Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd
Auction 119 20-23 Nov 2018
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MELBOURNE EXHIBITION SOUVENIR, 1880, in gilt bronze (22mm) (C.1880/6), with suspension hole; Federated Australia, 1901, in white metal (37mm) (C.1901/20), with suspension loop; reproduction of an 1862 trade token of Mr David Jones of Criterion House, in sterling silver (32mm), edge number 275, in case with history sheet (only 500 struck); also an unused deck of playing cards for Australian-Oriental Line Ltd, c1930s, made by Thomas De La Rue with 3d Stamp Duty Ace. Very fine - uncirculated. (4)
Duty printed Aces were used in Great Britain for taxation of playing cards from c1712 to 1960 when the tax was discontinued.
The Australia-Oriental Line was one of Australia's smallest shipping lines to the Orient with just two ships in service, the S.S.Changte (built 1925 and scrapped 1961), and the S.S.Taiping (built 1926 and scrapped 1961).
With research.
Duty printed Aces were used in Great Britain for taxation of playing cards from c1712 to 1960 when the tax was discontinued.
The Australia-Oriental Line was one of Australia's smallest shipping lines to the Orient with just two ships in service, the S.S.Changte (built 1925 and scrapped 1961), and the S.S.Taiping (built 1926 and scrapped 1961).
With research.