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Holy Bible, black leather bound (150mm x 90mm), containing the Old and New Testaments, printed at the University Press for the Trinitorian Bible Society, 1845, signed inside 'John Bligh Augt 4th 1847', other family members' names entered 'Elizabeth Bligh Nutting, grandaughter of John O'C Bligh 1899, Philip Bligh Nutting born 11.8.1903, grandson of John O'Connell Bligh 1935', spine torn, loose pages, some water staining; Eucharistica, black leather bound (120mm x 75mm, 210pps), printed by Levey, Robson and Franklyn, Great New Street, Fetter Lane, London, hand signed in ink 'Mrs Bligh' with handwritten entry 'To be given to my dear boy John when I have done with it', title page signed 'Elizabeth Bligh', some pages loose and with pieces missing; Common Prayer Book, black leather bound (145mm x 85mm) gold blocked title and crucifix on front and back covers, Oxford, printed at the University Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co, 1840, first handwritten entry on first page 'From my darling daughter Fanny Anne in exchange for one I gave her on her birthday 9 September 1849. To be given to my dear boy John hereafter 17th July 1854 - on board Magdalena', title page signed 'Elizabeth Bligh'. Spine torn on edge, water stains inside covers, otherwise fine. (3)
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,700
Amalgamated Mining Employees Association of Victoria and Tasmania, sixpence provision coupon, 1B 908, for goods charge(d) to the Lyell Branch, signed by the President, Secretary, Treasurer and Trustee, red print on white paper, (134x104mm) printed by the Herald Print. Fine and rare.
Estimate $150
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Petrol Coupons (Motor Spirit Ration Tickets) 1939-49, one - forty-four gallons, an extensive collection housed in an album, includes Victoria, NSW, Tasmania and Western Australia. Fine - uncirculated. (123)
Estimate $400
SOLD $300
Petrol coupons, includes first two types, plus issues from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia, New Zealand and U.S.A., also a few ration chits. Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (17)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
An album containing discount vouchers and tickets, Child Endowment Orders (6), issued and unused cheques, and share certificates (3), Reserve Bank £10 bundle label, most from Western Australia. Fine - uncirculated, some scarce. (36)
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
N.S.W. Government Tramways, one penny with design of Great Britain 'Old Head' Queen Victoria penny at left and N.S.W. arms at right, joined vertical pair, printed in dark blue on light card, printed red x across and also on reverse and additionally with OS on reverse. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
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Department of Road Transport and Tramways, N.S.W., a large collection of Staff Tickets from many different Sydney tramlines, includes Narrabean Line (2); Neutral Bay Line (4); Northbridge Line (2); Taronga Park Line (4); Lane Cove Line (1); La Perouse Line (1); Watsons Bay line (6); Waverley - Randwick Extension Line (3); Zetland Extension Line (1); Dowling St. Depot to Waterloo Junc, Line (8); Newcastle Lines, Waratah Line (2); Wallsend Line (4) all tickets different, for use to different junctions, depots, loops, terminus and avenues. A very rare group, very fine - uncirculated. (38)
Estimate $250
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Australian transportation tickets and passes, a selection of mostly train, bus and ferry, also a few ferry tokens, contains several scarce items, including a special souvenir ticket for 'The Opening of the Electrification of the Northern Line to Gosford'. Good - uncirculated. (37)
Estimate $100
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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 $70
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Van Diemen's Land, cheques, Derwent Bank, 26 Feb 1820 for ten pounds; 9 Feb 1837 for three pounds twelve shillings; 27 Feb 1841 for six pounds three shillings and sixpence, this cheque payable to Mr W G Elliston and endorsed 'Wm Gore Elliston' on the back by him. The last with small spike hole and two pin holes, otherwise all three very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
A collection of printer's proofs, first, second and thirds of exchanges, all printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co, London, all with vignettes top centre and decorative design on left side, including Bank of Australasia, uncut sheet of three, first, second and third of exchange, Hobart Town, 185-, uncut sheet of three, first, second and third of exchange, Castlemaine, 186-, proof Fixed Deposit, Adelaide, South Australia, 18-- , with handwritten notation in Manager field, proof sight note, 186-, with handwriten notation in Manager and Accountant field; Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, uncut sheet of three, first, second and third of exchange, Sydney, 18--; The London Chartered Bank of Australia, uncut sheet of three, first, second (with handwritten notation in Manager field) and third of exchange, Dunolly, 18--; The National Bank of Australasia, uncut sheet of three, first, second and third of exchange, Melbourne, 18--, second of exchange, Melbourne, 18--, On Demand, Melbourne, 187-; uncut sheet of three, first, second and third of exchange, Adelaide, 18--; Union Bank of Australia, uncut sheet of three, first, second and third of exchange, Melbourne, 18--. Housed in a green folder, some with foxing to edges, seven individual notes with pieces missing from right side, otherwise fine - nearly extremely fine. (7 sheets and 4 individual notes)
Estimate $2,500
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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 $30
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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., Dunedoo; 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; 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. Fine - uncirculated. (41)
Estimate $120
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Commercial Bank of Australia, Australian currency traveller's cheques, five pounds (1963) and ten pounds (1962), marked on back 'issued in South Australia by The Savings Bank of South Australia', stamped and perforated PAID; bank draft from The National Provincial and Union Bank of England, Mansfield, no.F18, 14th July 1924, drawn to Bank of Australasia, Launceston, Tasmania to pay Sadlier & Knight Ld; Australian Banknote Souvenir Card (replica Treasury Note) no.0235, 2nd Australian International Banknote Fair, Sydney, 28th February, 1990. Very fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $50
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A group of 'Warrants for Interest', Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, 30.9.1891 for £12.18.7; another, 30.9.1896 for £3.4.7; another, 31.12.1899 for £0.8.8; another, 31.3.1900 for £0.18.3; The Australasian Joint Stock Bank Ltd, 21.2.1895 for £11.19.3. Mostly fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $60
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Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, specimen traveller's cheques and instructions, Australian and English currencies, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollars, five, ten, twenty and fifty pounds, 1977; The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, specimen sterling traveller's cheques, five, ten, twenty and fifty pounds, 1972, in multilingual instruction folder. All cheques printed specimen in red, the folders very fine, the cheques uncirculated. (2 folder sets)
Estimate $50
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Travellers Cheques, The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited complete 'Specimen' set containing 10, 20, and 50 dollars 'Australian currency' '000000' on original official folders of issue. Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $80
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The National Bank of Tasmania Limited, fixed deposit receipt No.261 for £200 lodged at Stanley 4th January 1890 at a rate of 5% per annum, paid out on Jan 4, 1891. Very fine.
Estimate $150
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The Union Bank of Australia Limited, string bound folder containing specimen Union Bank forms, Letter of Demand, Branch, imprint of Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd, Melbourne, another but for London Office, imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co Ld, London S.E., both for Sterling currency; Letter of Introduction for Bank's Credit document, Branch, no imprint, another but for London Office, imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co Ld, London; Burns Philp & Company Limited, Bridge Street, Sydney, Letter of Credit on Union Bank of Australia and another Letter of Introduction, both with imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co Ld, London, together with instructions for use of Burns Philp credit forms. Good very fine - extremely fine and scarce. (6)
Estimate $80
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Cheques, a collection in three albums, mainly Western Australia, many made out in favour of G. Bamford in the early 1980's; specimen travellers cheques from The National Bank of Australasia Limited; Derwent Bank, Hobart Town, 1833; Western Australia Government Stock Option, 1918; application forms for CBA War Loan Bonds; various receipts; also includes a Fanning Island Pound (bi-sected), Keeling Cocos, 1/10 rupee, funny money and Japanese invasion money (JIM) for Oceania. Very good - uncirculated. (160)
Estimate $200
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The English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited, specimen Letter of Introduction and List of Correspondents cover, printed Specimen in red on inside pages. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
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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 $60
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Australia, decimal currency computer for converting £.S.D. to decimal currency (round card) (120mm); another 'with compliments Crosby Sensitizing Pty Ltd'; another, metal (64 mm) 'with compliments multi-form printers pty ltd'; another 'J.P.P Decimal converter', card manufactured by J.P. Products Pty Ltd Croydon, South Australia; another Amalgamated Wireless Valve Company PL; another ANZ Bank Currency Conversion Guide. Good very fine - good extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Miners rights, Colony of Victoria, Ballarat, 1896, 1897 and 1898 (2) for five shillings; Western Australia, Yilqarn Goldfield, 1894, issued to Patrick (Paddy) Hannan. First four modern copies, last modern facsimilie, very fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
Territory of New South Wales. Purchase of a Town Allotment by auction in the town of Broulee, County of St Vincent, by William Hindson and Henry Eldred Hindson, on vellum, signed, sealed and dated by Governor Sir George Gipps, 31st March 1841. With folds and some foxing on bottom edge, good very fine.
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria. Documents including, Attested copy Land Grant by Purchase of seventeen acres and thirty perches in the Parish of Boroondara by James Denham Pinnock, 11th April 1845; Attested copy, Reconveyance of Mortgage, James Simpson, Vice President of the Savings Bank of Port Phillip and James Denham Pinnock, 19th October 1852; Lease of Australian Club and Boarding House, 12th January 1856; Bond, between William Richardson and John Henry Bates and Daniel Stodhart Campbell and Henry Creswick, 13th January 1857; together with Plan of Subdivision in Hawthorn Village; Plan of Freehold Property at Lyttelton; Fire and Life Insurance Policy and receipt, to Henry Creswick, 28th October 1865; receipts from Victoria Fire and Marine Insurance Company, 1849, the Bank of Victoria, 1852 and 1853, Mr Cracken's City Brewery limited, 1888; letter to accompany cheque from the Commercial Wharf Company, Adelaide 18[900]. Fair - very fine. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Colony of Victoria. Mortgage, handwritten on vellum, between Henry Creswick of the City of Melbourne and George Fairbairn of Glenelg, of ten acres one rood and twenty perches in the Parish of Boroondara, 29th November 1852; Lease of Land, handwritten on vellum, between Francis Clark of the City of Melbourne and James Watson of Heidelberg of seven acres in the Parish of Keelbundora, 10 October 1853. With foxing, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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Colony of Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase of Special Lands, John Elder, William Elder and Nairne Guthrie Elder of eighty one acres, one rood and twenty perches on the County of Grenville, Parish of Wurrook, on vellum, signed, sealed and dated by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 14th May 1862. With folds, fine.
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria. Land Demise, on vellum, to Duncan Smith, sheep farmer of Coleraine, agricultural land measuring two hundred and thirty five acres one rood and ten perches in the County of Dundas, Parish of Toolka, signed, sealed and dated, Governor Sir Charles Henry Darling, 1st June 1865. Seal cracked on fold, very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
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Colony of Victoria. Land conveyance handwritten on vellum, between the Shire of Ripon and Messrs George Russell, William Lewis and Stephen Buckland for land and an old road in the Parish of Mahkwallok, dated 12th July 1876, with five Victoria duty stamps affixed of fourpence, sixpence, one, two and ten shillings. With folds, spike hole, stamps fiscally used, good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400