AUSTRALIAN BANKNOTES (Page: 1) - Status International 406

Lot # 11545 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Australian Joint Stock Bank £5 Brisbane 1-1-1881 Q76406. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London. Hand signed. MVR type 3a. Strong colour, gF/F, rust stains & vertical folds. Ex Geoff K Grays. All pre-federation Five Pound notes are very rare except Bank of Australasia, Commercial Bank of Sydney, Bank of NSW & Sydney Domicile A.J.S.B. Queensland Domicile issued notes are very rare. This note appears to be UNIQUE & can be considered as the rarest & most important note from the New England banknote hoard of 1971 (Armidale) which consisted of 123 Fine + Ten Pound noted dated 1876-84. (See A.N.S. Report 1974 Yearbook for Colin Pitchfork & Mark Greehill's excellent analysis of the hoard). Ex Dave Allen collectionEstimate: AUD 10000

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Lot # 11546 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Australian Joint Stock Bank £10 Sydney 1-1-1903 Colour Trial Specimen without serials, perforated SPECIMEN in signature panel. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co Ld London. gVF. MVR type 4b. Ex Christie's auction of Perkins Bacon archive, May 1995, lot 89, realised $1700 + comm. The note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 3000

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Lot # 11547 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of Australiasia £5 Parramatta 18-- opt SPECIMEN in Manager sig panel without serials, uniface. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London, Patent Hardened Steel Plate. gVF. MVR Private Banknote Pedigrees, 1st Ed, unadopted designs, pg 35. Ex Perkins Bacon archives. Sold by Christies in May 1997, lot 171p for $950 + comm. This note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11548 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of Australasia £10 Ipswich Moreton Bay 18-- Printers Proof, opt SPECIMEN in Managers sig panel, pencil notation in bottom left margin 'Engraved April 11th 1854'. Reverse imprint of Union Bank of Newfoundland on front. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London, Patent hardened Steel Plate. gVF. See MVR pg 58, type 1b. Ex Perkins Bacon Archive auction by Christie's May 1995, lot 127, realised $950 + comm. This note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11549 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of New South Wales £1 Sydney 18-- punch cancelled SPECIMEN C SKIPPER & EAST in manager signature panel. Imprint Charles Skipper & East London. EF. MVR 7c. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 1000

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Lot # 11550 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of New South Wales £10 Toowoomba QLD Printers Proof 18-- opt SPECIMEN in black in Manager signature panel. Notation in pencil in lower left margin 22nd April 1862. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London Patent Hardened Steel Plate. MVR type 7c. EF. Ex Christies auction of Perkins Bacon Archive May 1995, lot 529. This note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 1800

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Lot # 11551 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of New South Wales £20 IPSWICH QLD Printers Proof 18-- opt SPECIMEN in black in Manager signature panel. Notation in pencil in lower left margin 26th April 1862. Imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London Patent Hardened Steel Plate. MVR type 7c. EF. Ex Christies auction of Perkins Bacon Archive May 1995, lot 485. This note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11552 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Bank of New South Wales £1 Sydney 19-- Printers Proof opt SPECIMEN ONLY twice vertically on front, serial 35855. Imprint Charles Skipper & East, London. MVR 7f. gVF, cnrs sl clipped, glue marks, 3 pinholes. (P)Estimate: AUD 750

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Lot # 11553 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Commercial Banking Company of Sydney £1, Sydney 18 March 1856 No 15218. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate. MVR type 2 signature title Directors. Only 1 other later date note of this type is known (signature title Manager, instead of Directors). Few tiny air holes in wmk, gF. Very few notes of any bank as early as this exist. Unique. Mc PFB/27H/2 cat $35,000. (P)Estimate: AUD 6000

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Lot # 11554 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Commercial Banking Company of Sydney £10 Sydney 18 - Uniface Proof. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Co London. SPECIMEN in black in Directors signature panel. Handwritten pencil date 24th August 1860 in bottom margin. Ex Christie's Auction May 1995, Lot 583 MVR type unadopted. Unlisted McD. No other notes exist with this design. Unique. (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11555 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Mercantile Bank of Australia £100 Melbourne 1 May 1890 Uniface black & white Perkins Bacon Printer's Proof on wove paper. Annotations in ink where normally signed, mount marks on back when note was stuck in printer's proof book. aU. MVR 1. Extremely Rare with no issued notes known. (P)Estimate: AUD 5000

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Lot # 11556 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Provincial & Suburban Bank Ltd £10 Melbourne 18-- (1879) No 03692 unissued. Imprint Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co London. aVF. Nicer than most. MVR-2a. (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11557 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Queensland Government £1 Brisbane 2-7-1906, s/n D/1 512266, imprint Perkins Bacon & Co Ltd London. Pick S1044. MVR Type 2. Very rare as issued note. Graded PMG '20 Very Fine', while obviously well circulated it is an attractive note with excellent colors. Unlike most pre-federation banknotes which were issued privately, this was an official issue of the Queensland Government. And as such a Treasury Note, it is of much greater historical importance & numismatic interest. (P)Estimate: AUD 9000

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Lot # 11558 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Sydney Deposit Bank £10 Sydney 18__ No G0471. (Issued 1890-91) Unissued. Pin hole, small repaired tear at base just extending into design, tiny repaired margin tear at top. MVR-1. VF with good body & good colour. Rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11559 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Sydney Deposit Bank, Sydney £50 18-- no H0078. Imprint Sands & McDougall Limited. An unsigned issue note with no issued examples known. Some wear along folds but no holes. MVR Banks of Issue, 2nd Ed, pgs 218-219, his Pedigree book lists 5 other notes known, only one better than VG. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11560 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Union Bank of Australia Limited Adelaide £20 2nd April 1888 uniface printer's Proof on card. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Co London. Handwritten Nov 24th 1888 in sig panel. Punch hole cancel in Manager's signature panel, EF. MVR type 2d. Ex Christies auction July 95, lot 906. Only 2 known with this domicile. Very rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11561 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Union Bank of Australia, Goulburn, NSW £5 18-- opt SPECIMEN in signature panel, pencil annotation at base Sept 18, 1854, uniface. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Co London, Patent Hardened Steel Plate. MVR Type 2a. Ex Christies Auction of Perkins Bacon archives May 1995, lot 819 (dated 18th not 15th). This note is UNIQUE. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 1000

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Lot # 11562 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Union Bank of Australia £10 Adelaide 1st March 1890 imprint Perkins Bacon & Co London, black & white printer's proof. EF, minor imperfections having been removed from the printer's archive book. MVR Type 2c.Estimate: AUD 1200

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Lot # 11563 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION NOTES. Western Australian Bank Perth £1 Jan 1844, with watermark, unsigned & unissued. Graded PMG '64 Choice Uncirculated'. MVR1. (P)Estimate: AUD 900

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Lot # 11564 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Fitzroy Iron Workers Company £1 Sydney 186- number 6570. Imprint De Gruchy & Leigh, Sydney. Unsigned, uniface. VG, quarter folds with wear holes along one fold, edge roughness. MVR Shinplaster & Calabash Notes, 2nd Ed, pg 49. Extremely Rare. We have been unable to find any record of sale of this note. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 4000

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Lot # 11565 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Fitzwalter & Co, General Merchants, Adavale & Welford Lagoons, QLD £1 24 July 1907 (over 189-) no G07841 drawn on Queensland National Bank Ltd, Charleville, QLD. Signed C.M. Fitz-Walter. Uniface. Imprint Fergusson & Mitchell Limd, Melb. MVR Shinplaster & Calabash Notes, 2nd Ed, pg 50. Very Rare with only two other examples known, this reportedly the finest. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11566 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Kinsela, Enoch Sydney 1s 6d 16 April 1813 no 20, uniface, signed En Kinsela. VG, minor imperfections as always. MVR Colonial Currency & Promissory Noted, 2nd Ed, pgs 38-40. Vary rare with only a tiny number known. Ex Spink/Stern auction 10/1/75, lot 404, $155. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 3000

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Lot # 11567 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Lloyds Rooms City Mart, George St, Sydney 1st Aug 1854 no 1189, uniface, signed George Lloyd. Imprint HC Jervis, Engraver & printer, Pitt St, Sydney. Poor, extensive repairs. MVR Shinplaster & Calabash Notes, 2nd Ed, pg 64. Two other examples known. Very Rare, with biographical details included. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 1000

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Lot # 11568 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. United Country Party 1932 One Lang Starvation Debenture 3 caricatures of Jack Lang, union leader Jock Garden & an unidentified politician (possibly) Theodore the federal treasurer rev criticisms of Jack Lang. Imprint WC Penfold & Co Ltd 88 Pitt St Sydney. Fiduciary Inflation Note 1931 £1,000,000. Caricatures of EG Theodore & JH Scullin rev JA Lyons. Imprint H Pole & Co Brisbane. MVR pg 95 & 93. F, VG flts inc edge tears. (2).Estimate: AUD 150

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Lot # 11569 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Watson, George, Rankine River SA via Camooweal, NT, 5s 14 June 1927. General Storekeeper, IOU the sum of Five Shillings Sterling. Stamped CANCELLED on front, uniface. Imprint Watson, Ferguson & Co Ltd Brisbane. VG, margin tears at base & small edge defect at right. MVR Shinplaster & Calabash Notes, 2nd Ed, pg 111. Excessively Rare with only one other known. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 1500

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Lot # 11570 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Australian Mercantile Loan & Guarantee Co Ltd £5 8% Share Warrant Sydney NSW 18--. Pay bearer ½ yearly on or after 30th June & December. No G/D 51999 signed GS Hadfield & James Miller. Imprint Marcus S Andrew, Sydney. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 200

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Lot # 11571 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Bank of New South Wales £22/15/- Sydney 14-August-1884. Sixty days sight of this Third of Exchange no A4/187. Pay to the order of Messrs Halsey & Sons Bank of NSW London. Cross signed Under Thirty Pounds. Signed Tomkins? & TF Flowers?. Uniface. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 200

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Lot # 11572 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Bank of New South Wales £150/8/9 Sydney Balmain 24-7-1884. 60 days sight of this Third of Exchange, no A4/184. Pay to the order of Edmund Williams esq Bank of NSW London. Cross signed in red Under one hundred & sixty pounds. Signed HK Gillham & C Geddes. Uniface. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 200

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Lot # 11573 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Bukkulla Vineyards, McIntyre River, Inverell £1-15-7½ December 1870, no 24. Pay Wicks, Messrs Wyndham, Dalwood Vineyards, Branxton, NSW. Signed Fred Wilkinson. Paid Decr 26/70. Stamped Commercial Company of Sydney Inverell. Imprint St Leigh & Co, Sydney. VF, minor edge flts (visible in photo) & central spike hole. Much scarcer than the more often seen One Pound notes. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 750

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Lot # 11574 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Colonial Sugar Refining Co Sydney Clarence River 18-- £1 Sterling Black with Red ONE on behalf of the Chatsworth Mill. Imprint ST Leigh & Co Sydney. Uniface. Cancelled written in ink. gVF. Extremely Rare, with apparently no sales recorded. See MVR Australian Shinplaster & Calabash Notes, 2nd Ed, pg 34. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 4000

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Lot # 11575 - AUSTRALIA - TRADESMEN'S NOTES etc. Dowling, George 5 Shillings Sydney 16 May 1815 number D62. gVF, a grade very few notes of this period are found in. MVR Banks of issue pg 13, Colonial Currency 2nd Ed pgs 24 & 25. Extremely Rare, only several known. A note in similar condition sold for $8000 & $12,000 in Noble's 2008 & 2009 Auctions. Ex Dave Allen collection. (P)Estimate: AUD 6000

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Lot # 11576 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION CHEQUES etc. Stott & Hoare's Business College Sydney £100 1st Jan 1902 without serial no, drawn on Commonwealth Banking Company Ltd. Uniface. Unlisted. Ex Dave Allen collection. This the only example known to him. Extremely Rare.Estimate: AUD 750

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Lot # 11577 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-FEDERATION CHEQUES etc. Australian Bank of Commerce Ltd £50 Haymarket Sydney NSW 2-8-1927 Second of Exchange pay to the order of Harry Mellas to Barnett National Bank Jacksonville USA. Bank operated 1910-31. F, some flts but RARE. Ex Dave Allen collection.Estimate: AUD 75

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Lot # 11578 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Queensland Postal Note: 1880s QV 1/- green with counter foil & 'Fee Stamp' Half Penny imprint with 'Post & Telegraph Department' heading without s/n, with part of 'ELECTORS RIGHT QUEENSLAND' wmk sideways reading down reversed. Also printed endorsement on reverse that it can also be used to frank an inland telegram of 10 words. Fresh aUNC. Very rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 500

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Lot # 11579 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Queensland Postal Note: 1880s QV 2/6 bright red with counterfoil & 'Fee Stamp' 1d imprint with 'Post & Telegraph Department' heading without s/n, with part 'ELECTORS RIGHT QUEENSLAND' wmk sideways reading up reversed. Fresh aUNC, pinholes at right. Very rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 700

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Lot # 11580 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Queensland Postal Note: 1880s QV 5/- dark blue with counterfoil, & 'Fee Stamp' 2d imprint, with 'Post & Telegraph Department' heading without s/n, with part 'ELECTORS RIGHT QUEENSLAND' wmk sideways reading down. Fresh aUNC. Very rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 1000

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Lot # 11581 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Queensland Postal Note: 1880s QV 10/- grey lilac with counterfoil, & 'Fee Stamp' 2d imprint with 'Post & Telegraph Department' heading without s/n, with part wmk' ELECTORS RIGHT QUEENSLAND' sideways reading up. Fresh aUNC, pinholes at right. Very rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 1000

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Lot # 11582 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Queensland Postal Note: 1890s QV 1/- blue, with QV 'Poundage Half Penny', wmk 'QUEENSLAND (crown) POSTAL NOTE' inverted, opt SPECIMEN in seriffed capitals, 42x 4mm, without s/n. aUNC. Very rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 700

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Lot # 11583 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Queensland Postal Note: 1890s QV 2/- blue, with QV 'Poundage One Penny', wmk 'QUEENSLAND (crown) POSTAL NOTE' inverted, opt SPECIMEN in seriffed capitals, 42x4mm, without s/n. aUNC. Very rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 700

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Lot # 11584 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Queensland Postal Note: 1891 QV 5/- blue, with QV Poundage Two Pence' wmk 'QUEENSLAND (crown) POSTAL NOTE' upright reversed, opt SPECIMEN in seriffed capitals, 42x4mm, without s/n. aUNC. Very rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 700

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Lot # 11585 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. South Australian Postal Notes: 1887 QV set 1/- to £1 blue & yellow comprising 1/-, 1/6, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 3/6, 4/-, 4/6, 5/-, 7/6, 10/-, 10/6, 15/- & £1 each with black s/n 00054, with QV 'Fee Stamp' all imprints at base, 'Payable in South Australian only! All opt large curved SPECIMEN in carmine, perf at left with booklet tab, all on laid paper with wmk 'S.A.GOVT.' on 1/-, 1/6, 5/-, 10/- & £1, no wmk on 2/6, 4/6 & 7/6 plus wmk large circular arms on 2/-, 3/-, 3/6, 4/-, 10/6 & 15/- Mostly superb fresh UNC. Extremely rare set & interesting with the various wmks. (14). (P)Estimate: AUD 7000

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Lot # 11586 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. South Australian Postal Notes: 1890(?) QV 1/- to £1 blue & lemon presentation PROOFS as uncut vertical strips of 3 values, being 1/-, 1/6 & 2/-, then 2/6, 3/- & 3/6, followed by 4/-, 4/6, 5/- & the pair 15/- & £1 with another blank below £1 all imprints at base 'Payable in South Australia, also in Victoria & Tasmania', all perf at left, wmk 'SOUTH AUSTRALIAN (crown) POSTAL NOTE', all opt large curved SPECIMEN in carmine. Each unit of 3 or 2 with heading 'POSTAL NOTES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA DESIGNED BY GWENDOLINE TODD' (who was daughter of Charles Todd - PMG). aUNC/UNC with only light horiz folds at base of upper notes. Extremely rare. (11) (P)Estimate: AUD 5000

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Lot # 11587 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. South Australian Postal Note: 1890(?) QV 4/- blue & yellow, black s/n 34000, QV 'Fee Stamp' 1d, 'Payable in South Australia, also in Victoria & Tasmania' wmk curved' SOUTH AUSTRALIAN (crown) POSTAL NOTE' opt large curved SPECIMEN in carmine. Superb fresh UNC. Rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 500

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Lot # 11588 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. South Australian Postal Note: 1890(?) QV 4/6 blue & yellow black s/n 34000, QV 'Fee Stamp' 1d. 'Payable in South Australia, also in Victoria & Tasmania' wmk curved 'SOUTH AUSTRALIAN (crown) POSTAL NOTE' Opt large curved SPECIMEN in carmine. Superb fresh UN. Rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 500

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Lot # 11589 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. South Australian Postal Note: 1890(?) QV 5/- blue & yellow, black s/n 34000, QV 'Fee Stamp' 2d. 'Payable in South Australia, also in Victoria & Tasmania', wmk curved 'SOUTH AUSTRALIAN (crown) POSTAL NOTE'. Opt large curved SPECIMEN in carmine. Superb fresh UN. Rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 500

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Lot # 11590 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. South Australian Postal Note: 1890(?) QV £1 blue & yellow black s/n 34000, QV 'Fee Stamp' 3d. 'Payable in South Australia, also in Victoria & Tasmania' wmk curved 'SOUTH AUSTRALIAN (crown) POSTAL NOTE! Opt large curved SPECIMEN in carmine. Superb fresh UN. Rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 700

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Lot # 11591 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Tasmania Postal Note: 1890s Curved heading 'Tasmanian Postal Note' QV 1/- black & grey s/n A6002 with QV Poundage '½d Australian Postal Note' in grey-blue circle at UL, wmk 'TASMANIA (crown) POSTAL NOTE' Issued with signature & 'MOO & Savings Bank Launceston 19 MY 03' cds but not cashed. Superb EF with 3 slight vert folds. Major rarity - probably only known example. (P)Estimate: AUD 2500

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Lot # 11592 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Victorian Postal Note: 1890s QV 1/- black & orange red s/n 333641, with QV Poundage ½d with 'Payable in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania or Queensland', wmk mult V Crowns inverted with wmk frame-line & 'POSTAGE' - as used on sheets of contemporary postage stamps (SG w33). Issued with signature & s/l BALLARAT h/s plus 'Money Order Ballarat 25 DE 01' cds but not cashed. Superb fresh EF/AU with light centrefold & cnr bends, unusually nice paper quality. Extremely rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11593 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Victorian Postal Note: 1890s QV 2/6 black & pale orange, red s/n 245915 with QV Poundage 1d, with Payable in Victoria New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, or Queensland at left, wmk 'V over crown' sideways plus wmk lines & part 'VICTORIA POSTAGE' as used on sheets of contemporary postage stamps, with h/s opt 'Specimen' at base. Fresh EF, small repair in UL cnr margin only. Extremely rare - probably only known example. (P)Estimate: AUD 2000

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Lot # 11594 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Victorian Postal Note: 1900s QV 1/6 black & orange, red s/n 911545 with QV Poundage ½d with 'PAYABLE ONLY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' at left, wmk 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA over POSTAL NOTE.' Issued with 'Footscray Victoria MARGINAL 12 9' cds & boxed 'FOOTSCRAY' at right. VF, reinforced vert split. Extremely rare - probably only known example. (P)Estimate: AUD 2500

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B.P.: 22.00%

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Lot # 11595 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Western Australian Postal Note: 1900s QV 4/6 olive & crimson, red s/n 50235 with QV Poundage 1d with 'Payable Only in the Commonwealth of Australia' at left wmk 'sideways crown A' & wmk frame-lines - as used on sheets of contemporary postage stamps (SG W11). Issued with signature & s/l PERTH h/s & 'Money Order Office Perth WA 21 FE 08' cds, but not cashed. Superb fresh EF/AU with only sl horiz fold & minor traces of vert bends, pinholes at UL, overall exceptional paper quality. Important rarity - only example recorded. 2026 Ceremuga AIEP photo-cert. (P)Estimate: AUD 4000

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Starting price: AUD 2'000

B.P.: 22.00%

Closing on: 2026-06-09 23:00:00 Roma time

Lot # 11596 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. 1940 Postal Notes: large size for NSW 3/-, Victoria 4/-, & South Australia 5/-, ea with 'Printed by the Authority of the Govt' imprint at base on reverse, watermark 'multiple crown CofA'. VF-EF. (3).Estimate: AUD 400

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Starting price: AUD 200

B.P.: 22.00%

Closing on: 2026-06-09 23:00:00 Roma time

Lot # 11597 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. 1949 Postal Notes smaller size for NSW 2/-, South Australia 2/- (2), NSW 2/6 & 10/-. All with 'Printed by the Authority of the Govt'. Imprint at base of reserve, wmk 'multiple crown/CofA! Mostly EF. (6).Estimate: AUD 400

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Starting price: AUD 200

B.P.: 22.00%

Closing on: 2026-06-09 23:00:00 Roma time

Lot # 11598 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Australia Post ca1992 Travellers Money Orders in values $20, $50 & $100 with banknote look, printed on each with Koala wmk paper, using designs of 1968 Famous Australians stamps, 1 of 3 diff 5c values, with promotional leaflet. Nice UNC, perfin CANCELLED. A very short-lived idea & 1st time we have seen them. (3).Estimate: AUD 300

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Starting price: AUD 100

B.P.: 22.00%

Closing on: 2026-06-09 23:00:00 Roma time

Lot # 11599 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Australian Trade Commission 1970s-80s Promissory Notes the values of $1,000,000 in turquoise, & $500,000 in crimson, each 215 x 160mm, both opt VOID & 'NON-NEGOTIABLE COPY ONLY'. Plus larger 210x295mm Negotiable Bearer Bond for $100,000, Perfin 'CANCELLED'. Nice aUNC/UNC. Rare & impressive! (3).Estimate: AUD 300

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Starting price: AUD 100

B.P.: 22.00%

Closing on: 2026-06-09 23:00:00 Roma time

Lot # 11600 - AUSTRALIA - POSTAL NOTES & ORDERS. Money Order: New South Wales 1890s pre-printed form issued at Corowa (No 4837) for £1/10/- comp with Paying Office 'Advice', cashed at Hobart with 'Commercial Bank of Tasmania Limited' seal in red ink on reverse. Not seen by us before, very few recorded.Estimate: AUD 400

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Starting price: AUD 200

B.P.: 22.00%

Closing on: 2026-06-09 23:00:00 Roma time

Lot # 11601 - AUSTRALIA - SUPERSCRIBED NOTES. £1 Collins-Allen The National Bank of Australasia S330977 Melbourne. Superscribed note number L 438025 1 Dec 1910. aF, has been flattened but no tears or pinholes. MVR-S50c. Very scarce.Estimate: AUD 6000

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Starting price: AUD 4'500

B.P.: 22.00%

Closing on: 2026-06-09 23:00:00 Roma time

Lot # 11602 - AUSTRALIA - SUPERSCRIBED NOTES. £1 Collins-Allen Bank of Victoria E099439 Melbourne Superscribed note no A 940562 1 Dec 1910. Minor edge roughness top margin VG-F. R-521. Extremely rare, only 8 known in private hands. Ex John Pettit with his ticket ($85,000). (P)Estimate: AUD 10000

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Starting price: AUD 7'000

B.P.: 22.00%

Closing on: 2026-06-09 23:00:00 Roma time

Lot # 11603 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-DECIMAL NOTES. 10/- Kell-Collins. R-5. aU. Ren cat $14,000. Rare. (P)Estimate: AUD 3000

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Starting price: AUD 2'000

B.P.: 22.00%

Closing on: 2026-06-09 23:00:00 Roma time

Lot # 11604 - AUSTRALIA - PRE-DECIMAL NOTES. 10/- Sheehan-McFarlane. UNC, slightest centre fold. R-12 cat aU $1150.Estimate: AUD 450

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Starting price: AUD 300

B.P.: 22.00%

Closing on: 2026-06-09 23:00:00 Roma time