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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
SOLD $110
Colony of Victoria, Land Grant by Purchase, to Robert Gregory of Hepburn, six acres in the County of Talbot, Parish of Wombat, signed, sealed and dated by Governor Sir Charles Hotham, 19th January 1855; Certificate of Title, to William Bryant of Sale, an allotment in the township of Cunninghame, 6th October 1874. Both on vellum, first with cracked seal, second with pieces missing on folded corners, fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Colony of Victoria, Lease, parchment indenture from S.F.Slaughter to The Victorian Beet Root Sugar Company Limited for lease of land in the Brisbane Ranges, dated 30 December 1871; another Confirmation of Lease, parchment indenture from Frederick Wm Armytage to The Victorian Beetroot (note different spelling to above) Sugar Company Limited for lease of land at Station Peak Duck Ponds, dated 12 July 1872, together with related correspondence. Good very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Miner's Right, Colony of Victoria, Smythesdale, 2 March 1874, Series D No.40430 in name of Joseph Findlay Clapperton, together with list of Lienors to Block of Claim No 281 and No 447, also Lien Ticket assigning shareholdings in a gold mining company at Haddon to Joseph Findlay Clapperton as manager of the Union Bank of Australia, Smythesdale, dated 23 March 1874, all secured at top left corner with a contemporary cross shaped pin binder marked 'W.C.S. & Co / Paper Binder'. The last document with fold splits and edge damage, otherwise overall fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $80
Colony of Victoria, Conveyance, parchment indenture from John Stone to Samuel F.W.Jackson, dated 25 November 1884 for purchase of land and buildings at 15 University Street, Carlton, Victoria, signed and wax sealed and with a half-a-crown and 2 x ten shillings Victoria duty stamps affixed. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Colony of Victoria, Mineral Leases to Thomas Kidd Johnston of Melbourne to mine six hunded and forty acres (per lease) for coal in the Parish of Narracan, Mining District of Gippsland, Nos 1996 and 1997, signed and dated by Sir John Madden, Government Administrator, 12th September 1898. Some wear to edges, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Colony of Queensland, Conveyance, on vellum, between Ellis Read and the Australian Joint Stock Bank, of land on the County of Herbert, Town of Bowen, dated 8th October 1867; Colony of New South Wales, Release, on vellum, between John Piper Mackenzie and The Australian Joint Stock Bank in the matter of the insolvent estate of William Ray, dated 4th October 1869. Second document stained along one foldline, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Colony of South Australia, Letters of Naturalization to Theodor Schneider, teacher, age 39, of Greenock being a native of Goerliez in Germany, granting British citizenship, dated 24 December 1895, with impressed paper over wax seal; Last Will and Testament of Theodore (otherwise Theodor) Schneider, probate registered, 12 May 1940, with affixed Probate Registry notice directing that no portion of the assets be distributed or paid during the War to any beneficiary or creditor who is a German subject wherever resident without express sanction of the Crown. Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $50
Tasmania mining, important documents, letters, accounts and papers re Edwin George Clarke who, in the late 1890s and early 1900s, was involved in the leasehold of the Zeehan, Victoria and the Exchange Hotels and also with leaseholding of land in the Ringarooma River area in respect of tin mining and in particular with The Ringarooma Tribute; a mining section on the Haskinson River; The Tullibardine; also with leases near Moorina and Derby and lease on 110 acres of land at Casha; other documents and correspondence re such companies as Ringarooma Tin Dredging; The Tasmanian Tin Dredging Company Limited; The Curtin Davis Proprietory Company NL; The United Prospecting Association NL; The Curtin and Davis Consols Mining Coy; Queen River Dredging and Sluicing Coy; also The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneers Limited. A rare collection of documents relating to Tasmanian east and west coast mining history, very good - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $2,000
Passed in
Receipt for goods, supplied to Gilnough, Bolton 8/5/1833, signed by William Harrison; London letter dated 31.12.1839 to H.G.Holden; letter dated 31.3.1841 to Mr Sep Herbert, Waterloo House, Hindley St, Adelaide, South Australia; envelope imprinted General Chen Chia-shang, Chinese Air Force, Office of the Commanding General, Taipei, Taiwan, China, postmarked Taipei 31.7.1959, Chinese text written on, addressed to Air Marshall F.R.W.Scherger, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C. One tear and some foxing on last otherwise fine, the rest good - fine. (4)
Estimate $30
SOLD $510
Sight note, Castlemaine, £10.5.0, 9 Oct 1871, payable to Mr John Scully, Tanner, Muckleford. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Sight note, Adelaide, August 1st, 1876, drawn on English Scottish & Australian Chartered Bank, for £6.4.0. Very fine.
Estimate $60
Passed in
Sight note, South Australia, £12.17.9, 1st July 1892, payable to Mr A. Scholz at Bank of Victoria, Kaniva, bank stamps for Eng. Scot. & Aust. Chart. Bank and Bank of Victoria Limited on front, duty stamps for both Victoria and South Australia also on front. Very fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
Sight note, Hobart Town, Union Bank of Australia, £49.15.2, 17th July 1840, No. 2/2991 to Mr P. Stephenson, Blacksmith, Collins St, Union Bank of Australia stamp on front, endorsed on back for £50.17.5. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $40
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
Passed in
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 $100
SOLD $40
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
SOLD $20
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
Passed in
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 $30
SOLD $80
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 $30
Passed in
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 $100
SOLD $100
Union Bank of Australia, Third of Exchange, Launceston, 22nd August 1861, No. 6340, for £293.10.5, in favour of Mr D.Grubb Esq. Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $20
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 $50
SOLD $10
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 $150
SOLD $190
Photo album, of 180 black and white photos, WWII era, includes New Zealand and English warships, scenes from various ports of call and a number of photos featuring 1940s era motor bikes and bike racing scenes in New Zealand. Fine - very fine. (180)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Historic newspapers, all Telegraph issues, Death of Diana, tribute liftouts 2-13/9/1997, colour liftout magazines parts 1-12, colour portraits approx A4 size (10), Chuck & Di Have a Baby paper doll book; Sydney 2000 Olympics, Opening Olympic Torch (15/9/00), Opening Ceremony (16/9/00), Closing Ceremony (2/10/00), Olympic & Paralympics Grand Finale souvenir edition (30/10/00), Secrets of the Olympics Collectors Series liftout; special millennium editions (4, 31/12/99, 1/1/00, 2/1/00, 1/1/01); Don Bradman tribute issue 27/2/01 and souvenir liftouts (3); wedding of Princess Mary & Prince Frederick pictorial liftout; death of Steve Irwin editions 5 & 6/9/06, pictorial tribute 10/9/06, tribute drawing 11/9/06, and funeral tribute edition 21/9/06; Pope Paul VI 1970 Visit to Australia, various souvenir issues and pictorial issue; Stadium Australia gold package prospectus, 2000 Olympics; Olympics Live Guide with neck carry satchel; 2000 Olympics small souvenir calendars (3). Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (lot)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Qantas, and other airlines related, includes The History of Qantas 1919-1970 by John Gunn, 3 vols, 438, 534 and 470pp; other booklets, Pioneers of Flight an abridged history of Qantas (2), Welcome to Qantas Jet Base, Qantas Flight Guide c1976, wall posters of Qantas 737-800 painted in design of 'Yananyi Dreaming' (2); Cathay Pacific, in-flight menus for 1st class with historic Hong Kong print covers (5, 4 different); Ansett Story (2); The TAA Story; Australian Planes project book; heritage Collection - Nelson Meers Foundation 2004; also, Two Hundred Years - Australian History issues 1 - 4, 7, 10, 14, 15 (2), 16, 17 (11 in total). Very fine - nearly uncirculated. (30)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Unique Cars, Golden Holdens, Special 50th Anniversary collector's issue, 1998 (370pp); Peter Brock tributes from Daily Telegraph, pictorial 8/9/06, newspaper 9/9/06, poster 10/9/96; Harley Davidson motorcycles, photo books (2), large calendar 1997 (unopened), Cafe bag New York/Las Vegas, and two other catalogues; Classic Bikes calendar 1996; Exotic Cars calendar 1992; Blade, world no.1 knife publication, 1990-1993 (10 issues); Sun Herald Luna Park colour poster. Very fine - uncirculated. (23)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australian wall posters, (approx 720mm x 475mm) in colour, features, Banknotes of Australia; Coinage of Australia; Australians of the Year; Threatened Plants of Australia; Australian Great Ideas and Achievements; Flags of Australia; Exploration of Australia; Endangered Species of Australia; Prime Ministers of Australia; Emblems of Australia; Notable Women of Australia; Governors and Governors-General of Australia; some of these double sided with other historic information and images. Uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $50
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Phantom poster, glossy finish (48.5cm x 68cm) by Glen Ford, limited edition numbered 1042/2000, issued at time of Phantom trading cards Series 1. Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60