand Pictures (successors to Cinema Art Films), New Zealand, 1931, together with company letter to shareholder; Co-operative Breweries of Tasmania, Hobart (2) dated 1927 and 1928; The Mercantile Bank of Sydney, receipt for call due, 1890; The New City Club Company, 1872; Sanders, Sutton & Whitehead, Limited, Sydney, 1910 (2), 1911, 1912 (2); The Sydney Agency and Finance Company, Sydney, 1888 (2, consecutive), 1889 (7, includes two consecutive trios). The first item with large paper splits and small pieces missing from edges, some others with paper splits and foxing, first one of the last item with wide section of bottom right corner missing, overall good - fine. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Australia. Australian Cities Investment Corporation, 1904, green print; Australian Maikop Oil Company Limited, 1910, brown print; Australian Oil Wells Company, 1914; Australian Petroleum Development Company, 1922, for one Å“20 share of one thousand two hundred and fifty on offer, overprinted ’Fully Paid Up’ in red on front and ’Dividend Paid’ stamped on back; Australian & General Asbestos Company, 1928; Anglo-Australian Gold Development Limited, 1933, magenta print; Australian Mining Trust Limited, 1937, black on green; Australian Oil Development, Gippsland, blue; Alliance Petroleum Australia N.L., 1970. With folds and some with pinholes, otherwise fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $130
SOLD $0
Australia. A.J.Benjamin, 1960; Afforestation (Aust), 1939; Allied Glass Manufacturers, 1934; Bailbrook House, (regd 1898, unissued); Beaconsfield Lime Products, 1951; Bolwarrah and Gordon’s Amalgamated, 1934; Bond’s Industries, 1944; Chevron Sydney, 1962; Dow Properties, 1973; Erolite Industries, 1951; The Graziers’ Co-operative Shearing Company, 1947; Great Western (Nepean) Gravel, 1938; Highgates Limited, 1938; Merrydown Wine Company, 1983; The North Eastern Grazing Company, 1920s, unissued; Northern Territory Land Company, 1936, together with separate Transfer Form; The Original Mont de Pi‚t‚, 1952; Palgrave Corporation, 1963; Producers’ Oilwell Supplies, 1940, Richcakes Limited, 1933, issued to Herbert Adams; Victorian Producers’ Co-operative Company, 1951; Waikiki Motel (inc. W.A.), 1960. Very fine.
Estimate $110
SOLD $0
Australia. A. & E. Ellis Limited, 1923; The Anchor Fence Company of Australia, 1909; Anderson & Company, 1933; Anderson’s Tanneries, 1919; Angus Railway Safe Running Electrical Apppliances Company, 1911; Antifyre (Australia) Limited, 1925 (only 10,000 shares on issue); Australian Commonwealth Estates & Building Coy, 1924; Australian Rubber Moulders, 1928; Blennerhassett’s Institue of Accountancy, 1928; Builders Limited, 1929; Drillers Limited, 1935; Dux Electric Heaters (N.S.W.), 1927; Electric Supplies and Engineering, 1922; The Flagstone Tin Mining Company, 1926; Frank Grimley, 1902 (owner’s shares in name of Frank Grimley); Frozene Ice Cream, Surry Hills, 1929; The Hobbs Gearless Drive, 1932; James Hurll & Company, 1921; Lakes Entrance Development Company, 1930; Lamplough Patent Crushing Mills, 1935 (only 600 shares on issue, scarce); Pani-ilota Limited, 1910; Richardson’s Patent Building Stone Company, 1908 (only 60 shares on issue, very scarce); Riley Newman Direct Export Produce Company, 1918; The Watchman Newspaper, 1903; Yemelba Holdings Limited, 1935 (only 200 shares on issue, very scarce). Very fine, some very scarce. (25)
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Australia. A.G.Healing, 1964; A.J.Benjamin, 1960; Apex Commodity Traders, 1979; Armstrong Jones Australian Growth Fund (2, 1987 and 1991, both different); Associated Rural Industries, 1965; Associated Securities, 1978; A.F.T.Property and Building Trusts No 8, 1988; Coles Myer, 1993; Collin Holdings, 1973; Co-operative Farmers and Graziers Direct Meat Supply, 1967; Cox Brothers (Australia), 1958; Erolite Industries Corporation, 1951; Federated Engineering Industries, 1961; Federated Industries Limited, 1968; Foster’s Brewing Group, 1995; Gem Property Trust, 1993; Health & Life Care, 1989; International Footwear Industries, 1963; Matured Pine Trees, 1956; Olive Oil (Dimboola) Industry No 3 Issue, unissued; Plantation Holdings, 1969; Reid Murray Holdings (2, 1959 and 1960, both different); Southern Australia Perpetual Forests, 1974, with attached broker’s receipt and compliments form; Victorian Producers’ Co-operative Company, 1954; Victorian Wheatgrowers Corporation, 1957. Overall very fine. (27)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Sundry unissued certificates, mostly from Melbourne offices; Charles Laffitte & Company Limited, 1866, for one share of Å“20, in english and french; The South Eastern Gold Mining Company, share warrant for five ’A’ ordinary shares of Å“1 each, with twenty coupons, mauve on cream; The Australian Iron Syndicate; Allandale Mining Company, 190-, blue; Rover Tin Mining Company, 190-, with some minor spotting; Pioneer Tin Mining Company, 190- (3), white (2) and blue; South German Reef Gold Mining Company, Maldon, 190-, pink on green; Lancefield (W.A.) Gold Mine, 194-, blue; and a transfer of shares form for the County of Bourke Permanent Building and Investment Society, 190-, with rust mark from paperclip. Extremely fine. (11 items)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Sundry. South Melbourne Bowling Club, Emerald Hill, 1876, one pound debenture, No.88; Pomeroy Smoke Consumer & Fuel Economiser Limited, 1911, one share of Å“10 of twelve hundred on offer. First with spike hole, folds, very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Australia sundry. Rubberised Leather & Tyre Company Limited, 1907, for one hundred shares of 1/6 each; Leatherubber Company Proprietary Limited (with Proprietary blacked out), 1908, red on white, Victoria one penny duty stamp on back; Woods-Little Stone Dresser Limited, 1910, red and black on pink; New Austral Rubber, Protector & Tyre Manufacturing Company Pty Ltd, 1917, seven Å“5 shares of an issue of five hundred, repaired with tape on back; White Star Manufacturing Company, 1915, one Å“20 share of an issue of three hundred, holed and torn in centre; Australian Manufacturing and Perfume Company Limited, 1920, red on cream; Daily Mail Newspaper Limited, 1923, black on beige. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Australia sundry. Standard Quarries Limited, 1911, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, blue on blue, overprinted ’Ordinary’ in red; Complex Ores Limited, 1912, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, overprinted ’Paid Up’ in red; Scottish Collieries Limited, 1914, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, black on grey, overprinted ’Fully Paid Up’ in red; Kingsville Quarries & Contractors Limited, 1927, for one thousand shares of Å“1 each; Commonwealth Mining & Finance Limited, 1935, pink on cream; Stanhill Consolidated Limited, 1961, red and green on cream; Exoil, 1962, black on green; Cox Brothers (Australia) Limited, 1967; Hastings Exploration, 1970; Kambalda Minerals, 1970, green on green; Kimberley Minerals Holdings Limited, 1971, black and red on green. Some with pinholes, folds, fine - very fine. (11)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Australia and New Zealand. Australia: Beath Schiess & Felstead, 1920; Claridge House Limited, unissued (3); Flesselles Abutment Screw Limited, 1934; New Zealand: Coal, Oil (N.Z.) Limited, 1931; Flax Lands Development, 1934; Siltland Bond; Taranaki (N.Z.) Oil Fields (2, 1929 and 1938 both different plates). Fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $90
SOLD $140
New South Wales. Austral Papuan Investments, 1923; The Bankstown Land Company, 1887; The Bates Wave Power Company, 1929; Blakey’s Limited, 1916; George Hudson & Son Ltd, 1912; Goulburn Woolen Mills, 1923; Holt-Sutherland Estate Company, 1900 (only 6,000 shares on issue); The Page Estates Limited, 1913; The Rose Bay Freehold Company, 1917 (Royal Sydney Golf Club, Rose Bay); The Sydney Building Company (1886). Very fine, some scarce. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
New South Wales shipping. The New South Wales Coal and Inter-Colonial Steam Navigation Company, 1853, one share no.57836 to George Cavell, 25 Change Alley. A few foxing spots, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
New South Wales. New South Wales Fuel Economising Co Limited, 1899, for seven hundred and fifty shares of Å“1 each, overprinted ’Fully Paid Up’ in green, black on green and cream. With pinholes, folds and small piece missing middle of top border, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Victoria. A.U.Alcock Electric Light and Motive Power Company Limited, third issue, five hundred shares of Å“1 each, 27th November 1891, handwritten notation in ink across front. With tape repairs to tears on back top and bottom edges, otherwise fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Victoria sundry. Bacchus Marsh Concentrated Milk Company Limited, 1913, for two hundred shares of Å“1 each, overstamped ’cancelled’ in blue twice; Victorian Hydro-Electric Company, 1913, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, blue on pink, overprinted ’Fully Paid Up’, bottom right corner missing and a tear has been repaired top border on back; Victorian Orchardists’ Co-operative Association Limited, 1919, green on green; Victorian Blue Gum Sawmilling Company Proprietary Limited, 1920; Surrey Engine and Boiler Works Proprietary Limited, 1920, one Å“10 debenture of an issue of two hundred; National Portland Cement Limited, 1924, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, overstamped ’Fully Paid Up’ in blue; K.L.Tractors Limited, 1948, for two hundred shares of Å“1 each; Hastings and District Co-operative Cool Stores Limited, 1956. Fine. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Victoria. Caldwell Machine Gun Company Limited, 1915, for fifty shares of 10/- each, blue on aqua. With pinholes, folds, handwritten notations right border, fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Victoria. Forbes Patent Course and Distance Recorder Company, Proprietary Limited, 1907, Geelong, for three preferent shares of Å“50, No.s 5-7, of fifty preferent shares and two hundred ordinary shares on offer. Pinholes, folds, small rust spot top left border, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Victoria. Langlands Foundry Company Limited, one hundred shares of Å“2.10 each, 23rd April 1891, signed H.W.Langlands as Manager. With pinholes, centre fold and partially stained pink, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140