Catalogue
Banking, sight notes for South Australia, mostly English Scottish & Australian Bank, Clare 13 August 1874, Adelaide 1 May 1879, Adelaide 18 November 1909, Clare 20 June 1910, Clare 29 August 1913, Adelaide 1 October 1916, Clare 27 September 1943; fixed deposit receipts from English Scottish & Australian Bank, Blyth 9 November 1934, Brinkworth 6 March 1940; Interest Warrant for E.S.& A. Bank, Adelaide 1 January 1942; fixed deposit receipts from English Scottish & Australian Chartered Bank, Clare 28 September 1868 and another, 14 March 1872; blank promissory note 19- printed with six pence New South Wales stamp duty included. Mostly different designs, very good - very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Sight note, Adelaide, August 1st, 1876, drawn on English Scottish & Australian Chartered Bank, for ú6.4.0. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Victoria, Melbourne, promissory notes nos.1003 and 1004, dated 15th Oct 1877, due twenty five and twenty six months after date for ú7.0.0 each, payable to Messrs S.Soleberg & Son at Oriental Bank, Sandhurst, signed by Thomas A.Rogers, various stamps and writing on back of each and two bank stamps on front of each, vignette at left, printed by Evans Bros Melbourne; Charlton, promissory note, unnumbered, dated 9th June 1881, due six months after date for ú50.0.0, payable to The Bank of Australasia, signed by Thos ?reehnan, affixed one shilling Victoria duty stamp, vignette at left, printed by Sands & McDougall, Melbourne. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Victoria, Boort, promissory note, unnumbered, dated Feb 16th 1885 due three months after date for ú15.10.0, issued by David Beattie payable to W.Kirk at the National Bank, vignette at left and affixed Victoria sixpence duty stamp, marked on back 'Refer to Drawer' 21/5/85 and signature of payee. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Victoria, Birregurra, promissory note, no.427 dated 1st May 1888 due six months after date, for ú100.0.0 payable to The Colonial Bank of Australasia, Birregurra, signed by John Keeghan, stamped 'PAID', purple and white embossed Victoria duty stamp for two shillings, printed By Authority John Ferres, Government Printer; another, unnumbered, dated 13th May 1892 due three months after date, for ú5.3.0, payable to Colonial Bank of Australasia, Birregurra, signed by Thomas Kettle with his mark (X) with witness signature, pink and white embossed Victoria duty stamp for six pence, printed By Authority Robt.S.Brain, Government Printer. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
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Tasmania, Table Cape, promissory note no.68 dated April 18th, 1889 due four months after date, for ú44.0.0, payable to C.Webb at National Bank of Tasmania, Stanley, name of R.W.MacKenzie, Table Cape in vignette at left, printed by Aikenhead & Button, red and white embossed Tasmania duty stamp for sixpence, oval stamp (twice) of The Commercial Bank of Tasmania Limited, Latrobe, signatures and stamp on back. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Sight note, South Australia, ú12.17.9, 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 $60
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Second of Exchange, National Bank of Australasia, London, no.3.496 dated 9th June 1892 for ú25.0.0 payable to Gordon Bowring Esq at the bank's Head Office, Melbourne, Victoria, watermark of the bank's name within patterned border; promissory note, handwritten for ú10.0.0 dated 11th November 1811 from William Welsh and Jon Welsh to James Johnstone, impressed 1 shilling VI pence duty stamp featuring Order of the Garter; handwritten note of payment for 5 days work 1/6d, Jan 5th 1826. The second last with heavy foxing but all ink writing clear, very good, the last fine and the first very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Tasmanian Government, treasury bill no.322 dated at Hobart, 8th December 1892 for ú100.0.0 sterling redeemable on 8th December 1895, with red and white embossed duty stamp for two shillings and sixpence, 'PAID' stamp and two cancelled punch holes at signatures. Good very fine.
Estimate $70
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Tasmanian Government, treasury bill no.593 dated at Hobart, 8th December 1892, for ú1,000.0.0 sterling redeemable on 8th December 1895, with red and white embossed duty stamps for one pound and five shillings, diagonal payment stamp, 'London Westminister Bank/for credit of/North China Insurance Co Ltd', two cancelled punch holes at signatures. Foxing and staining and tear at bottom left edge, fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
Bill of Exchange, Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Second of Exchange no.56/2535 dated 28 May 1914 at Singapore, pay on demand ú228.2.6 to The London Bank of Australia, vignette of arms at left, number 117467 printed in bottom left corner; another but a First of Exchange, unissued, 19-, with watermark 'WN/Extra Strong/587'. The first very fine, the second uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
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New South Wales, Willow Tree, promissory notes, nos.29 and 30, dated 22nd Sept 1917, due on demand for ú20.0.0 each, payable to M.L.O'Brien at Commercial Banking Coy of Sydney Ltd, Willow Tree, signed by J.O'C.Danes, both with embossed red and white six pence duty stamp; Bank of New South Wales, Letter of Introduction, 19-, printed in red diagonally across, 'SPECIMEN', four punch holes cancelled. Extremely fine - good extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Postal note, Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales issue note, number A 377539, for two shillings (97mm x 201mm), stamped for issue at Tamworth MR 17/1910 and with affixed New South Wales penny postage stamps (2), printed by William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, number 13 written in top right corner. Creases and folds, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $360
Tattersall's ticket, no.57091, No.2 Melbourne Cup, for five shillings, November 7th 1911, printed 'Tasmanian Government/Stamp Duty/Pre-paid 2D'; political notes for Greater Hutt River (Lord Lang [Hancock]), McMahon, Whitlam (2), Fraser (4); also Golfers' Dollars for Caddy-In restaurant, Beverley Hills, NSW. The first with a few edge splits and creases but scarce, the political notes uncirculated, the last with some paper pest damage, fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
Military Fortnightly Ticket, N.S.W.G.R., second class, number 26801, blue stamp 31 sideways, available between Otford, Campbelltown, Kenny Hill, Penrith, Richmond, Cowan and branch lines, for soldiers in uniform only, expires 14 January, 1943, unsigned. Toned but virtually uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Victoria, 19th November 1851, copies of correspondence (May - Oct 1851) between the Government of this Colony (Vic) and the Government of Van Diemen's Land on the subject of the manumission and dispersion through the adjacent Colonies of convicts sent out under sentence of Transportation to Van Diemen's Land, 3-page printed document. Foxing on back of last page, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $50
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Boomerang Club (GB), booklet 1945; Lord's cricket match cards, 1945 (4, England V. Australia [2], RAAF V. British Empire XI, Oxford V. Cambridge); theatre programs, mostly Great Britain 1940s period but noted My Fair Lady at Her Majesty's Theatre Sydney, 1961; Madame Tussaud's list of exhibits, 1940s; souvenir colour photo folder of Waterloo, Iowa c1940s; postcards (34) mostly Australia pre 1910; first day covers (2, 1937 & 1940); Great Britain ten shillings and one pound (both damaged). Poor - very fine. (65)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Don Bradman autograph, T.S.M.V.Manoora's bird decorated ship's menu for 'Birthday Greetings To Captain Phoenix' dinner, Friday, May 12, 1950 with several autographs of guests including Commander O.Nilsson, ship's Master, Captain Phoenix and his wife, and Don Bradman and his wife, Jessie Bradman, and as such scarce . A few tone spots, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, fold over letter document (31cm x 22cm) with large impressed arms seal at opening, written in Latin, to Francesco Ferdinando II d'Avalos 5th Marquis of Pescara (1560-62), Governor of Milan to give permission to the Count of Arco to buy wheat at Milan market. Some light paper loss at edges, small cut out sections from fold over, some light foxing in parts, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $280
SOLD $300
Louis XIV, printed document (35.3cm x 22.3cm) with hand written inclusions and amendments, printed signature 'Louis', dated 19 December 1646, signed at bottom and initialled. Moderate storage folds, light paper loss around edges, a 1cm paper split at edge of centre fold, otherwise fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $120
Louis XIV, printed document (32.3cm x 24.2cm) with hand written inclusions, dated 9 December 1673, to Guardians of the Treasury, signed 'Louis', crossed through officially; also an unidentified document, written in ink in French on thin, clear paper. The first stuck to heavy board, some moderate paper loss at edges, a few small holes and tears, document clear and bold; second item taped on all folds, otherwise clear and fine. (2)
Estimate $140
SOLD $110
Arras, Department du Pas-de-Calais, France, hand written on letterhead style document (24.6cm x 17.7cm) with French Republic logo, judgement of the Tribunal of the District of Arras handed down by the magistrate of the canton of Aplincourt to Citizen Morval, dated 16 Spring (20 April - 19 May) in the 5th year of the French Republic (1794), signed 'Devienue'. A few holes and tear at bottom edge from being on a spike and another small hole at top left corner, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
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Scotland, Edinburgh, solicitor's letter dated 4th July 1798, handwritten in ink by James Grant re meeting of creditors of (Mr) Maidment, outside fold marked James Grant Esq W.S. (Writer of the Signet, term for Scottish solicitor) and Andrew Steele Esq W.S. Edin. and with handstamp impressions (Bishop Mark) of a circle with the month and day JY/4 and JY/5. One small piece missing, some slight edge loss, otherwise very fine for period.
Estimate $50
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Historic letter, handwritten in ink, sent from Andw. Lang Selkirk on 6 June 1814 to William Borthwick, East Lothian Bank, Dunbar offering support for a bank agency application by Mr Mungo Park, octagonal red handstamp 7/1814. One small torn piece, otherwise very fine for period.
Estimate $120
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Rudyard Kipling, signature on paper affixed to card, with small photo of Kipling. Extremely fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $150
English monarchs, stamped signatures of three succeeding Royals, all on military appointment documents, George V appointing Edmund Cuthbert Stuart as 'an officer in Our Special Reserve of Officers', 13 September 1917; George VI appointing Horace William Applin M.B. as Lieutenant, 27 June 1941; Elizabeth II appointing Horace William Applin M.B. as Lieutenant, 4 July 1952, the first with seal of George V, the second with ratification seal of Elizabeth II on issue of the new, third certificate to the same person, this also with the Elizabeth II seal, the first two (30.5cm x 40.5cm), the last (33.5cm x 40.5cm). The first with three vertical folds, the second with light foxing, all with light creasing, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
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Ethiopian Coptic religious scroll, 18th (?) century, in Amaric script but 'Ghez' language, on rough paper (approx 1.3 metres long and 9.5cm wide) backed by leather, the whole text interspersed with decorations in black and red. Very fine.
Estimate $200
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Italy, Modena and Reggio Provisional Government, Year 5 of the French Republic (28 February 1797), printed notice translated to, 'In the name of and by order of Supreme General Bonaparte a notice that the forced requisition of horses, for the purposes of war, will never occur again in these States', professionally framed under cover for wall hanging. A few small holes and some light foxing as to be expected and some edge loss but overall fresh, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
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Poland, share certificate for 680 zloty, number 090223, June 1929, printed by Giesecke & Devrient, with official stamps and seals; promissory notes (4), 1925, 1947, 1953 completed and with multiple assignments on back, another unissued but signed, all with Polish eagle vignette for stamp duty. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
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Map of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria & Queensland, in black and white with some colour (approx 46cm x 37cm), printed by W. & A.K.Johnston, Edinburgh c1834. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $60