Promissory Notes
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Lot 1504 Promissory Notes
Estimate $4,000
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SOLD $10,000
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land Police Fund, Edward Foord Bromley, Treasurer of the Police Fund, Government police fund bill, fourteen pounds, 23 June 1821 (year 182 printed), No.185, to E.F. Bromley, hand signed by Lt. Governor William Sorell, black on white, watermarked paper with crude Britannia with shield on waves in oval on side, with additional four horizontal lines. Extensive paper toning particularly on the reverse, otherwise nearly very fine and extremely rare, being one of only two known in private hands.
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