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Session 7 - Downies.com
Session 7
Est. $125
2805
Clarkson Christchurch Pennies (A66, 67, 68) VF (3 tokens)
2806
Clarkson & Turnbull Timaru Pennies (A69, 71) VF (2 tokens)
Est. $75
2807
Cook Sandridge Penny (A75) gFine and scarce
2808
Cook Sandridge surcharge Penny struck on Cartwheel Penny 1797
(A1051), the counterstamp superb gVF
Ex ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 13
Est. $600
2809
Cook Sandridge surcharge Penny (A1051); plus other countermark
types compr “Thomas, Agent, Geelong” on Holloway Penny and
“W.Webber” on British bun head Penny, the countermarks Fine-VF
(3 items)
Est. $100
2810
Davey Sale Penny (A90) possibly ex fire else Fine and scarce
Est. $150
2811
Davies Fremantle Penny; Henderson Fremantle Pennies (3 diff)
(A94, 216, 218, 220) the first VG with slag inclusions over swan
design, remainder Fine (4 tokens)
Est. $100
2812
Davies Goulburn Pennies (A97) (2); Flavelle Sydney and Brisbane
Penny (A127); Hanks Sydney Penny (A184); Hanks & Lloyd Sydney
Halfpenny and Penny (A189, 190); Iredale Sydney Penny (A292);
Leigh Sydney Penny (A319); MacGregor Sydney Halfpenny and
Penny (A340, 339); Palmer Sydney Penny (A408); Smith & Peate
Sydney Halfpenny and Penny (A489, 483); Toogood Sydney Penny
(A587) the Hanks & Lloyd pair water damaged else VG-gFine
(14 tokens)
Est. $200
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Commencing 10:00 am
Tokens
2799
Abrahams Hobart Town Halfpenny and Penny; Brickhill Campbell
Town Penny (fire damage), Campbell Morpeth Halfpenny and Penny,
Dease Launceston Halfpenny and Penny, Fleming Hobart Town Penny,
Friedman Hobart Town Penny; plus Hedberg Halfpenny reduced in size
by filing, Avge Circ-gVF (10 tokens)
Est. $100
2800
Anderson Wellington Penny (A9) VF
2801
Battle & Weight Sydney Penny (A31) VF with even dark chocolate
brown patina, a most attractive example
Est. $125
2802
Est. $300
Beaven Invercargill Penny (A42) VF
Est. $125
Est. $200
2803
Bell & Gardner Rockhampton Penny by Thornthwaite (A43) stains,
scratches and rim weakness else Fine and rare; plus others compr
Flavelle, Grundy, Hyde and Merry types that appear to have been
damaged through burial, Poor-Fine (5 tokens)
Est. $250
2804
Calder Castlemaine Penny (A57) VF and very scarce
Est. $200
Lot 2813
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2813
Deeble Melbourne Penny (A106) VF
2820
Grieve Eagle Hawk Penny (A153) contact mark else glossy brown
gVF and scarce
Est. $200
2821
Grieve Eaglehawk Penny (A153) cleaned and lacquered gVF Est. $75
2822
Grundy Ballaarat Penny (A155); plus Robert Hyde Melbourne
Halfpennies (2) and Penny (A287, 280) VF-aEF (4 tokens) Est. $100
2823
Hanks & Co Sydney Halfpenny; Flavelle, Fleming, Hide & DeCarle
and Whitty & Brown Pennies (A186, 126, 129, 243, 633) Fine-gVF
Est. $150
(5 tokens)
2824
Hodgson Bendigo Penny (A260) VF and rare
2825
Hogarth & Erichsen Sydney Remembrance Threepence (A691) aVF
for issue
Est. $200
2826
Holloway bronzed Proof Penny by J.Moore (A665) FDC and rare,
one of the finest known
Ex Noble Sale 50, lot 835; ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 37
Est. $3,500
2827
Holland & Butler Auckland Penny (A263) aVF
Est. $150
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2814
DeCarle Melbourne Penny (A103) virtually FDC and the finest
known
Ex Strathburn lot 2625; Noble Sale 46, lot 784; ACA Sale 291 1st
March 2006, lot 18
Est. $4,000
2815
Deeble Melbourne Penny (A108) die axis turned at 90°, gVF Est. $150
2816
Fisher South Yarra Halfpenny (A122) gVF
Est. $90
2817
Forsaith Auckland Penny (A130) aVF
2818
Froomes Castlemaine Penny (A141) aVF and scarce
2819
Gippsland Hardware Port Albert & Sale Penny, Parker Geelong
Pennies (2), Southward & Sumpton Ballarat Penny (A146, 412,
414, 501) VG-Fine (4 tokens)
Est. $75
Lot 2820
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Est. $90
Est. $200
Est. $100
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Est. $75
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Hutton Hobart Town Halfpenny; Pope ‘Birmingham Export’
Australian Penny (A279, 658) aVF-VF, the first with die cracks on
obverse (2 tokens)
Est. $75
2829
Jones & Williamson Dunedin Penny (A308) gVF
2830
Josephs New Town Halfpenny and Penny; Mather and Moir Hobart
Est. $75
Town Pennies (A309, 310, 356, 384) aFine-gVF (4 tokens)
2831
2832
2837
Moir Hobart Town Penny (A384) near full mint red and the finest
known of this tough issue, aFDC
Ex ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 57
Est. $7,500
2838
Mulligan Rockhampton Halfpenny; Jones, Larcombe, Pettigrew,
Sawyer Brisbane and Ipswich Pennies (A394, 307, 313, 438, 469)
Fine-VF (5 tokens)
Est. $150
2839
Nokes Melbourne Halfpenny (A406) attractive virtually EF Est. $125
2840
Peek & Campbell Sydney Halfpenny (A428) aVF
2841
Peek & Campbell Sydney Tea Stores Halfpenny and Penny (A430,
431) VG (2 tokens)
Est. $150
2842
Perkins Dunedin Halfpenny (A436) aVF
Est. $150
2843
Pettigrew Ipswich Halfpenny (A439) EF
Est. $300
2844
Reece Christchurch Pennies (A447, 448, 449) the second and third
Est. $200
lacquered, VF-gVF (3 tokens)
2845
Ridler Ricmond Penny (A453) VF
Est. $150
Kirkaldie & Stains Wellington Halfpenny; Ashton, Beath, Clarkson
& Turnbull, DeCarle, Gilmour, Hobday & Jobberns, Hague-Smith,
Somerville, Union Bakery Pennies (A312, 22, 32, 69, 102, 144,
249, 470, 498, 588) mainly Fine-VF (10 tokens)
Est. $200
Est. $125
Lazarus Melbourne Penny (R316) surface porosity else aFine and
very scarce
Est. $175
2833
Lloyd Wollongong Penny (A331) way better than the usual grade
for this issue, VF
Est. $1,000
2834
Marsh Hobart Town Halfpenny and Pennies (2) (A342, 343, 347)
one Penny appears fire affected else VG-Fine (3 tokens) Est. $75
2835
Mason & Struthers Christchurch Penny (A355) mainly brown with
a hint of original red, aUnc
Est. $200
2836
Milner & Thompson Christchurch Pennies (A376, 377, 378, 379,
Est. $200
380, 381, 382, 383) VF-EF (8 tokens)
Est. $150
Lot 2837
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2846
Robison Melbourne Penny (A461) gFine
Est. $90
2852
Thornthwaite Surry Hills Penny (A579) bitten or clipped flan and
crudely struck as usual with central weakness, Good and rare
Est. $200
2853
Thornthwaite Sydney Threepence (A682) typical crude die work
and appears to have been bent and re-straightened else Fine for
the issue and rare
Est. $300
2854
Warnock Melbourne and Maldon Halfpenny and Pennies (A604,
603, 605) Fine-VF (3 tokens)
Est. $100
2847
Ryland Castlemaine Penny (R468) some surface porosity and
corrosion else VF and scarce
Est. $125
2848
Stead Sandhurst Penny (A504) obverse collector’s mark and test
cut else gFine and scarce
Est. $125
2855
Whitty & Brown Sydney Pennies (A627, 634) Fine-VF (2 tokens)
Est. $90
2849
Stewart & Hemmant Brisbane & Rockhampton Penny (A505)
lacquered aUnc
Est. $90
2856
Whitty & Brown Sydney Penny (A630) glossy brown gVF Est. $100
2857
Adelaide Pennies compr Harold Bros, Howell, Martin; plus Crocker
& Hamilton Halfpenny (A195, 273, 349, 83) the first with numerous
edge bruises and slightly bent VG, remainder Fine-VF with some
Est. $75
surface corrosion (4 tokens)
2858
Hobart Pennies of Nicholas, Waterhouse, Wood (2 diff); together with
White Westbury Pennies (2 diff) and Nicholas, Waterhouse and Wood
Halfpennies (A402, 606, 640, 641, 620, 622, 403, 608, 642) a few
with surface corrosion else VG-aVF (9 tokens)
Est. $100
2859
Melbourne Pennies compr DeCarle, Fenwick (2), Hide & DeCarle
Est. $90
Melbourne (A105, 120, 121, 236) VG-Fine (4 tokens)
2860
Melbourne Pennies compr McFarlane, Miller Bros, Moubray &
Lush, Peck (A360, 373, 391, 433) usual minor faults else VG-gFine
Est. $90
(4 tokens)
2861
Queensland Pennies compr Brookes, Buxton, Jones (cleaned),
Merry, Pettigrew, Sawyer, Stewart & Hmenant; plus Mulligan
Halfpenny, some faults else Fine-VF (8 tokens)
Est. $150
2850
2851
Stokes Emu and Vinebranch Penny (A556) nearly full red mint
Ex ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 80
Est. $2,000
Taylor Advance Australia Penny (A571) choice Unc with superb
rainbow lustre
Ex ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 81
Est. $1,000
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Tasmanian Pennies compr Hedberg Hobart Ton, Henry Hobart
Town, Henry Deloraine, Hutton Hobart Town, Jarvey Hobart Town
(2 diff), Lipscombe Hobart Town; plus Hutton Halfpenny, the
second token cleaned and a few with surface pitting else VG-aVF
(8 tokens)
Est. $150
2863
Victorian Pennies compr Andrew Melbourne, Bateman Melbourne,
Booth Melbourne, Butterworth Castlemaine (A13, 30, 44, 54)
the last slightly bent Fine with rim knocks, remainder Fine-VF
(4 tokens)
Est. $100
2864
Victorian Pennies compr Cope South Yarra, DeCarle Melbourne,
Deeble Melbourne with reverse 90° die rotation, Grundy Ballarat
(A81, 103, 108, 157) VG-Fine (4 tokens)
Est. $90
2865
Victorian Pennies compr Hodgson Melbourne, Jamieson Warrnambool,
Jones Ballaarat, Leeson Sale (A257, 299, 304, 318) the last with
reverse metal flaw and some with light surface corrosion else
VG-gFine with a couple very scarce (4 tokens)
Est. $125
2866
Victorian Pennies compr Annand Smith Melbourne, Petty
Melbourne, Rocke Melbourne (2), Taylor Ballarat (2, one holed),
Warburton Melbourne, Williams Eagle Hawk (A18, 442, 466, 568,
570, 598, 638) the Rocke tokens with edge bruises and most with
surface corrosion, Good-Fine (8 tokens)
Est. $100
2867
Misc Pennies (19), Halfpennies (2); together with George III Penny
1806, Fair-Fine (22 items)
Est. $75
2868
Selection of mainly Tasmanian issues compr Abraham Halfpenny
and Penny, Fleming Penny, Friedman Halfpennies (2), Hedberg
Penny, Hutton Halfpenny and Penny, Josephs Halfpenny,
Waterhouse Halfpenny, Wood Pennies (2 diff), misc (3); together
with 1916 St John’s Church Newtown medallion 31mm in bronze,
Poor-EF (16 items)
Est. $75
2869
Small group of Victorian tokens compr Andrew Melbourne
Halfpenny and Penny, Crombie, Clapperton & Findlay Melbourne
Halfpenny, Crothers Stawell Halfpenny, Hide & DeCarle Melbourne
Halfpenny, Thomas Melbourne Halfpenny (A11, 12, 84, 89, 233,
576) Fine-VF (6 tokens)
Est. $125
2870
Small group of Pennies incl Hide & De Carle, Mather, Peace &
Plenty and Stokes, Avge Circ-Fine (10 tokens)
Est. $90
2873
CES check for One Shilling in copper; together with other tokens
and badges (7), quantity of British ‘tow-up’ Pennies in timber box
(approx 60 items), Chinese Cash coins 1662-1966 in small album
(19 coins), misc Unc Australian decimals One Cent to Twenty Cents
1981 (24), misc stamp packs, FDCs, souvenir covers and part
sheets (F/V=$30 approx) Mixed Condition (lot)
Est. $75
2874
Kelson’s Mansfield Hotel Threepence 24mm in bronze, VF and
scarce
Est. $125
2875
New South Wales Leagues Club Threepence 21mm in aluminium
c.1920 or before, no maker but probably Miller & Morris Sydney,
VF and very rare – the first we have seen
Est. $200
2876
Queensland United Services Club Threepence in copper, WWI
Veterans travel pass for 1980 numbered 4047, old Sydney Town
adult admission token 29mm in copper, Back to Broken Hill 1933
souvenir badge in silver and enamel, Third Reich Ten Pfennig 194with last digit missing, VF-EF (5 items)
Est. $100
2877
Renmark Club South Australia Shilling in brass, Gunsler’s Cafe
Melbourne Shilling in bronze, Melbourne Savage Club Two
Shillings in aluminium; plus E.Way card counter and three different
ferry tokens, Fine-VF (7 items)
Est. $90
2878
Small group of scarcer bread, milk and ice tokens (8), CofA “T”
token, Scottish communion tokens (3), Todd, Burns & Co Limerick
Farthing 1834, Denmark Two Kronen 1926, replica Roman
Sestertius, misc items (2) Mixed Condition (lot)
Est. $75
Australian Internment Camps
2871
Small accumulation including Bullen checkpiece, Peace & Plenty
(2), Hyde and Stokes (4) Pennies, Taylor Halfpenny and Hodgins
Cloghjordan Penny, VG-VF (10 tokens)
Est. $150
2879
WWII Hay Internment Camp Penny and Threepence, VF (2 coins)
Est. $125
2880
Penny and Threepence, aVF-VF (2 coins)
2881
Threepence VF
2882
Shilling EF
Est. $400
2883
Shilling, even brown VF
Est. $200
Est. $125
Checkpieces
2872
Bowes Tattersalls Club Two Shillings 24mm in copper; Hedley, Swan &
Co, Joplings Sunderland Shilling 24mm in Cu/Ni; plus fantasy square
Threepence 1920 in silver(?), VF-Unc (3 items)
Est. $75
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Est. $90
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Shilling, even brown VF
Est. $300
Two Shillings, even chocolate brown gVF
2890
Captain James Cook Memorial medallion ND (1784) 43mm in
silver by L.Pingo for the Royal Society (MH374, BHM 258) EF and
rare, only 322 struck in this metal
Est. $3,000
2891
Captain James Cook Memorial medallion ND (1784) 43mm
in silver, old scratch behind Fortune’s shield on reverse else
attractively toned aEF
Est. $2,500
2892
Captain James Cook Memorial medallion ND (1784) 43mm
in bronze, EF with glossy brown patina, only 577 struck in this
metal
Est. $2,500
Monster Clothing Company, 21 Bourke Street Melbourne/
Twenty-First Anniversary medallion 27mm in nickel(?) (sim
C1878/2); plus Heaton Mint Q.Vic Diamond Jubilee medallion
40mm in white metal, VF-gVF (2 medallions)
Est. $75
Est. $500
Exhibition Medallions
2886
Melbourne International Exhibition 1880 prize medallion 38mm
in 22ct gold by Stokes, edge impressed Hon W.J.Clarke MLC For
Services, aUnc and an important piece of exhibition memorabilia
Sir William John Clarke (1831-1897) was the President of the
Board of Commissioners overseeing the conduct of the exhibition
See also lot 2989 for a book presented to Sir William Clarke in his
role as President of the Exhibition Committee
Est. $3,000
2887
Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition 1888 16mm in
silver by Stokes & Martin (C1888/10) gVF
Est. $75
2893
2888
Greater Britain Exhibition 1899 Victorian Court/The Pioneer
Australia medallion 31mm in gilt bronze by Stokes & Sons
(C1899/4) gEF with 95% of gilt intact, seldom offered Est. $100
Commemorative Medallions
2894
2889
Q.Vic Golden Jubilee 1887 medallion for Portland Vic 31mm in
silver; plus similar for Perth in gilt (C1887/86, 42) VF-gVF, the first
rare (2 medallions)
Est. $75
Captain James Cook Memorial medallion ND (1784) trial striking
43mm in pewter or tin by L.Pingo for the Royal Society (MH374,
BHM 258) EF and possibly unique
Ex John J.Ford Collection Part 14, lot 477
Est. $5,000
Lot 2895
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Q.Vic Diamond Jubilee 1897 commem medallions compr C1897/23
(2), 27, 29, 59, 71 (2, one variety), 82, 88 (3), 89 (photographed)
Fine-EF (12 medallions)
Est. $100
2896
NSW Railways 50th Anniv 1905, 30mm in bronze and silver by
Amor; plus NSW Railways Centenary 1955, 31mm in silvered
metal (C1905/6, 1955/3) EF or better and a nice high grade trio (3
medallions)
Est. $150
2897
Separator medallion 50mm in silver c.1908 by Erik Linberg
commemorating the Separator Co Ltd’s establishment in five
continents incl Australia, aEF and scarce
Est. $90
2898
Arthur Yates & Co Reliable Seeds prize medallion 39mm in copper
engraved “Mrs W.McBride Forster 1909”; together with scare silvered
British Raj coronation 1911 medallion 32mm, and USA Golden West
Est. $100
Exhibition 1909 uniface medallion (3 medallions)
2899
Western Australia coronation 1911 medallion 31mm in sterling
silver with ribbon and ‘Honor the King’ bar (C1911/23); plus
Australian Centenary/Captain Cook medallion in bronze (C1888/4)
and Juvenile Industrial Exhibition 1888 medallion 20mm in silver
(C1888/27), Fine-EF (3 medallions)
Est. $90
2900
Centenary of Western Australia 1929 medallions 38mm in copper
(C1929/2) (4); plus one original Government of Western Australia
paper bag of issue, gVF-Unc (5 items)
Est. $75
2901
Cased Royal Life Saving Society bronze medal named to
H.Newcombe July 1935; plus small bronze Intermediate Star to
A.Leitch 1964 (2 items)
Est. $75
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2902
Newcastle Hospital – Blood for Life medallion 63mm in bronze
(C1948/5) reverse engraved “J.Calder” in case of issue; together
with related lapel badge 25mm and early Red Cross pin, EF-Unc
(3 items)
Est. $125
2903
Centenary of the Government of Victoria 1951 medallion 64mm in
bronze by Pinches of London in official case of issue with descriptive
insert (C1951/3) Unc and scarce, only 1012 issued
Est. $125
2904
Tasmanian Sesqui-Centenary of British Settlement 1953/54
69mm in patinated bronze by Stokes & Sons (C1953-54/1) reverse
engraved “Presented to L.F.Smeeton” in damaged case of issue,
Unc, only 150 struck
Est. $150
2905
Stokes Centenary 1956 medallion 58mm in bronze in original
capsule (C1956/9) the obverse with corrosion, the reverse much
better; together with Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners
Society 1885 medallion 33mm in white metal and Q.Vic Golden
Jubilee 1887 medallion 46mm in white metal by W.O.Lewis of
Birmingham, VF and better (3 medallions)
Est. $125
2906
1966 RAM changeover medallions (9, some impaired with damaged
cases); Sydney Opera House cased medallic pair; M.R.Roberts 1982
Games set with verdigris; private British issues in damaged cases
(3); Mexico Olympics 1968 cased medallic pair; plus misc issues
(15, noted a couple of better British and French 19th Century bronze
pieces) Mixed Condition (approx 30 items))
Est. $90
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2907
2908
2909
2910
2911
Military Historical Society of Australia 1969 medallions 50mm in
bronze and silver finishes by Lega Australia, nios 68 and 69 of a
very limited edition; plus cased British Esatbourne Canine Assn
medallion 39mm in bronze engraved “27 Feb 1907 Mrs Wilmers
Westfield Johnnie” Unc-FDC (3 medallions)
Est. $125
Cook Bicentenary 1970/National Trust medallion 52mm in antiqued
bronze by Meszaros (C1970/32) in original Stokes case of issue; Bella
Guerin Centenary 1983/First Woman Graduate in Australia medallions
40mm in antiqued bronze and silver by Meszaros (C1983/13) in
original RAM cases of issue; misc Victorian Sesquicentenary medallion;
together with British Crown 1951 in damaged Festival of Britain box,
Cook Islands Fifty Cents 2007 Bridge lenticular Cu/Ni coin, USA boxed
Proof One Dollar 1983 discus thrower; private issue souvenir Penny
1932; and a few misc world philatelic stamps, minisheets and covers
(lot)
Est. $90
Numismatic Society of Victoria cased sets and single compr
1975 Gothic Bank pair in gilt and oxidised silver; 1976 75th Anniv
Federation pair in gilt and oxidised silver; plus similar single medal
in bronze, all 52mm struck by K.G.Luke under the auspices of the
ANZ Bank (C1975/8, A/16) all edge numbered “88”, As Struck (3
sets, 5 medallions)
Est. $100
Numismatic Society of Victoria cased pairs compr 1975 Gothic Bank
and 1976 75th Anniv Federation 52mm in gilt and oxidised silver
struck by K.G.Luke edge numbered “92”; together with Numisphil
Society of Victoria 1977 50th Anniv of Federal Parliament cased
pair 51mm in silver and gilt finishes; plus similar single medal in
bronze no edge numbering (C1975/8, A/16, 1977/44), As Struck (4
sets, 7 medallions)
Est. $125
Western Australia Sesqui-Centenary 1979 cased set of five
medallions with different finishes and metals – the gold medallion
replaced by a second Cu/Ni example, Unc
Est. $75
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2912
Adelaide Grand Prix 1988 commem medallions in antiqued silver
finish flipped for immediate resale (158); plus Sydney Harbour
Bridge 60th Anniv medallion on card (159 medallions) Est. $75
2913
Centenary of Australia’s First Victoria Cross framed display
featuring replica VC, 2000 maxicard depicting Captain Neville
Howse (Australia’s first VC winner) and medallion 60mm in
antiqued bronze featuring Howse
Est. $75
2914
Sydney Olympics 2000: Olympic Torch Relay pin album complete
with 15 pins, mascot calendar 2000-2001, facts, figures and trivia
calendar 2001; two misc weekend newspaper medallion sets and
partial Socceroos set; Telstra used phonecard collection in official
album (120 cards); tin of world stamps; Royal Doulton dish type
D5506; Vita-Brits coin cards (17); Lilliput Lane catalogues 1993,
1995; plus Gulliver’s World catalogues 1993-1998 (20) all nice
grade (lot)
Est. $90
2915
Centenary of the ending of the Boer War 2002 medal in nickel
suspended on ribbon combining the ribbons of the QSA and
KSA no maker name; 60th Anniv of the Defence of Darwin 2002
medallions 38mm in antiqued silver finish (2) by A.J.Parkes
Brisbane; plus Sir Neville Howse VC recipient medallion 60mm in
bronze by A.J.Parkes Brisbane, As Struck (4 items)
Est. $75
2916
Military related medallions all 60mm in antiqued bronze, two
depicting General Sir Henry George Chauvel with different
legends, one reverse with life history, the other reverse with Light
Horse Centenary 2003, both by A.J.Parkes Brisbane; another
depicting the Victoria Cross with Boer War VC recipients names
on the reverse; plus a similar medallion 50mm in antiqued bronze
depicting Private Victor Stanley Jones, the reverse with his Boer
War service details (Jones was the first Australian volunteer to die
in action on a foreign battlefield) by A.J.Parkes Brisbane, all As
Struck, the last two cased (4 medallions)
Est. $100
2917
Holey Dollar replicas in two different alloys ex NAAC Sydney Show
25th-27th Nov 2005, only 500 of each struck (2 medallions) Est. $75
2918
Accumulation of Australian medalets, badges and world issues; plus
misc cigarette cards (3) and Santa Fe ‘showgirl’ funny money Dollars
(6) Mixed Condition but interesting (approx 60 items)
Est. $75
2919
Accumulation of medalets, low grade coins and a few badges in
old tin, noted three love tokens (one on Charles II Halfcrown) and
checks, Mixed Condition (approx 55 items)
Est. $200
2920
Group of Carlisle listed medallions compr 1880/15; 1880-1/6;
1886/2; 1887/10, 24, 26, 29 var, 53, 82, , 85; 1888-9/1; 1889/3
(2); 1890/3 Good-VF (15 medallions)
Est. $75
2921
Misc Carlisle listed medalets and medallions 1800s-1900s (30,
some duplication), value added checks (6, incl a couple we have
not seen), badges, and sterling silver vesta case, Mixed Condition
(approx 70 items)
Est. $200
2922
Selection of mainly Carlisle listed medallions 1880s-1900s (19);
plus similar items and a few coins incl some forgeries, all housed
in two album pages, VG-Unc (62 items)
Est. $200
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Small accumulation of Franklin Mint gold plated sterling silver
stamp replicas (14); plus misc modern Australian and world
medallic issues (11) (25 items)
Est. $75
2924
Small accumulation of low grade tokens, medalets and coins
(13:); Philippines coin bracelet, Egyptian silver coin bracelet,
misc military buttons etc (11) all housed in old sweets tin, Mixed
Condition (26 items)
Est. $75
2925
Small group of medallions and E.W.Cole tokens late 1800s-1930s,
Mixed Condition (25 items)
Est. $75
2926
Small group of Carlisle listed medallions 1897-1945 on plastic
pages, one in silver, Fine-VF (16 items)
Est. $150
2927
Small group of Carlisle listed medalets compr 1899/1, 1899/10,
1899-00/2, 1899-00/6 (5), 1899-00/18, 1901/2 (2) gFine-EF
(11 medallions)
Est. $90
2928
Small group of private issue prooflike silvered 40mm medallions
with Melbourne themes, high retail value (9); together with a few
misc world base metal issues and One Dollar 2010 Burke & Wills
5-cover PNC set, all housed in lacquered timber case
Est. $75
2929
Undated sterling silver medallion for Seddon Memorial Technical
College c.1930s; plus misc Carlisle-listed medallions 1935-1985
(11, some duplication) Mixed Condition (12 items)
Est. $75
RAILWAY PASSES/FOBS
2934
Queensland Railways of Australia 9ct gold life pass 16.36gms
awarded to Mr V.J.Bird, Unc
Est. $400
Documents, Printed Items
Session 7
2923
AUSTRALIA POST MEDALLIC COVERS
2930
2007 Fifty Years in Space; 2008 Hawthorn, Megafauna, World
Youth Day; 2009 Dolphins of the Australian Coastline, Earth Hour
(6 covers, 10 medallions)
Est. $75
2935
Advertising poster 299x389mm c.early 1950s depicting Ronald
Reagan extolling the virtues of Chesterfield cigarettes, some
creases but most interesting and very rare
Est. $100
2936
Commonwealth of Australia child endowment order for One Pound
24th July 1945 still in original booklet, aUnc
Est. $175
2937
Commonwealth of Australia child endowment order for Four
Pounds 24th July 1945 still in original booklet, stain in right margin
else EF
Est. $200
FOBS
2931
St John Ambulance Association fob medallion in brass, reverse
engraved “A746 William McDonnell”; plus Service Medal of St John
37mm in silver missing bar suspender with rim engraved “3652
T.Richards Vict. Aust. SJABO 1942” Fine-VF (2 items)
Est. $100
CENTENARY OF VICTORIA/MELBOURNE
2932
2933
Centenary of Victoria 1934 medallion 64mm in bronze by Rayner
Hoff (C1934/9) in original case of issue, only 300 issued in bronze
at a cost of One Pound each at the time, some toning else Unc and
seldom seen cased
Est. $150
Melbourne/Victorian Centenary sterling silver and enamel cuff
links in lovely condition, the first we have seen
Est. $150
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2939
Souvenir large format picture books 500x210mm c.late
1920s-early 1930s, one untitled but related to the opening of the
Sydney Harbour Bridge, the other “Most Up-To-Date Panoramic
Views of Sydney” some faults but interesting (2 items)
Est. $75
2946
United Grand Lodge of New South Wales Freemason’s Admittance
Certificate 1917; old family snap-shot photo album dated 1925
includes some rural views, ships in port etc (lot)
Est. $75
2947
Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society programmes 1900-1908
(6); plus membership badges (11), misc (2) (19 items) Est. $75
2948
Western Australian mortgage document dated 1915 with Five
Shillings Sawn duty stamp; plus British indenture dated 1882, nice
condition (2 items)
Est. $75
2949
WWI related ephemera compr ‘active service’ postal envelope,
printed ‘cheer up’ letter from Jeannie Jobson September 1918,
patriotic concert programme 9th June 1917 printed by Sands &
McDougall, post war ball at St Kilda Town Hall 11th Nov 1919
dance card, reception for Admiral Viscount Jellicoe at St Kilda Pier
30th May 1919, 43rd Battalion AIF Club reunion dinner programme
9th June 1926; plus two other related items (8 items) Est. $150
Commonwealth of Australia child endowment order for One Pound Ten
Shillings 1st March 1949 still in original booklet, aUnc
Est. $175
Session 7
2938
2945
Commonwealth of Australia child endowment orders for Three
Pounds still in original booklets Unc, this value seldom seen
(2 items)
Est. $400
2940
Commonwealth of Australia child endowment order for Six Pounds,
one overwritten “Eight Pounds” and signed, still in original booklet,
EF and an interesting variant
Est. $200
2941
Motor spirit ration tickets for Queensland for Two Gallons compr
series A (3), series B (3), 31st July 1949 (4), and One Gallon
31st May 1949 (3) all tickets cancelled; plus unused Victoria
Two Gallons 31st July 1949, and Governor of Victoria, Motor Car
Transfer and other related documents (lot)
Est. $75
2942
New South Wales documents compr 1903 mortgage; plus 1841, 1879
and 1906 conveyance documents, nice grade (4 items)
Est. $75
2943
Newspapers; Melbourne Argus editions 2nd April to 30th June bound
in elephant folio, ex General Assembly Library New Zealand; together
with Sands & McDougall Directory of Victoria and Canberra ACT 1943;
Local Government Manual Victoria 1st Sept 1861 to 10th April 1875
ex Athenaeum Maldon; and copies of Education Department Victoria
“The School Paper” 1900-1930 (approx 40 issues). Some faults but a
most interesting group (lot)
Est. $75
2950
Queensland printed reports c.1870-1875 relating to the Board of
General Education, correspondence from the Colonial Secretary’s
office, emigration; together with copies of the Sydney Morning
Herald 17th, 19th and 21st October 1870; British tabloids The
Times 19th May 1875 and The Star 9th October 1794, the latter
with fascinating page of British and Irish lottery results; plus misc
ephemera incl marriage certificate and 20th Century share scrip,
interesting (lot)
Est. $75
Magazine “Woman” dated 17th Nov 1947 with preview of the
Royal Wedding of the current Queen Elizabeth II; plus “Rupert the
Rabbit” booklet, United Bank Officers Association of NSW Annual
Report 31st Dec 1940, letter, magazine clippings, selection of
holed amusement tokens by Shelley compr Type 1 (37), Type 2
(13), Type 3 (2), Type 4 (18), and a Sydney Opera House Opening
1973 medallion (lot)
Est. $75
2951
Eliz II Coronation 1953 and related ephemera compr hard and soft
cover publications incl “The State Opening of Parliament”, “The Duke
of Edinburgh, a Pictorial Biography”, and a booklet relating to the 1954
Royal Visit, all published in Victoria (8 volumes)
Est. $150
2944
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Royal Tour to Australia 1954 printed souvenir flag/pennant with
coloured portrait of Queen Elizabeth above “Our Glorious Queen,
Loyal Welcome, Royal Tour 1954” in glazed frame. The top of the
pennant trimmed
Est. $75
2953
Interesting group of documents and books compr vellum ledger
pay books 1832 (2) and another later, conveyance 1791, lease
document 1791, agreements 1832 (2) and 1833, pocket book
ledger 1833, land tax document 1832, marbled cover preliminary
notes for new house 1845; and coloured steel plate engraving of
Hulne Abbey Northumberland (12 items)
Est. $400
2959
Collection c.1900-1980s in album incl menus, postcards, stickers
etc, Mixed Condition (approx 75 items)
Est. $250
Stage, Screen & Musical
Memorabilia
2954
Album of vintage and greeting cards c.1902-1940s incl superb
embossed Edward VII postcards, photographic postcards etc,
also noted Ballarat Horticultural Society prize cards and a
vintage Mickey Mouse Christmas card, all in nice grade and most
interesting (150+ items)
Est. $250
2955
Large accumulation of magazines, books and other mainly printed
items, includes Royalty interest: noted pictorial books for the 1953
Coronation, Royal Visits, Charles & Di etc; other British, Australian
and domestic themed material (lot)
Est. $75
2956
Large accumulation of nostalgic material, mainly printed items
including old books, magazines, song sheets, RACV road maps etc;
also includes quantity of empty stamp and coin albums, some low
value philatelic material, old collectable cigarette tins, a large and
heavy lot presently housed in several cartons, varied condition (lot)
Note: heavy lot, will not be shipped. Strictly buyer’s responsibility
Est. $75
to remove from sale-room
EDWARD VIII COMMEMORATIVES
2960
Madonna; interesting series of books and magazines relating to her
early career; plus “The Liverpool Echo’s Tribute to John Lennon”
dated 1980, some scarce (17 items)
Est. $75
2961
Selection of Australian live theatre programmes 1920s-2002,
mainly pertaining to J.C.Williamson Melbourne productions, Mixed
Condition (approx 70 items)
Est. $90
Cigarette Cards
2962
Wills’s Signalling 1912 mixed Capstan and Vice Regal backs
complete set of 50, Good to Very Good (50 cards)
Est. $75
2963
Wills’s Royal Mail 1913 mixed Capstan and Vice Regal backs
complete set of 50, Good to Very Good (50 cards)
Est. $75
2964
Wills’s Britain’s Defenders 1915 complete set of 50; plus Modern
War Weapons 1915 Specialties backs complete set of 50, Good or
better (2 sets, 100 cards)
Est. $75
GERMANY
2957
Australian Visit 1920 celluloid covered souvenir booklet, portrait of
the Prince ex Portsmouth Evening News 11th June 1925, scarce
Coronation 1937 medalet in aluminium, fantasy Crown 1936,
three postcards, and set of MUH postage stamps (lot) Est. $125
NAUTICAL MEMORABILIA
2958
Cunard Shipping Line Queen Elizabeth II bar menus (2 diff),
cocktail list and leather payment folder, unopened pair of slippers,
and a new “Dunhill” 2-piece ashtray. A nice group from one of the
world’s most enduring shipping lines
Est. $75
2965
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Deutshe Kolonien (German Colonies) cigarette card set c.1936 in
72pp descriptive album, 270 colour cards released as part of the
Berlin Olympics in excellent condition and complete
Est. $100
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2952
TRADE CARDS
Session 7
2966
AB&C trade/swap cards c.1958-1959 compr Space (67 of 88); TV
Westerns incl Wagon Train, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Californians,
Have Gun Will Travel; and “Name This Plane” series (22) Mixed
Condition (approx 120 cards)
Est. $100
2967
Select AFL trade cards 1993 for Sydney Swans players Paul Kelly,
Darren Kappler, David Strooper, Mark Bayles, Dale Lewis and Craig
Nettlebeck (6 cards)
Est. $75
2968
Select hand signed AFL cards of Robert Murphy (Western
Bulldogs), Glen Jakovich (West Coast Eagles), Darren Galss (ditto),
Paul Hasleby (Fremante Dockers), Luke McPharlin (Hawthorn),
Gavin Brown (Collingwood) quarter set, Ted Whitten Senior quarter
set with redemption card; plus Alan Border 1994 hologram card;
Beijing Olympics 2008 stamp and coin set ex Australia Post; box of
vintage banker’s red sealing wax; three misc booklets; misc items
Est. $100
(2) (lot)
2969
Collection of modern cards incl basketball (97), cricket (20), rugby
Est. $75
(20), Flintstones (85) etc, Mixed Condition (lot)
2970
Huge accumulation of Tazos in 13 albums; together with four
empty albums, nice condition (100s)
Est. $100
2971
Massive accumulation of mainly fantasy cards in full and part sets;
together with various storage albums, all housed in large carton
and well worth a look (1,000s)
Est. $300
2974
Radio 3LO Melbourne, Dr Whackem’s Jolly Boys’ School card
signed by Dr Whackem c.1934; Our Digger Prince’s Visit to
Australia card c.1920; plus Swan Street Bakery Burnley Victoria
(W.H.Peters) card c.1905, all unused but with usual faults, rare all
the same (3 cards)
Est. $75
2975
Interesting group of cards c.1900-1920s (87); plus approx 100
modern cars, Mixed Condition (187 cards)
Est. $100
2976
Four small albums containing postcards, greeting cards and the
odd photo c.1890s-1960s, noticed Tornado at Marong 27th Sept
1911, Bealiba, Dunolly, Harbour Bridge, Ned Kelly, Tamworth,
souvenir foldout types, along with some early hand painted cards,
Mixed Condition (approx 115 items)
Est. $125
2977
Album containing approx 85 mainly pre WWI issues incl eight
military related types, Mixed Condition (approx 85 cards) Est. $90
2978
Album of vintage comical cards c.1908-1960s with minor
duplication, mixed used and unused Good to Excellent, a fine lot
(252 cards)
Est. $125
Postcards
2972
2973
Australian city and country cards comprising Melbourne and
country Victoria (13), Sydney and surrounds (12), Tasmania (7),
South Australia (2), Perth and Fremantle (5) Mixed Condition
(39 cards)
See also lot 3058 for a lovely cricket postcard c.1907 Est. $125
Selection of pre-1910 Melbourne and country Victorian views (8,
incl Fitzroy Street St Kilda and Dimboola railway station); plus misc
greeting cards c.1910-1`920 (13) Mixed Condition (21 cards) Est. $75
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2979
Group of early issues c.1871-1918, noted scarce Franco-Prussian
and other rare cards, WWI field postcard, Mixed Condition
(30 cards)
Est. $100
2984
Small group of pre 1910 postcards comp NSW (4), Qld (6), SA, Vic
(6), WA (5, incl mining scene), plus misc later and overseas (21,
noted undated Fleet Visit) and B/W photos (13) Mixed Condition
(approx 55 items)
Est. $75
2980
2981
Session 7
GREAT BRITAIN
Group of early 1900s-1920s cards incl automobiles and bullock
trains, humour etc, Mixed Condition (27 cards)
Est. $125
2985
Latin-British Exhibition London 1912 cards in colour (7, incl scenic
and mountain railway); misc novelty cards 1900-1920 (9), and
a group of Art Nouveau, Parisian and American glamour cards
1900-1940s (16) Mixed Condition (32 cards)
Est. $150
2986
Group c.1914-1940s incl royalty, WWI, humour etc, mainly
British though noted early Hobart and a couple of replicas, Mixed
Condition (47 cards)
Est. $75
Nice group of pre-1910 country Victoria cards incl Ballarat,
Daylesford, Dimboola, Geelong, Leongatha, Powlett River,
Ouyen, Wonthaggi etc mixed used and unused with usual faults,
the Powlett River and Wonthaggi cards of some significance
(34 cards)
Est. $90
Phonecards
2987
2982
Small group featuring early shipping (6, noted one White Star
Line card); plus early Greek cards c.1906 and Italian issues (8)
(14 cards)
Est. $75
Interesting collection of Australian and New Zealand cards and
packs incl shop display, promotional packs, AFL Classic Action
series, and misc overseas cards (100s)
Est. $75
Books
FICTION
2983
Small selection of unused cards including indigenous c.1905-1915 (5)
together with French 1909 studio semi-nude; plus modern Portuguese
semi-nude, Excellent condition (9 cards)
Est. $175
Lot 2988
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2988
Hardback novels by various authors including Tom Clancy, Wilbur
Smith, John Masters, Robert Ludlum, Harry Turtledove, Harold
Coyle, W.Griffiths, Michael Peterson, Bernard Cornwell, David
Hagberg, Joseph Waumberg, Morris West, Lawrence Sanders,
Stephen King, Nelson DeMille, Katherine Kerr, Elizabeth George,
Jean Auel, Patrick O’Brien, Lawrence Sanders, Douglas Reiman,
Dale Brown, Eric Lustbader, Clive Cussler and many others, good
used condition (163 items)
Note: heavy lot, buyer’s responsibility for removal from sale room
Est. $75
AUSTRALIANA
2996
Spink & Son (Aust) auction catalogues for sales 2 with late entry
flyer; 3 with prices realised; 10, 12, 14, 20 and 22 without prices
realised; 23, 24a, 25, 28 and 29 with prices realised; 30, a couple
with notations; together with prices realised lists for sales 7, 13,
16, 22, 25, 27, 31, 33, 36, 38, 61; and Max Stern sale November
1976. A good early selection (lot)
Est. $75
2997
Spink & Son (Australia) auction catalogues 1979-1989 comprising
sales 3, 5, 7 to 15 inclusive, 18 to 23 inclusive, 24 (both parts),
28, 29 some with prices realised, hard to assemble in such clean
condition (21 catalogues)
Est. $75
2998
A useful group of mainly hard cover issues incl Ancient Roman
and Greek, Canada, USA, Israel, Mexico etc, Mixed Condition
Est. $75
(18 volumes)
Session 7
OTHER
2989
“Victoria in 1880” by Garnet Walsh with illustrations by Charles
Turner, published by George Robertson Melbourne, hard bound
215 gilt edged pages with appendix for list of subscribers, the
book professionally rebound with original covers to allow insertion
of dedication page to the President of the 1880 Melbourne
International Exhibition Committee, Sir William Clarke. A fine piece
that is a wonderful adjunct to the exhibition presentation medallion
to the same recipient (see lot 2886)
Est. $500
MILITARY
2990
“The Great War, I Was There” subscription magazine originally
printed in 51 parts over one year edited by Sir John Hammerton,
missing parts 3-22 inclusive and 41 else complete; bound copy
of “The Second Great War” pp1-400 by the same editor; plus
“Top Gun” movie patch and Ten Dollars Legacy badge. The
publications contain an amazing group of photographs (lot)
See also lots 81 to 94 from the Reg Williams library
Est. $75
2991
WWII period publications and ephemera compr “The Book of
Bushido”, “I Think I’ll Live”, “Special Force”, Behind Bamboo”,
“Khaki and Green”; together with copy of Hobart Mercury 22nd
June 1940, 1943 Xmas card, and current affairs bulletin 1944
(8 items)
Est. $100
2999
Devens, R.M.; USA “Our First Century 1776-1876” 1876 (first
edition?) 1007pp, half leather and cloth boards with gilt blocking,
edge marbled pages; together with other publications compr
Antique Bottle Collector and Antique Bottles and Collectables (31
diff), (WWII) The First Year of War in Pictures, Front Line Dispatches,
The Coronation Book of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth,
“Crown” series valuation guides (5), and Old Australian Signs
valuation guide (41 items)
See lot 4 for two limited edition Norman Lindsay art books
personally signed by Lindsay, along with cartoons and sketches
by renowned cartoonist E.S. (Ted) Scorfield of the Sydney Bulletin
Est. $100
3000
Group of mainly religious books, mostly non-Christian themes,
mainly Hebrew but also includes a couple of Islam, Hindu and
Buddhism plus Dead Sea Scrolls etc, mixed hardcover and
paperback (lot)
Est. $75
3001
Solomon, R.C; “The Convicted Gunsmiths of New South Wales
1788-1950” hard back published 1990; plus misc numismatic
books (6, incl Medals to Australia 3rd edition, English Milled
Coinage, Pageant of World Coin Commemoratives), and Thailand
cased 33-coin set One Srang to Twenty Baht (missing one coin)
Est. $75
(8 items)
Australian Stamps
ACCESSORIES
3002
Accumulation of used stamp albums includes Seven Seas
Australian Hingeless albums, many high quality German brand
stockbooks, odd album with few stamps, plus official Australia
Post 1987 America’s Cup Gift Pack, a useful lot, Mixed Condition
(48 items, incl 47 albums)
Est. $90
3003
Accumulation of useful unused Seven Seas and Lighthouse products,
exhibition sheets, and other accessories (weight approx 25kg)
Note: buyer’s responsibility for the removal of the lot from the
premises
Est. $75
NUMISMATIC
2992
Australian Coin Reviews vol 1 nos 1 to 12 July 1964 to June 1965
hard bound in red cloth with gilt blocking (ex Daryl F.Walscott);
P.J.Downie public auction catalogues nos.99 to 139 complete incl
Roy Brook sale; Auction of the Gold Coins of the Reserve Bank of
Australia November 2005 catalogue; plus two misc catalogues,
all with prices realised listings and an invaluable resource
(45 volumes)
Est. $75
2993
Morel, Leon; Medallic Commemoratives of New Zealand
1865-1940 with supplement, As new and an invaluable reference
(2 items)
Est. $75
2994
South Australian Numismatic Journal Vol 4 no.1 January 1953
to Vol 10 no.4 October 1959 missing only 4th quarter of 1956
issue (27 issues) with correct binder; together with E.W.Cole
Handbook by George Dean, numismatic issues of The Franklin
Mint 1968 edition covering the years 1965-1967, and Catalogue
of Scandinavian Coins 1534-1970s by Burton Hobson, a useful
group (30 items)
Est. $75
2995
PREDECIMAL
3004
Australia, Australian States and Decimals (to 1990) Collection
housed in five albums, missing the high values, Mixed Condition
and somewhat disorganized but inspection recommended
(1,000s)
Est. $200
DECIMALS
3005
Values One Cent to One Dollar, mainly in multiples on Hagners (F/
V=$235 approx) MUH (lot)
Est. $125
3006
One Cent to Ten Dollars mint issues mainly in multiples on Hagner
page (F/V=$475) a nice mix (lot)
Est. $250
Spink-Stern and Spink/Noble auction Sydney and Melbourne
catalogues compr Spink-Stern Oct 1975; Spink/Noble sales 5, 6,
26, 17, 25, 26, 27, 30, 41, 42, 43, 45A & B, 46, 48, 49B, 51, 52, 53,
54, 58A & B, 61B, 64B, 75, 81, 98, 100 most in superb condition
(29 volumes)
Est. $75
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Accumulation compr 2002 Essendon Football Club minisheets (F/
V=$27), misc booklets (F/V=$9), sheet of 25 Five Dollars Charles
Condor specimens; USA Ten Cents First Man on the Moon sheet
of 32 unit;, Nazi Germany blocks of four compr Hitler portrait (18
values), Swastika (11 values), 1943 Hitler Birthday (5 values),
1944 Armed Forces (12 values), Ukraine overprints (18 values),
Occupied Poland (2 values); together with Phantom and X Files
phonecard packs, and misc Wills’s British Empire series cigarette
cards (20). A useful group (lot)
Est. $100
3008
Accumulation of mainly decimal stamp packs (F/V=$275 approx),
plus FDCs 1940s-1990s, all housed in four albums (lot) Est. $175
3009
Album of blocks of four mixed values (F/V=$150 approx); plus
mint predecimals and a few sheets of 1947 German issues (100s)
Est. $100
3010
Hingeless album containing mixed singles and blocks of four (F/
V=$200 approx) along with some mint predecimals (lot) Est. $125
3011
Good selection of Australia Post standard, exhibition and AFL
Centenary booklets (F/V=$122)
Est. $75
POSTAL COVERS
3012
3013
3014
SHEETS
3017
Sheets and partial sheets values One Cent to Twenty-Five Cents in
mint sheet albums (F/V=$205 approx)
Est. $150
3018
Partial sheets values One Cent to Sixty Cents in mint sheet albums
(F/V=$400 approx); plus two FDC albums chock full of useful
issues (100s)
Est. $250
3019
Sheets and part sheets values mainly Five Cents to Thirty-Three
Cents, includes a useful group of 1971 Xmas multiples (F/V=$300
approx)
Est. $175
AUSTRALIA POST YEAR BOOKS
3020
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 19896 (2), 1987 (both types), 1988
(both), 1989 (both), 1990 (both) (15 volumes)
Est. $300
3021
Year Albums 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,
1989; plus PNG 1986, Antarctica Book 1990, and other Post Office
products (16 items)
Est. $125
3022
1988 both types, 1990 (3, incl one executive edition), 1991
executive edition; plus 1990-91 Collector’s Year Books (2)
(8 volumes)
Est. $125
3023
1990-91 and 1991-92 collector year books; together with small
accumulation of stamp packs and Five Dollars 1997 Bradman PNC
(F/V=$165 approx) (lot)
Est. $90
3024
A Selection of the Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of
Australia 1999 with slipcase, 64 edge gilt pages enclosing 28
proof stamps reprinted in black from original dies
Est. $125
3025
A similar set to the previous published in 2003 and containing 32
proof stamps reprinted in red representing royalty releases Est. $125
Postcard from Turner & Henderson (publishers) of Sydney dated
6th Nov 1907 notifying addressee of parcel arriving by rail, with
affixed New South Wales One Penny stamp cancelled 7th Nov
1907, a nice early example
Est. $75
First Air Mail Australia to New Zealand April 1934 cover with
contents and multiple postmarks 11th-14th April, the envelope
printed “per VH-UXX ‘Faith in Australia’ C.T.P.Ulm Commander” the
cover appears to have been addressed from Sydney to Gosford
NJSW via the flight and bears three Australian and one New
Zealand stamps. The contents reads:
Dear Rex
No time for a letter but thought you might like one of these
envelopes. It may be worth something in years to come.
Love to self & mother
Uncle Roy
Some tears to the envelope but otherwise a clean example – from
the original recipient’s family and new to the market Est. $100
Accumulation of decimal souvenir and first day covers in five
albums; plus bundleware, loose MUH issues, framas etc. A nice
clean lot, viewing will reward (1,000s)
Est. $100
AUSTRALIA POST PUBLICATIONS
3026
America’s Cup Cup-Ex 87 cover collection in custom album (40
covers); Australian Bicentennial collection complete; Expo 88 cover
collection (63 covers); Australia Post 22 Club cover collection (45
covers); together with “Links” collection, and several useful philatelic
and numismatic reference books, Mixed Condition (lot)
Est. $75
3027
“Introducing Australia” portfolio c.1989 with Japanese translation
insert and $12.77 of mint stamps; Albert Namatjira “Art of Our
Country” portfolio; “Waterbirds of Australia” portfolio; plus empty
private issue Australian Antarctic Territory 1957-1980 stamps folio
(4 items)
Est. $75
3028
Small accumulation incl Bicentennial Collection 1988 unopened,
Golden Days of Radio, Australia Under Fire, Forty Royal Years; plus
America’s Cup gift packs (2) and Year Book for 1986 (9 items)
Est. $75
STAMP BOOKLETS
3015
Accumulation 1960s-1990s with a few stamp packs thrown in
(F/V=$550 approx)
Est. $300
STAMP PACKS
3016
Assortment of standard and large size stamp packs, minisheet
folders, joint issue folders and special occasion booklets with no
apparent duplication (F/V=$440 approx) (100 items) Est. $275
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ERRORS
3029
3037
Twenty-Seven Cents 1982 ABC Anniv full sheet of 100 units
apparently a printing error although unlisted in the references,
MUH
Est. $75
Session 7
COLLECTIONS
3030
Old tin of State issues, George V Heads etc; plus misc postcards
etc, Mixed Condition but viewing should reward (lot)
Est. $75
3031
Australia Post Year Book 1985; together with loose stamps, FDCs,
world collections in albums etc, Mixed Condition (lot)
Est. $75
3032
Australian and world used accumulation in 17 albums; together
with bundleware and additional hingeless album containing mint
Australian predecimal and decimal stamps, some faults and some
badly stored (1,000s)
Est. $75
3033
Collection 1913-1980s mixed mint and used in several albums,
noted several useful “roos as well as State issues; plus New
Zealand and other world issues, very disorganised but useful
Est. $100
(1,000s)
3034
Large accumulation of FDCs and souvenir covers(100s), misc
world stamp albums, loose stamps; plus empty coin cases, used
coin sheets, new and used Eagle holders etc (lot)
Est. $75
Classic Album Covers presentation pack and souvenir sheet
commemorative pairs, a fabulous marketing opportunity for
anyone interested in British Rock, featuring the greats such as
Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969), Led Zeppelin IV (1971), David
Bowie Ziggy Stardust (1972), Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells (1973)
and others by The Clash, Primal Scream, Pink Floyd, Coldplay etc
(48 pairs)
Est. $500
ISLE OF MAN
3038
POSTAL HISTORY
Queen Elizabeth Coronation Jubilee 2003, full sheet of mint stamps
(f/v £12 each) in pictorial collector folders (14 folders)
Est. $250
NEW ZEALAND DECIMALS
3035
Stannum NSW; Victorian era “Stannum Post Office” oval timber
handled brass stamp with Victorian crown; plus two rubber stamps
from the same post office, interesting (3 items)
Stannum is an old tin mining town with a current population of
around 200
Est. $75
3039
Year albums 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987; together with misc
Australian FDCs, loose mint and used decimals etc (lot) Est. $75
3040
Year albums 1992 (3), 1993, 1994, 1995; plus partial MUH
collection 1953-1983 on Seven Seas pages incl Ross, life
assurance etc, a nice lot (100s)
Est. $75
3041
1898 Pictorials Centenary Collection in superbly cloth bound hardcover
book in cloth bound case containing 13 minisheets of 25 units each
all numbered 58 of 2,000 sets issued. A most impressive set that is
seldom seen on the secondary market
Est. $150
World Stamps
GREAT BRITAIN
3036
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Postal covers c.1850-1870 with Penny Reds attached, unchecked for
postmarks or varieties, a nice clean group (32 covers)
Est. $350
3042
PNG Collection 1911-1986, sparse in the early issues, the later
Decimals mainly MUH, includes Stamp Pack plus World issues,
housed in seven albums, Mixed Condition (1000’s)
Est. $125
3043
Specimen Ten Shillings Map and One Pound Fisherman (SG14, 15)
mint with light hinge traces, a nice pair (2 stamps)
Ex Rod Perry Auction
Est. $150
USA
3044
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Year sets 1970-1980s (5); plus part mint sheets, Cupex 1987
covers and souvenir album (lot)
Est. $75
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CRICKET
3045
Year albums for Canada 1981 (2); New Zealand 1984, 1985, 1986,
1987; USPS 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986; plus British Commonwealth
HRH Princess of Wales 21st Birthday 1982 minisheet collection in
custom album, high face value (lot)
Est. $100
3046
Accumulation of stamp packs, booklets etc of New Zealand, USA
and incl Australian territory types, note a good collection of Hutt River
Province issues, high face value but disorganised (lot)
Est. $125
3047
Accumulation of world and Australian stamps, FDCs etc with high
face value (1,000s)
Est. $175
3048
Useful group of stamps, FDCs etc from British India, North Borneo
overprints, New Zealand, Australia etc with many part sheets
noted, well worth a look (lot)
Est. $125
3049
3058
Unused Philco series 6207D photographic postcard depicting
Australian 1907-8 test team, lovely grade
Est. $100
3059
United Antiluvian Order of Druids (Australia) 9ct gold Cricket
Prize fob presented to “E.Dean for Batting 1912-13”; plus misc
medalets, medallions etc, Mixed Condition (35 items) Est. $100
3060
Framed Bradman photos of the 1948 ‘Invincibles’ team (2);
together with framed photo of Mark Waugh in action making 133
not out at Pune, and the Aussie team at Lords cheering as Darren
Lehmann hit the winning runs in the 1999 World Cup Final (4
framed items)
Est. $75
Selection of MUH multiples incl Chile, Great Britain, Spain etc and
including some Australian decimals and TOCs, high face value
(lot)
Est. $125
Sports Memorabilia
OLYMPICS
FOOTBALL
3050
Melbourne 1956; two athletics programmes, ticket wallet,
‘Olympic Follies’ programme for the Tivoli Theatre, three hard
to find booklets, unused aerogramme; plus hard cover “Olympic
Saga” by Keith Donald and Don Selth with dust jacket, the last item
rare – the first we have offered (9 items)
Est. $175
3051
Melbourne 1956; official cushion with logo, athletics programme
for 24th Nov 1956, book “The Olympic Games 1956”, fundraiser
LP record c.1984 “Carry the Flag”; together with Sydney 2000
mascot passport, album of Shell sporting pictograms, and torch
relay medallic folder (7 items)
Est. $175
3052
Melbourne 1956; harder to find guide booklets (3), unused
postcard “Where to Buy Your Tickets”, official report by World
Sports etc (7 items)
Est. $125
3053
Melbourne 1956; two Radiola 10” LP records of the opening and
closing ceremonies with original sleeves (2 items)
Est. $150
3054
Melbourne 1956; misc programmes (7), Tivoli Theatre programme
“Olympic Follies” for 1st Nov 1956; together with related ephemera
(8), used tickets (6), and Olympic postal covers (3) (lot) Est. $75
3055
Tokyo 1964; cased sterling silver and bronze medallions each
30mm designed for the Tokyo Olympic Fund Raising Committee
by Yusaku Kamekura, As Struck (2 medallions)
Est. $75
3056
Calgary Winter Olympics and Seoul Summer Olympics 1988;
pair of medallions 40mm in silver commemorating each event,
possibly struck by the Canadian Mint (2 medallions)
Est. $75
3057
Seoul 1988; cased participation medallion 65mm in bronze;
together with cased Uncirculated Ten Thousand Won 1987 with
Seoul Olympics logo (KM77) (2 items)
Est. $100
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3061
Prize fob 31mm square in silver, reverse engraved “Korong Vale
Football Club 1890 Jos Mackin Best Back” with suspension loop
and ring; plus Victorian Rifle Assn prize fob 26mm in sterling silver
and enamel on short silver chain with Mexican silver “T” bar,
reverse engraved “Fish Creek R.C Won by J.J.Mackin 1926” a
most interesting pair to the same or related recipient/s (2 items)
Korong Vale Football Club (north of Wycheproof Victoria) was a
member of the North Western Division of the VFA in 1890 and later
was part of the Loddon Valley League until its demise in 1990 after
losing the grand final of that year
Est. $125
3062
Essendon Football Club; autograph book with several signatures of
Essendon players c.1980-81 incl Paul Van der Haar, Gary Foulds,
Max Crow, Ron Andrews, Roger Merrett, and coaches Barry Davis
and Kevin Sheedy; plus two Chips Rafferty signatures on note
paper, scrappy but interesting
Est. $75
3063
Footscray Football Club; poster-size depiction of a bulldog by
famous cartoonist “Weg” 500x410mm c.1954, edge tears left and
right margins but the image is unaffected
A similar item sold at Charles Leskie Auctions sale 398, lot 72 for
$4,500
Est. $4,000
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Session 7
3064
“Footy Fan” magazines 1963-1964 compr Vo1 no.2 featuring
Ron Barassi, no.5 Darrell Baldock, no.6 Graham Arthur, no.11
Alan Aylett, no.13 John Kennedy, no.15 Fred Wooller and Bob
Davis, and Vol 2 no.10 Ian Law; together with a July 1955 copy
of the magazine “Collingwood Footballer” with plenty of photos
of Magpie stars of the time. All covers are intact and there is no
internal graffiti, a rare group with the last item possibly being the
inaugural copy (8 items)
Est. $125
Badges
3065
Richmond Football Club; ‘Captain Blood’ Jack Dyer as Told to Brian
Hansen, hard cover first edition 1965, 192pp with dust jacket;
two Select wallets containing Brisbane Lions 2003 Premiers
cards; Ampol VFL Champions 1st Series fact folders for Bob
Skilton, Hassa Mann and Doug Wade (with very interesting artist’s
impression of the ‘completed’ VFL Park Waverley!); plus sepia
photograph on board of the North Carlton Presbyterian Football
Club 1935 with some of the player names listed on the reverse,
interesting (7 items)
Est. $75
3071
Royal Automobile Club of Victoria 15ct gold badge c.1930s with
intact reverse brooch fitting, most attractive and rare Est. $400
3072
School badges; Westleigh College Northcote pre WWI badge in
sterling silver by Wittenbach & Co missing one suspension loop
on reverse; plus Presbyterin Ladies College Pymble NSW blazer
brooch c.1930 in sterling silver by G.A.Miller Sydney, reverse
crudely engraved “F.Hammond” (2 badges)
Est. $75
3073
Voided (hat?) badge 33mm in sterling silver and enamel by Stokes
& Sons Melbourne with motto “Ohne Hast Ohne Rast” (“without
haste without rest”, a motto created by Goethe) some enamel loss
and heavily toned but interesting
The design bears more than a passing resemblance to the current
emblem of Moreton Bay College, a Uniting Church girls school in
Manly West, an outer suburb of Brisbane Queensland
Est. $75
3074
Gold lined Australian patriotic badge c.1900; Orkney & Shetland
Assoc of Australia badge; enamelled Boys’ Athletic League New
York, reverse impressed “1941 Health Contest”; plus EPNS salt
dispenser with simplified City of Melbourne coat-of-arms by
Stokes, and M.R.Roberts America’s Cup 1983 winner medallion,
VF-Unc (5 items)
Est. $75
3075
Group of vintage badges incl Townsville Sailing Club, Cairns Aquatic
Club, IOOF Queensland, SPS “Truth Without Fear”, Qld Police Citizens
Youth Welfare, Qld Bowling Veterans (2), Qld Limbless Soldiers, various
Gem Club badges (10), and other misc mainly Australian badges (32)
Mixed Condition (50 badges)
Est. $75
HORSE RACING
3066
Australian Jockey Club Sydney sterling silver vesta case
hallmarked Birmingham 1905 with inscription “To E.P.Briginshaw
Esq with Good Luck from AJC 23.8.06” lovely grade with no dents
and includes original vestas
Est. $100
OTHER SPORTS
3067
Baseball; large accumulation of US trading cards 1990 to mid
1990s from Topps, Upper Deck, Skybox etc housed in clip lock bags,
disorganised but in good condition (1,600+ cards)
Est. $250
3068
Rowing; Netherlands, inter-university challenge race undated
participation(?) medallions c.1888-1890 (one uniface) EF with
some Internet research (2 medallions)
The races were conducted in a similar fashion to the famed Oxford
v Cambridge event over a 3,200 metre course
Est. $75
3069
Tennis; GC Tennis Tournament 9ct gold prize brooch 27.5mm “Won by
A.C.Whiting 1895” missing reverse pin; plus Melbourne Cricket Club
country member badge 1958-59, VF (2 items)
Est. $100
3070
Misc British mixed sport fobs, three with gold highlights, engraved
as follows: one crudely to “J.Ross 1935” another “N.E.Region Cup
Winners 1948 J.A.Ross”; “Dilger Bros Race 120 yds H’cap 1913
V.Earl” and another “St James AFC Prem’s 1913 V.Earl” a nice
group (4 fobs)
Est. $90
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Large group of mainly NSW club badges 1960s-1980s, noted
several union types, nice grade (200+ items)
Est. $100
3077
Selection c.1960s-1980s mainly from the Newcastle area and
surrounds incl club badges, RSL, Leagues Clubs, Tattersalls etc,
nice grade (approx 130 items)
Est. $75
3078
A similar lot to the previous in nice grade (approx 120 items)
Est. $75
3079
Small accumulation compr misc bowling club badges incl
Alphington Bowling Club 1921 tie bar, misc tokens, medallions,
ancient bronzes (2) etc all housed in old tobacco tin, Mixed
Condition (38 items)
Est. $150
Union Badges & Memorabilia
3080
Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia, Federated
Miscellaneous Workers Union of Australia NSW Branch; plus a
union related Victoria style 9ct gold end enamel brooch by Williss
of Melbourne (3 items)
Est. $125
3081
Australian Trained Nurses Association badges 30mm in sterling
silver and enamel by Flavelle (Smith 69) engraved on the reverse to
the same recipient, A.M.V.Skinner, in 1910 and 1911 respectively,
a rare pair to the same recipient (2 badges)
Est. $175
3082
Police/Protective Services
3086
Obsolete police cloth patches and shoulder titles from various
states; plus belt buckles, hat badges etc, Mixed Condition (approx
40 items)
Est. $125
3087
Obsolete police cloth patches and shoulder titles from overseas
forces incl New Zealand Prison Service and police badges and
other items, Mixed Condition (approx 50 items)
Est. $75
3088
Queensland Police; obsolete cloth patches (7), Liaison Officer
shoulder titles (two pairs); plus Prison Service hat badge in
aluminium and enamel by A.J.Parkes Brisbane, Mixed Condition
(10 items)
Est. $75
3089
Queensland Police; obsolete chrome and enamel hat badge; plus
NSW Police shoulder titles etc, EF-Unc (12 items)
Est. $100
3090
Queensland; obsolete metal and enamel prison and corrective
services hat badges (2); plus a matched pair of old Queensland
Police shoulder patches (4 items)
Est. $75
Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens Assn of Australasia sterling
silver member fob by Bridgland & King; plus Federated Carters and
Drivers Industrial Union of Australia badge by same maker, both
c.1920s or before, VF-EF (2 badges)
Est. $75
3083
Melbourne Eight Hours Committee 1911 badge in 24mm in
sterling silver and enamel with suspension mount, very fresh and
minty, very rare with only a handful issued
Est. $500
3084
Railway Workers & General Laborers’ Assoc of NSW fob in silver
with no enamelling, reverse engraved “Hugh Gallagher President
1908”; together with four other enamelled badges and fobs, Mixed
Est. $75
Condition (5 items)
3085
Waterside Workers Federation of Australia Melbourne Branch
member badge by Wittenbach; other union badges incl timber
workers, gas; plus sterling silver school badges (2), Marcus Clark
1932 Harbour Bridge medal, and silver prize fob “Seed Merchants
Est. $75
Picnic Frankston 1913” Mixed Condition (8 items)
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3076
Session 7
3091
Tasmania Police; obsolete patches and cloth titles (9), metal
shoulder title, and two different hat/cap badges EF-Unc
(12 items)
Est. $125
3092
Victoria Police; obsolete cloth patches and titles, uniform buttons
etc; plus two Carlton Football Club rosette badges, Mixed Condition
(approx 50 items)
Est. $90
3097
British Fire Services Association Medal 38mm in silver with Five
Years bar, unnamed, EF
Est. $90
3098
Metropolitan Police George VI period blackened bronze and
chrome “Bobby” helmet badges 92x115mm with lugs intact, VF or
better (2 badges)
Est. $75
FIRE BRIGADES
Lodge Memorabilia
3093
3094
Melbourne & Metropolitan Fire Brigade pair of vintage brass
shoulder titles, various brass and chrome buttons in small MFB
timber box; plus misc medalets incl Olympic Park greyhounds
track turnstile tokens, Mixed Condition (lot)
Est. $75
3099
Hastings New Zealand Masonic case containing aprons, certificates
and booklets related to member M.L.Leeves, nice grade (lot)
Est. $75
3100
Sydney Lodge No.404 jewel with ribbon engraved “Presented to
Rt Wor Bro I.F.V.Marsden by the Brethren of Sydney Lodge No.404
Sept 6th 1947; together with Verulam Lodge No.12 engraved
Pres to RWM M.I.Marsden 18° by the Officers and Brethren As a
token of esteem 19.4.58” both housed in Harvey.C.Smith box, a
particularly nice pair bequeathed to the vendor by his grandmother
Est. $90
3101
Lovely group of vintage Masonic marbles (40, incl six large size)
unusual (40 items)
Est. $75
Western Australia Fire Brigade Bunbury District, 15ct gold award
fob engraved “WAFBD Bunbury 1st Hose and Ladder 8 Won by
W.Rawlins Cue VFB 1909” superb
Est. $400
Geological Specimens
3095
Western Australia Fire Brigade Bunbury District, 9ct gold award
fob on chain by Perth maker, the fob reverse engraved “Cue FB
Carnival 1909 Tug-of-War Won by W.Rawlins” VF or better and an
excellent companion piece to the previous lot
Est. $200
3102
GREAT BRITAIN
3096
Polished brown adventurine sphere 100mm, beautiful Est. $100
British National Fire Brigades Union Medal 38mm in bronze with
Ten Years bar on ribbon for National Fire Brigades Assn award,
edge impressed “4549”, gVF
Est. $75
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Polished deep green river jade sphere 105mm, impressive Est. $150
3112
Polished Peruvian Jasper heart, width 65mm; and polished
Madagascan Jasper egg, 58mm, a popular ‘romance and fertility’
thematic pair (2 items)
Est. $75
3113
Polished multi-coloured Eastern jasper sphere 110mm, a striking
example
Est. $150
Polished Brazilian agate sphere, subdued colour and an attractive
specimen with good semi opaque inclusion patterns, 82mm
Est. $300
Session 7
3103
3111
3104
Polished blue agate and quartz gedde 97mm with exposed and
impressive crystalline structure
Est. $125
3114
Polished yellow jasper sphere 105mm
Est. $125
3105
Polished amethyst sphere 115mm, superb
3115
Polished ‘picture’ jasper sphere 115mm, impressive
Est. $150
3116
Polished clear and smokey quartz spheres 45 and 32mm with
rutile inclusions, deep green quartz 55mm, red jasper with agate
50mm , and carnelian with agate 75mm (5 items)
Est. $200
3117
Polished grey (dinosaur) quartz with agate inclusions 110mm,
most impressive
Est. $175
3118
Polished grey ‘dinosaur’ quartz and agate sphere 110mm, most
impressive
Est. $175
3119
Polished pink rose quartz sphere 90mm with even ‘kunzite’ pink
colour, nice
Est. $100
3120
Polished smokey quartz sphere 115mm with remarkable light
‘play’
Est. $125
Est. $200
3106
Polished fossilised coral sphere 100mm, an interesting specimen
Est. $100
3107
Polished blue falcons eye (or tiger eye) 80mm, a wonderful
example
Est. $150
3108
Polished pure green fluorite sphere 65mm
3109
3110
Est. $100
Polished purple/green flourite sphere 100mm, attractive
Est. $125
Polished fushite spheres 60mm, one with sizeable rby visible, the
other with kyanite inclusion (2 items)
Est. $175
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Session 7
3122
Polished stromatolite (fossil) sphere 105mm, nice
Est. $125
Toys and Games
3129
British Crown and Anchor vintage 6-sided spinner in brass in two
sections with Internet research; plus WWII period French victory
parade flagstaff holder, interesting (2 items)
Est. $90
3130
Playing cards, Early Holden Series set containing two decks of playing
cards depicting FX and FJ Holdens, and five poker dice in tin and card
outer case by Webb, made in Hong Kong, used
Est. $75
Polished Amazonian Brazil turquoise and composite minerals
sphere 55mm, nice colour and pattern
Est. $100
Jewellery/Cosmetic
Accessories
3123
Danish c.1940s art and craft style bracelet in .830 silver by Willy
Kromar; plus Hans Jensen stylish sterling silver necklace c.1950s
(2 items)
Est. $125
3124
Patriotic brooch in 9ct gold with local hallmarks, nice
Est. $75
3131
3125
Sterling silver brooch 68x65mm with reverse fittings intact
mounted on quality three-coloured velvet frame and depicting
in fine detail an American Indian chieftain with full head dress. A
lovely and unusual piece of vintage American silver
Est. $200
Vintage wind-up celluloid trapeze artist (no key but works); boxed
“Street Life” 1995 Michael Jackson china doll; boxed vintage
Est. $75
Adler recorder; plus four packs of playing cards (lot)
3132
Winston teddy bear bride and groom with flower girl and page
boy in Franklin Mint Heirloom Dolls boxes of issue; plus a pair of
Korean made Paddington Bears c.1988, all original with no repairs,
the first two nearly mint condition (4 items)
Est. $150
MODEL TRAINS
3126
3127
3128
3133
OO/HO diesel locomotives including Athearn Conrail, Bachmann
Amtrak, Lima LG208129, other (3) (6 items)
Est. $125
3134
Assorted OO/HO steam locomotives, makes including Bachmann,
Dapol, Jouef etc (5 locos)
Est. $125
3135
OO/HO diesel locomotives including Bachmann Santa Fe and
Central Western Railroad, Life-Like Trains Santa Fe; plus a
Life-Like N scale Sante Fe diesel (4 items)
Est. $100
Early 1900s ladies mesh evening purse in sterling silver with
original silver chain link handle, perfect condition with no holes
in the mesh; Scottish Hospital Sydney silver and enamel nurse’s
brooch by Angus & Coote; plus misc tinplates, medalets etc, Mixed
Condition (34 items)
Est. $150
Gents 15ct gold ring named to Bill Costello; plus first day cover
addressed to noted colonial dealer W.P.Costello in Fiji with British
Solomon Islands Twopence 1923-48 stamp, both items from the
same family (2 items)
Est. $90
Gents 9ct gold studs in original Dunklings case
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3137
Assorted OO/HO steam locomotives (6 locos, two with tenders)
Est. $125
3143
Elgin crown wind sterling silver half hunter cased pocket watch
with Roman numerals, recessed subsidiary seconds, seven jewels,
housed in leather pouch, in working order
Est. $100
3144
Cased Olympic Swiss made day/date wristwatch with papers
(appears okay but needs battery); plus Seiko automatic day/date
19-jewel wristwatch in working order (2 watches)
Est. $100
3145
Crown wind 20 Year 10ct gold cased pocket watch with quality
Swiss movement, Roman numerals, recessed seconds and hidden
engraving on inner cover “To Ernest from his Mother on his 22nd
Birthday 6.11.12” in good working order, a quality timepiece
Est. $175
3146
Two open face crown wind railway lever pocket watches, one by
J.Bremmer & Co of Dunedin in working condition, the other in
need of attention (2 watches)
Est. $125
3147
Railway lever style crown wind nickel cased 8-day clock watch
135x185mm in original fitted leather case with foldout stand
c.early 1920s or before, in good working order with superb
movement
Est. $175
3148
Rolex Oyster “Royal” 17-jewel wristwatch c.late 1930s-early
1940s, no band and not working (parts only), comes with additional
faulty part in separate container (2 items)
Est. $100
3149
Seiko automatic 17-jewel wristwatch with date window at 3
o’clock (appears to tick over); plus girl’s sterling silver bracelet
with safety chain, both in boxes (2 items)
Est. $90
Hornby OO/HO LNER steam loco with tender, LMS steam loco;
Triang-Hornby ‘Princess Victoria’ steam locomotive, partially
disassembled; Triang Pullman coaches (2), other coaches (2)
(7 items)
Est. $100
3138
Tyco OO/HO ‘Chattanooga’ steam loco with tender, passenger
coaches (4) and caboose cars (2); Tyco ‘Burlington Northern’ diesel
loco with assorted rolling stock (15) (23 items)
Est. $100
3139
Assorted OO/HO rolling stock, track and accessories, some items
in original boxes (lot)
Est. $150
3140
Quantity of Hornby-Dublo track mixed long straight (5), short
straight (7) and curved types (19) with a couple of pieces with
switchpoints and other specialist types (3) generally good
condition (36 items)
Est. $75
Scientific/Technical Instruments
3141
Casella’s garden or seed microscope c.1876 in case of issue. This
item is offered in pieces with no guarantee as to its completeness,
nevertheless a rare scientific instrument that comes with Internet
research
Est. $350
Weights & Scales
3142
Post office beam balance scales with 10, 20 and 50gms weights;
Est. $75
plus WWI period brass trench whistle (2 items)
Watches and Clocks
Watches, instruments and devices with working mechanisms are
verified to be accurately described. Whilst every care is taken to
provide secure packaging for all items in transit, no responsibility
may be assigned to the Auctioneer for lots that are described as
being ‘in working order’ but are found to be not working at the time
of receipt. Such lots are sold “as is” and are not subject to return
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3136
3150
Waltham “Bond Street” full hunter crown wind pocket watch in 10
Year gold case, missing seconds hand but in working order Est. $75
Session 7
LADIES WATCHES
3155
PHOTOGRAPHS
3156
3151
Pro Hart; small framed original painting 135mm square on
masonite with a typical outback theme c.1980s
Est. $750
Swiss made Fortis marquesite wristwatch c.1950s in good
working order; plus Chandler incabloc ring watch in working order
(2 watches)
Est. $90
MIXED LOTS
3152
Ladies purse watch with leather covered case c.1950s; plus two
vintage base metal railway levers. The first ticks over but needs
attention, the others not working (3 watches)
Est. $75
3153
Ladies Longines-Wittnauer gold filled wrist watch c.1960s in
original case; plus misc costume jewellery, lodge medalets, cuff
links etc, noticed some nice early silver cuff links with enamelled
Melbourne coat-of-arms. The watch needs a clean else Mixed
Condition (lot)
Est. $75
A fine group of 19th Century photographs/cartes de visites incl
a superb military instrumentalist taken at a Carlton studio, early
tin types (now very scarce), Intercolonial Exhibition 1866, Ballarat
Asylum etc (36 photos)
Est. $150
CARTOONS
3157
Norman Lindsay political cartoon that appeared in “The Bulletin”
Thursday 3rd July 1913 depicting a crab and the new Prime
Minister Joseph Coot. On the back of the printed etching is a
scathing article relating to the then current Liberal Government,
lovely condition with some research relating to Joseph Cook’s
earlier and later career
Est. $75
3157
Two original hand-drawn “Wally and the Major” art works in pen
and ink by Carl Lyon, each 165x235mm; with a reduced size
artist’s proof of the same, an actual newspaper clipping, plus a
soft back publication “Carl Lyon Retrospective, An Exhibition of
the Artist’s Work” by A.L.Burgess, 24pp featuring a brief history of
Lyon’s work. Nice grade (5 items)
Carl Lyon born Forest Lodge NSW 1903, died 1982; he was a trained
artist, cartoonist and illustrator with many notable works to his credit.
In his early life he worked as a cane cutter and later became a prolific
illustrator of magazines, comic books and newspaper comic strips
A similar item dated 1946 can be found in lot 72
Est. $75
3159
Two original hand-drawn “Wally and the Major” art works by Carl
Lyon, each 165x235mm; with a reduced size artist’s proof of the
same plus a soft back publication “Carl Lyon Retrospective, An
Exhibition of the Artist’s Work” by A.L.Burgess, 24pp featuring a
brief history of Lyon’s work. Nice grade (4 items)
Est. $75
Photographic/Projection
Equipment & Materials
3154
Vintage equipment compr Titan 714 super 8 camera in case with
Trimatic IQ super 8 projector; cased Arco standard 8 wind-up
camera and similar projector; Panasonic MC20 VHSC PAL movie
camera in box with accessories; pull down projection screen;
Filius slide projector; old telescopic tripod; Polaroid Colorpack II
camera in case with accessories; Brownie C box camera; German
ZIloca 35mm rangefinder camera with Saga accessory filters in
leather case; Tempor 620 foldout camera with Ludwig f=105mm
lens etc, Mixed Condition (lot)
Also see lots 52 and 53 for old Kodak bellows cameras belonging
to WWI diggers
Note: buyer’s responsibility for the removal of the lot from the
premises
Est. $125
Paintings, Maps & Prints
PAINTINGS
Lot 3155
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3160
Large intricately carved faux ivory vase approx 300mm tall on
moulded timber stand with elephant handles,; together with similar
figurines (3) and cased porcelain figurines (4) (8 items)
Est. $90
3161
Superb carved light wood Madonna approx 400mm high c.1960s
from the Philippines; plus Ghanaian carved ebony mask wall
hanging and two free standing figurines approx 150mm high
(4 items)
Est. $100
3162
3169
Porcupine quill pen c.1850 (top of quill broken); two other antique
writing instruments; plus small group of gambling chips for Mindi
Beach, Wrest Point, Burswood (2) and one misc, and interesting
metal clip (pictured) (10 items)
Est. $150
3170
Sterling silver propelling pencils (2) and a similar type in gold
plate; double Sovereign case, and a pair of Continental silver(?)
carving knife and fork table rests (6 items)
Est. $75
3171
Pharmaceutical products compr Rawleigh’s Mustard Ointment
(net weight 1¾oz, contents complete), Martin & Pleasance’s
Podophyllin Pilules, an anti emetic (the container still sealed), and
5 grammes bottle of Novocain, an anaesthetic, with some contents
remaining (3 items)
Est. $75
3172
Qantas Empire Airways Boeing 707 metal registration plates for
Longreach VH-EBJ and Winton VH-EBI; two similar plates in red plastic
to Winton VH-EBI and Darwin VH-EBH; plus Rum Jungle (NT) Bowling
Club hat band, and Melbourne Cricket Club full member badge
1976-77, the first two items extremely rare (6 items)
Est. $100
3173
Records; Edison cylinders c.1905-1917 from Sydney Office
and Overseas Office, all different with most in protective tubes
with Edison’s photo and patent details (some with lids) most in
serviceable condition with some excellent (21 items) Est. $100
3174
Collection of 78RPM records, mainly 1940s-1950s popular incl
some early Australian jazz (28 records); together with several
33RPM LPs incl Edward Woodward (2) and Bless The Bride (rare)
(8 LPs) (36 records)
Est. $75
3175
45RPM 7” singles and EPs c.1950s-1980s mixed Australian and
US with mixed genres incl pop, instrumental, jazz and classical,
half without paper sleeves. Mixed Condition with some better
(approx 160 records)
Est. $75
Pair of pre WWI-period art nouveau style pewter vases set with fired
green enamel cabachons, maker’s mark James Dixon & Sons of
Sheffield on the base, some minor imperfections in a couple of the
enamelled pieces otherwise a nice pair, height 145mm
Est. $75
Other Ephemera/Collectables
3163
Souvenir aboriginal artefacts compr boomerangs (16), carved
items (3) and framed and glazed prints by P.Maltby (6) Mixed
Condition (25 items)
Est. $75
3164
Bryant & May Red Heads matchbox label collection in full and part sets
including a full set of 1956 Melbourne Olympics (approx 700 items)
plus a Bryant & May letter detailing the series from 1956 to 1974;
together with a box of cigarette cards, badges etc, Mixed Condition,
the labels generally a good clean lot (lot)
Est. $100
3165
Ireland; Ropeworks Belfast gilt and leatherette desk calendar for
1939. The company made the hemp ropes for the White Star liner
Titanic, interesting
Est. $75
3166
Napoleonic replica coronation crown trios with descriptive texts in
clear lidded timber cases, high retail value (3 sets)
Est. $75
3167
Gold filled opera glasses/lorgnette by Samuel Mordan in good
working order with spring intact
Est. $75
3168
Cased Parker pen; misc medalets (5, one nice silver example);
One Dollar 1984 (4), 1993 (2); misc world coppers (5); Reserve
Bank bundle labels (4); misc Indian and Dutch stamps; plus misc
oddments (3) (lot)
Est. $75
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Other Artworks/Ornaments
George Rose Melbourne stereoscopic cards c.1887-1908 incl Views
of the Boer War (Victorian Contingent), American Fleet Visit 1908,
Edward VII coronation etc, a most historic group (63 cards) Est. $125
Session 7
3176
3177
3181
Cigarette packet with contents, “American” cigarettes by
Appointment to the King of Italy, reverse of packet “Specially
selected for the “Midland Railway Hotels by H.L.Savory & Co 47
Piccadilly London W”; plus unopened mustard plaster by Seabury
& Johnson, most interesting (2 items)
Est. $75
3182
Accumulation compr framed aboriginal print, official Essendon
Bombers screen print, booklet “Footscray’s First 100 Years”
c.1959, “Tinka” by Brownie Downing and John Mansfield, Tarax
Footy game, three vintage board games (no dice or chips), Tarax
World Championship Cricket game, Lion King booklet, Otto Lorenz
“Jugendstil” poster art c.1984, and Tibetan and Himalayan woodblock
prints by Douglas Weiner, Mixed Condition (12 items)
Est. $100
3183
Goldfields artefacts found with the aid of a metal detector in the
Victorian ‘golden triangle’ each item described by the finder, Mixed
Condition (approx 75 items)
Est. $75
3184
Misc items compr two timber framed Brownie Downing-style
Aboriginal paintings on velvet with book “Tinka and His Friends” by
Brownie Downing and John Mansfield c.1969; souvenir boomerang
c.1938; timber plate with Aboriginal motifs; comical timber pipe;
Vealls lamp-style aluminium bottle opener; advertising clothes
brush; plus ABBA carry bag and notebook (10 items)
Est. $75
3185
Small group of tribal artefacts (spear heads, souvenirs etc) some
damage (5 items)
Est. $75
Pacific Islands style native timber carving 800mm high with shell
inserts for eyes, no splits and very impressive
Est. $75
BREWERIANA
3178
3179
3180
Terracotta bust of Charles Dickens set into blackened wooden
plinth, height 203mm, a nice reading room display piece; plus
a vintage John Rabone 66ft measuring tape in damaged leather
housing (2 items)
Est. $75
Superb hand engraved cheroot case with family crest, inscribed
“Vis Fortibus Arma” (Strength is Arm to the Brave), by maker
Alfred Taylor, hallmarked 1855. Believed to have been a family
presentation item to a young officer on his way to serve in the
Crimean War
Est. $250
Album of very old cigarette packet fronts (75); together with
E.W.Cole Funny Picture Book reprints (2 diff), Sunday newspaper
banknote collections (2), and post WWII “Our Ashes Greats”
Est. $75
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3186
Beam’s Choice 8 Year Old bourbon bottles featuring the American artist
series (5 diff); Beam’s 100 Month Old Queensland Sunshine State
collector bottle; EPNS glass wine decanter; Dewars figurine; vintage
square drinking trays with liquor advertising (2); “Building” liquor
bottle in glazed biscuit porcelain; ‘Weg” Hawthorn and Melbourne
Football Club coasters, no major damage (11 items)
Est. $75
3187
Hip flask impressed “The Glasgow Flask” 4oz size in pewter by
Pinder Bors c.1980s with City Chambers and Glasgow Cathedral
depictions, in box of issue; plus impressive brass bottle opener
with Buddhist deity (2 items)
Est. $75
3188
Minibar spirits bottles c.1950s-1970s unopened, an interesting and
collectable group with some nice early types (12 items)
Est. $75
COLLECTOR PLATES
3189
Franklin Mint Collector cabinet plate set Royal Horticultural Society
Flowers of the Year each 272mm, all twelve plates representing
months of the year, with stands; plus Bendigo Pottery Sunicrust
Bread Merry Christmas 1990 plate 256mm, and a rather risqué
plastic and glass drink dispenser. The plates in perfect condition
(14 items)
Est. $100
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Group of plates, some from the Pro Hart 1987 series, noticed a
nice Australian Aboriginal Westminster example; plus German
lidded pottery box with hinge damage, broken Gooda vase and
broken Spelter lamp (12 items)
Est. $75
HOMEWARES
3191
WWII period ashtray in the form of a miniature chamber pot
with satirical depiction of Adolf Hitler inside and text on the
outer ‘”Jerry” No.1 Flip your ashes on Old Nasty/The Violation of
“Poland”’
Est. $100
3192
Early 20th Century stoneware bed warmers with no cracks (3, two
Demi John style, one bread loaf type with screw type); together
with Overbecks ‘rejuvenator’ produced in Grimsby England with
original lifecell battery, attachments, and booklet dated 1934 with
electric shock remedies for just about anything! In remarkable
condition and most interesting (4 items)
Est. $100
3193
3194
3195
Carving set by Humpreys & Company Sheffield, a Victorian era
staghorn style 3-piece set in steel and silver, in plush case of
purchase. In good condition and a practical set
Est. $125
8-piece long-stemmed lead crystal wine goblet set, hand made
by Barth-Mann of West Germany c.1980’s, dark green, height
225mm, perfect condition, most with original labels attached
(original cost in excess of $100 each)
Est. $150
Hammersley bone china coffee cup & saucer setting for six, gilt
edges with attractive floral design (12 items)
Est. $75
3196
European silver (800 fine) and gold layered trinket/snuff box
76x54x11mm c.1930s in good condition (possibly of Italian
manufacture); together with Valet auto strop safety razor in original
nickel case, and State Express 777 cigarette tin (3 items) Est. $200
3197
German WWI period child’s tea set compr tray, teapot, creamer
and two cups and saucers each with printed colour effigy of
Hindenburg, no chips or restorations, extremely rare
Est. $350
3198
Glass tumblers (2) with Old Smugglers and Seagrams Scotch
Whiskey advertising labels; colourful Japanese ceramic spice jar
with lid; vintage London Soho glazed stoneware bottle; selection of
small Danish blue & white glazed dishes (10) and napkin holders
(2) (not matching); boxed gent’s dress set with watch, cuff links
and tie bar; and a Cadbury Bourneville Cocoa tin missing label but
appears quite old (20 items)
Est. $75
3199
Letter opener from the Danish A.P.Moller – Maersk shipping line,
post WWII in stylish sterling silver
Est. $75
3200
Martin Boyd ramekins c.1960s (15 diff), plain ashtray and dessert
bowl by same maker; together with Guy Boyd ramekins (2), floral
milk jug (base nicks), aboriginal motif bowl (edge repair); plus
Martin Boyd aboriginal motif pin dish (rim chip) the ramekins in
good order (22 items)
Est. $125
3201
Orrefors clear glass candle holders, two pairs of different styles;
similar dish and small six-lobed vase; plus Italian art glass dish, no
chips (7 items)
Est. $75
3202
Russian silver tea service compr teapot, sugar and creamer c.Mid
19th Century with hallmarks 875-925 (weight approx 1.25kg), no
dents and most attractive (3 items)
Est. $1,250
3203
Sheffield Plate circular drinks tray by Strachan; together with
c.1950s EPNS sugar and creamer (3 items)
Est. $150
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3190
3204
Sterling silver presentation drinks tray hallmarked Sheffield 1881 by
maker James Dixon & Sons, ornately engraved border around circular
panel inscribed “St. Cecilia Blackburn, Presented to Alexander Caras
Esqre. by the choral members of the above society on his leaving
Blackburn, in appreciation of his estimable services as Founder of the
Society, and as Chairman of its Committee from the year 1875, 8th
April 1886”, 307x263mm, one small dent otherwise nice condition,
total weight 560gms
Est. $750
3207
A useful accumulation of EPNS and plated silver jugs, bowls, trays
etc, some locally made by K.J.Luke, Drummonds etc, minimal
brassing (20 items)
Est. $250
3208
Group of EPNS and plated silver items incl serving trays etc, some
brassing (12 items)
Est. $200
3209
Misc collectable household items compr ESSO money box, sea
shell purses (4), mother-of-pearl silver lined trinket box, horn
handled bottle opener, misc glass bottles (3), old tin boxes and
other items (10) Mixed Condition (20 items)
Est. $75
CIGARETTE AND OTHER CASES
Session 7
3210
Sterling silver cigarette case hallmarked Birmingham c.early
1900s; two sterling silver necklaces; photo locket; early Libre and
Leo silver charms; plus misc Threepences and Sixpences (11) (lot)
For a cigarette case pertaining to a returned WWI soldier, refer to
lot 50. For a nice sports related presentation vesta case see lot
3066
Est. $75
LOVE TOKENS
3205
Superb weighty sterling silver teapot and stand with spirit burner
by maker HW hallmarked Newcastle 1903, lovely condition with no
dents
Est. $1,000
3211
3206
Souvenir Poker Ware timber “Jenolan Caves” vase with flowering
gum design, similar Poker Ware fruit bowl; plastic teens ‘box’ style
handbag c.1960s; ash tray depicting aboriginal and crocodile;
Gooda ash tray; “Kiwi” petrol lighter; pin cushion in the form of a
shoe; three Italian made composition figures; plus hideous Dutch
“Jena” glazed porcelain parrots with German alarm clock(the
alarm function working but missing winder) Mixed Condition
(10 items)
Est. $75
Cartwheel Twopence edge inscribed “Sarah Lloyd Died August
28th 1851 aged 59” with neatly engraved initials “WB” in reverse
field, Fine
Est. $75
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