What: Rare Books, Historical Documents and Prestige CoinsWhere: Smalls Auctions, On-Line Only Sydney, AustraliaWhen: Aug 4, 11:00 AM AESTTop Lots of the Sale:- "A Voyage to Terra Australis", Commander of the Investigator, 2 volumes (1814) with compilation replacement Atlas (post 1853) - Mathew Flinders. This is a rare 'First Edition' printed in two volumes by W. Bulmer and Co. London, 1814 and published by G. and W. Nicol , Booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall. Estimated Price: AUD 50,000 - AUD 60,000 (US$ 36,900 - 44,300)- "Australia, 1921 * Shilling, PCGS MS64" - Previously graded NGC MS65 when sold as part of the Benchmark Collection and in our eyes it remains an MS65. Estimated Price: AUD 20,000 - AUD 25,000 (US$ 14,760 - 18,450)- "Australia 'Collins - Allen' V - Last Prefix £5 (1914), good Very Fine - Renniks# 36bL". Rare. Estimated Price: AUD 17,500 - AUD 20,000 (US$ 12,920 - 14,760)- "Australia. A(ustralian) S(team) N(avigation) Co. Halfpenny & Penny Token. The Halfpenny if in Good condition & the Penny is Fine in part although holed (2 coins)" - The Halfpenny Token is overstruck on a George IV Halfpenny and the Penny Token on a Victoria Penny. Both coins are exceedingly Rare. Estimated Price: AUD 15,000 - AUD 20,000 (US$ 11,070 - 14,760)- "Capt'n John Lort Stokes 'Discoveries in Australia' 2 volumes & folio of charts (T and W Boone, London, 1846)" - with an account of the Coasts and Rivers explored and surveyed during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Estimated Price: AUD 12,500 - AUD 15,000 (US$ 9,230 - 11,070)- "Australia. 1922/1 'Overdate' Threepence, PCGS VF25" - Only three coins graded higher. An affordable rarity. Estimated Price: AUD 11,500 - AUD 13,500 (US$ 8,500 - 9,970)- "John Oxley's "Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, undertaken by order of the British Government in the years 1817 - 18". Minor spotting but a very clean copy throughout. Estimated Price: AUD 7,500 - AUD 9,000 (US$ 5,540 - 6,650)- "Australia. 1920 /./ 'Indian Obverse' Penny, PCGS MS65RB" - Ex Benchmark Collection and the Equal Finest known. Estimated Price: AUD 6,500 - AUD 7,500 (US$ 4,800 - 5,540)- "Australia. 1935 Sixpence, PCGS MS66" - Exceptional. Only a '+' graded higher. Estimated Price: AUD 6,500 - AUD 7,500 (US$ 4,800 - 5,540)- "South Australia Regulations for the Disposal of Land in the Colony (of South Australia), for the Preliminary Sales of Colonial Land in this Country and for the Emigration of Labourers," 1835. Original Foundation Pamphlet dated 1 Sept, 1835. Estimated Price: AUD 6,000 - AUD 7,000 (US$ 4,430 - 5,170)For details, visit: https://www.invaluable.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.https://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin
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