AUSTRALIA continued...
Promissory Notes & Bills of Exchange
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3097 |
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 1812 Garnham Blaxcell handwritten promissory note for £250 to Captain Joseph James on or before 24th September 1812; together with
printed form of a notice of protest signed by Ellis Bent Judge Advocate of the Territory of New South Wales showing that Blaxcell had not paid by 16th August 1813, stains on right and left, gFine. Very rare.
Garnham Blaxcell (1778-1817) arrived at Sydney in 1802 as acting purser on HMS Buffalo, he soon won favour with Governor Philip Gidley King who appointed him to several official positions, and granted him many hectares of land. Blaxcell took an
active part in deposing William Bligh and was one of the committee that examined the governor's papers after his arrest. During the interregnum he was appointed a magistrate and became the sole auctioneer of the colony. Being more interested in
commerce than farming he became one of Sydney's richest merchants, however grandiose schemes and over ambitious ventures led to his undoing. By 1817 his liabilities were said to be £6373, assets £5255, and had also defaulted to the government for
£2385 in import duties. On 9th April 1817 Blaxcell secretly left for England in the Kangaroo stating his intention to recover money owed him, this was never (if even true) realised, for he died at Batavia on 3 October, his death hastened by drink.
Primary source: Australian Dictionary of Biography.
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3098 |
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 1825 Van Diemens Land Commissariat Office Hobart Town, £150 Bill #191 on the English Treasury in sterling silver to Joseph
Gellibrand for "Salary due to him as Attorney General", signed by Assistant Commissary General Affleck Moodie, and Lieutenant Governor (Sir) George Arthur. VF.
Joseph Tice Gellibrand (1792-1837) appointed attorney-general of Van Dieman's Land, arriving in Hobart Town and sworn in May 7 1824. Gellibrand offended Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur by his independant stand and refusal to institute actions which
he thought improper for the Crown to bring. Arthur mentioned his distrust of Gellibrand in dispatches to England and he eventually was found guilty of conduct not befitting his high office (complaints later found to be groundless). Gellibrand after
continuing to practise as a barrister became editor of the Tasmanian in 1827. He later became involved in the Port Phillip Association and disappeared on an expedition with G.B.L. Hesse to explore the hinterland of Port Philip in 1837, the mystery
never being solved. Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,800
SOLD for AU$1,350.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3099 |
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 1827 Commissariat Office '#358 £200 "Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, 22nd August 1827" At Thirty Days Sight pay this my Third of
Exchange (First and Second not paid) to order of "Jocelyn Thomas Esq the sum of two hundred pounds sterling" 'value received on account of the Public Service...' endorsed at base manuscript "1st by Persian 1 Janry 1828"/"2nd by Lang" in red ink,
reverse signed Jocelyn Thomas, gVF. With original ticket for $5,750. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3100 |
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 1853 Adams & Co Australian Express 'Melbourne' bill of sight note 'First Of Exchange' for $380.05 made to 'E. Fitzgerald & Co',
Queen Victoria Chalon engraving at top centre, Lion and Unicorn at sides, allegorical Justice at left, American Bald Eagle vignette and 'Toppan,Carpenter,Casilear & Co, New York, Phila' imprint at base (later to become The American Banknote Company),
a few pin holes, VF. Scarce. Adams Express withdrew from Melbourne following their San Francisco bankruptcy in February 1855. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
INTERNMENT CAMP ISSUES - Tokens
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3101 |
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 Dept of Army Internment Camp Currency Tokens WWII 1942 1d (brass, EF), 3d, and 1/- (both Uncirculated). (3) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$700.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3102 |
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 Dept of Army Internment Camp Currency Tokens WWII 1942 2/- 'TWO SHILLINGS', aEF. (Cat $1100 for EF). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3103 |
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 Dept of Army Internment Camp Currency Tokens WWII 1942 5/- 'FIVE SHILLINGS', hairline Die Crack across reverse, dark tone,
estimated number in existence 50-100, aUnc, Cat $7250. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$2,500.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
PROCLAMATION COINS
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3104 |
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 Group comprising India Bengal Presidency 1805 silver Rupee (2/6d); Great Britain 1797 copper 'Cartwheel' 1d (2d), plus 2d (4d, not
in original proclamation); and Colonial Mexico Charles IIII 1803 silver 8 reales (5/-) with multiple obverse and reverse traders 'chop' marks, condition variable, gF-VF. (4) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3105 |
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 India Star Pagoda (8/-) gold (3.37g 15ct, 0.625) circa 1790 Madras Presidency, EF. [Image 200% actual size] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
1813 Holey Dollar
AUSTRALIA
COINS - The Bullion Act 1852
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3107 |
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 1852 Adelaide Pound gold (8.05g 22ct, 0.9167) Type II, solder mount at top, Poor. Used as a jewellery piece, then found in the
lining of a car door (!). [Image 200% actual size] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
COINS - Pre-Decimal
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3108 |
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 Threepence, Sixpence & Shilling 1910-1963 KEVII-QEII 3d & 6d, 1/- complete date runs in two Dansco window type albums, plus
additional 3d with 1942(M) x3, 1957 mis-struck with severely raised rim, 6d 1910 Unc, 1951 mis-strike, and 1/- 1910 Unc/ChUnc, condition variable improving by date.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$1,200.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3109 |
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 Small album containing 2"x2"holders with ½d high grade 1916, 1921 red, 1936, and 1960 Proof rev. carbon spots; 1d 1925 Six Pearls,
1933; 1/- (11) variable condition, includes 1933; and 2/- (11) Unc includes 1943S, 1952, 1960, 1961, & 1963, also KGV 1917 Six Pearls; condition variable.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3110 |
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 Two albums containing basic ½d, 1d, 3d, 6d & 1/- dates, strength in Florins including 1916M (aEF), 1917M (EF), 1934-35 Centenary,
also Crowns 1937 x3, and 1938 (EF); also basic decimals including 1966 50c round x9, plus a few foreign, condition variable. Personal inspection recommended.
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Estimate AU$1,250
SOLD for AU$3,200.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3111 |
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 KGV-QEII copper accumulation in paper wraps and bags by year comprising ½d approx 30kg; and KGVI-QEII 1d approx 20kg; condition
variable, weeks of fun variety hunting!
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
COINS - Pre-Decimal - Proofs
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3112 |
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 1957 QEII 1d Perth Mint Bright Finish Proof, mintage 1,112 (including Matte Finish), aFDC. Cat $1500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$240.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3113 |
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 1957 QEII 3d 6d 1/- and 2/- Melbourne Mint Proof set, mintage 1,256, aFDC. Cat $1440.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
COINS - Pre-Decimal - Half Penny
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3114 |
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 1911-1964 KGV-QEII complete date run collection in Dansco window type album, includes 1914 (both), 1923 Two Pearls visible, 1931
aUnc/Unc, 1939 (both), plus additional 1913, and 1939 Kangaroo reverse (x2), condition variable improving by year.
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3115 |
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 1923 (key date) KGV ½d, obv. six pearls partial centre diamond, rev. clear fields, gF/aVF. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3116 |
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 1923 (key date) KGV ½d, obv. six pearls (two fused) partial centre diamond, rev. clear fields, gFine. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
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