Catalogue
World Stamps, a collection of a variety of World philatelic literature including, 'Boy Scout and Girl Guides Stamps of the World', by Gordon Entwistle, London, 1957; 'Treasury of Stamps 1,200 Rare and Beautiful Stamps in Colour', by David Lidman, New York, 1975; 'Philatelic Terms Illustrated', by Russell Bennett & James Watson, London, 1972; 'What Stamp is That, an illustrated guide to postage stamps of the world', by Seven Seas Stamps, Sydney, nd (4); 'Stanley Gibbons Forming a Specialised Stamp Collection', by Ernest H.Wise, London, 1976 (3); 'How to Arrange and Write-Up A Stamp Collection', Stanley Gibbons, London, 1965 and many more. Fine. (39)
Estimate $60
SOLD $10
World philatelic literature from The Solomon Islands, The Cook Islands, Pacific Islands, Channel Islands & North Borneo including, 'British Solomon Islands Protectorate: Its Postage Stamps and Postal History', by Harold G.D.Gisburn, England, 1956, 11pp; 'Baker's Catalogue and handbook Stamps of the Channel Islands', by E.Baker, Guernsey, 1945, 36pp; 'North Borneo The Fifth Anniversary Issue of the British North Borneo', by L.H.Shipman, Melbourne, 1970, 24pp; 'British Solomon Islands Protectorate Postal Markings', by John Forrest, 1974; 'The Pacific Islands: Display to the Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1970 and many more. Fine. (14)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
World philatelic literature including Papua New Guinea, China, British Colonies, Bahawalpur, Afghanistan, Channel Islands, Malta, Bangladesh, Latvijas and Italy, some rare publications included. Fine. (approx 20)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
World philatelic literature, a large collection from various countries including, Gambia, Gibraltar, Malta, British West Africa, Egypt, France, Israel, Arabia and the Gulf, Mauritius, Brunei, De La Rue, St Lucia, Togo, Nigeria and Kuwait, some rare publications. A very interesting lot and fine. (approx 30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World and Australian philatelic collection, including, 'Philately', by L.N. & M.Williams, London, 1939; 'A New Look At Stamps', by Robert Bateman, London, 1964; 'The Hodder Stamp Dictionary', D. & M. Patrick, London, 1973; 'Britain's Post Office, A History of Development From The Beginnings to the Present Day', Howard Robinson, London, 1953; 'Stanley Gibbons Collect British Stamps', London, 1997; 'British Postage Stamps', S.C.Johnson, London, 1944; 'Stamp Collecting as a Pastime', by Edward J.Nankievell, London, 1902; 'World Postmarks', By R.K.Forster, London, 1973; 'How to Arrange and Write-Up a Stamp Collection', S.Phillips & C.P.Rang, fifth edition, London, 1965 (4) and many more interesting books. Fine. (approx 20)
Estimate $80
SOLD $20
An assortment of publications featuring Gold and its historic hold on the world including, 'Historic Gold Coins of the World', by Burton Hobson, New York, 1971, 192pp (2); 'European Gold Coins Guide Book', by Hans Schlumberger, Krause Publications, Germany, 1975, 489pp; 'Goodbye to Gold, A Guide to the International Monetary Fund', by W.B.Sutch, Wellington, 1994 56pp; 'Gold from the Sea', by J.R.W.Taylor, Sydney, 1943, 271pp; 'The World of Gold Today', by Timothy Green, Essex, 1973, 287pp, and more. Fine. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
An assortment of Primitive Money publications including, 'A Survey of Primitive Money, The Beginnings of Currency', by A.H.Quiggin, London, third edition 1978, 344pp, plus second edition 1963; 'Primitive Money in its ethnological, historical and economic aspects', by Paul Einzig, London, second edition 1951, 517pp; 'Primitive Money, (Odd and Curious Monies) 1957-1968 Oddities, Art Objects, Museum Pieces, Antiquities, Orders & Decorations, Medals-Jade, Coin Jewelry', by Hans M.F.Schulman, New York, n.d., 91pp, heavily illustrated; 'Shells, Money Inflation', by Austin Sprake, Guernsey, 1978, 10pp, and two more. Fine. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
An assortment of World coin publications including, 'Coins, Coin Collecting', by Howard Linecar, London, 1971, 140pp; 'The Sovereign, the World's Most Famous Coin, a History and Price Guide', by Daniel Fearon, Belgium, 2001, 77pp; 'Coins of the British World complete from 500 A.D. to the Present', by Robert Friedberg, New York, 1962, 207pp; 'An Advanced Guide to Coin Collecting', by Howard Linecar, London, 1970, 288pp; 'Coin Collecting', Milne, Sutherland & Thompson, Oxford, 1951, 152pp, plus plates; 'History of Money', by A.Ascain & Jean-Marie Arnaud, London, 1967, 100pp, and more. Fine. (10)
Estimate $150
SOLD $40
A collection of Annual Reports of The Deputy Master of the Mint, London, editions from 1870-1932 not complete set, from first edition in 1870, hardcovered, to sixty-third edition in 1932; editions 1871, 1875, 1884, 1887, 1889 x 2, 1894, 1895, 1900, 1906-1915, 1923-1932, all soft covers some bindings are broken; hardbound editions, 1870, 1876, 1880-3, 1916-22 and Deputy Master of the Mint Annual Reports 1900-1904. A few are fine. (34)
Estimate $100
SOLD $3,800
A collection of Ancient Numismatic publications including 'Historia Nvmorvm, a Manual of Greek Numismatics', Barcley V.Head, Chicago, 1967, 959pp; 'A Dictionary of Roman Coins', by Seth W.Stevenson, London, 1964, 929pp; 'Modern Greek Coins 1828-1968', by Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, 1969, 100pp; 'The History of The Abacus', by J.M.Pullman, London, 1968, 128pp; 'The Coinage of Kamarina', by U.Westermark & K.Jenkins, London, 1980, 283pp; 'Coins, Pleasures & Treasures', by John Porteous, London, 1967, 128pp, and more. Fine. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
A collection of Ancient Numismatic publications including, 'The Coins of the Ancient Celts', by D.F.Allen, Edinburgh, 1980, 262pp; 'Roman Coins and their Values', 4th Revised Edition, by David R.Sear, Essex, 1988, 388pp; 'Roman Coins and Their Values', 2nd revised edition, London, 1974, 376pp; 'Roman Silver Coins Vol.III & Vol.VI, Pertinax-Balbinus and Purpienus', by H.A.Seaby, London, 1969, 160pp (2); 'Roman Silver Coins I Republic to Augustus', by H.A.Seaby, London, 1978, 166pp; 'Roman Silver Coins II Tiberius to Commodus', by H.A.Seaby, London, 1979, 255pp, and three more. Hardcovered and very fine. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $50
Andrews, Dr. Arthur, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Issued by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, 1921, 163pp & 61pl, original blue buckram, gilt (ex Libris. L. Carlisle), original edition; included with reimpression (1965) edition. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $180
SOLD $60
Australia, a collection of three decimal currency reports such as, 'Report of the Decimal Currency Committee', August 1960, Canberra, 185pp; 'Decimal Currency Board Annual Report 1966-67', Canberra, 32pp; 'Decimal Currency Board Fifth Annual Report for Year 1967-68, together with a report by the Treasurer on the Operation of Part V of the Deciaml Currency Board Act', Canberra, 1968, 25pp. Fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $20
Australia, The Holey Dollars of New South Wales, W.J.D.Mira & W.J.Noble, Sydney, 1988, 92pp, including various pamphlets on The Holey Dollar and Dumps (7). Fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
British Empire, 'The Coinage of the British Empire: An outline of The Progress of the Coinage in Great Britian and Her Dependencies', by Henry Noel Humpreys, London, 1854, 160pp, leather bound with coloured illustrations, some foxing otherwise fine; 'The Coins and Tokens of the Possessions and Colonies of the British Empire', by James Atkins, London, 1889, 402pp, hardcover with a plastic dust cover for protection, some foxing and loose front fly, otherwise fine for its age. Fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
British Empire, The Coin Collector, by W.Carrew Hazlitt, London, 1896, 297pp, hardcover with some deterioration along page edges; The Guidebook and Catalogue of The British Commonwealth Coins 3rd Edition 1649-1971, by J.Remick, S.James, A.Dowle & P.Finn, signed inside fly by Somer James, 2171/3000 edition, Canada, 1971, 566pp. Fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $20
British Numismatic Journal, Vol.20, 1929-30, second series, London, 545pp, original red buckram, gilt; with The British Numismatic Journal Vol.55, 1985 offprint, 169-191pp. Fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $20
Bowers, Q.David, VIRGIL BRAND: The Man and His Era, profile of a Numismatist, Wolfeboro, N.H., 1983, 248pp. Hardcover and very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $10
Carlisle, L.J., Australian Commemorative Medals and Medalets From 1788, 25/150, signed fly, first edition 1983, with medals inlayed in front cover, B & C Press Pty. Ltd., New South Wales, 311pp, green buckram hardcover with plastic dust cover and in original packaging. Rare copy and very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Carlisle, Leslie J., Australian Historical Medals 1788-1988, Sydney, 2008, 681pp, illustrated throughout, with supplementary price guide. Extremely fine with dust jacket.
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Carlisle, Mira and Howard, Good For One Loaf, A listing of Australian bread tokens, 380pp, illustrated, 2007; Dean, G., A Pot Pourri of Queensland Numismata, 100pp, illustrated, 2007; Bertie, C., The Story of Vaucluse House and Sir Henry Browne Hayes, 24pp, illustrated, Sydney, 1921. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Ceylon, an assortment of four publications including, 'Ceylon Coins & Currency', by H.W.Codrington, Colombo, reprint 1975 (original 1924), 283pp, plus plates; 'Coins and Tokens of Ceylon', The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, London, 1895, (2); 'Ancient Coins of Ceylon' by T.M.De Silva Abeywardene, Colombo, 1952, 42pp. Some deterioration, otherwise fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $250
Codrington, H.W., Ceylon Coins and Currency, Memoirs of The Colombo Museum Series A. No.3, Colombo, 1924, 289pp, plus 7 plates. Deterioration to the hardcover, some tearing of pages and yellowing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
China, a collection of Chinese numismatic literature including, 'Early Chinese coinage', by Wang Yu-Chuan, New York, 1951, 251pp, plus 59 plates; 'The Minted Ten-Cash Coins of China', by A.M.Tracey Woodward, Oakland, USA, 1971, 141pp; 'The Struck Copper Coins of Sinkiang', by Ma Tak Wo', signed fly in Chinese only, 87pp; 'Chinese Cash', O.D.Cresswell, London, 1971, 65pp; 'Modern Coins of China', by Kalgan Shin, first edition 1949, plus second edition 1951 and Chinese translation; and more. Fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Coole, Arthur Braddan, four publications including, 'The Early Coins of the Chou Dynasty', Boston, 1973, 541pp, signed fly; 'Spade Coin Types of the Chou Dynasty', Boston, 1972, 513pp, signed inside cover; 'Encyclopedia of Chinese Coins Vol.1, Kansas, 1967, 581pp; 'Coins in China's History', Kansas, 1965, 189pp. All very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $50
Dolley, R.H.M. & Morrison, K.F., The Carolingian Coins in the British Museum, London, 1966, 46pp, including 12pp of plates. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Asia, an assorted collection of Asian publications including, 'The East Asia Journal', editions 1-7; 'The Early Coinage of Central Asia', by Michael Mitchiner, London, 1973, 65pp, plus 14 plates; 'Tin and Gold Coins of the Malay States 1400-1900', by Saran Singh, Kuala Lumpur, 1977, 57pp; 'Coins of North Malaya', by W.Shaw & M.Kassim Haji Ali, Kuala Lumpur, 1971, 64pp; 'Gold Coins of Khokand and Bukhara', by Charles C.Torrey, New York, 1950, 37pp; 'Japanese Invasion Money', by Arlie Slabaugh, Chicago USA, 1965, 32pp, and more. Fine. (23)
Estimate $90
SOLD $60
Elliot, Sir Walter, The International Numismata Orientalia, Coins of Southern India, London, 1886, 153pp, with 4 plates and map. Hardcover with some yellowing due to age, but otherwise very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Folkes, Martin, A Table of English Silver Coins from the Norman Conquest to the Present Time, London, MDCCXLV. Rebound, has some foxing to pages, corners worn, otherwise good condition.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Forster, T., Numismatology Vol. 1 1892 to Vol. 3 1894, bound as a single volume, Colchester, 1892, 97pp. Hardbound and rare, fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $20