Large box with a completely unsorted mostly pre-WWII array including photographs, cartes de visite & a marvellous cabinet card of a Tasmanian policeman; advertising materials from the 19th & early 20th centuries for all manner of products from corsets to cars; union tickets; bookplates & maps; military & patriotic events; QSL cards; some die-cut items; etc. Strength in Australian material but also many from Britain America & other countries. The condition is variable but most are fine to very fine & some are superb. Ex Bernard Morris.   (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1866 21-page handwritten "Stock take at Moliagul 30th May 1866" with about 30 detailed line-entries per page revealing the extent of the goods held by a typical general store/post office on the Victorian gold fields including "Post stamps £4/12/1d", then what must have been a distressingly long list of debtors owing between 1/- & £50. A bit knocked-about but a significant social history document.

Grade B

Estimate AU$200

1884-1923 Government Reports with gold content & maps, comprising 'Report on the Hodgkinson Gold Field'; 'Report on a visit to the Palmer Gold Field'; 'Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria - No.5 The Berringa Gold-Field' & 'No.14 The Ballarat Gold-Field', mainly Fair/Fine.  (4) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1911 Quarantine Regulations (updated in 1914) 4pp of instructions regarding ships arriving at port requiring quarantine, also unused forms Q5 'ORDER' (into quarantine) joined pair; Q7 later 'ORDER' (into quarantine) on buff or on orange; Q10 'FUMIGATION ORDER', Q15 'REPORT/On Awarding Pratique to a Vessel...' x2, Q25 'RELEASE FROM QUARANTINE' x2 & Q306a 'RELEASE UNDER SURVEILLANCE' x3 & a later unnumbered version, also unnumbered 'Permit to continue Voyage in Quarantine', 'BATHED' card, and completed 'EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE' in favour of a sailor & dated "Sept 5 1913", 1953 NZ Department of Health card x2 & c.1999 large postal packet from GB with boxed 'QUARANTINE TASMANIA/MAY BE DELIVERED' cachet in red. Fascinating group. [See also Lot 1581]  (20 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1912 & 1934 Miner's Rights Ballarat 2/6 Miner's Rights for William Dyer & Sarah Ann Dyer; 1926 South Australia Licence to Search for Oil; 1899 receipt from Gunpowder Magazine Bendigo for storage of gunpowder; 1916 receipt from New Prince of Wales Gold Mining Company, mainly Fair/Fine.  (5) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1929 British 'Beaux Artes Series' stationery salesman's sample book of 100 superior-grade mostly Christmas greetings cards in a variety of traditional and avant garde styles including many marvellous Art Deco designs notably a marvellous fabric butterfly, the cards neatly affixed & only two items have been removed. The book is a bit travel-weary but the cards are remarkably fine.  (98) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1930 Amy Johnson 'Souvenir of the Programme of the Great Reception for The Air Queen' (19x12cm), 'Miss Amy Johnson, herione (sic) of the England-Australia solo flight, will arrive in England on or about 4th August 1930'. [200,000 people welcomed Amy back to Croydon aerodrome and an estimated 1 million people lined the 12 mile route to the Grosvenor House Hotel], reinforced fold and some light soiling. (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (21x26cm) illustrated invitation with an attractively tinted multicolour view of the Bridge and another of Sydney Harbour at the base, surmounted with 'NEW SOUTH WALES' State Arms (Lion & Kangaroo) in gold, made out to "Sir Arthur Rickard Kt and Lady Rickard", some toning marks but unfolded and gorgeous. Arthur Rickard was President of the 'Millions Club' (promoting Sydney to become the first Australian city to reach a population of one million) and a leading Sydney land developer. His company was hit hard by the Great Depression when buyers on 'Rickard's Easy Terms' walked off their land, leading to its liquidation in 1930. Ex Maurice Williams; sold for $1380. Tillie Mitchell's very fine example sold for $797. [Illustration above Lot 3033] 

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Bonds & Share Certificates 1863-1967 collection with bonds (11) including 1863 Confederate States of America $100, Chicago North Western Railway Company $1000, The Chilean Northern Railway Company £100, Columbian National Railway Company £100, Hotel Baltimore 100F; share certificates (20) including Hausa (Nigeria) Ltd, Jaong-Landor Rubber Estates, Maryborough Knitting Mills, Marlu Gold Mining Areas, The New York, Chicago and St Louis Railroad Company, mainly Fair/Fine.  (31) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Silk 'Stevengraph' inscribed 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH/1901 INAUGURATED 1901/[Coat of Arms]/ADVANCE AUSTRALIA' silk recessed in card inscribed 'HRH Duke of Cornwall and York' (later King George V) and framed (16x21cm). Scarce. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150