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U.S.A., WWII American Red Cross, Snack Bar, chit for 2 Francs, To be used in Snack Bar Only. Very fine.
Estimate $150
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U.S.A., WWII, U.S.Navy Enlisted Men's Club, Palermo, Sicily, chit book no.24631 for $1.00 with unused chits for 5 cents (3) and 10 cents (6), good during September, October and November 1944. Cover good fine, chits good very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
U.S.A., Commissioned Naval Officers' Club, Norfolk, Va., coupon book no.15179 for $1.00, with unused coupons for 5 cents and 10 cents (2); Officers' Open Mess, South Ruislip, A.P.O.125, chit book no.1876A for $3.00, with unused chits for 5 cents (11), 10 cents (5), 25 cents. Very fine - uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
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U.S.A., WWII, Officers' Club, U.S.Marine Corps, North China, chit book no.12115 for $5.00, Member's Card No.1548, with unused chits for 5, 10, 25, 50 cents. Cover good very fine, chits uncirculated.
Estimate $100
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U.S.A., WWII, Des-Cru-Pac Commissioned Officers' Mess, chit book no.2967 for $2.00 with four unused 5 cents chits inside, cover features drawings of cruisers and destroyers in tropical setting. Extremley fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
U.S.A., WWII, Coral Casino "The Airtel of the Pacific", 3 Wine Mess Chits $.50, 27 Mar 1945, chit must be used on date issued, authorised by Dick Fishell, Capt. USMCR, typed on manila paper, pencilled on back, 'Pelelui, Palaus Island, Jungle Tower, Caroline Islands'. Tape marks around edges, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
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U.S.A., WWII, Guadalcanal, Hotel De Gink, Mess Pass, good for one week beginning Aug 14 1944, typed on manila paper. Tape marks around edges, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
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U.S.A., WWII, Navy Yard, Pearl Harbour, Officers' Club, chit book no.79807A for $2.00, 22 Feb 1945 with two unused chits for 5 cents and 10 cents; Saipan Island, Pacific Fleet Commissioned Officers' Mess, Navy 3245, chit book no.7115 for $2.00 with one unused chit for 5 cents, written above Navy 3245 is the word 'Saipan'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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U.S.A., WWII, Hawaii, Commissioned Officers' Mess, Navy Yard, Pearl Harbour, chit book no.93847A for $2.00, 17 Jul 1945, issued to D.E.Odell, USS Selinur AKA41, with unused chits for 5 cents (2) and 25 cents; Commissioned Officers' Beach Club, Kailua, chit book no.13872 for $2.00, 1945, issued to as above, with unused chit for 25 cents; Ala Wei Commissioned Officers' Club, chit book no.82358 for $2.00, with unused chits for 5, 10 and 25 cents. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
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U.S.A., Air Force, 350th Air Service Sqdn, Dago Village Social Club, chit book for 300 Lire, contains unused chits for 1 Lire (3), 2 Lire (10), 5 Lire (18), 25 Lire; 449th Airmen's Club, Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska, chit book no.10932 E for $5.00, unused; Officers' Mess, Orlando Air Base, Orlando, Fla., chit book no.32355A for $1.00, unused. The first very fine and scarce, the others uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $150
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U.S.A., Club 72, 72nd Engineer Det. (Surv.), APO 09155, chit book no.1501 for $5.00, unused; Black Sea NCO Open Mess, Diogenese Station, APO N.Y. 09133, chit book no.626 for $5.00, unused; NCO & EM Open Mess, ECN147, Wildflecken Trng. Area, APO N.Y. 09026, chit book no.251 for $5.00, unused. All chits perforated 'CANCELED' (sic), nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $150
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U.S.A., 1947, 3rd Army HQ./Officers' Club, Bar Chits book no.E4506 for 10 Dollars, 14 April 47, with one unused chit for 5 cents (loose), back cover piece missing, written inside for reunion in Heidelberg and also signed by Police Advisor P.M. U.S.Constabulary, Heidelberg; Headquarters Eighth Army, Officers' Club (formerly Yokohama Bankers' Club), chit book for 75.00 yen, with unused chit for 3 yen. Covers fine, chits extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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ACS BCOF, one unit, c.1950, in aluminium (21mm) (Yarwood AUT031) (2); H.M.Forces - Transport on Prepayment, ticket no.AKP2143 (centre fold but intact); Hong Kong, Peak Tramways Co Ltd, first class ticket no.987552 with 'used' punch hole; Japan, 1946-1951 issued notes, one yen, ten yen and one hundred yen (P.85a, 87a, 89a). Some foxing on notes, fine - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $30
SOLD $90
One dollar - one hundred dollars collection, one dollar, Knight/Stone (1979) DAS, Johnston/Stone (1982) DHK, DHS, DKB, DKL (R.77, 78); two dollars, Johnston/Stone (1983) JZH 799400 first prefix, Johnston/Fraser (1985) LKG, LLX 672873/4 consecutive pair, LLX 738057, LNZ, LPQ, LQC, LQF (R.88a, 89); five dollars, Johnston/Stone (1983) PDX, Fraser/Cole (1992) AA 73, Fraser/Evans (1995) BF 95 (R.208, 214, 217); ten dollars, Knight/Stone (1979) OCRB TVZ, Johnston/Fraser (1988) AA 10 (2), Fraser/Evans (1993) EH 93 (R.307b, McD GF$10 1, R.316); twenty dollars, Knight/Stone (1983) OCRB VFT, Fraser/Evans (1994) GG 94 (R.407b, 416a); fifty dollars, Knight/Stone (1979) YGR, Fraser/Evans (1995) IJ 95 (R.507, 516a); one hundred dollars, Johnston/Stone (1984) ZAG (R.68). Stored in a banknote album, very fine - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
New South Wales, Colonial Police Fund notes, ten shillings and one pound uncut on single sheet as printed by the Government Printer, George Howe on watermarked paper date 1813 (illustrated on page 22 of The Note Issues of the Colonial Police Fund of New South Wales 1810-1824,, published by the MCC in Sydney 1979, revised 1990 by Dr. W.J.Mira. Extremely fine and extremely rare, only two others known in private hands.
Estimate $30,000
SOLD $32,000
Bank of New South Wales, one pound, Sydney 1st day of July 1856 A254648 (MVR type 7b). Minor pinholes through extensive handling with multiple creasing however original quality paper very good or nearly fine and very rare as such an early circulated note.
Estimate $20,000
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The Bank of Adelaide, one pound, Adelaide, 1st June 1893, 1285781, two ink signatures of Powell and Newman (MVR.3). Punch hole 'CANCELLED' twice, multiple folds and creases, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $7,000
Cheques, Van Diemen's Land Bank, Hobart Town, August 2nd 1824, for the sum of sixty dollars; Bank of Van Diemen's Land, 15 Oct 1825, for the sum of fifty dollars; 26 June 1826 for the sum of eighty two dollars and forty cents; W.Knight, Hobart Town, February 3rd, 1857, for sixty eight pounds and eleven pence. With folds and pin holes, fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $800
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Van Diemen's Land, Hobart Town, handwritten "three months after date" pay to order Mr R. Burns, Hunter Street, ?26.6.11, dated 16 July 1835; another, Hobart Town, "promise to pay to Sarah Mitchell" ?20.0.0, 12 Dec 1854, first payable at the Derwent Bank, both endorsed on back. The Bank of Van Diemen's Land Limited, unissued cheque, Hobart, 18.., "for Hobart Savings Bank", with original counterfoil. Fine - extremely fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $270
The City Bank of Sydney, 187-., bank logo/vignette at left, unissued cheque. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $70
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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
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Pre-federation 'stage or theatre money', includes Bank of New South Wales, five pounds, Geelong, 1850's (2), fifty pounds, Sydney, 1862 (3); The Bank of Australasia, one pound, Adelaide, 1847, ten pounds, Adelaide, 1857 (3); The Bank of Australasia, Adelaide (1847); Union Bank, one pound, 1850's?; The Union Bank of Australia Limited, ten pounds, Perth, 1905 (12), also includes Great Britain, Bank of England, twenty pounds, 1935 (2), fifty pounds, 1935 (2), one hundred pounds, 1935 (2), an interesting group. Fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $140
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Ten shillings, Cerutty/Collins (1918) N 198801 H (R.3b). Limp paper, minute pin-hole otherwise nearly fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,400
Ten shillings, Cerutty/Collins (1918) M 642607 L (R.3b). With creases and folds, nearly fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,300
Ten shillings, Kell/Collins (1926) A/32 262928 (R.5). Very fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,200
Ten shillings, Kell/Collins (1926) A/32 715622 (R.5). Flattened of folds, slightly trimmed, stained, good fine.
Estimate $1,250
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Ten shillings, Kell/Collins (1926) A/28 336185 (R.5). Flattened and cleaned, otherwise very good.
Estimate $750
SOLD $900
Ten shillings, Kell/Collins (1926) A/27 444444 (R.5) solid number note. Flattened of folds, tears and soiled, fair.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Ten shillings, Riddle/Heathershaw (1928) A/66 142531 (R.7). Good very fine.
Estimate $3,000
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Ten shillings, Riddle/Heathershaw (1928) A/98 698676 (R.7). Good colour, good very fine.
Estimate $1,000
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