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Tasmania Sesquicentenary Award banner, 1803-1953, in silk (approx 23x46.5cm including tassel), features a red coloured lion left with right leg raised standing on a torse (straight length of ribbon or rope) and below a large golden wreath and at the bottom a gold map of Tasmania. A few tiny marks, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Born to Win, A Lifelong Struggle to Capture the America's Cup, by John Bertrand as told to Patrick Robinson, 1985, 385pp, octavo size, hard cover with slipcover, copy number 123 of a limited bound edition of 250 and personally signed by the author. Foxing to a few pages inside front and back cover and discolouration to some lettering on the spine, otherwise extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $200
Passed in
Shipping related memorabilia, includes The Adelaide Steamship Company Ltd Manoora Racing Club programme of meeting held on the Ozone Racecourse (on board comedy entertainment); Orient Line, Good Friday April 18th Morning Service order of proceedings; Sitmar Line 'Your Passage Ticket' folder; postcards featuring passenger ships (6, four unused, includes TSS Katoomba, SS Orontes, RMMV Winchester Castle, RMS Orcades, SS Lady of Mann, also Queenscliff Sorrento Ferry); advertising folder for The Marina Hotel, Steamer Point, Aden (Arabia), with some pencilled Arabic text on cover; P&O paper diary 'On board S.S."Mongolia", Smoke Room, titled 'Noumea & Back', a 54-page account of the trip by a passenger with detailed descriptions of sight seeing, c1923-37; b&w photo (15x105cm) of 1917 General Strike Volunteers on board ship, by W.Fulton, Oakley Studio, Paddington (torn with piece missing but all volunteers visible). Stored in a C of A (Commonwealth of Australia) foolscap size spring-back binder, fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Sydney Showboat, cruise brochures and booklets; Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company, various annual general meeting reports, 1946-1955 complete (10); 'Captain Cook's Australia' by Baglin & Mullins; a selection of cheques, including the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corp. Govt. Railways 'Parcels Way Bill' for 6.7.1886, plus 'Guards Road Van Way Bill', 26.10.1890? to Harden, NSW; also, cheques, motor vehicle license & registration, lottery tickets, period map of Melbourne by Vacuum Oil (1944); funny money; Sarah Bernhardt reproduction poster (Bernhardt Season at Her Majesty's beginning 8 July 1891); an original New Zealand poster for J.C.Williamsons' comic opera 'The Gondoliers' and 'Utopia Limited' over two nights (7 & 8 June (year not given) damaged, 'Napier 7th June 1900' written on back; various letters, receipts, 150th anniversary of Australia, 1788-1938, two page facsimile souvenir letter; American Banknote Co, souvenir card for the American Numismatic Assn featuring a one dollar note from Tucson, Arizona. Poor - uncirculated. (approx 77)
Estimate $120
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National Australia Bank Limited, Select Documents of the Nineteenth Century Volume One 1834-1872 and Volume Two 1872-1900, edited by Harry W.Nunn, 1988, 780pp and 762pp respectively, octavo, hard covers, both signed by the editor and also W.T.Hall and both copy number 181 of 300. Foxing to a few pages inside front and back cover, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $80
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Second of Exchange, on Royal Bank of Scotland paid to Rev W.R.Campbell at Bank of New South Wales, Christchurch, NZ, 5 October 1905, also dividend and interest payment instructions to banks re New South Wales, Victorian and South Australian government stock, Milnow Spinning Co (1920) Ltd, on Midland Bank, Rochdale and finally a receipt dated 1941 for monies due to His Grace the Duke of Westminister. Mostly fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $50
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Bank of Australasia, vellum covered book with brass securing latch, Checks on Teller's Cash, Stamp a/c & Charges from 23/2/37, inside a list of the bank's Australasian offices. Fine and scarce.
Estimate $30
SOLD $30
State Savings Bank of Victoria bank passbooks, for various locations including Melbourne City branches (3), Armadale, Box Hill, Brunswick, Camperdown, Croydon, Dandenong, Elsternwick, Footscray, Hawthorn, Maldon, Malvern, Northcote, North Melbourne, Prahran (2), St Arnaud, St Kilda, 1898-1928. One with loose wrapping on spine, otherwise mostly fine - very fine. (20)
Estimate $50
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State Savings Bank of Victoria, locking Code Book, for telegraphic remittances to Central Banks and branches, 263pp, with fitted brass lock and key. As new condition and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
State Savings Bank of Victoria, locking Code Book, 1923, for telegraphic remittances to Central Banks and branches, 522pp, with fitted brass lock and key. As new condition and scarce.
Estimate $50
Passed in
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 $40
Engine turning proofs, from the Note Printing Branch of the Reserve Bank, a number with official die numbers, mainly in black with a few in green and blue, includes an early part mock-up for the QEII pound, also a few library end plates. The majority stored in a stamp stock book, overall mostly very fine or better. (approx 130)
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Funny money, c1930, Fiduciary Inflation Note, one million pounds, Z5436S/Z534S6, 'Hands of the Note Issue - Vote J.A.Lyons'; H.L. & S. Simpson & Co. Ltd (Pitt St, Sydney), Simpson's Discount Note, 1921, five pounds, No.5750. Fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Australia, postal notes, Victoria, two shillings, F767788, Robinvale, 4My53 and F777190, Robinvale, 6My53; also, British Postal Orders, one shilling, 1949, B4/3 352619; three shillings, 1914, D/49 548663 and five shillings, 1913, F/7 634893. Very good - very fine, the postal orders with tears. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
New South Wales, Elector's Right, No.290903, Residential Qualification, Electoral District of the Hawkesbury, Holder James McMahon of Windsor, dated 8th September 1897, dated on back 'F.C.V' 3/6/98 and 27/7/98. Fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
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The New South Wales Military Volunteer Land Grants, researched by Laurel Burge, 1976, hard cover, quarto (15.5x23cm), 107pp, limited edition of printing of 500 copies of which only 200 are hard covered; original page from the 1869 New South Wales Legislative Council reporting on Her Majesty's Troops Among The British Colonies. The last with some edge splits and paper loss at edges, otherwise very good, the first with previous owner's name whited out and foxing on fly pages, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
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Van Diemen's Land, Claim in the Court of Requests for Richmond District, Plaint No.20, by Thomas Capewell of Bagdad against John Dalton of Bagdad for Three Pounds being seven week's wagers (sic), dated 23 September 1830. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Hobart Town District, Claim in the Court of Requests for Richmond, No.2, by Dr Wm De Little of Black Brush against Andrew Reid of Broad Marsh for recovery of payment for medicines and medical attendance, dated 15 September 1834. Foxing, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Hobart Town, Land Fund receipt number 2969 dated 6 May 1868 to H.D.Maclaine for the annual rent of 500 acres of land at Black River, stamped for Tasmanian Stamp Revenue of one penny. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Victoria Police, Inventory of the Property taken from Prisoner, Frederick McCausland, 21 September 1885, Miners Rest lockup, noted offence, Deserting his Apprenticeship. Several edge tears, fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Victoria Police, Recognizance of Bail form dated 16 November 1902 to James Whitehouse, charged with using obscene language in a public place, signed by officer in charge of Watch-house and also by Whitehouse. Top right corner missing and large section missing at bottom right otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
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Documents to R.Welby, Fitter, Australasian Society of Engineers NSW Branch member's card, 16 Dec 1919 with one receipt; Society Rules and Regulations book, 1917; Pence Card (Annual Dues) for 1913 (blue), 1914 (red); New South Wales Government Railways and Tramways Electrical Branch Annual Picnic, Family Ticket, September 18th, 1905; Tracing of portion 56 in the Parish of Termeil County of St Vincent applied for by Arthur E. Charles Welby, surveyed 21st July 1886, stamped by Land Board Office Sydney; also AMP Society annual bonus certificate for 1919 year for one hundred pounds to J S White; various horse racing betting tickets, noted tickets from A.Negus and Bill Langham (14). Mostly fine - very fine. (22)
Estimate $50
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Italy, hand signed and printed document in Latin, with seal and title of Cardinal Respighi, Archpriest of the Basilica of St John Lateran, believed to be in relation to some religious relics, dated 11 January 1911. Eight folds and paper splits on some, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
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Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW Govt. Tramways tickets for 1d, 2d, 3d (2 types), 4d, 6d, 7d, 8d, 9d, 10d, a well matched complete set. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $100
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Dept of Road Transport & Tramways, NSW, a large collection of staff tickets from many different tramlines includes Narrabeen Line (3); Neutral Bay Line (4); Northbridge Line (3); Taronga Park Line (4); other lines include Lane Cove, La-Perouse, Watsons Bay (6), Waverley-Randwick (3), Zetland, Dowling Street to Waterloo Junction (8), Waratah (2), Wallsend Line (4), all tickets different for use to different junctions, depots, loops, terminus, avenues etc. Very fine - uncirculated, a rare group. (39)
Estimate $170
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Australian and world transportation tickets, includes tram, bus, ferry, train, also some admission tickets; Sydney Harbour Bridge toll tickets, and Sunday surcharge red 'S' plus a ten page small notebook titled 'My Ticket Album' noted, London Transport 'Last Tram Week July 1952' ticket included. A wide selection, mostly fine - extremely fine. (378)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Transport photographs, a collection of railways and ferries, black and white photos featuring Queanbeyan Station, Wellington, Binalong and Belmore Stations (last) Broadhurst, another unidentified; Western Endeavour, first steam train to cross Australia from Sydney to Perth in 1970 (8); a collection of colour photos of stations, platforms, sidings, water towers and signal boxes throughout parts of Australia, includes many stations that have closed (102); a group of Sydney Harbour ferries colour photographs taken from various points in Sydney Harbour (53); also includes a small group of ferry tokens (8). Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (175)
Estimate $70
Passed in
British regimental postcards, all unused, includes 50 loose cards featuring a combination of regimental badge images (21) or soldiers in regimental uniform and unit history (29). Some foxing, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (50)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Postcards, lettercards, novelty cards and novelty picture cards and others, mostly early 1900s, includes about 100 unused postcards and about 100 used cards and lettercards, all sent from parts of Great Britain or several European countries to Ironmonger family or Ironmonger's Rope Works, Wolverhampton, England, noted two photos of E.H.Ironmonger in costume dress. A few damaged but mostly fine - very fine. (200+)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
British regimental postcards, all unused, includes one large album with plastic pages with 200 mostly different cards, and one small photo album with 44 different cards, mainly two types featuring either the regimental badge or else the regimental uniform. Some foxing and some cards in small album with small mark where fitted into photo holders, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (244)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90