COINS, BANKNOTES & STAMPS
We are delighted to be starting 2023 with a “golden” auction. It continues the theme of celebration of the golden jubilee of 50 years of Leski Auctions which was achieved last year.
Golden, because this catalogue brings you the opportunity to purchase a large number of gold coins, and what better way to start the New Year!
Some highlights, which deserve the attention of all our coin and banknote collectors include: Lots 41 – 54, some early Australian Trade Tokens; Lot 60, the magnificent example of a “Holey Dollar” featured on our front cover; Lots 61 – 73, a range of Australian Half-Sovereigns; Lots 74 – 165, a fabulous range of Australian Sovereigns; Lot 178, a very fine example of the rare Australian 1922/21 overdate 3d; Lots 217 – 229, a lovely range of the popular “Masterpieces in Silver” series; Lots 339 – 342, a superb group of rarely seen gold coins of Bahrain; Lots 355 – 370, English Half Sovereigns; Lots 371 – 396, English Sovereigns, as well as several magnificent banknotes, namely Lot 409, a lovely 1924 Kell/Collins Five Pounds; Lot 410, a superb 1933 Riddle/Sheehan Five Pounds; Lot 411, a 1910 Collins/Allen Superscribed London Bank of Australia One Pound; Lot 428, a 1993 Fraser/Evans Ten Dollars SPECIMEN; Lot 432, a 1984 Johnston/Stone One Hundred Dollars SPECIMEN, and Lots 433 – 440, an unusually large group of Australian “star” notes.
Stamp and Postal History collectors will also find many highlights in the second session. Don’t miss Lots 464 – 492, the ever-popular Kangaroo section, in particular Lot 486, the rare £1 Olive-Brown & Pale-Blue corner block. There are some wonderful groups of commercially used KGV covers, in particular Lot 504 (1d Violets), Lot 506 (1½d Greens), Lot 507 (2d Oranges) and Lot 518 (5d Orange-Browns). We were very pleased to receive Lot 522, the 1932 Bridge set on an attractive registered cover to Switzerland and Lot 532, the 5/- BCOF on registered cover to Canada; both attractive and scarce usages.
The Australian Colonial period features a further selection of highlights from the Bernie Beston Gold Medal collection of Queensland Postal Stationery (Lots 618 – 646), Lot 657, the Tasmanian Unissued high values in blocks, and Lot 678, a letter from a Victorian policeman, rich with comments about the local conditions during the gold rush. The foreign section includes very good Austria for the specialist, Lots 704 – 713, useful Germany at Lots 738 – 744; some superb G.B., in particular Lots 746 and 747 and a lovely Kingdom of Sicily cover, Lot 757. Lot 770, the New Zealand error 40c Road Safety Imprint block is a fine modern rarity that demonstrates that it’s not only the classical period that produces classics!
LATE BREAKING NEWS:
Late Arrivals – Single Owner – Must be sold!
Don’t miss the 93 late entry lots which have just been added to the database. Some very fine Australian, Australian Colonies, British Commonwealth and Foreign material has been added to this auction. It was too late for the printed catalogue, but you’ll find them all in the online catalogue here (Lots 810– 902); all very conservatively estimated. The vendor has instructed us to sell! Those of you able to visit during the viewing days will also receive a printed listing of these additional lots. They will be offered in numerical order at the conclusion of the first 830 lots.
We look forward to hearing from you or seeing you during the viewing days.
Wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year,
All of us at Leski Auctions.